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Firefighters were putting out the blaze on the A50 near Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, when the lorry hit their fire engine, causing both to ignite.
The fires broke out on the eastbound carriageway but both carriageways have been closed, causing stationary traffic and long delays.
Motorists have been advised to avoid the area.
Check the BBC Travel pages for updates
Police said emergency services were called to the car fire at about 15:40 BST. No-one is thought to have been seriously injured.
The 26-year-old spent three months on loan with the U's last term, helping Richard Money's side win promotion.
He scored nine goals in 13 outings, including one in the club's FA Trophy final victory over Gosport Borough.
"He has shown an unbelievable desire to join the club," said director of football Jez George.
PSG clinched the title with two months of the season to spare.
Edinson Cavani, Javier Pastore and Adrien Rabiot put them 3-0 up inside 19 minutes before Ibrahimovic struck three within 10 minutes in the second half.
Matthieu Saunier scored an own goal and Cavani made it 8-0 before Ibrahimovic added his fourth.
Laurent Blanc's men clinched their fourth successive Ligue 1 title in style with the biggest away win in the history of the competition.
They did it with just one defeat in 30 games after they were beaten 2-1 by Lyon in February, and the latest win took their goal difference to +62 with just 15 league goals conceded.
They have won 24 of their 30 games with Ibrahimovic scoring 31 goals in 25 appearances to add to Cavani's 16 in 27.
Defeat left Troyes, who had Lossemy Karaboue sent off in the 64th minute, eight points adrift of second-from-bottom Toulouse with a goal difference of -47.
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Man City 2-1 Leicester City
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Rangers 2-1 Hearts
Dundee 1-1 Ross County
Hamilton Academical 0-1 Motherwell
Kilmarnock 2-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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West Ham 0-4 Liverpool
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Guide: Is homework a good idea or not?
That means lessons, assembly, seeing your friends and - for a lot of you - time to do homework again!
While giving homework to pupils in secondary schools is generally seen as a good idea, some don't think that kids in primary schools should have to do it.
For the last 100 years or so, experts have been trying to work out if it is beneficial to give homework to kids in primary schools.
In the UK, the government says it's up to the head teacher to decide whether or not their school will set extra work like this.
Find out more about both sides of the argument with Newsround's guide, and then let us know what you think of doing homework when you're in primary school.
Homework: A timeline
Homework generally means work that is set by teachers for you to do outside of your normal school hours.
When you're younger, your parents might help you to do it.
But as you get older, you will generally take more responsibility for doing your homework on your own.
Professor Sue Hallam from the Institute of Education - who is one of the most experienced researchers into homework in the UK - says that in 1997, just over 6 in every 10 primary schools made their pupils do homework.
Just two years later, this had risen to around nine in ten primary schools and the majority still set homework now.
Many think that giving homework to primary school children is an important part of their learning.
They believe it helps them to practice what that they have learnt in lessons, in order to get better at things like spelling and handwriting.
They say it helps to teach children how to work on their own and be disciplined with themselves - both skills that are useful later in life.
It can also allow parents or guardians to get involved in their children's learning.
To find out more about why people think homework is a good idea, Jenny spoke to Chris from the campaign for Real Education, which is a group of teachers and parents who care about how well schools are doing.
Members of the organisation believe that traditional homework is important.
Chris told Newsround: "If you like learning, homework helps to support your learning. It's really important to go back afterwards and think about what you're learning in class. Practice makes perfect."
"In parts of the world, children are doing much better in school than children in the UK. In most cases, they are doing much more homework.
"That doesn't mean you should be doing home work all the time.
"But a little bit of homework to support what you're doing in the classroom, involving your parents and guardians, is really good because it allows you to do as well as everybody else in the world."
Chris added that it is important to have a balance between homework and other activities.
"Homework shouldn't be overdone. Let's do some homework and some play."
Some people think that giving homework to children at primary school is not necessary.
They think it puts too much pressure on them and that the time spent doing homework could be used to do other activities.
Jenny also spoke to Nansi Ellis - assistant general secretary of one of the biggest teacher's unions in England, made up of teachers and heads - who doesn't believe that giving homework to primary school children is needed.
She told Newsround: "There is other good stuff you can do at home, like reading, playing sport or a musical instrument, or helping with the cooking, shopping or with your siblings. You might be a Guide or a Scout.
"Those things are really helpful for you to learn to work in a team, to learn to be creative, to ask questions and to help other people. These are really important skills.
"The trouble with homework is that it gets in the way of all of those good things that you could be doing and it doesn't necessarily help you with your school work."
Sometimes parents or guardians try to help with homework and, if they have been taught differently, it can end up being confusing for the child doing the homework. They can also end up doing too much of the work themselves!
Nansi added: "Some children live in really busy houses with lots of people coming and going, and they don't have a quiet space to do homework, so they can't use it to help them to get better at studying on their own, which doesn't seem fair.
"Teachers set homework for you to get better at your learning - that seems like a really good reason. But actually, the evidence isn't clear that even that's true."
Another expert Rosamund McNeil, from a teachers' organisation called the NUT, said: "Pupils in Finland are assigned very little homework yet they remain one of the most educationally successful countries in the world."
People have been trying to find out if homework is a good thing or a bad thing for many years.
Recently, a report was done by an organisation called the Teaching Schools Council, which works with the government and schools in England.
It says: "Homework [in primary schools] should have a clear purpose."
The report explains that if there isn't a clear reason for the homework and the pupils won't necessarily gain something from doing it, then it should not be set.
Dame Reena Keeble, an ex-primary school head teacher who led the report, told Newsround: "What we are saying in our report is that if schools are setting homework for you, they need to explain to you - and your mums and dads - why they're setting it, and your teachers need to let you know how you've done in your homework.
"We found homework can really help with your learning, as long as your school makes sure that what you're doing for your homework is making a difference."
Many people have different opinions. However, the truth is it's hard to know.
Professor Hallam explains that part of the problem is that it is difficult to accurately work out how useful homework is.
Generally, people agree that homework is good idea for children in secondary school.
But for primary school, it isn't clear if there's a right or wrong answer to this question.
Nearly 900 of you took part in an online vote about the amount of homework you get: whether it is not enough, just right or too much.
It's just a quick snapshot of what some of you think. Here's the results:
The Rhinos led 14-4 at half-time thanks to tries from Adam Cuthbertson and Matt Parcell, Brayden Wiliame replying.
It was one-way traffic after the break as Jimmy Keinhorst, Cuthbertson, Rob Burrow, Danny McGuire and Liam Sutcliffe crossed for the hosts.
Julian Bousquet's score was scant consolation for Catalans.
Such a loss to local rivals Castleford in their last game prompted a letter to supporters from chief executive Gary Hetherington this week, stating that the possibility of a coaching change could not be ruled out.
This performance and result was a perfect boost to coach Brian McDermott and his players, who had lost their previous three against the Perpignan club.
Parcell's weaving runs from dummy-half caused the Dragons countless problems, and not even the sin-binnings of Cuthbertson and Keinhorst could stem their attacking flow.
Catalans had only conceded 40 points in their previous three games and had their otherwise decent defensive record blown away as well as seeing winger Jodie Broughton go off injured on a disappointing night in West Yorkshire.
Leeds Rhinos head coach Brian McDermott told BBC Radio Leeds: "I believe we can win the Grand Final. I believed it last week but after that performance I wasn't going to tell anyone. But we can win the Grand Final. Sometimes you've got to be kicked in your nuts to find out the best of you.
"We handled a really difficult night extremely well. We were up against it, down to 11 men at one stage but showed a real commitment to each other.
"Our game away at Leigh by our own doing meant we had to go to a difference resource and we did that tonight. Regardless of last week it was good, I've been the biggest critic of the offence this year and tonight it started to click. We don't go by the repetitive attack that you see in some teams which gets success but bores you to tears to watch.
"Our philosophy to attack is a bit more free, for want of a better phrase. Sometimes it goes wrong but you've got to get used to it and have some correction, but tonight it was a example of how it works, how it's a decent system."
Catalans Dragons head coach Laurent Frayssinous: "I'm disappointed with the result and the attitude.
"The result was an outcome of the attitude. Leeds wanted it more in every department. There were signs defensively in the first half that we weren't ready for a big battle."
Leeds Rhinos: Golding; Briscoe, Watkins, Moon, Hall; McGuire, Sutcliffe; Singleton, Parcell, Cuthbertson, Keinhorst, Ablett, Baldwinson.
Replacements: Mullally, Burrow, Delaney, Walters.
Catalans Dragons: Bosc; Broughton, Duport, Wiliame, Thornley; Walsh, Myler; Burgess, Aiton, Casty, Horo, Garcia, Bird.
Replacements: Anderson, Bousquet, Baitieri, Da Costa.
Referee: James Child (RFL).
While robots and unmanned systems have been used by the military before, this is the first time the police within the US have used such a technique with lethal intent
"Other options would have exposed our officers to greater danger," the Dallas police chief said.
Robots are spreading fast. What might that mean?
Remote killing is not new in warfare. Technology has always been driven by military application, including allowing killing to be carried out at distance - prior examples might be the introduction of the longbow by the English at Crecy in 1346, then later the Nazi V1 and V2 rockets.
More recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones such as the Predator and the Reaper have been used by the US outside of traditional military battlefields.
Since 2009, the official US estimate is that about 2,500 "combatants" have been killed in 473 strikes, along with perhaps more than 100 non-combatants. Critics dispute those figures as being too low.
Back in 2008, I visited the Creech Air Force Base in the Nevada desert, where drones are flown from.
During our visit, the British pilots from the RAF deployed their weapons for the first time.
One of the pilots visibly bristled when I asked him if it ever felt like playing a video game - a question that many ask.
Supporters of drones argue that they are more effective than manned planes because they can usually loiter longer and ensure they strike the right target.
And, of course, there is the understandable desire to reduce risks to pilots, just as in Dallas the police officers could stay protected.
But critics argue that the lack of risk fundamentally changes the nature of operations since it lowers the threshold for lethal force to be used.
Robots have also been deployed on the ground militarily.
South Korea pioneered using robots to guard the demilitarised zone with North Korea. These are equipped with heat and motion detectors as well as weapons.
The advantage, proponents say, is that the robots do not get tired or fall asleep, unlike human sentries.
When the Korean robot senses a potential threat, it notifies a command centre
Crucially though, it still requires a decision by a human to fire.
And this gets back to the crucial point about the Dallas robot. It was still under human control.
The real challenge for the future is not so much the remote-controlled nature of weapons but automation - two concepts often wrongly conflated.
Truly autonomous robotic systems would involve no person taking the decision to shoot a weapon or detonate an explosive.
The next step for the Korean robots may be to teach them to tell friend from foe and then fire themselves.
Futurologists imagine swarms of target-seeking nano-bots being unleashed pre-programmed with laws of warfare and rules of engagement.
There are still questions both about how such machines could be programmed to deal with complex situations and the ethical dilemmas involved when you have to choose whether or not to shoot or make calculations over potential civilian casualties.
There's a parallel here with the challenge about what self-driving cars should do when faced with crashing into a group of children or harming their passengers.
The fears over automation are not new.
One of the earliest use of computers was during the Cold War to automate as far as possible the response to a Soviet nuclear attack.
A system called Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (Sage) was designed using networked computers to help spot incoming Soviet planes.
Soon, missiles were also connected up to the systems to shoot the planes down.
One air force captain queried the fact that computers controlled the launch of such missiles and asked if that was dangerous.
Could someone get inside such a computer system and subvert it to send the missiles back into US cities rather than at Soviet bombers?
That question, over whether automated and remote systems could be subverted, led to some of the earliest work on what we now call cybersecurity.
And there are still risks to remote-controlled as well as fully automated systems.
The military uses encrypted channels to control its ordnance disposal robots, but - as any hacker will tell you - there is almost always a flaw somewhere that a determined opponent can find and exploit.
We have already seen cars being taken control of remotely while people are driving them, and the nightmare of the future might be someone taking control of a robot and sending a weapon in the wrong direction.
The military is at the cutting edge of developing robotics, but domestic policing is also a different context in which greater separation from the community being policed risks compounding problems.
The balance between risks and benefits of robots, remote control and automation remain unclear.
But Dallas suggests that the future may be creeping up on us faster than we can debate it.
Attorney General Eric Holder said the alleged breaches were "significant" and demanded "an aggressive response".
US prosecutors say the officers stole trade secrets and internal documents from five companies and a labour union.
China denied the charges and warned the case would harm US-China relations.
By Carrie GracieBBC China editor
China always insists it is a victim of hacking, not a perpetrator. And when US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden appeared in Hong Kong a year ago with evidence of US hacking into Chinese networks, Beijing felt vindicated.
The US acknowledges that it conducts espionage but says unlike China it does not spy on foreign companies and pass what it finds to its own companies.
Beijing typically shrugs this off as a smear motivated by those who find its growing technological might hard to bear. But to see five named officers of the People's Liberation Army indicted by a US grand jury is not something that can be brushed aside so easily. China has already announced the suspension of co-operation with the US on an internet working group. And once it has had time to digest this loss of face, it is likely to consider more serious retaliation.
In Washington on Monday, Mr Holder said a grand jury had laid hacking charges against the Chinese nationals, the first against "known state actors for infiltrating US commercial targets by cyber means".
He identified the alleged victims as Westinghouse Electric, US Steel, Alcoa Inc, Allegheny Technologies, SolarWorld and the US Steelworkers Union.
"The alleged hacking appears to have been conducted for no reason other than to advantage state-owned companies and other interests in China, at the expense of businesses here in the United States," Mr Holder said.
He said the US government rejected economic espionage as a trade tactic.
"As President Obama has said on numerous occasions, we do not collect intelligence to provide a competitive advantage to US companies, or US commercial sectors," Mr Holder said.
In response to the charges, the Chinese government said its "stance on the issue of internet security is consistent and clear".
Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the allegations were "made up" and would "damage Sino-American co-operation and mutual trust".
"China is a staunch defender of network security, and the Chinese government, military and associated personnel have never engaged in online theft of trade secrets," he said.
In an indictment in the western district of Pennsylvania, the heart of the US steel industry, the US named Wang Dong, Sun Kailiang, Wen Xinyu, Huang Zhenyu, and Gu Chunhui, all officers in Unit 61398 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), as the alleged conspirators.
FBI officials said the hacking in the years 2006-14 caused "significant losses" at the companies and that there were likely many more victims.
John Carlin, head of the justice department's national security division, said, "While the men and women of our American businesses spent their business days innovating, creating, and developing strategies to compete in the global marketplace, these members of unit 61398 spent their business days in Shanghai stealing the fruits of our labour."
By Kim GittlesonBBC business reporter, New York
It's no coincidence that four of the six groups named in the prosecution are in the metal industry, business figures say.
"Trade enforcement is always mainly a steel story - it's the only big American manufacturer that uses the trade law system effectively," says Alan Tonelson of the US Business and Industry Educational Foundation.
He says the indictments are symbolic - and may also be an attempt to mollify a US steel industry at odds with the Obama administration over proposed international trade deals. Talks for the TTIP pact between the US and EU resumed on Monday.
"Clearly we're not going to have US Justice Department officials marching into the PLA's [People's Liberation Army's] headquarters to arrest the indicted personnel," he says.
Michael Wessel, the commissioner of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, said the case "sends a message that the US is going to actively protect its own interests and make sure that China plays by the rules."
For example, Mr Carlin said that as SolarWorld, a maker of solar panels and accessories, was rapidly losing market share to cheaply priced Chinese competitors, the hackers were stealing documents on pricing strategy from them.
While Westinghouse was negotiating a deal with a Chinese state-owned firm to build nuclear power plants, Unit 61398 stole secret designs for plant components, he said.
"In the past, when we brought concerns such as these to Chinese government officials, they responded by publicly challenging us to provide hard evidence of their hacking that could stand up in court," Mr Carlin said.
Last year, cyber-defence company Mandiant published a report on a Chinese military unit the firm said was behind the vast majority of significant attacks on American federal agencies and companies.
In March, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the Pentagon planned to more than triple its cyber-security capabilities in the next few years to defend against such internet attacks.
US President Barack Obama has called cyber attacks a "real threat" to US security and its economy.
The 18-year-old fell at the New Charter Academy on Broadoak Road in Ashton-under-Lyne at about 09:10 BST, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
GMP said he had gone to Manchester Royal Infirmary and his condition was "serious".
Principal Jenny Langley said the school would remain "fully open" while police investigated.
"Our thoughts are with the family and we're doing everything we can to support them along with staff and pupils," she said.
How could it when so many new elements were added to the narrative in the countdown to Murrayfield on Saturday?
This is the second year in a row that the Pro12 has delivered a Cinderella story. First Glasgow Warriors and now Connacht as champions. In there somewhere is Edinburgh - the ugly sister.
Mark Dodson, Scottish Rugby's chief executive, is not known for a touchy-feely approach to business, so Alan Solomons, the Edinburgh coach, can count himself deeply fortunate to be still in his job.
When the heat came on, Edinburgh vanished from view. No top-four slot, which was the target. No top-six, which was the minimum requirement.
Solomons has become something of an excuse-machine. He's prolific. He gets one more chance next season to take this thing forward. Nobody, bar Dodson, will be hanging their hat on him.
Glasgow's season flattered to deceive. They thought they'd kick-on in Europe but didn't. Many of us thought that they'd defend their Pro12 title, but that didn't happen either. They remain a thrilling team at their best and have a coach that will have learned the lessons.
Gregor Townsend continued the reshaping of his squad on Tuesday with the capture of Fijian international scrum-half, Nemia Kenatale, as replacement for the now retired Mike Blair.
So, at Scotstoun next season, that's Kenatale for Blair, Rory Clegg for the departing Duncan Weir, Leonardo Sarto, the Italian wing, for the southern-hemisphere bound Taqele Naiyaravaro, Jarred Firth, the Counties Manukau tighthead for the released Mike Cusack, and Corey Flynn, the veteran New Zealand hooker, for Kevin Bryce, who's off to Edinburgh.
Quite who's going to replace Leone Nakarawa is anybody's guess. That's presuming he's replaceable - by a human as opposed to something that Steven Spielberg might come up with in a CGI lab. Even then, you'd take Nakarawa.
The totemic Fijian has entered the warm embrace of Racing 92 with a pay packet sufficiently large as to choke an elephant.
Get used to the cherry-picking from France. It's going to happen a lot in the coming years. When a French club - or, for that matter, Bath in their poaching of Dave Denton from Edinburgh - can think nothing of shelling-out six figures to get a player out of a contract then the game has changed.
Townsend will spend the summer plotting for the coming season knowing that whatever he comes up with, Glasgow without Nakarawa is a diminished force.
Everybody - Glasgow particularly - have been chastened by the rise of Connacht. Leinster's way of dealing with the upstarts from the west of Ireland is to take one of their best players - Robbie Henshaw.
Ulster have got involved too, signing Connacht prop Rodney Ah You.
Ulster mean business. They have the outstanding Charles Piutau coming in at full-back from Wasps and would have had the terrific Springbok, Marcell Coetzee, as well had he not suffered an injury that has put him out of the game for a long spell.
Scarlets have recruited Jonathan Davies and Rhys Patchell. Munster have changed the coaching team and now have the formidable Rassie Erasmus running the show.
This season brought the biggest ever crowd at a Pro12 day, 68,262 people watching Judgement Day in Wales. We had the biggest ever crowd at an Edinburgh versus Glasgow match also - 23,642.
We not only had the race for the top four, but the top six. Once upon a time, when they had their sights set on Europe's biggest prize, the Pro12 meant little to Munster, but the final weeks of the league season were huge for the double Heineken Cup champions. They were staring down the barrel of Champions Cup elimination, a prospect so ghastly that it lent a drama - and a horror - to their run-in that was captivating.
More than 1.1m people watched Pro12 games this season with an average of 8,480 per game. That's a decrease of 106 fans per match, but in World Cup year, when so many box office names were missing, it's not a bad return.
The equivalent for the previous World Cup season - 2011-12 - was 7,721 per game. The first season of the Pro12 - 2010-11- had an average of 7,553 per game.
These numbers won't take the eye out of your head with their brilliance, but they show that the competition is capturing the imagination more than it has done before. Meritocracy has upped the ante. So has the new financial reality of one-time kingpins.
The Irish teams - six European Cups between them since 1999 - can no longer touch the monied outfits of France and England. The gap has become a chasm.
The Pro12 matters more to them now than it has ever done before because season by season it's becoming their only real shot at silverware.
So much about the competition is good and yet the Pro12 remains a small fry in the grand scheme of things.
French club rugby is largely muck. War of attrition follows war of attrition. Some of the biggest names in the world game arrive and the product still remains borderline unwatchable.
For the outsider, that is. For the French, it's tribal and magnificent; the beginning, the end and the in-between of their rugby dreams. Europe? It's an added bonus if it comes. The league stuff is what it's about and, crucially, where the money's at.
The French are already feasting on television revenues that make Pro 12 executives salivate, but those numbers are going to get even greater come 2019.
French clubs are going to trouser £305m in the four years from 2019. That's £76m per season. The English Premiership clubs are currently hoovering up £189m over four years - more than £46m per season. The Pro 12 equivalent is around £12m.
The fact remains, though, that the Pro12 offers up some terrific rugby, some outstanding stories and some great champions. There were 107 players from the Pro12 at the World Cup - more than any other league in the northern hemisphere.
Therein lies one of the problems of the competition, though. Yes, there's not nearly enough money and that's not looking like it's going to change any time soon. And it's never going to change unless the Pro12 helps itself.
On average about seven rounds of the Pro12 are played during Test match windows. That's seven matches, minimum, when the elite players are not on view.
It's what Martin Anayi, the managing director of the Pro12, calls the competition's greatest strength being turned into its greatest weakness.
"We have more international players than any other competition but we play games in international windows," he said recently. "It's self-defeating."
It is. Crowds plummet an estimated 45% on those weekends. The Pro12 allows itself to look like a lesser event, a kind of development league where the top boys don't always play. If you're going looking for more money from television companies then it doesn't help when your biggest marketing tools - your marquee players - are missing for vast chunks of the season.
The Pro12 had a magnificent finale at the end of an excellent season with many narratives. It has great strengths, big weaknesses and serious challenges.
The loss of the Nakarawas diminishes it, but that fight against French loot cannot be won.
It would be nice to see some kind of Pro12 vision all the same. The competition deserves it.
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Three Rock's 9-1 rout of relegated Instonians wasn't enough to deprive Banbridge of the title with the Down club having a three-goal advantage.
Fraser Mills and Matthew Bell both hit two goals for Banbridge with Ross Beattie and Eugene Magee also scoring.
Banbridge will aim to complete a men's treble in next weekend's play-offs.
The double winners will face Monkstown in the semi-finals at the Three Rock Rovers-hosted competition next weekend with the hosts playing Lisnagarvey in Saturday's other last-four encounter.
Either Cookstown or Annadale will replace relegated Instonians in next season's IHL after reaching Sunday's promotion play-off final in Dublin.
In the semi-finals, a second half Mark Crooks goal gave Cookstown a 1-0 win over Leinster champions Corinthian.
Annadale then defeated Munster side Bandon 5-0 with two goals from Peter Caruth and one each from Craig Getty, Matthew Crookshanks and Ben Wallace.
So Cookstown will face Annadale in Sunday's final, with the winners promoted automatically and the losers having a second bite at the cherry in a play-off with UCD to decide the final spot in next season's national league.
Lurgan Ladies are also trying to get into the IHL, in their case via a round-robin promotion play-off series.
They've started well with two wins out of two to go top of the table overnight.
Lurgan began with a 3-0 win over Connacht side Greenfields, two of the goals coming from Chloe McCann after Tara McIlwaine had broken the deadlock.
In their second game of the day, Lurgan defeated Trinity 3-2 with Sarah McClure hit a first-half hat-trick.
On Sunday, Lurgan are in action against UCC and Old Alex, needing to finish top to qualify for the IHL while second place would secure them a play-off with Belfast Harlequins.
RSPB Scotland is challenging the developments in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay.
Scottish ministers approved the Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo projects in October.
Industry body Scottish Renewables described the legal challenge as "really disappointing".
The four projects could comprise more than 400 turbines and generate more than 2.2GW of power, enough to power more than 1.4million homes every year.
Consent was given to the four developments under strict conditions to mitigate any potential environmental impact, and backing was given by environmental groups including Friends of the Earth Scotland.
However, a spokesman for RSPB Scotland said the approved projects could have "serious implications" for wildlife in the area.
He said: "We have not taken this decision lightly, but having given serious consideration to these decisions to grant consent, we have decided to take legal action.
"RSPB Scotland has a proven track record of taking a stand for nature, on behalf of our members and the general public, to ensure that wildlife and the natural environment is properly safeguarded for the future.
"If these decisions are allowed to stand, they could have serious implications for how birds and important wildlife sites are protected across Scotland and beyond.
"The vast majority of renewable energy developments pose no significant threat to birds or other wildlife.
"RSPB Scotland continues to support the development of carefully sited and designed renewables, including offshore wind. However, individual developments must be sited to avoid significant harm."
Lindsay Leask, senior policy manager at Scottish Renewables, said the challenge by RSPB Scotland was "really disappointing news".
She said: "Every one of these projects has been through an incredibly rigorous, detailed and independent assessment lasting anywhere between one and two years, and it now looks like there will be another lengthy examination of that process in court before they can go ahead.
"This new delay will make it even harder for Scotland to catch up with the rest of UK and northern Europe, which already have a sizeable offshore wind industry and supply chain supporting thousands of jobs.
"The irony here is that climate change is reckoned to be one of the biggest threats to Scotland's protected habitats and species. Offshore wind is a key part of the mix required for us to meet our targets for the growth of renewables and the reduction of carbon emissions."
The Neart na Gaoith wind farm east of the Fife Ness coastline would include up to 75 turbines, generating 450MW of power.
The Alpha and Bravo Seagreen developments combined would consist of up to 150 turbines, around 16-23 miles (27-38km), off the Angus coastline, and could generate 1,050MW.
And the Inch Cape development, also off the Angus coastline, would total no more than 110 turbines, generating 784MW.
They will go forward to a vote on the night of the live show in Birmingham on Sunday, 18 December. The nominees are:
Nicola Adams - Boxing, Gareth Bale - Football, Alistair Brownlee - Triathlon, Sophie Christiansen - Equestrian, Kadeena Cox - Athletics/Cycling, Mo Farah - Athletics, Jason Kenny - Cycling, Laura Kenny - Cycling.
Andy Murray - Tennis, Adam Peaty - Swimming, Kate Richardson-Walsh - Hockey, Nick Skelton - Equestrian, Dame Sarah Storey - Cycling, Jamie Vardy - Football, Max Whitlock - Gymnastics, Danny Willett - Golf.
The 16 for 2016 were named after a year of great British sporting success, including at the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio.
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The public will vote for their favourite by phone and online during the live show.
Voting details, including phone numbers for each nominee, are announced during the programme and online. There is no voting via email, Red Button or by text.
This year's event will take place in front of 12,000 people at the Genting Arena in Birmingham.
The shortlist is compiled by a 12-member panel:
In addition to the main prize, there will also be seven other awards:
The top three contenders for Young Sports Personality of the Year, chosen by an expert panel, will be revealed during Blue Peter on 8 December, with the winner announced in the run-up to the main show on 18 December.
Welshman Williams, world champion in 2000 and 2003, needs to win the event to return to the top 16 and qualify for the Crucible later this month.
The 42-year-old will play world champion Mark Selby in Sunday's final, which is the best of 19 frames.
Selby beat fellow Englishman Kyren Wilson 6-4 in a high quality match.
Iranian world number 76 Vafaei, 22, was in his first ranking semi-final after beating defending champion Judd Trump of England.
Williams went 5-0 up on Saturday after eventually winning a nervy opening frame that lasted 40 minutes.
Vafaei made a break of 98 in frame six, missing the final pink when he looked set for a century, before Williams completed the victory in the seventh.
There was also a 40-minute opening frame in the second semi-final, which Selby took before taking a 3-1 lead.
However, Wilson remained in touch and his 130 clearance levelled the match at 3-3.
Only one frame remained between the players until Selby settled it in the 10th with a break of 93.
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A lorry bearing the slogan "Intelligent Logistics" crashed into the building in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, on Monday.
The driver is thought to have missed the warning sign on Ney Street, which is unsuitable for large vehicles.
Haulage firm Dachser said an investigation was under way.
A warning sign which reads: "Do not follow SAT NAV - next left" was placed on the road after previous crashes.
Nick Lowe, UK managing director, said: "Obviously, the driver clearly didn't see the sign. It doesn't excuse anything, but I understand it's the third time the house has been hit.
"The fact is, we have hit it now and we shouldn't have done. We are investigating what happened and there will be lessons learned from this."
The owner of the home, which was left with large cracks across its front, had been contacted by the company, he said.
Nobody was inside the property at the time and there were no injuries.
That's the question being asked after the city erupted into riots and looting on Monday. Since Michael Brown was shot dead by a police officer last year in Ferguson, Missouri, dozens of incidents questioning the use of force by police have emerged in cities and towns across the US.
But only Baltimore has seen unrest like Ferguson.
Baltimore is a thriving major city with black leadership. The thinking goes: This shouldn't be happening here.
To understand why you have to understand that Baltimore is actually two cities: One is a city mired in decline and poverty, made famous by the TV show The Wire. Another is a city on the rise with a shiny waterfront and increasing numbers of young affluent residents.
To keep the affluent Baltimore viable, city officials have pursued a laser-like focus on crime, ensuring its new up-and-coming neighbourhoods stay safe. Meanwhile, in sprawling low-income areas on the city's east and west sides, the police have been omnipresent. Sometimes their methods have bordered on draconian.
The success of the new Baltimore has never touched many parts of the city, most prominently the west side where this week's violence began. Take away the towering downtown, the waterfront and other affluent enclaves and Baltimore suddenly looks a lot like Ferguson - poor, harassed and angry.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Baltimore was haemorrhaging residents because of its high-crime rate, partly brought on by the city's massive heroin trade. David Simon, the creator of The Wire, worked then as a police reporter for The Baltimore Sun, making him an expert on the city's high-crime areas. Those experiences would later inform The Wire.
In the late 1990s, Martin O'Malley, the city's first white mayor after years of black leadership, adopted a get tough approach on crime. Mr O'Malley invested heavily in city police to turn around the fortunes of the once thriving city. He launched CitiStat, a statistics-based approach to crime fighting, sending police resources to exactly where the crime was.
His successors, Sheila Dixon and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, both black women, maintained strong support for the police department.
For a time, the get-tough approach worked: the number of murders finally plunged below 200 in 2011. It had been over 300 several times during the 1980s and 1990s.
When budget cuts were required, police were spared while other parts of the city like the parks and recreation department felt the axe. While other cities stressed community outreach and gentler methods, Baltimore stayed the course with tough policing techniques.
But in recent years, crime has been inching back despite more and more effort from the police department. The Baltimore Sun published a special report last year showing the city paid nearly $6m (£3.95m) in recent years to victims of police beatings. The Justice Department has launched an investigation into those claims.
The civic pride that courses through Baltimore's new affluent areas is absent in west Baltimore. What remains is suspicion, unemployment, poverty and frustration.
Late on Monday, on social media, young residents of the new Baltimore posted messages like "this is not the city I fell in love with".
And in a way they were right.
Tim Swift worked as an editor at The Baltimore Sun from 2001 to 2014. He is now a news editor for The BBC in Washington.
The items were displayed as corporate art by Imperial Tobacco in Nottingham, but were never on public display.
The highest bid was £3,550 for a painting of a cricketer, used to promote cigarettes.
The 115 artefacts came up for sale following the closure of the firm's Horizon factory in 2016.
The oil and watercolour paintings depicting children playing with cigarettes and women gleefully smoking, were painted before awareness of smoking's health risks became more widespread in the 1950s.
The building, known as Players, after founder John Player, had the pictures displayed across five floors.
Imperial Tobacco, which had factory blocks in the Radford area of Nottingham, made more than one million cigarettes a day and employed up to 7,000 people at its height in the 1930s.
It was one of the biggest employers in the city for decades before the Horizon factory closure when about 500 people lost their jobs.
A spokesman for auctioneer John Pye & Son said: "Some of the bidders for the more iconic lots are located in Nottinghamshire so it's great to see that they're staying local.
"In the next couple of months we'll be holding another sale to auction off the plant & machinery and tooling from the site."
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe's penalty put the Millers ahead after Cardiff keeper David Marshall was sent off for kicking out at Matt Derbyshire on 40 minutes.
But Peter Whittingham's fierce penalty after Farrend Rawson brought down Fabio levelled things before half-time.
Rotherham won it when Connolly turned Chris Maguire's cross into his own net.
Despite the victory Rotherham remain bottom of the Championship while Cardiff suffered their first defeat away from home in the league this season.
After a dour first 40 minutes the game exploded into life when visiting keeper Marshall lashed out at Derbyshire off the ball, getting himself sent off and conceding a penalty, which Odjidja-Ofoe tucked away for his first Millers goal.
Steve Evans's side could not take their lead into half-time though as Whittingham smashed home a spot-kick down the middle of the goal following Rawson's clumsy foul on Fabio.
The home side started brightly in the second-half as Jonson Clarke-Harris's half-volley was superbly saved by substitute goalkeeper Simon Moore.
Joe Newell's thunderous volley struck the post late on as Rotherham seemed destined to remain winless in the league, before Maguire's dangerous cross was inadvertently deflected into his own net by Connolly, sending the home crowd wild at a first three points of the season.
Rotherham United manager Steve Evans: "The win has been coming for me. I think if it would have been anything other than a win it would have been a travesty. We've been the best side by a million miles from the first minute.
"I thought we were battering them at 11 versus 11. They showed no interest in going forward in the second half and were camped behind the ball. The question was in the second half could we get the goal that our momentum deserved? You think it's not going to be our day.
"I think we were fantastic. We beat a top side full of quality players. We gave them a bit of a hiding."
Cardiff City manager Russell Slade on David Marshall's red card: "It's clearly a free-kick to ourselves because the player (Derbyshire) has pulled David Marshall and then David has lashed out. So yes it is a sending off - but it's not a penalty, it's a free-kick to ourselves.
"Should we have been down to 10 men? Yes we should. It's frustrating but he's left the 10 out there in a very difficult position. I'm sure he'll be very regretful of what's happened today. Occasionally players see the red mist.
"I thought we'd done enough in terms of digging in and defending as a group. We made big sacrifices to ensure that we could take a point back down the motorway but it wasn't to be."
Match ends, Rotherham United 2, Cardiff City 1.
Second Half ends, Rotherham United 2, Cardiff City 1.
Own Goal by Matthew Connolly, Cardiff City. Rotherham United 2, Cardiff City 1.
Foul by Joe Mattock (Rotherham United).
Alex Revell (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Joe Newell (Rotherham United) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Alex Revell replaces Sammy Ameobi.
Chris Maguire (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City).
Offside, Cardiff City. Simon Moore tries a through ball, but Kenwyne Jones is caught offside.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Chris Maguire replaces Matt Derbyshire.
Foul by Matt Derbyshire (Rotherham United).
Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Ledesma (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Matt Derbyshire (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Fabio (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Joe Newell with a cross.
Attempt missed. Farrend Rawson (Rotherham United) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Matt Derbyshire with a cross following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Derbyshire.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Lee Peltier.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenwyne Jones replaces Craig Noone.
Danny Collins (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Matt Derbyshire (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Emmanuel Ledesma with a cross.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Lewis Buxton.
Attempt missed. Danny Collins (Rotherham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Joe Mattock (Rotherham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe with a cross.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Sean Morrison.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Emmanuel Ledesma replaces Tony Andreu.
Foul by Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United).
Fabio (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Matt Derbyshire (Rotherham United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tony Andreu with a headed pass.
Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sean Morrison (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joe Newell with a cross.
Foul by Matt Derbyshire (Rotherham United).
Kagisho Dikgacoi (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Tony Andreu (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right.
The dinner on 26 May is thought to be one of his first major addresses since his term as president came to an end.
The event at the EICC is being organised by The Hunter Foundation.
It is being supported by Royal Bank of Scotland and is fully booked.
Mr Obama will also answer questions from the audience at the event, which is being held to raise money for charity.
The foundation was set up by leading businessman and philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter.
All of the cash raised will be split between children's charities in Scotland and the Obama Foundation, set up by the former president and his wife Michelle.
Sir Tom also plans to set aside some seats at the event for local young people.
He said: "Demand for this dinner has been unparalleled in our own experience and we can only apologise to those who we cannot accommodate at the dinner."
Peterborough Cathedral's organ is slightly sharper than the "standard pitch" introduced in 1939.
Music director Robert Quinney said this means choristers and lay clerks are forced to make "subtle changes" which "may not be good for their voices".
Work should start on the £350,000 project within six months.
Re-pitching the organ involves slightly lengthening each pipe and will take two years.
Mr Quinney said: "The organ is mostly from 1894 and back then different organ builders built them at different pitches - and it was the same with orchestral instruments.
"It was not until 1939 that everyone thought we needed a standard pitch."
As a result, the organ is half a semi-tone sharper than "standard pitch" and this means the organ cannot be used alongside visiting orchestras.
But "the real issue", according to Mr Quinney, is the impact on the cathedral's choir.
"The choristers and lay clerks have all learnt to sing at the standard pitch, that's the pitch they hear when they play their violin and listen to their iPods, so the cathedral organ is the odd one out," he said.
"To get your muscles to make such subtle changes may not be good for their voices."
The organ re-pitch is a small part of the four projects undertaken by the cathedral in the run-up to its 900th anniversary in 2018.
Permission for the change had to be sought from the Cathedral Fabric Advisory Committee, a national body which oversees certain types of work in Church of England cathedrals.
James Dyer, campaign manager of Peterborough 900, said it had rejected applications for the pitch change by five previous directors of music.
"After nearly 70 years of applications we were granted permission to do this work, on condition that we used [organ makers] Harrison & Harrison Ltd in Durham," he said.
The work will be funded by grants from charitable trusts, individual donations and corporate sponsorship.
Rossi, 24, will combine his duties with his first season in the IndyCar series in the US, attending 11 grands prix.
Racing director Dave Ryan said Rossi had been kept on after racing for the team in five races last season because they needed "a safe pair of hands".
Manor are employing two rookies as their race drivers this year - Mercedes protege Pascal Wehrlein and Indonesian former GP2 driver Rio Haryanto.
Ryan said the reserve role "always carries the potential to step up to race".
He added: "For Alex, F1 is still unfinished business. He did a great job when he drove for us in five of last season's races and he's a highly-rated and valuable part of our line-up.
"He does have one heck of a schedule ahead of him and it's a commitment that only the most disciplined of drivers would be able to manage."
Rossi said: "I've invested most of my career in F1 and I'm not one to kick my heels and wait for things to happen, so this is my way of staying sharp and prepared.
"It was disappointing to miss out on a race seat with Manor Racing this year; everyone knows I pushed and worked hard for it.
"I'm confident this experience will add to my role as a very important cog in an F1 team's wheel."
The other Round 4B tie saw Armagh drawn against Kildare, the county formerly managed by current Orchard County boss Kieran McGeeney.
The two fixtures will take place at Croke Park on 29 July.
Down take on Monaghan at 17:00 BST followed by Armagh's encounter with the Lilywhites two hours later.
McGeeney, Armagh's 2002 All-Ireland winning captain brought Kildare to an All-Ireland semi-final in 2010 but his reign ended in controversial circumstances in 2013 after losing a ballot among county delegates by just one vote.
Kildare will be without midfielder Kevin Feely after he picked up his third black card of the year in the Leinster final defeat by Dublin, while captain Eoin Doyle looks certain to have a procedure on a broken thumb.
No beaten Leinster finalist has gone on to win their Round 4 qualifier since the Lilywhites did it in 2009.
Monaghan suffered a shock Ulster semi-final defeat by Down, but have come through qualifiers against Wexford and Carlow.
Armagh have seen off Fermanagh, Westmeath and Tipperary in their All-Ireland qualifier ties, after losing out to the Mournemen in the Ulster Championship.
The winners of these ties will play either Tyrone or Dublin in the All-Ireland quarter-final. Should Kildare win they will automatically play Tyrone, while should Down win they will automatically face Dublin.
If Armagh and Monaghan both win then a further draw will be required to determine which of the above provincial champions they will meet in the quarter-final.
While teams in Round 4 are typically prevented from facing sides they've already played in their provincial championship this wasn't possible for Down as they'd already played both their potential opponents in this draw.
Moeen Ali and Ian Bell perished in the space of 13 balls as England - chasing 284 for victory and a 1-1 series draw - reached 46-2 in the 22 overs possible.
Shoaib Malik, who announced his retirement from Test cricket on Tuesday, claimed both wickets.
Earlier, Mohammad Hafeez hit 151 as Pakistan were bowled out for 355.
If England are to achieve their highest successful fourth-innings chase in Asia, they must do so against a three-pronged spin attack on a wearing pitch and with Ben Stokes' batting severely hampered by a collar bone injury.
Moeen's departure for 22 - lbw pushing at Malik with minimal foot movement - exposed Bell, who, expecting spin where there was none from round the wicket, played inside the line to have his off stump pegged back.
While Moeen's promotion to the top of the order has yielded only 84 runs in six innings, the manner of Bell's dismissal for a duck led to renewed doubts over his place in the side - and his 118-Test career.
"He won't retire and they won't sack him because they haven't got anybody else," former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott told BBC Test Match Special.
"He's got all the talent in the world but he's flaky in the head."
As so often has been the case in recent times, England's prospects of victory will rest heavily on captain Alastair Cook and Joe Root, who will resume on Thursday on 17 and six respectively.
Hafeez's 151 was the main reason England were kept in the field beyond tea.
Like the previous day, he enjoyed moments of fortune. Jonny Bairstow missed a stumping off an Adil Rashid googly in the first over of the day, while Stuart Broad put down a low one-handed chance in his follow-through with the opener on 113.
Hafeez went on to add 93 for the fifth wicket with captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who was lbw for 38 playing back to the impressive Broad.
Even after Hafeez chipped Moeen to Bell at long-on, England were frustrated by a run-a-ball 36 from Sarfraz Ahmed which was ended by a terrific delivery from Samit Patel which pitched on leg stump and hit off.
One of several Rashid long hops accounted for Yasir Shah, but James Anderson dropped a straightforward chance to allow Asad Shafiq to further frustrate England alongside Wahab Riaz.
Broad and Anderson were exemplary once again with the ball, combining control and penetration in conditions which continued to offer little for the seamers.
Broad finished with 3-44 from 23 overs and Anderson 2-52 from 26, but spinners Rashid, Moeen and Patel returned combined figures of 3-248 and managed only five maidens in 69 overs.
Former England spinner Phil Tufnell told TMS: "Some of the deliveries have come down with a bow on them - 'here you go, smash that to the boundary'."
Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan added: "It has been a full toss-athon. Graeme Swann didn't bowl an apologetic delivery like these England spinners.
"They have got the best options for these conditions but they are not bowling well enough."
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The 34-year-old Samoa international made 85 appearances in his first spell at the Rec from 2011 to 2014.
"He has shown throughout his career his quality in the set-piece, as well as his formidable presence and ball-carrying ability around the park," said Bath director of rugby Todd Blackadder.
"I've no doubt he will prove a huge asset over the coming season."
Perenise played 52 games for Bristol, eight of them last term as they were relegated back to the Championship.
"At this stage of Anthony's career, it's a great opportunity for him to play in the Premiership with Bath, where he still lives," Bristol head coach Pat Lam told the club website.
Bath start the new Premiership campaign with a trip to Leicester on 3 September.
Muska the cat adopted the spiky brood after their mother died in a lawn-mowing accident.
The tiny hoglets, as they are known, had refused milk from a syringe, a bottle, and a saucer for two days, according to Sadgorod Zoo.
At night, the babies had a heating pad to stimulate their digestion.
Still, nothing helped.
As Muska had recently raised a litter of foster kittens, she had milk to offer - so the zoo decided to try the unusual pairing.
The hungry orphans reacted to her bodily warmth and the smell of milk, and soon began to nurse.
The good-natured cat proceeded to feed the hedgehogs for more than a week and comfort them at night, Russia's Vesti reports.
The fragile youngsters are now eating on their own, although their feline guardian is still keeping an eye on proceedings.
A picture on the zoo's Instagram feed shows one of them happily snoozing in his food bowl.
Sadgorod Zoo's media director Alyona Asnovina said there had been an "invasion" of hedgehogs in eastern Russian this year.
It's not the first time a cat has nursed orphaned hedgehogs in the country. In 2012, a cat named Sonya took in four babies and fed them alongside her own kitten.
The estimated number of tax-free £100,000 prizes each month will fall from three to two, and there will also be two fewer £25,000 prizes.
The reduction is part of a wider cut in interest rates across a range of NS&I's savings products.
Cuts of up to 0.25 percentage points "reflect market conditions", it said.
They follow interest rate cuts on the same variable rate products - the Direct Isa, the Direct Saver and Income Bonds - in June last year.
There are about 21 million Premium Bond holders in the UK. The bonds are issued by NS&I which is guaranteed by the Treasury.
The total number of tax-free prizes will fall in May to an estimated 2,219,493 from about 2,224,513 now. There will be more £25 prizes but fewer of most of the higher value awards.
The total prize fund will drop from £69.5m to £63.8m over the same period, although the two jackpot prizes of £1m each month will remain.
Danny Cox, chartered financial planner at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Ironically with so little interest on cash for savers, Premium Bonds look more attractive - if your savings are returning basically nothing, you might as well opt for the chance of the jackpot prize.
"NS&I will remain popular for their cast iron security but lower interest rates and rising inflation will test savers' patience."
NS&I announced that the interest rate for the Direct Isa and for Income Bonds will fall from the current rate of 1% to 0.75% in May.
The Direct Saver account will see its interest rate drop from 0.8% to 0.7% at the same time.
NS&I blamed the cut in the Bank of England's base rate from 0.5% to 0.25% in August and the reaction to the move across the savings market.
"We have taken the time to absorb the impact of the Bank of England base rate reduction and subsequent changes across the savings market," said Steve Owen, acting chief executive of NS&I.
"The new rates reflect current market conditions and allow us to continue to strike a balance between the needs of our savers, taxpayers and the stability of the broader financial services sector.
"We appreciate that savers will be disappointed, but we believe that the new rates present a fair offer to customers."
In all, the changes will affect 21 million savers.
In November, Chancellor Philip Hammond said that a new savings bond offering a "market-leading" rate of about 2.2% would go on sale through NS&I in the spring.
Anyone over 16 will be able to invest up to £3,000 in the three-year bond. The precise interest rate will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
The fossils had previously been classified as belonging to a different dinosaur group.
But Nick Longrich, from the University of Bath, found they closely resembled a dinosaur from the south-west US.
He says the remains represent a new species of the dinosaur Pentaceratops - a smaller cousin of the familiar horned plant-eater Triceratops.
Details of the research have been published in the journal Cretaceous Research.
The paper contains a formal description of the animal including its new name - Pentaceratops aquilonius.
It was a buffalo-sized plant eater that lived from about 75 million years ago.
Dr Longrich also studied another horned dinosaur held within the museum's collection.
He believes it is a new species of Kosmoceratops, a dinosaur with an ornate skull previously found at sites in Utah.
"We thought we had discovered most of the species, but it seems there are many undiscovered dinosaurs left," Dr Longrich explained.
"The total dinosaur diversity must have been extraordinarily high. We've really only just scratched the surface."
The dinosaurs lived in western North America at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
Dr Longrich believes that although distinct northern and southern provinces existed, there was exchange between them.
Dinosaurs would spread from one part of the continent to the other, then diverge to form new species.
Competition between the different species then prevented the dinosaurs from moving between the northern and southern regions.
Speaking to Radio 1 Breakfast Show host Nick Grimshaw, the Hunger Games actress said: "I cannot really keep up with emails so the idea of Twitter is so unthinkable to me.
"I don't really understand what it is, it's like this weird enigma that people talk about.
"It's fine I respect that but no, I'll never get Twitter."
Lawrence added: "Because the internet has scorned me so much, I feel like it's that girl in high school that I'm like 'Oh you want to talk about her? Yeah I'll do that.'
"Take my hoops off, I'm ready to go."
The 24-year-old said: "If you ever see a Facebook, Instagram or Twitter that says it's me, it most certainly is not me."
In September dozens of private pictures of the actress were released on the web. Last month, she said the people who leaked the naked photos were guilty of a sex crime.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, she said: "It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime. It is a sexual violation. It's disgusting.
"The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. That's why these websites are responsible."
Other celebrities targeted in the first wave of leaks included Rihanna, Kate Upton, Selena Gomez and Kim Kardashian.
It's thought the photos were taken off the stars' iCloud accounts and were shared on websites such as Reddit and 4chan.
Apple later confirmed that some celebrities' iCloud accounts were broken into, but said it found no evidence that this was caused by a breach of its security systems.
Instead, they suggested that the victims' log-in details had been guessed.
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The loss-making Kent airport will close next week after a US firm's offer to buy the site was rejected on Monday and another bid fell through in April.
An airport spokesman said there had not been "a viable alternative" to allow the airport to remain open.
But Kent MP Sir Roger Gale said the airport should have negotiated over the offers.
Campaigners have vowed to continue fighting to keep Manston open.
In a statement, the airport spokesman said it had also considered business proposals put forward by staff but those would have still required losses to be subsidised.
"In the absence of other options, the decision has been taken to close the airport on 15 May," it said.
"Individual consultation will now take place with all staff members who will be supported through this process."
Staff were told of the decision to close the airport at a meeting on Tuesday morning.
The site was bought by Ann Gloag, who co-founded the Stagecoach Group, for £1 last year.
In March, the airport said it was in talks about closing because it was losing £10,000 a day.
Several airlines have pulled out, including KLM, which ran two daily flights to Amsterdam.
In a joint statement, local Conservative MPs Sir Roger Gale and Laura Sandys, said there was "ongoing and serious interest" in the acquisition of Manston as a working airport and they hoped the current owners could be persuaded to reconsider.
"We are convinced that, given more time, real progress could have been made and it is thus hugely disappointing that the decision has been taken to close it."
US firm RiverOak Investment, which is based in Stamford, Connecticut, said it had made an offer to acquire 100% of the shares in the company that owned Manston Airport.
It said it had $350m (£206m) in assets and a successful track record of turning around "troubled operating and real estate assets".
The company said it had developed a long-term plan to own and manage Manston as an airport.
In a statement, it said: "RiverOak is distressed to learn of the announced closure of Manston today and remains willing to engage with all parties to achieve a solution which allows the airport to continue operating and preserves the jobs of its staff."
Wendy Fraser, group secretary of Save Manston Airport, said campaigners would be stepping up their campaign to keep the airport open
"We'll fight to reopen it if it does close, and we will not let this be made into anything but an airport," she said.
Founder of the campaign group Dan Light added: "I believe that something can be done. I mean, it's not the end yet. It may look like it is, but we're going to fight to the bitter end."
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North Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to Express Linen Services on Vale Road in Llandudno Junction just before 19:30 GMT on Thursday.
North Wales Police said a man was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
Police have asked people to avoid the area.
The roof of the building was well alight on Thursday night and a large amount of smoke was reported over the area.
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The South Petherwin branch closed in January when the post master resigned and the premises were withdrawn from post office use.
The new service will operate in St Paternus Church from 10 September as part of a village community shop which opened in July.
It will open Monday to Saturday between the hours of 08:00 BST and 12:00 BST.
The Post Office said it was delighted to be restoring a range of services to the village, which will include customers being able to collect benefits in cash.
It will also include a hearing loop and wheelchair access.
Paul Michael Price, from Liverpool, is wanted in connection with the theft from Burton's Foods in Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales.
The treats were stolen from the premises on Ty Coch Way on 17 June, Gwent Police said.
Thirty-seven-year-old Mr Price is known to have links in Merseyside and the Stoke-on-Trent area.
A 24-year-old man from Liverpool has been charged in relation to the theft and will appear at Newport Crown Court on 5 November.
Gannett, owner of USA Today, made an offer of $815m (£563m) earlier this month.
Tribune's board said it would review the offer and its "numerous contingencies" and would "respond to Gannett as quickly as feasible."
But in a statement Gannett said Tribune had refused to "engage in a dialogue" about that offer.
"We therefore are prepared to consider all alternatives to complete this transaction," wrote Gannett chief executive Robert Dickey in a letter to Tribune Publishing's board.
Gannett has offered to pay $12.25 per share in cash for Tribune as well as absorb $390m of Tribune's debt.
It has been working to expand its ownership of regional US newspapers. Earlier this month, Gannett purchased the Journal Media Group, owner of the Knoxville News Sentinel and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Meanwhile, Tribune Publishing, which owns 11 major US newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and Hartford Courant, has been struggling with falling revenue. It reported a 2.1% drop in its 2015 to $1.67bn.
Since the start of the year the company said it had "made significant organizational changes". In February, Tribune named Justin Dearborn as its new chief executive and appointed the editors of each of its newspapers as dual editors-in-chief and publishers for their paper.
The publisher also accepted a $44m cash infusion from a Chicago based fund run by Michael Ferro.
Gannett said it reached out to Mr Ferro to discuss the deal.
"Tribune in some degree has been in disarray with the recent management changes and the company has been slow to implement its digital strategy," Michael Kupinski, an analyst at Noble Financial Capital Markets told Reuters news agency.
Tribune's shares ,which have halved in value over the last nine months, were up 57% on Monday.
Gannett's shares rose 3.2%.
One city centre tattoo studio was faced with 800 potential customers on Friday.
The Manchester Tattoo Appeal was launched by Stalybridge-based tattoo artist Sam Barber, with those taking part donating £50 to help the families of those killed or injured.
Tattoo parlours across the UK are now taking part.
Manchester is adorned with the bee emblem, which is a legacy of the city's textile industry.
The tattoo appeal was announced shortly after the suicide bomber attack at Manchester Arena on Monday, which left 22 people dead.
Molly Rylance, who was at the concert during the attack, was one of the first to get a bee tattoo.
She said: "I just thought I wanted it to remember - not what happened - but kind of how resilient we are as a community and just how everyone stood together and said that it's not going to break us."
Tattoo artist Sam Barber said people were using it as a "symbol of strength".
"We've actually got a lot of family members of some of the victims coming forward who want it as a memorial tattoo now," she said.
"Paramedics and health workers who were on the scene, who were there in the aftermath - who also want to come together and get that tattoo done. "
Holier Than Thou, in Oldham Street, said 800 people turned up for a bee tattoo but most had to be turned away for the day due to the demand.
Danielle Kosky, 22, who managed to get a bee tattoo, said: "It's a nice way of showing support for the victims, their families and to remember them forever - not just now.
"I didn't know how else to offer my support. Facebook and Instagram are good, but this will be on me forever, not just words that you see on a screen."
The UN estimates nearly three-quarters of Syria's 22.4 million population will need humanitarian aid in 2014.
The appeal coincides with a new study by the International Rescue Committee, which warns that starvation is now threatening the Syrian population.
Bread prices have risen by 500% in some areas, according to the report.
Four out of five Syrians said their greatest worry was that food would run out, the survey found.
(Source: UNHCR)
In total, the UN is asking for almost $13bn to fund its humanitarian operations next year.
Some $2.3bn are destined for civilians inside Syria, while $4.2bn would go to Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries.
The latest call exceeds the UN's record appeal for $4.4bn in June, of which only 60% has been funded so far.
"We're facing a terrifying situation here where, by the end of 2014, substantially more of the population of Syria could be displaced or in need of humanitarian help than not," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres.
"This goes beyond anything we have seen in many, many years, and makes the need for a political solution all the much greater."
Ahead of the launch, UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos described the Syrian situation as "one of the biggest crises in modern times".
By Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent
She said Syrian refugees "think the world has forgotten about them".
The UN estimates that some 6.3 million people have been internally displaced since the conflict broke out in March 2011.
More than two million Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries, including Lebanon and Turkey.
The UN is becoming impatient with some richer states for not helping its efforts, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports.
UN officials will be pressing Syria's neighbours Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which have apparently not offered the UN any money, our correspondent adds.
Nearly half of those who have remained in Syria now rely on aid, according to the UN.
Circumstances have worsened further with the onset of harsh winter weather.
International aid agencies say they have been struggling to provide medical aid to the sick and wounded because of fierce fighting between the forces of President Bashar al-Assad and the rebels.
IRC President David Miliband said the his organisation's latest survey showed "that starvation is now threatening large parts of the Syrian population".
By Imogen FoulkesBBC News, Geneva
Despite the huge needs, the UN is unlikely to get all the money it wants. It is almost unheard of for a UN appeal to be 100% funded: this year's request for Syria is only 60% funded, the request for the Central African Republic stands at less than 50%.
The reasons for shortfalls are complex: some traditional donors (Europe, the United States) are struggling with financial deficits. And with some crises, Syria is one of them, donors are worried their money may end up in the wrong hands.
But the UN is also impatient with some wealthy countries who have so far contributed very little to Syria. China, despite its booming economy, is thought to have offered less than $1m, while Syria's neighbours Saudi Arabia and Qatar have apparently not offered the UN any cash at all. Behind the scenes, the UN will be lobbying these countries in particular.
He called the Syrian conflict "the defining humanitarian crisis of this century so far".
"In a situation where civilians are targeted by snipers or bombs, where doctors are targeted because they've treated the 'wrong' side, and where aid workers are unable to cross conflict lines because the norms of war are not being followed and international humanitarian law is being broken, then obviously nothing is ever enough," he told the BBC.
Also on Monday Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad reaffirmed that "there will be more access and more co-operation" with the UN in the delivery of assistance.
The Syrian authorities have been accused of intentionally withholding aid from rebel-held areas.
Ms Amos said UN officials would "explore exactly what the means in terms of our ability to go to the hard-to-reach areas and the besieged areas".
In a report released last week, Amnesty International accused European Union leaders of "miserably failing" to provide a safe haven to Syrian refugees.
Only 10 member states had offered to take in refugees and even then only 12,000, it complained. The UK and Italy had offered no places at all, the organisation said.
At Monday's appeal, Mr Guterres urged European countries to "keep their borders open".
"It is essential that Syrian refugees don't perish to get to Europe. It's essential that adequate visa policies are established," he said.
More than 100,000 people are estimated to have been killed since the unrest began more than two years ago.
Forecasters first issued the alert on Wednesday for the Western Isles.
It has now been extended to also cover Wester Ross, Sutherland, Argyll, Lochaber and parts of Tayside and central Scotland.
Play at the Open golf championship at St Andrews was suspended on Friday morning due to rain.
Forecasters said winds could gust to speeds of 50mph, while heavy rain has also been forecast for Saturday.
The warning covers from 01:00 on Friday until 21:00 on Saturday.
Argyll and Lochaber could see the heaviest rain.
The Met Office said: "A rather vigorous area of low pressure for the time of year, will bring a combination of strong winds and heavy rain to parts of Scotland.
"The worst of this arrives in two separate episodes - a six to nine-hour period of heavy, thundery rain overnight into Friday, and then slightly less intense but more persistent rain setting in later Friday and lasting well through Saturday.
"Total rainfall will typically be 25 to 50mm but with some areas, particularly over high ground, receiving more than 80mm over the two days."
The Federal Reserve statement caused US stocks to climb the most since 2013.
Japan's Nikkei rallied 2.3% to close at 17,210.05 points while the broader Topix rose 1.8% to 1,376.32.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed up 246.37 points at 22,821.43 but the Shanghai Composite slipped 3.5 points to 3,057.52.
Australia's S&P/ASX200 index rose nearly 1% to close at 5,210.80 points, led by mining and energy stocks.
Japan's Sony was one of the big stock movers of the morning.
Its shares rose by 3.5% in Tokyo trading after its entertainment unit cancelled the release of "The Interview" following a cyber-security attack, which US investigators reportedly believes stemmed from North Korea.
The comedy movie is about plans to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Hackers incensed by the film leaked Sony documents and had threatened attacks on cinemas planning to show the film.
In South Korea, the Samsung Group's Cheil Industries made a strong trading debut, rising 6.6%, after pricing its initial public offering at the top end of the range.
Cheil operates theme parks and fashion outlets in the country and saw its shares double, outperforming the benchmark Kospi index which closed down 2.66 points at 1,897.50.
The Bridges nursery is to shut one of two branches in Westhill in June.
Director Graham Mogford said they could not keep passing on costs to their customers.
It comes after many businesses in the north east of Scotland saw large increases in their rates following a revaluation.
Mr Mogford said: "The parents are getting pretty angry about the whole thing.
"There's an awakening amongst parents."
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The Scottish government said it was down to local councils to offer further relief packages.
A spokesman said: "The Scottish Government has committed around £660m of business rates relief next year.
"Any business that is concerned about its valuation should contact the assessor and discuss how they worked out the provisional value.
"Companies have until September to appeal and we would encourage firms to take up those opportunities."
Aberdeenshire Council is inviting applications to a support scheme.
Head of Finance Alan Wood said: "We understand the implications of an increase in costs for businesses in Aberdeenshire and will be supportive where we can."
Rateable values are changing for the first time since 2010 after a national revaluation by The Scottish Assessors' Association.
Twenty-four-year-old Aldis Minakovskis is alleged to have stabbed Aigars Upenieks last week at a block of flats in Dundee's Menzieshill area.
He made no plea at Dundee Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody.
Mr Upenieks was found badly injured in the early hours of Wednesday morning. He later died at Ninewells Hospital.
Chief executive Mike Coupe acknowledged economic conditions had changed but said the supermarket remained "committed to making the deal happen".
"We remain absolutely convinced by the strategic rationale," he said.
Sainsbury's agreed the £1.4bn takeover of Home Retail in April, planning to pay a combination of shares and cash.
However in the three months since then the supermarket group's shares have fallen 19%, reducing the value of the deal to around £1.3bn.
Mr Coupe said the prospectus for the acquisition, issued on Tuesday, noted that the economic conditions had changed since the takeover was announced.
But he said it was still too early to understand the impact of the UK's plans to leave the EU on the combined business.
"I think it's very early days... There is a slight danger that we talk our way into an economic downturn as well," he said.
"To predict the future off 10 days' worth of data I think is impossible," he said.
Mr Coupe said whatever happened he was confident the deal would create a much stronger business for the future.
In the prospectus, the supermarket said it expected to employ 1,000 more people as a result of the deal, partly to staff more click-and-collect points.
Sainsbury's has said it hopes to complete the deal by the end of September.
However, it is still under scrutiny by the competition regulator, which has said it will decide by 25 July whether or not to launch a full inquiry.
The supermarket announced on Monday it would close its Netto stores in August after abandoning a joint venture with a Danish retailer.
Pools have yet to win in four games on home turf and rarely looked like winning this one either.
Lewis Alessandra, who had already had a shot deflected over, went close after 21 minutes. He tricked his way into the area but cut back onto his right foot and the shot was charged down.
Captain Billy Paynter then teed-up Josh Laurent for a volley but the midfielder could not keep it down.
The game lifted a gear in the second half and Pools thought they had scored when Nathan Thomas netted from a corner, but an offside flag ruled it out.
The Stags' first opening came on the hour mark as left-back Malvind Benning tricked his way forward and tried a low shot which curled wide.
Laurent was denied when his well-struck effort from 12 yards was tipped over the crossbar by Scott Shearer.
And Paynter should have put Pools ahead when he was played in by Thomas, only for the captain to lift his chipped finish over the bar.
At the other end, the dangerous Matt Green bounded in on goal but, as he picked his spot, Pools goalkeeper Trevor Carson stood tall to keep him out.
Report supplied by Press Association.
REACTION: Hartlepool boss Craig Hignett speaks to BBC Tees.
Match ends, Hartlepool United 0, Mansfield Town 0.
Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 0, Mansfield Town 0.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Liam Donnelly.
Foul by Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United).
Oscar Gobern (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ashley Hemmings (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Liam Donnelly.
Foul by Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United).
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town).
Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United) hits the bar with a right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Nicky Deverdics replaces Lewis Hawkins because of an injury.
Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Green (Mansfield Town).
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Liam Donnelly.
Attempt saved. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Padraig Amond replaces Billy Paynter.
Attempt missed. Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Ashley Hemmings replaces Danny Rose.
Jamie McGuire (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Danny Rose (Mansfield Town).
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Oscar Gobern (Mansfield Town).
Foul by Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United).
Matt Green (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United).
(Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Scott Shearer.
Attempt saved. Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
(Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Green (Mansfield Town).
Attempt saved. Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Danny Rose.
Foul by Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United).
Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Alex Iacovitti.
Sir David joined the BBC after serving in the Royal Navy from 1947 to 1949 and launched Zoo Quest in 1954.
A string of successful natural history programmes followed including Life On Earth, The Living Planet, The Trials Of Life, The Blue Planet and Planet Earth.
Cameraman Gavin Thurston, who has worked with Sir David for many years, described him as "an amazing man".
BBC Springwatch presenter Michaela Strachan said Sir David was the "god of wildlife programmes and presenters".
"He's up there and we are all really proud of him and have all been inspired by him," she said.
"And he is unbelievably intelligent, not just on wildlife but on many other subjects as well.
"I don't know anybody that doesn't like David Attenborough. I know lots of people that don't like us but everyone loves him."
Fellow presenter Chris Packham said: "He told us stories, that's the great thing."
CBBC wildlife star Steve Backshall said Sir David "completely transformed my view of the wild world".
The BBC has a special page celebrating Sir David's extraordinary career in natural history, including:
There will be a special programme on BBC One at 19:00 BST on Sunday in which he shares highlights of his life and career with broadcaster Kirsty Young.
The Natural History Museum tweeted: "Very happy birthday wishes to #SirDavidAttenborough! Many thanks for inspiring us all w/ your work."
The Zoological Society of London tweeted: "We want to wish the world's greatest ambassador for animals a very happy 90th birthday."
Wishing Sir David a happy birthday, BBC Three has him providing commentary to "nature's most curious species" - the human being.
The hashtag #Attenborough90 has been trending on Twitter.
Kat Hartwell Goose tweeted: "A guiding light and inspiration, I feel truly honoured to have met him, happy birthday!!"
Daniel Mueller said: "Happy Birthday David Attenborough. I had the pleasure of meeting the great man only a week ago."
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Three decades ago, it was referring to itself as part of the Muslim Brotherhood and laying out its aim to obliterate Israel, creating an Islamic state on "every inch" of historic Palestine.
In its 36 articles, the 1988 document often uses anti-Semitic rhetoric to describe its struggle as a confrontation between Muslims and Jews.
Now, after years of internal wrangling, Hamas has produced a new policy document, which softens some of its stated positions and uses more measured language.
There is nothing so dramatic as recognition of Israel.
In fact, Hamas restates the Palestinians' claim to all the land "from the River Jordan in the East to the Mediterranean Sea in the West".
However, the new document does formally accept the creation of a Palestinian state in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem - what are known as pre-1967 lines.
This idea has been the basis for previous rounds of peace talks with Israel.
At a press conference in Doha, where he lives in exile, the Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal also stressed a change in approach to the Jewish faith.
"Hamas believes our struggle is against the Zionist occupation, the Zionist enterprise. It's not a struggle against Jews or Judaism," he said.
The indications are that Hamas wants to improve its international standing.
It has dropped all references to the Muslim Brotherhood since Egypt and some Gulf Arab states decided to categorise the wider organisation as a terrorist group.
And yet, the new declarations will not see Hamas itself removed from the terrorist lists of the United States and the European Union any time soon.
They make clear that Hamas remains committed to what it calls "armed resistance" against Israel.
The Israeli prime minister's spokesman, David Keyes dismissed the new Hamas document.
"When you look at what they tell their own people on Hamas's TV stations, in their mosques, in their schools, they are calling on a daily basis to destroy Israel," he said.
There has been speculation that Hamas is seeking entry to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), an umbrella group for Palestinian political factions.
Its original charter states that on the day the PLO "adopts Islam as its way of life, we will become its soldiers."
Now, the body - headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - is described as "a national framework for the Palestinian people inside and outside of Palestine".
That shift could play well with many Palestinians - keen to see an end to the damaging division between their main political factions, Hamas and Fatah.
However, Fatah spokesman, Osama al-Qawasmi, criticised Hamas for not altering its stance earlier.
"Hamas should apologise to the PLO after 30 years accusing it of treachery and blasphemy and for causing a sharp split between the Palestinian people," he said.
Tensions have recently increased between Fatah, which dominates the Palestinian Authority governing parts of the West Bank, and Hamas, which controls Gaza.
Hamas took over Gaza by force in 2007, a year after it won legislative elections.
The more moderate tone from Mr Meshaal comes as he is about to step down as leader of Hamas after serving two terms.
Some analysts suggest he hopes to alleviate the economic pressure in Gaza, which has long seen tight border restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt.
This new document also comes as his political rival Mahmoud Abbas prepares to meet US President Donald Trump this week.
While Hamas officially criticises his diplomatic efforts, it may not want to be marginalised if the moribund peace process is revived.
Lyle Taylor's first league goal since the opening day of the season had put AFC Wimbledon ahead, only for Black to level matters after the break, with Shrewsbury holding on despite Toney receiving two yellow cards.
The Dons began sharply and led after six minutes when Taylor battled to win a corner, before losing his marker to meet a low delivery with a fierce shot past Jayson Leutwiler.
Shrewsbury ought to have been level after 10 minutes when Toney spurned a fantastic chance, ballooning his header from Junior Brown's cross well over.
The visitors rarely threatened after that but they equalised within 90 seconds of the restart when Black was given space to fire beyond James Shea from 25 yards.
Shea then kept out Shaun Whalley's long-range effort, before Leutwiler made a fantastic save of his own from Dom Poleon from two yards.
Shrewsbury were reduced to 10 men when Toney was shown a senseless second yellow in the 82nd minute, but Wimbledon could not make their advantage count.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Shrewsbury Town 1.
Second Half ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Shrewsbury Town 1.
Attempt saved. Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt saved. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Oliver Lancashire (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Oliver Lancashire (Shrewsbury Town).
Andy Barcham (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt blocked. Chris Whelpdale (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Second yellow card to Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) for a bad foul.
Foul by Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town).
(AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Oliver Lancashire replaces Joe Riley because of an injury.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Chris Whelpdale replaces Lyle Taylor.
Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon).
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Ivan Toney.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Junior Brown.
Attempt blocked. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tyrone Barnett replaces Dean Parrett.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Andy Barcham replaces Tom Elliott.
Attempt saved. Shaun Whalley (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Joe Riley (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon).
Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon).
Ryan McGivern (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon).
Ian Black (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mae pedwar o bobl wedi marw yn yr ymosodiad a 40 wedi eu hanafu.
Mae tri o'r rhai sydd wedi eu hanafu yn blismyn a dau mewn cyflwr difrifol.
Mae heddlu Llundain yn credu eu bod nhw'n gwybod pwy oedd yr ymosodwr ac yn dweud ei fod wedi cael ei ysbrydoli gan derfysgaeth Islamaidd ryngwladol.
Mae wyth o bobl wedi eu harestio mewn cysylltiad gyda'r ymosodiad.
Mewn datganiad ger bron Tŷ'r Cyffredin fore Iau dywedodd y prif weinidog Theresa May fod yr ymosodwr, oedd wedi ei eni ym Mhrydain, wedi gweithredu ar ben ei hun.
Ychwanegodd fod yr heddlu a'r gwasanaethau cudd yn adnabod y dyn.
Rhai blynyddoedd yn ôl, meddai Mrs May, roedd yr M15 wedi cynnal ymchwilaid oherwydd pryderon am eithafiaeth treisgar, ond gwnaed y penderfynaid fod y dyn yn "ffigwr ar yr ymylon" ac nad oedd yn rhan o'r darlun cyfoes sydd wedi ei lunio gan y gwasanaetahu cudd.
Wedi'r ymosodiad yn Llundain, mae darlithydd yn adran astudiaethau amddiffyn Coleg King's wedi dweud bod y math yma o ymosodiad yn "anodd ei ragweld".
Dywedodd Bleddyn Bowen ar y Post Cyntaf: "Y math yma o ymosodiad yw'r peth anoddaf i'w ragweld ac i'w atal achos mae pawb yn gallu cael car a chael gafael ar gyllell, felly mae'r math yma o ymosodiad yn anodd iawn i'r asiantaethau diogelwch a gwybodaeth i'w ragweld..."
"Does dim ateb clir i'r math yma o ymosodiadau, tu hwnt i system lywodraethol fwy totalitaraidd, neu atal pobl rhag gyrru ceir ble mae lot o bobl ar bafin."
Ymhlith y rhai a gafodd eu lladd yn Llundain oedd plismon, y Cwnstabl Keith Palmer, a oedd yn gwarchod y Senedd. Cafodd y dyn 48 oed ei drywanu gan yr ymosodwr.
Cafodd yr ymosodwr ei saethu'n farw.
Cyn yr ymosodiad ar y plismon fe wnaeth yr ymosodwr yrru ei gar at gerddwyr oedd yn croesi Pont San Steffan.
Ar y Post Cyntaf, dywedodd yr AS Liz Saville Roberts bod teimlad o "agosatrwydd" yn Llundain.
"Mae 'na awyrgylch yma, pobl yn edrych ar ei gilydd, rhyw deimlad os rhywbeth o agosatrwydd, ond deall hefyd," meddai.
Bydd Tŷ'r Cyffredin a Thŷ'r Arglwyddi yn gweithio yn ôl eu harfer ddydd Iau.
Dyna hefyd fydd hanes y Senedd ym Mae Caerdydd, ar ôl i weithgareddau yno gael eu hatal ddydd Mercher yn dilyn digwyddiadau Llundain.
Ond fe fydd yna fwy o heddlu gan gynnwys heddlu arfog ar ddyletswydd yng nghyffiniau'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol.
Cafodd munud o dawelwch ei gynnal ar draws Whitehall yn Llundain, yn Scotland Yard ac yn y senedd ym Mae Caerdydd fore Iau.
Under a two-year scheme, firms with fewer than 250 staff will get subsidies if they take on a young or unemployed person for six months or more.
In addition, about 500,000 vocational training schemes will be created.
France's unemployment rate is 10.6%, against a European Union average of 9.8% and 4.2% in Germany.
Mr Hollande said money for the plan would come from savings in other areas of public spending.
"These €2bn will be financed without any new taxes of any kind," said President Hollande, who announced the details during an annual speech to business leaders.
"Our country has been faced with structural unemployment for two to three decades and this requires that creating jobs becomes our one and only fight."
France was facing an "uncertain economic climate and persistent unemployment" and there was an "economic and social emergency", he said.
The president said recently that the country's social emergency, caused by unemployment, was as serious as the emergency caused by terrorism.
He called on his audience to help "build the economic and social model for tomorrow".
The president also addressed the issue of labour market flexibility.
"Regarding the rules for hiring and laying off, we need to guarantee stability and predictability to both employers and employees. There is room for simplification," he said.
"The goal is also more security for the company to hire, to adapt its workforce when economic circumstances require, but also more security for the employee in the face of change and mobility".
However, the BBC's Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield said there was widespread scepticism that the plan would have any lasting impact.
"Despite regular announcements of plans, pacts and promises, the number of those out of work continues to rise in France.
"With a little over a year until the presidential election in which he hopes to stand for a second term, President Hollande desperately needs good news on the jobs front. But given the huge gap so far between his words and his achievements, there is little expectation that this new plan will bear fruit in time", our correspondent said.
The point to extend the Robins' unbeaten run to four games leaves them 22nd in the table, but moves them to within two points of safety after Bury were beaten by Rochdale on Thursday.
Wimbledon's Tom Soares could have seen red in the 24th minute after his high boot forced John Goddard off the pitch with blood pouring from his head.
The Dons should have taken the lead in the 30th minute when Tyrone Barnett was gifted a chance but he scuffed his effort into the hands of Lawrence Vigouroux.
Goddard returned shortly afterwards and almost gave the home side the lead when his curling shot from outside the area forced Joe McDonnell into a fingertip save.
Swindon's Bradley Barry tried his luck from long range in the 77th minute, but his stinging shot went just over the crossbar.
Jake Reeves almost won it in the final moments for the Dons when he broke free on goal but he fired his effort straight at Vigouroux.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Swindon Town 0, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Second Half ends, Swindon Town 0, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon).
Bradley Barry (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sean Kelly (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt missed. Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Lawrence Vigouroux.
Attempt saved. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Alfie Egan replaces George Francomb.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Bradley Barry.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Paul Robinson.
Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Dean Parrett replaces Tom Soares.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Andy Barcham replaces Tyrone Barnett.
Attempt blocked. Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Fankaty Dabo (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt missed. Bradley Barry (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sean Kelly (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, Swindon Town. Luke Norris replaces Charlie Colkett.
Foul by Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town).
Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Hand ball by Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town).
Bradley Barry (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Foul by Rohan Ince (Swindon Town).
Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Ben Gladwin.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Dion Conroy.
Attempt blocked. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Dion Conroy.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Swindon Town. Ben Gladwin replaces John Goddard.
Delay in match Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) because of an injury.
Foul by Rohan Ince (Swindon Town).
Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6 November 2015 Last updated at 03:16 GMT
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Nottinghamshire began on 89-4 but added just 101 runs to their overnight score, with Samit Patel (46) top-scoring as the hosts' bowlers shared the wickets.
Set 401 runs to win, Marcus Trescothick (65) and Tom Abell (72) made a perfect start with a 129-run partnership.
Johann Myburgh added 56 before Notts recovered to leave Somerset 274-5 at stumps, requiring another 127 to win.
Somerset began the day on the front foot as Tim Groenewald (3-65) trapped the dangerous Riki Wessels lbw in the first over.
Luke Wood was then bowled by Alfonso Thomas (2-43) to leave the visitors reeling on 95-6 and give Somerset hope that they could set up an attainable victory target.
Will Gidman (22) and Patel moved the score along, but Gidman was caught and bowled by Groenewald before Patel was caught at point off the bowling of Abdur Rehman (2-60) and the tail soon followed to leave Somerset five sessions to make 401 runs.
Trescothick and Abell set about their sizeable task with positive intent, with the Somerset captain reaching his third Championship half-century of the season from 79 balls before he was caught and bowled by Patel.
Gidman (2-29) then took two crucial wickets in quick succession, having Abell and the in-form James Hildreth caught at short extra cover to leave the score at 201-3.
Matthew Carter (2-95) had both Tom Cooper and Myburgh caught to reach nine wickets for the match, but Jim Allenby (32 not out) and Peter Trego (26 not out) reached the close untroubled to leave both sides hopeful of a victory going into the final day.
Somerset coach Matt Maynard:
"It would have been nice had we have lost one or two fewer wickets, but we are still in a position where if we can get a couple of partnerships together, it is going to be a very tight finish.
"We know the new ball is around the corner, but if Trego and Allenby can develop their partnership and see off 10 or 15 overs of the new ball, it's going to be very exciting.
"I think we have done brilliantly to get ourselves back into this position in the first place. We were 200 runs adrift on the first innings, but to have bowled and fielded like we did is very encouraging."
Nottinghamshire all-rounder Will Gidman:
"The game is certainly in the balance and it's shaping up to be a fantastic last day.
"It's very clichéd, but I think the first half-hour to 45 minutes is going to be vital. Whoever wins that will be in a very strong position.
"The first innings was all about Matthew Carter but they have dealt with him a lot better and as a result, they are a lot better off in terms of the game position."
Coach Erik Hamren looks set to stick with Marcus Berg up front, ahead of fellow misfiring forward John Guidetti, as Zlatan Ibrahimovic's strike partner.
Belgium midfielder Mousa Dembele is unlikely to be risked after suffering an ankle injury against the Republic of Ireland, so Radja Nainggolan may start.
Defensive duo Jan Vertonghen and Thomas Vermaelen will both start the game a booking away from a suspension.
Belgium only need a point against Sweden to secure qualification as runners-up. They would go out if they lose and the Republic of Ireland win.
Sweden will qualify as runners-up if they win - as long as the Republic of Ireland don't beat Italy by at least three goals.
If Sweden and Ireland both claim victories and the Irish win by at least a three-goal margin it becomes possible for Sweden to drop to third - but four points would guarantee they qualify as one of the best third-placed sides.
Defeat would eliminate Sweden - as would a draw coupled with an Ireland win. If Sweden end third on two points they are unlikely to go through as one of the best third-placed teams.
Euro 2016: Who will qualify for the last 16?
It's a tale of two strikers in Nice. Romelu Lukaku put a disappointing outing in Belgium's opener behind him with a two-goal display against the Republic of Ireland. Meanwhile Swedish star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is yet to score at Euro 2016 and is goalless in his last four games for Sweden.
The 34-year-old will retire from international football after the tournament and is still hoping to bow out in style. "To finish with a disappointment - never," he said on Tuesday.
Lukaku's goals were vindication for Belgium coach Marc Wilmots, who opted to stand by the forward despite calls for him to be dropped after their opening game defeat.
The situation could not be more different for Ibrahimovic. The Swede entered the tournament to much fanfare, yet he is still to test an opposition goalkeeper as indeed are any of his team-mates. Sweden are the only country yet to have a shot on target.
Head-to-head
Sweden
Belgium
16th century - Spanish colonisation of the River Plate coast and inland areas begins.
1776 - Spain establishes separate Viceroyalty of the River Plate.
1810 - Viceroy overthrown, launching the war of independence.
1816 - Independence declared, followed by decades of turmoil, attempted foreign intervention, and civil war between centralist and federalist forces.
1861 - State of Buenos Aires finally reintegrated with Argentine Confederation after Battle of Pavon to form a united country.
1880 - Start of decades of liberal economic and immigration policies that lead to rapid income and population growth and progressive education and social policies.
Evita: 50 years as a symbol
Witness: Peron returns
1908 - Argentina has seventh highest per capita income in the world.
1912 - Full adult male suffrage introduced.
1916 - Hipolito Yrigoyen of the Radical party is elected president and introduces a minimum wage to counter the effects of inflation. Yrigoyen is elected again in 1928.
1930 - Armed forces coup ousts Yrigoyen amid sharp economic downturn caused by Great Depression. Civilian rule is restored in 1932, but economic decline continues.
1942 - Argentina, along with Chile, refuses to break diplomatic relations with Japan and Germany after the Japanese attack on the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour.
1943 - Nationalist army officers seize power in protest at stagnation and electoral fraud. One leading figures is Colonel Juan Peron.
1945 - Argentina declares war on Japan and Germany.
The Peron era
1946 - Juan Peron wins presidential election on a promise of higher wages and social security. His wife, Eva 'Evita' Peron is put in charge of labour relations.
1949 - A new constitution strengthens the power of the president. Congress passes legislation providing jail terms for anyone showing disrespect to the government. Regime opponents are imprisoned, independent newspapers are suppressed.
1951 - Peron is re-elected with a huge majority.
1952 - Evita dies of cancer. Peron's support begins to decline.
1955 September - Military coup succeeds after three days of fighting, during which thousands are killed. Peron resigns and goes into exile. The federal constitution of 1853, based on that of the United States, is restored.
1966 - General Juan Carlos Ongania seizes power after years of unstable civilian government.
1973 - The Peronist party wins elections in March, Peron becomes president in September.
1974 - Peron dies in July. His third wife, Isabel, succeeds him. Terrorism from right and left escalates, leaving hundreds dead amid strikes, protests and rampant inflation.
1976 - Armed forces seize power and launch 'Dirty War' in which thousands are killed on suspicion of left-wing sympathies.
The Falklands War
On This Day 1982: Argentina invades Falklands
Falklands War anniversary
Falkland Islands profile
1982 April - Argentine forces occupy the British Falkland Islands, over which Argentina has long claimed sovereignty. British task force re-takes islands in June.
1983 - Junta, reeling from Falklands fiasco, restores democracy. Raul Alfonsin becomes president. Argentina begins to investigate the 'Dirty War' and charge former military leaders with human rights abuses. Inflation is running at more than 900%.
1989 - Carlos Menem of the Peronist party is elected president. He imposes an economic austerity programme.
1990 - Full diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom are restored, although Argentina maintains claim to Falklands.
1992 - Argentina introduces a new currency, the peso, which is pegged to the US dollar. A bomb is placed in the Israeli embassy, 29 people are killed.
1994 - A Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires is bombed. 86 people are killed and more than 200 injured in Argentina's worst terrorist atrocity. Over subsequent decades of investigations, prosecutors allege Iranian involvement.
1996 - Finance Minister Domingo Cavallo is dismissed. Economic hardship leads to a general strike in September.
1997 - A judge in Spain issues orders for the arrest of former Argentine military officers on charges of participating in the kidnapping and killing of Spanish citizens during the 'Dirty War'. Argentine amnesty laws protect the accused.
Recession bites
1998 - Argentine judges order arrests in connection with the abduction of hundreds of babies from women detained during the 'Dirty War'.
1999 - Fernando de la Rua of the centre-left Alianza opposition coalition wins the presidency, inherits 114 billion-dollar public debt after a year of recession.
2000 - Strikes and fuel tax protests. Beef exports slump after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Soya exports suffer from concerns over the use of genetically modified varieties. The IMF grants Argentina an aid package of nearly 40 billion dollars.
2001 March - President de la Rua forms a government of national unity and appoints three finance ministers in as many weeks as cabinet resignations and protests greet planned austerity measures.
2001 July - Much of the country is brought to a standstill by a general strike in protest against proposed government spending cuts. Country's credit ratings slip.
Return of the Peronists
2001 October - The opposition Peronists take control of both houses of parliament in congressional elections.
Unemployed protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires
The day Argentina hit rock bottom
Fresh hope after Argentine crisis
2001 December - IMF stops $1.3bn in aid, banks shut down. President De la Rua resigns after at least 25 people die in rioting.
2002 1 January - Congress elects Peronist Senator Eduardo Duhalde as caretaker president. Within days the government devalues the peso, ending 10 years of parity with the US dollar.
2002 November - Argentina defaults on an $800m debt repayment to the World Bank, having failed to re-secure IMF aid. The World Bank says it will not consider new loans for the country.
Kirchner sworn in
2003 May - Mainstream Peronist candidate Nestor Kirchner wins presidential election.
Cristina Fernandez succeeded husband Nestor Kirchner as president
Obituary: Nestor Kirchner
2003 September - After weeks of negotiations Argentina and IMF agree on debt-refinancing deal under which Buenos Aires will only pay interest on its loans.
2005 March - President Kirchner declares the restructuring of the country's debt to be a success. Argentina offered to exchange more than $100bn in defaulted bonds.
2005 June - Supreme Court approves repeal of amnesty law that had protected former military officers suspected of human rights abuses during military rule in 1976-1983. Congress voted to scrap the amnesty in 2003.
2006 January - Argentina repays its multi-billion-dollar debt to the IMF.
Fernandez elected
2007 October - Former Roman Catholic police chaplain Christian Von Wernich is convicted of collaborating in the murder and torture of prisoners during the 'Dirty War'.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is elected president, succeeding her husband Nestor Kirchner in the December.
2008 July - President Fernandez cancels controversial tax increases on agricultural exports which sparked months of protests by farmers.
2008 August - Two former generals are sentenced to life imprisonment for their actions during the period of Argentina's military rule - known as the Dirty War - during the 1970s and 1980s.
2008 November - Lower house of parliament approves government's controversial plan to nationalise pension funds. President Fernandez says the move is necessary to protect pensioners' assets during the global financial crisis.
2009 July - Legislative elections result in President Fernandez's Peronist party losing its absolute majorities in both houses of parliament.
Row with UK
2009 April - Argentina hands documents to UN formally laying claim to a vast expanse of the ocean, as far as the Antarctic and including British island chains.
2009 December - Argentine parliament passes law claiming Falkland Islands and several other British overseas territories in the area.
Tango evolved in Buenos Aires, became a worldwide craze
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2010 February - Argentina imposes new controls on ships passing through its waters to Falkland Islands in response to plans by a British company to drill for oil near the islands.
2010 June - Argentina's creditors agree to new debt swap deal worth around $12bn. Under the new agreement, two thirds of the country's outstanding bad debt will be exchanged for new bonds.
2010 December - Exploration firm says it fails to find oil at Falkland Islands.
Former military ruler General Jorge Videla is sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity.
2011 October - Benefiting from strong economic growth, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner wins a second term with a landslide 54% of the vote.
Former naval officer Alfredo Astiz and 11 other former members of the security forces are given life sentences for crimes against humanity committed during the 1976-83 period of military rule.
2011 December - As the 30th anniversary of Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands approaches, tensions with Britain increase after Buenos Aires persuades members of the South American trading bloc Mercosur to close their ports to ships flying the Falkland Islands flag.
2012 May - The European Union files a suit against Argentina's import restrictions at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a row over Argentina's nationalisation of energy company YPF, which was majority owned by Spain's Repsol.
2012 July - Two former junta leaders found guilty of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners during 1976-1983 dictatorship. Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone sentenced to 50 and 15 years in prison respectively. Trial follows years of campaigning by rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, which says 500 children stolen and raised by families close to the regime.
2012 September - The International Monetary Fund warns Argentina it could face sanctions unless it produces reliable growth and inflation data by mid-December. Economists say annual inflation in Argentina is running at 24%, much higher than the official 10% figure.
2012 November - Congress approves a law to lower the voting age to 16. The government says it is an extension of democracy that will enfranchise more than a million young voters. President Fernandez is courting the youth vote, and critics say the change is designed to boost her party's chances in the key mid-term congressional elections in 2013.
2013 January - Argentina and Iran agree to set up a joint commission to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, despite Argentine courts having blamed Iran for the attack in which 85 people died.
2013 February - Argentina becomes the first country to be censured by the International Monetary Fund for not providing accurate data on inflation and economic growth, under a procedure that can end in expulsion.
2013 March - Falkland Islanders vote overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a British overseas territory.
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires is chosen as Pope. He is the first Latin American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, and takes the name of Francis.
2013 November - President Fernandez appoints leftwingers to run the cabinet, economy, agriculture and central bank in a move to strengthen state intervention in the economy. Government reaches deal with Spanish energy company Repsol to pay compensation for the YPF firm nationalised in 2012.
2014 July - Argentina defaults on its international debt for the second time in 13 years, after failing to resolve its differences with US hedge funds that hold 1.3bn dollars worth of bonds, bought at a discount after the country last defaulted.
2014 September - Congress approves a bill to restructure the country's debt and sidestep a recent US court ruling that caused Argentina to default.
2014 October - Court gives life sentences to fifteen people for their involvement in the running of a detention and torture centre in the city of La Plata during military rule in the 1970s
2014 December - Reynaldo Bignone, Argentina's last military ruler already in jail for crimes against humanity, is sentenced for the theft of babies born during the years of dictatorship in the 1970s and 80s.
2015 January - Prominent prosecutor Alberto Nisman is found dead in mysterious circumstances, after accusing the government of a cover-up over the country's worst terrorist attack - the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires that left 85 people dead.
President Fernandez announces plans to dissolve the country's intelligence agency, and suggests that rogue agents were involved in Mr Nisman's death.
2015 February - Judge dismisses Prosecutor Nisman's case against President Fernandez for lack of evidence.
2015 November - Conservative Mayor of Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri beats Peronist Daniel Scioli in run-off presidential election, takes office in December.
2016 February - Argentina agrees to settle multi-billion-dollar dispute with US hedge funds over bond repayments, which had restricted the country's access to international credit markets.
The 19-year-old played just 11 times for Ligue 2 club Lens but has also represented Belgium at Under-16, Under-17, Under-18 and Under-19 levels.
He follows Eden, 21, who joined Chelsea for a reported £32m from Lille in June.
Thorgan will train with Chelsea's under-21 squad in pre-season but a loan move would be considered, according to the club's official website.
Meanwhile, striker Fernando Torres expects the Blues to challenge for the Premier League title this season.
Torres, 28, told his personal website, www.fernando9torres.com: "I would love to win a Premier League.
"Hopefully it will happen this year, but for sure we will be challenging for it."
Nemesis, a heavily-modified Lotus Exige body, will be driven by estate agent Nick Ponting, 21, from Gloucester.
Dale Vince said he had built the car to "smash the stereotype of electric cars as something Noddy would drive - slow, boring, not cool".
The record attempt is due to be made at Elvington Airfield, near York, on 27 September.
Nemesis was designed and built in under two years by a team of British motorsport engineers in Norfolk.
It can travel from 100-150 miles between charges, depending on driving style, and can be charged from empty in about 30 minutes using a rapid-charger.
The team believes theoretically the motors are capable of about 200mph but "real world" constraints like aerodynamic lift have to be addressed before the attempt.
Mr Vince, who runs the electricity company Ecotricity, said he was quietly confident the team would break the record.
The current record of 137mph (220km/h) was set by Don Wales, from Addlestone, Surrey, in 2000.
A separate attempt to beat the record last August was thwarted after the vehicle's suspension was damaged by a pothole.
The Bluebird Electric was being driven along Pendine Sands in Carmarthenshire by Mr Wales's son Joe, who suffered mild whiplash as a result.
It had previously removed the image, posted by a Norwegian author, on the grounds that it contained nudity.
The move sparked a debate about Facebook's role as an editor.
The editor of Norway's largest newspaper had written an open letter to Facebook's chief Mark Zuckerberg calling the ban "an abuse of power".
The tech giant said it had "listened to the community" and acknowledged the "global importance" of the photo.
"Because of its status as an iconic image of historical importance, the value of permitting sharing outweighs the value of protecting the community by removal, so we have decided to reinstate the image on Facebook where we are aware it has been removed," it said in a statement.
"It will take some time to adjust these systems but the photo should be available for sharing in the coming days.
"We are always looking to improve our policies to make sure they both promote free expression and keep our community safe."
The Norwegian prime minister - who had earlier posted a copy of the photo on Facebook herself only to see it removed - welcomed the U-turn.
"That's very good, I'm a happy prime minister," Erna Solberg told BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight programme.
"It shows that using social media can make [a] political change even in social media."
Tom Egeland, the author whose Facebook account had been suspended over the affair, also expressed his pleasure.
"Now I'm happy!" he tweeted.
"This does not alter at all the difficult issues that involve Facebook and the Norwegian media. But tonight I'm just happy."
But Espen Egil Hansen - the editor of Aftenposten, who had brought the issue to prominence - said he still had concerns.
"When it comes to this photo specifically I would say that it was a sensible decision by Facebook. That's what we editors have to do sometimes - realise that we made a mistake and change our minds," he wrote in Norwegian on the newspaper's site.
"But the main point of my article, and the point that I have asked Mark Zuckerberg to engage in, is the debate about Facebook's power that results from so much information going through its channels. And that still stands.
"He should begin to take part in this discussion, for there are no simple solutions. Facebook must recognise that it has become an information filter - and that raises problematic issues."
Last month, Mr Zuckerberg told an Italian audience that he did not want his firm to become a news editor.
"No, we are a tech company, not a media company," he said.
"The world needs news companies, but also technology platforms, like what we do, and we take our role in this very seriously."
The Welsh 400m hurdler, 32, met the Olympic qualifying time in May, but failed to win automatic Rio selection at the British Championships.
Williams failed in his appeal, which he said was "a bitter pill to swallow".
"Sport requires so much dedication... It's whether I've still got that drive and motivation," he told Newyddion 9.
The 2012 European 400m hurdle champion said, at the moment, his love for the sport is not there, but added: "hopefully in the coming weeks it will be.
"I'm not going to make any rash decisions because I want to see Wales, off the back of this Olympics, springboard into the Commonwealth Games... and I've always wanted to be one of the main Welsh athletes there."
Asked if athletics fans would see him at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, the 2012 Olympian replied: "I hope so, we'll see."
Williams was left out of the Team GB squad for Rio after missing out on a place in the top two at the British Championships in June and finishing fifth at the European Championships in July.
The British Athletics selection panel did not feel that he would win a medal in Rio or at a future Olympic Games.
Williams, who received a four-month ban for doping in 2014 and missed that year's Commonwealth Games, admitted watching the Olympics from home "has been tough".
"When you've just fallen short over a selector not thinking you're quite good enough, even though you're much better than some of the athletes they've taken, it's a bitter pill to swallow.
"But that's life, that's sport and you've just got to get on with it.
"I really wanted to almost end my athletics career on a high, and I almost did that and I just fell short."
Seren Bundy-Davies was the only Welsh track and field athlete named in Great Britain's team for the Olympics.
It means Wales has just one athletics competitor at an Olympics for the first time since the 1952 Helsinki Games.
Williams fears Wales might struggle to send a larger athletics contingent to future Games unless more talent starts coming through the system.
"Sport is up and down and Welsh Athletics have got actually a great system in place and a great head coach.
"What they haven't got is enough athletes coming through, they get lost to rugby, football, hockey, [and] netball so until that's sorted, it's not going to change much."
US Governor Sam Brownback signed the law on Thursday, saying it would encourage people to get back to work.
Other states prevent welfare recipients from buying alcohol and cigarettes with government aid.
But the revised Kansas list appears to be the most extensive in the US.
Senate Minority Leader Democrat Anthony Hensley called it "a punitive and highly judgmental piece of legislation" while national commentators such as The Daily Show's Jon Stewart have ridiculed the law.
But other critics question whether such restrictions can be enforced.
Shannon Cotsoradis, president and CEO of the advocacy group Kansas Action for Children, said the list had attracted national attention because "it feels mean-spirited."
"It really seems to make a statement about how we feel about the poor," she said.
The walk-in service is aimed at reducing doctor appointments and to help reduce the over-use of antibiotics, NHS England said.
It is hoped the scheme could result in fewer visits to GPs -potentially saving the NHS millions of pounds a year.
But pharmacies say cuts in funding to the sector could jeopardise the scheme.
The Sore Throat Test and Treat service, which has been trialled in 35 Boots pharmacies, will determine if an illness is caused by a virus - meaning drugs will not help - or a bacterial infection.
Results from a throat swab, which measures sugars on the tongue, are provided in five minutes. Patients who can be helped by antibiotics will be prescribed them by the pharmacist and not have to see a GP.
NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said the scheme will be rolled out across the country over the coming year.
Dr Adam Roberts, a microbiologist at University College London specialising in antibiotic resistance, told the BBC it was "quite an innovative step".
He said: "Anything that reduces our reliance and our inappropriate use of antibiotics is a good thing.
"The initial data they showed using this kit showed that of around 360 individuals that took part only 36 were given a prescription, which is a massive reduction."
Claire Ward, chairwoman of Pharmacy Voice, which represents the trade, welcomed the roll-out and said it was the "kind of thing community pharmacies should be undertaking".
But she warned that cuts to services could prevent the scheme from working.
In October, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee told the BBC that the government had drawn up proposals to cut funding by 12% from December. The Department of Health said no final decision had been made.
The throat test is one of eight medical innovations being introduced to help the NHS modernise in the face of increasing demand.
Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England's national medical director, said "innovation is not an option but a necessity if we are to build a sustainable NHS".
"The innovations selected for this programme have the potential to deliver better value for the taxpayer whilst making patient interactions with the NHS safer and more personal," he said.
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All sides have agreed to draw up a roadmap by the end of November on how to implement the Minsk peace deal.
Mrs Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande also discussed Syria.
The German leader said she and Mr Hollande had a "difficult conversation" with Mr Putin.
Both condemned Syrian and Russian air strikes on Aleppo.
The Ukraine discussions took place against a backdrop of tensions elevated by Russia's military backing for the Syrian regime - and a bombing campaign in Aleppo which the European Union has warned could amount to war crimes.
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A blizzard of telephone diplomacy over the past week - when Mr Putin postponed a visit to France over a row about Syria - is said to have resulted in Wednesday night's meeting, which attracted several protest groups outside.
The 2015 Minsk agreement eased fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels in the east of the country, but violence frequently flares along a demarcation line.
Speaking after the Berlin talks, President Poroshenko said all sides had agreed that a road map would be drawn by the end of November on how to implement the 2015 agreement and also protocols reached in 2014.
He also said Russia had agreed with a proposal to allow the deployment of an armed police mission from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
President Putin has made no official comments on the issue.
Ukraine, Western leaders and Nato say there is clear evidence that Russia has supplied the rebels with heavy weapons and regular troops. Russia denies that, but it is hostile to the Kiev government and openly supports the rebel cause.
In 2014, Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula - a move condemned by Kiev and the West.
The last four-way meeting in the so-called Normandy Format took place in Paris in October 2015.
Mrs Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters to limit their expectations to a "brutally honest assessment of the situation" in Ukraine, while Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov agreed that "obstacles" to implementing the Minsk accord should be identified.
Meanwhile, President Petro Poroshenko said he was not optimistic about the negotiations over the conflict, which has claimed nearly 10,000 lives since it erupted in 2014.
He will leave the table when what Mr Seibert termed the "catastrophic situation" in Syria is raised.
The 28-year-old, who has won 17 caps, returned to the national squad in March after missing the entire Euro 2016 qualifying campaign through injury.
"It is a dream to play for your country first and foremost. It is even bigger to try to captain the side," he said.
"I will throw my name in the hat, definitely. It is a massive honour."
Scotland manager Gordon Strachan will name his squad on Monday, 22 August, for the opening 2018 World Cup qualifier against Malta on Sunday, 4 September.
In-form Celtic trio Leigh Griffiths, Kieran Tierney and James Forrest are among the players likely to be recalled after Strachan left out players from the Scottish champions and Aberdeen for the end-of-season friendlies against Italy and France.
West Brom midfielder Darren Fletcher, 32, took the captain's armband for those matches, and will also be in contention to retain the role for the forthcoming campaign.
Snodgrass admits Brown's decision to retire from international football, having won 50 caps over the past decade, came as a surprise.
"I didn't see it coming to be honest," he told BBC Scotland's Sportsound programme. "Scott is still young, he is only 31, and he has so much to give in terms of his enthusiasm and character around the squad.
"He has been a terrific captain, he has been superb to work with and I wish him all the best with his club career and taking that forward."
Snodgrass, meanwhile, has played a key role in two successive victories for Hull City, the Premier League relegation favourites.
Tigers caretaker manager Mike Phelan has been relying on just 13 players after suffering a string of injuries - including to Scotland keeper Allan McGregor, who could be out until 2017 - and signing no players since their promotion in May.
"It was 11 and a substitute keeper, and now Shaun Maloney is fit again and Harry Maguire is getting fit, so we could get to 14, but that is it," Snodgrass joked.
"We just have to focus on each game and do the best we can at the moment with what we have.
"There is a good core of lads in the team who have all stuck together, and you don't want to let any of your team-mates down."
The Tamar class lifeboat - John D Spicer - began its journey to north Wales from the RNLI's headquarters in Poole, Dorset, on Friday.
A new boathouse will be built with materials brought in by sea, due to problems with the cliff-side location.
Volunteer crew members have been training on the new boat, which is faster than the current one.
As it sailed in, sirens, foghorns and flares were let off in welcome as more than 100 people cheered.
The old lifeboat entered service in 1987 and has been launched 315 times.
Source: RNLI
"When the new lifeboat comes around the headland for the very first time I know there will be gasps from everyone who has turned out to welcome her," said Porthdinllaen RNLI coxswain Mike Davies speaking before the boat arrived.
"Bringing her home will definitely be one of the highlights of my career and a proud moment.
"This really is a fantastic boat and I have every confidence that she will serve us well and help us to save more lives off Porthdinllaen," he added.
The new craft was funded by a bequest from John Dominic Spicer, from Oxfordshire, who died in October 2010.
At the request of the executors of Mr Spicer's will, the new boat is called the John D Spicer.
The new boat will be temporarily kept on a mooring while work to build a new boathouse at the Morfa Nefyn site begins.
It had been hoped that construction on the new building would begin last spring, but that has now been put back.
There had been concerns locally that materials for the new building would have to come through Nefyn and along a cliff-top road by the local golf club.
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Last year the charity said it had taken the decision to look at transporting materials for the new boathouse by sea because of the financial implications.
"The close co-operation and assistance we have received from the Nefyn and District Golf Club and the local community has been fantastic, however it just was not a financially viable option to re-align the trackway away from the cliff edge," Colin Williams, divisional inspector of lifeboats in Wales, said at the time.
It is not the first time the RNLI has used the sea to help construct a new boathouse.
This method was used to build the £5.5m boathouse at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, in 2005.
It has narrow lanes with open drains and small houses built of brick and mud.
Children play in the dirt, while men sit around smoking. Not many outsiders visit this poor farming community.
But outside one of the houses two policemen stand on guard.
Inside, a 16-year-old girl sits in one of the rooms surrounded by women.
She is the reason the police are here.
Six weeks ago, she was out walking on the street when she was abducted by a dozen men.
"They dragged me inside the car and blindfolded me," she says, staring ahead, her voice steady but emotionless.
"They took me by the side of a river. There, seven of them took turns to rape me.
"The others kept watch."
Her ordeal did not end there. The men filmed the assault on their mobile phones and circulated the images in this deeply conservative society.
"Her father was so overcome with shame and the humiliation that he poisoned himself," the girl's cousin said.
"We rushed him to the hospital but it was too late to save him."
Nine of the alleged attackers have been arrested. But the others are still at large.
Last year, 733 rapes were reported in Haryana. Most such assaults go unreported.
Sexual violence against women takes place all over India. But what stands out in Haryana is the social attitude towards women.
In a region that is just a short drive from Delhi, the modern capital of one of the word's rising powers, men still call the shots.
In the rural district of Jind, a traditional village council meeting is under way.
Inside a large hall, elderly men sit on wooden cots, smoking pipes. There is a not a single woman among them.
And as they have for centuries, they pass judgement - on social mores, on women and on the recent spate of rapes.
"I'll tell you the main reason for these rapes," explains Suresh Koth, one of the elders.
"Just look at what's in the newspapers, on television. Topless women. This is what's corrupting our youth. After all this is India, not Europe."
These are comments which cannot be dismissed lightly.
These are the khaps, the all-male village councils that are tremendously powerful both socially and politically.
"They often function like kangaroo courts, creating laws for society, determining what women must do, how people should behave," says rights activist Ranjana Kumari, of the Centre for Social Research.
"And if people don't follow them, they intimidate them and threaten violence, including honour killings."
Khaps are unelected bodies but politicians and governments are wary of taking them on.
They can help to deliver votes during elections, which means they are often indispensable to politicians.
But there is a growing sense of outrage across India at their pronouncements following the recent spate of rapes.
One council elder was reported as saying that girls should be forced to marry young to protect them from rapists. Others routinely blame Western influences.
Many people believe they have no place in a modern, democratic and liberal India. But taking them on is not going to be easy.
Back in Dabra, the impact of what happened a few weeks ago is already apparent.
"The girls in my neighbourhood have stopped going to school," the young rape victim says.
"I am frightened too."
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Real Madrid and Portugal forward Ronaldo, 31, beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann to the prize.
Ronaldo also won the Ballon d'Or in December, with both honours recognition for success in the Champions League with Real and Euro 2016 with Portugal.
Carli Lloyd of the United States was named the world's best female player.
Leicester's Claudio Ranieri was named best men's coach, ex-Germany boss Silvia Neid won the female coach award, while Penang's Mohd Faiz Subri received the Puskas award for the best goal of 2016.
We have - but this is different.
For the past six years, the world's best player has received the Fifa Ballon d'Or award.
A version of that prize has been awarded by France Football magazine since 1956, but last year world football's governing body ended its association with that honour.
Instead, it introduced the Best Fifa Football Awards, with Ronaldo the first recipient of its main prize.
Voting for the player and coach categories was by national team captains and managers, selected journalists and, for the first time, an online poll of fans.
Each counted for 25% of the points.
2016 was quite a year for Ronaldo.
As well as scoring the decisive penalty in the shootout to win the Champions League, rescuing Real with a hat-trick in the final of the Club World Cup, captaining Portugal to Euro 2016 glory and being recognised with a fourth Ballon d'Or, he now has something Messi does not - the honour of being named best Fifa men's player.
The former Manchester United forward had been the favourite for the award, following a year in which he continued to deliver remarkable statistics. These included:
"It was my best year so far," said Ronaldo. "The trophy for Portugal was amazing. I was so happy and of course I cannot forget the Champions League and the Club World Cup. We ended the year in the best way. I'm so glad to win a lot of trophies, collective and individual. I'm so, so proud."
Ronaldo and Messi have a history of not voting for each other for major awards and they continued that habit, both filling their top three with club-mates.
Portugal captain Ronaldo opted for Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and Sergio Ramos.
Messi, the Argentina captain, went for Luis Suarez, Neymar and Andres Iniesta.
Results
Cristiano Ronaldo: 34.54% of total votes
Lionel Messi: 26.42%
Antoine Griezmann: 7.53%
Despite being on the shortlist for best individual player, Griezmann did not make the best XI.
The line-up features five players from Real Madrid, four from Barcelona, one from Juventus (Dani Alves, who was at Barca for the first half of 2016) and one, Manuel Neuer, from Bayern Munich.
That means no Premier League players were included.
Despite the United States failing to finish on an Olympic podium for the first time, co-captain Carli Lloyd has continued her exceptional form both for her club, Houston Dash, and country.
The 34-year-old saw off competition from Germany's Olympic gold medallist Melanie Behringer and five-time winner Marta of Brazil.
"I honestly was not expecting this," said Lloyd. "I know Melanie did fantastic in the 2016 Olympics."
Results
Carli Lloyd: 20.68% of total votes
Marta: 16.60%
Melanie Behringer: 12.34%
From 5,000-1 outsiders to Premier League champions.
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri, who has also led his side to the last 16 of the Champions League this season, won the award ahead of Real Madrid's Zinedine Zidane, who lifted the Champions League in his first season in charge, and Portugal's Fernando Santos, who led his team to an unexpected success at Euro 2016.
Results
Claudio Ranieri: 22.6% of total votes
Zinédine Zidane: 16.56%
Fernando Santos: 16.24%
Germany's Silvia Neid retired in 2016 after capping an 11-year spell in charge of the national team by guiding them to Olympic gold for the first time.
Success in Rio added to her extensive trophy collection, which includes the World Cup and two European Championships.
Results
Silvia Neid: 29.99% of total votes
Jill Ellis: 16.68%
Pia Sundhage: 16.47%
The best goal of 2016 was, officially, scored by Penang's Mohd Faiz Subri.
It came in the Malaysia Super League, the forward converting a superb, swirling free-kick from 35 yards which started out heading towards the top left corner but ended up in the top right.
Results
Mohd Faiz Subri: 59.46% of total votes
Marlone: 22.86%
Daniuska Rodriguez: 10.01%
Others: 7.68%
The fan award went to supporters of Liverpool and German club Borussia Dortmund, who together sang a moving rendition of 'You'll Never Walk Alone' - an anthem adopted by both teams - before their Europa League quarter-final in April. The match came the day before the 27th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans died.
Liverpool went on to produce a stirring display, coming from behind to win the match 4-3 and advance to the semi-finals 5-4 on aggregate.
Results
Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool supporters: 45.92% of total votes
Iceland supporters: 31.37%
ADO Den Haag supporters: 22.71%
Colombian side Atletico Nacional were given the fair play award for their part in the aftermath of the plane crash which killed 19 players and staff of Brazilian side Chapecoense.
Chapecoense were en route to play the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana final when the plane crashed, killing 71 people.
Atletico Nacional said the title should be awarded to Chapecoense. Fifa recognised their "spirit of peace, understanding and fair play".
They were moved to an isolated army camp in the north-west last year after surrendering in the volatile east, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
They received minimal food and health supplies, some apparently surviving on crops stolen from farmers' fields.
Defence Minister Alexandre Luba Ntambo said the accusations were irresponsible
There had, he told the BBC, been problems funding the government's demobilisation programme.
"We did not purposely leave people to die," he said, adding that international donors had failed to deliver aid.
"Many ambassadors and UN staff have already visited the camp and everyone agrees that access is difficult, which is why the conditions are bad."
The UN says it is now sending teams to the area to evaluate the needs of the camp and will provide help shortly.
Numerous armed groups are still active in eastern DR Congo, despite the end of the civil war more than a decade ago. Militias are able to make money from the region's minerals, some of which are used to make mobile phones.
According to HRW, 941 fighters from various armed groups surrendered and were sent to the Kotakoli camp in September last year along with several hundred family members to await integration into military or civilian life.
This was expected to take about three months, but a year on they remain at the camp.
Supplies ran out after three months - and then getting more provisions proved difficult because the area is surrounded by dense forest and is almost inaccessible by road.
With little to eat and virtually no healthcare, many people became ill and reportedly died from malnutrition and disease.
Research by HRW at the camp in September found 42 demobilised combatants, at least five women and 57 children had died since December.
"People lost so much weight it was like you could see into their stomachs," a 44-year-old former fighter told HRW. "The children were really like skeletons,"
A 28-year-old, who had been part of an armed group in North Kivu, said that people looked like the "photos of the famine in Somalia and Ethiopia".
A father, also 28, told HRW about how his nine-year-old daughter and seven-year-old daughter had become ill and died: "There was no food and I didn't have the means to find [food] for my family.
"I helplessly watched them dying."
The army commander has allowed the disarmed militia members to go into Kotakoli village to try to find food and menial work, but HRW says the remoteness of the area means there is little means of survival.
"Before more people die, the government should immediately move them to a place where they have food and healthcare and are treated with basic human decency," Ida Sawyer, a senior researcher for HRW in DR Congo, said in a statement.
She also called for the UN peacekeeping mission to play a larger role in the programme to demobilise fighters.
While the search has been going on, more than 20 pieces of possible debris have been found by members of the public, on the African coast and islands in the Indian Ocean. Most have been handed in to French authorities or the Australian Transport Safety Bureau which has been co-ordinating the search (ATSB).
So far only a handful have been confirmed as "definitely" or "almost certainly" from the doomed plane.
The flaperon was the first piece of potential debris found. In September 2015 French judicial authorities who examined it confirmed it did come from MH370. One of three numbers found on the part matched up with the plane's serial number, 9M-MRO.
Investigators say this piece has identification numbers belonging to parts that were uniquely made for Malaysia Airlines and incorporated into MH370's plane.
One of the largest pieces of debris found so far, this piece had identification numbers and date stamps tallying with those belonging to MH370 parts.
Also known as "676EB", this piece has a stencilled number with the same font and colour used by Malaysia Airlines. Investigators also found that the part had been repainted, which matched the maintenance records for MH370.
The ATSB says the stencilling of the words "No Step" is consistent with that used by Malaysia Airlines. It also has a fastener matching those used in assembly of aircraft next in the production line of MH370's aircraft.
This piece carries the logo of Rolls-Royce which manufactures parts for Boeing. The ATSB says the stencil closely matched that used on other Boeing-777s owned by Malaysian Airlines.
ATSB investigators say that the presence of a hinge and a trim line indicate this was likely part of a closet panel that contained a foldable work-table. Its decorative pattern also matches that of Malaysia Airlines' Boeing-777 aircraft, and is not used by any other airlines' Boeing-777s.
Many pieces of debris are still being evaluated for links to MH370.
These include items found by Blaine Gibson, an American lawyer who has gone on self-funded expeditions around the world to look for MH370 debris. Among other things, in Madagascar he found a seat back panel that could have housed a monitor.
These pieces initially sparked speculation that a fire had broken out onboard MH370, as they appear to have burn marks or discolouration caused by burning.
But the ATSB found that the discolouration was caused by the presence of resin. One item had small marks from "localised heating", but it was unclear how those marks were made.
Australian authorities have cast doubt on the fire theory and say work is still ongoing to determine if these pieces belong to a Boeing-777 aircraft.
Another piece found on Kangaroo Island in Australia in June 2016, which had the words "Caution No Step" stencilled on it, was thought to confirm that the aeroplane went down in the "seventh arc" of the southern Indian Ocean, where search efforts have focused on.
The ATSB said later that the piece did not match Boeing manufacturing specifications and thus could not have come from a Boeing aircraft.
They were told to focus their efforts on full-time courses which led to official qualifications.
But budgets have fallen and jobs have gone while the total number of people doing college courses fell dramatically.
Some claim older students are losing out because of the new focus.
The biggest part of the shake-up has seen colleges merge with each other.
The thinking is that there should be one single college - usually spread between different sites - in each region of Scotland.
The mergers mean there are now 20 separate so-called "super colleges" across Scotland - in 2011 there were 37.
Inevitably this has meant some tough practical decisions as different institutions are brought together.
Nationally, more than 1,300 staff have gone - not all the redundancies have been voluntary.
In real terms, direct government funding fell by £53m between 2011 and 2014.
Sometimes the shake-up in administration has proved difficult.
In each area, one regional board helps co-ordinate the relationships between colleges and schools, universities and employers' groups. The board covering Glasgow has been hit by several resignations recently, including that of its chairman, former first minister Henry McLeish.
Individual institutions have sometimes found themselves facing criticism and industrial action.
But what has all this meant for students across Scotland?
Colleges now focus primarily - but not exclusively - on full-time courses for 16 to 24-year-olds.
According to the Scottish Funding Council, the number of places for students fell from 375,000 in 2008 to 240,000 in 2013.
The main reason was the focus on full-time courses.
However, the most recent figures also show a small drop in the number of students when expressed as a full-time equivalent.
Supporters of the changes argue that young people have not lost out.
The Scottish government promises a place in education or training for every 16 to 19-year-old who does not have a job.
Indeed, the number of so-called teenage "Neets" - youngsters who are not in education or training - is at its lowest level since before the recession. In 2013 there were 29,000 - down from 33,000 the year before.
It is argued that many of those who are now "Neets" may have faced particular challenges - for instance they may have dropped out of education or had a difficult upbringing.
However, critics point out that part-time places and courses were often vital to older people who wanted to learn: for instance mothers wanting to return to the workforce or people wanting to do a course while they held down a job.
Others argue many of the places which have gone were simply "hobby courses" of little direct academic or vocational value.
The signs are that part-time places are still being cut. Last week it was revealed that Fife College would have 3,500 fewer opportunities to study part-time next year.
What challenges remain?
Money remains the biggest single concern. More tough decisions are expected.
A recent report from the public spending watchdog Audit Scotland argued that colleges had yet to demonstrate how the mergers were actually benefiting students rather than just leading to financial savings.
Colleges do not get all their money from the government - about a quarter comes from other sources like employers - but the rules they have to work within mean they cannot build up cash reserves. Any money which isn't spent by a set date has to be handed back.
Colleges also face practical challenges making the most of their newly-focused role, which includes working more closely with schools and universities.
For instance, more teenagers now get the chance to start college courses without leaving school, and a growing number of college courses have direct links with university courses.
This means someone who gains an HND at a college might be able to go straight into the third year of a related university course.
Another concern is simply about maintaining the quality of the student experience in the face of tight budgets.
The dramatic changes to colleges - both in their role and structure - represent one of the most significant shifts in Scottish education recently.
Big change always brings challenges.
Quite aside from the practical challenges, the question of whether the changes have actually led to better outcomes for learners and better value for money for the taxpayer are important ones for debate.
Expect to hear more between now and the Scottish election next May.
The Scottish Championship club are in talks with 26-year-old Marciano, who was recently with Royal Mouscron in the Belgian Pro League.
Henderson spent last season on loan with Hibs from the Scottish champions.
"We have made an inquiry and we are no further than that really," Lennon said of the 20-year-old.
Henderson made 48 appearances for the Edinburgh side having had previous loan spells with Hearts and Rosenborg.
The Scotland Under-21 midfielder returned to Celtic and, although he featured in pre-season friendlies, he has not made any competitive appearances under new manager Brendan Rodgers in their Champions League qualifiers.
"He is a fine young player," Lennon told BBC Scotland. "Obviously Brendan will still be assessing his squad, so we'll wait and see if there's anything going to come of that.
Following the release of Conrad Logan, Mark Oxley and Sean Brennan, Hibs have signed Ross Laidlaw from Raith Rovers this summer, but Lennon is still looking for another goalkeeper.
Marciano, who has 10 international caps, started his career with hometown club Ashdod but left the Israeli Premier League outfit to join Mouscron last summer.
However, although he only made six appearances for the Belgian side, Lennon thinks it would be a coup for Hibs to sign the Israeli.
"Obviously there have been reports linking us with Marciano and hopefully we are well down the line with that one," he added.
"We are hoping we will get some confirmation maybe not over the weekend but maybe next week.
"I think he is a fine goalkeeper and he is a consistent international goalkeeper as well."
Lennon is hoping a deal can be concluded soon so that the 6ft 4in goalkeeper can be available for the opening game of the Championship next Saturday against Falkirk.
Henry Kissinger was trotting around the globe as the US sought to extricate itself from Vietnam.
The Ugandan Asians were in flight, expelled by the mad, bad President of Uganda, Idi Amin.
Sectarian riots had broken out in Northern Ireland; Chile appeared to be heading towards anarchy.
And there was a burglary at the Watergate complex in Washington DC - the repercussions of which would soon bring down the president.
So there was no dearth of news.
Yet, holding an almost daily place on the front pages was a chess match in the tiny Icelandic capital of Reykjavik.
Never before or since has chess captured the world's imagination in quite this way.
It became known as "The Match of the Century".
At stake was the world crown.
The two players were the Soviet champion Boris Spassky and the challenger Bobby Fischer.
Fischer's strident demands nearly torpedoed the contest and the fascination the match aroused owed much to his troubled, mesmerising personality.
Although in 1972 the US and the USSR were in a period of detente, Fischer was able to frame the match as the Cold War in microcosm.
He was a solitary American taking on the previously invincible Soviet chess machine.
The Soviets had dominated chess since World War Two: For them chess was a tool in a wider propaganda war.
Over four decades later, and the world chess championship is again front page news.
At least it is in Norway.
That the Norwegians are gripped by this contest is understandable.
The current world champion is 23-year-old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen.
He has just beaten the Indian, Vishy Anand, himself a former champion, but who, at 44, is probably past his peak.
Carlsen first captured the crown from Anand only last year.
But while Carlsen's fortunes were followed in Norway by chess players and non-chess players alike, he is a less familiar figure outside the country.
Coverage of his retention of the world title was scant in the British media, and it hardly helped that the denouement came on the same day that Lewis Hamilton's secured the Formula One world drivers' championship.
In a recent episode of a British game show, Pointless, fewer people recognized Carlsen's name than that of the 1972 champion - Bobby Fischer.
This raises a puzzle. Why has the public profile of chess declined?
Football requires no grand political narrative to captivate spectators.
When Real Madrid play Barcelona, tens of millions watch around the world.
The rivalry between these teams has a rich history, but we do not need to understand much about this background to persuade us to turn on the TV.
It is enough that the game will feature some of the finest players in the world, and that the viewer can anticipate some dazzling skills.
But to break into the mainstream, chess has always needed to be framed within a wider political context.
The Fischer-Spassky match fuelled a worldwide chess mania.
There was a run on chess sets, prize money for competitions shot up, chess books proliferated.
This didn't last long, although subsequent title matches were still deemed newsworthy.
There was the ferocious rivalry between the loyal Russian communist Anatoly Karpov and the awkward dissident Victor Korchnoi, who sought political asylum in the West and whose name therefore became unmentionable in the USSR.
The non-chess world was enthralled by plots, both real and imaginary.
These included the allegation that when Karpov was sent a yogurt during the game, his team was using the fruit flavour to pass on a secret message.
Later, after the Berlin Wall fell, and the Soviet Union imploded, the brilliant champion, Garry Kasparov, came to embody the new spirit of democracy, and of perestroika against Karpov, who listed Marxism as one of his hobbies.
The loss of a Cold War political narrative has not been the only blow to chess.
During the Fischer-Spassky match games were adjourned after five hours, and resumed later.
That would never happen now because computers would be used to calculate the best continuations. So once begun, games have to be played out to the end.
That's a relatively trivial way in which computers have revolutionised chess.
The real change has been a gestalt-shift in how the human competitor is viewed.
Nobody - and no thing - could compete at Fischer's level in 1972.
He represented the pinnacle of chess, its supreme exponent.
His mental powers seemed somehow magical, unfathomable.
And whilst at one level Carlsen's capacities are no less astounding - his rating, after all, is the highest in history - the aura has largely dissipated.
In 1997, an IBM computer, Deep Blue, beat Kasparov, the reigning champion.
Now, almost everyone could be smashed by their mobile phone.
Spectators know that a machine with Carlsen's position could find some stronger moves.
Indeed, any spectator can plug a grandmaster position into their computer to check for the best options.
As a result, the world champion has been transformed from a demi-god to a flawed and fallible mortal.
It would be a mistake, however, to be overly pessimistic about the future of chess.
The computer age has not been all bad for the game.
Recently the Sunday New York Times announced it was dropping its chess column. This was taken as a further sign of the demise of chess.
In fact, the internet has led to a migration from old forms of media to new.
People can now play speed chess with opponents on the other side of the world.
They can follow tournaments online: The London Chess Classic, a tournament that takes place each December, can attract nearly half a million followers.
The Carlsen-Anand game will be followed by millions.
A recent poll put the number of chess players in the world in the hundreds of millions.
What's more, there's no sign that computers are close to "solving" chess.
If anything, silicon power has opened up fresh possibilities - showing that moves and strategies that might previously have been dismissed as obviously unsound are in fact viable.
Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised by these surprises.
There are more permutations in chess than there are atoms in the universe.
And it's the boundless complexity of the game that allows it to be a continual source of delight, wonder and, yes, beauty.
Chess has been around for centuries.
And if it doesn't capture the newspaper headlines these days, still, it has an enduring appeal.
Rumours of its death are greatly exaggerated.
Highest rated chess players:
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Posh lost the fourth-round replay after a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes.
"It was tough on the boys. If you ask me hand on heart who was the better team over the 120 minutes, I'd have to say us," said Westley.
"The inches you need to win through in those situations weren't quite with us - perhaps we didn't take our chances - but so many positives."
Jon Taylor had put Posh ahead early in the second half at the Abax Stadium, but Baggies midfielder Darren Fletcher smashed home to take the tie to extra-time, where neither side could find a winner.
And with the Premier League team leading 4-3 in the shootout, Posh striker Lee Angol had his spot-kick saved by Ben Foster to take Albion through.
Westley told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "It was a cruel way to go out, but it's a test of nerve and a test of character. When you're young you're always liable to come up short against a very experienced group of players.
"Our lads will learn a lot, they'll grow as players and as individuals."
Westley's side are eighth in League One and the second-highest scorers in the Football League.
"It's a great opportunity, we're on the verge of the play-offs," he continued. "We've been up there in the top six and fallen out and we've got work to do, we know that.
"We've got a lot of games to win but we do believe we can win those games.
"We're gutted we're not going to compete in the fifth round of the cup, but that's behind us now. Now it's about making sure the end of the season is not a forlorn one."
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Alan Charles is a Derbyshire councillor and vice chair of Derbyshire Police Authority who is an electrician by trade.
In 1988 he started a workers' co-operative in the energy management controls industry, but left in 1997 to concentrate on local politics.
Mr Charles has pledged to fight the budget cuts faced by Derbyshire Police and maintain community policing, saying he wants to keep "policing public" and is is opposed to private companies being involved in support services.
Alan Charles' election statement
David Gale is a former police officer, who received a commendation from Nottinghamshire Police for burglary detection.
Mr Gale said, if elected, he would provide "50 new beat bobbies" for the county and believes the extra officers could be paid for by cutting back on administration costs and waste.
Mr Gale, from Derby, said: "The police are there to fight crime, particularly anti-social behaviour and gang-related crime, which impacts on communities."
David Gale's election statement
Rod Hutton is a businessman and former special constable who served with the Metropolitan Police in London for 19 years.
Mr Hutton said, if elected, he would make sure the concerns of local people were heard and acted upon.
He said: "My experience working with the police service is important but listening to what communities are asking for is vital to the role."
Rod Hutton's election statement
Simon Spencer is a Derbyshire county councillor and deputy leader of the Conservative-run administration at County Hall.
A former firefighter, he has been involved in politics for 19 years and has twice stood as a Parliamentary candidate - in the county and in Derby city.
Mr Spencer said he intended to make the police force more accountable and to put the public at the heart of the criminal justice system.
Simon Spencer's election statement
A coroner will also continue to open inquests into the deaths of those murdered in the assault, which left 30 Britons among 38 dead.
On Friday, a minute's silence was held across the UK to remember the victims.
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid also said the slow response of police to the attack had been a major problem.
An RAF plane carrying the bodies of the final five Britons is expected to arrive at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Saturday afternoon.
Their coffins will be loaded on to hearses and travel in convoy to West London Coroner's Court in Fulham, where inquests into their deaths will be held.
The first inquests were opened on Friday. During one of the hearings, the coroner heard Stephen Mellor from Bodmin, Cornwall, was killed by gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen as he shielded his wife Cheryl.
Post-mortem examinations will be carried out before the bodies are released to their families.
Among the three Irish citizens killed in the attack were Larry and Martina Hayes, who were buried in Athlone on Friday - which was the 30th birthday of their only daughter, Sinead.
Other victims included two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian national.
Also on Friday, the Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron joined the minute's silence, along with the families of the dead.
Tourists and Tunisians gathered at the scene of the attack in Sousse, where they linked arms to observe the pause.
Tunisian PM Mr Essid also took part in the commemorations there and said he was deeply sorry for the attack.
Reports have suggested the assault took place over almost 35 minutes, and that the gunman was able to return to kill some of the wounded before the police arrived.
"The time of the reaction - this is the problem," Mr Essid told the BBC's Richard Galpin.
"We feel really sorry about what happened," he said. "They were our guests. They came to spend their vacation with us, but what happened is a horror, unacceptable."
Tunisian authorities have identified 28-year-old Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui as the gunman who carried out the attack.
They are also holding eight suspects in custody on suspicion of being directly linked to the attack, which jihadist group Islamic State has claimed. Four others who were held have been released.
Scotland Yard has previously said its investigation into the attack is likely to be one of the largest counter-terrorism deployments since the London 7/7 bombings in 2005, which killed 52.
The ban, imposed on 4 January, was resisted by opposition groups.
It was lifted because it made women "unhappy", his office said in a statement, adding that they were his "best friends".
Last month, the president declared the Muslim-majority country an Islamic republic.
He said the move was in line with the nation's "religious identity and values".
A memo published in the pro-opposition Freedom and JollofNews newspapers, dated 4 January, said that an "executive directive has been issued that all female staff within the government ministries, departments and agencies are no longer allowed to expose their hair during official working hours".
But on Thursday, Mr Jammeh's office said that the government's initial ban had had "nothing to do with religion" and that women should not be upset by it.
"Women are (Mr Jammeh's) best friends, they are his sisters and he is here for their wellbeing and happiness at all times," a statement said.
"That being the case, this decision that makes them unhappy has been lifted."
The Gambia is popular with Western tourists because of its beaches. About 90% of Gambians are Muslim - and many Muslim scholars believe that Islam orders women to cover their hair in public.
Rights activists accuse Mr Jammeh - who has been in power since 1994 - of presiding over a brutal regime which is intolerant of dissent.
He portrays himself as a devout Muslim with miraculous powers - once claiming that he could cure Aids with a herbal concoction.
Pirate Joe's was popular with Vancouver locals who wanted to get their hands on fancy foods from the American alternative grocer.
But Trader Joe's sued Pirate Joe's owner Mike Hallatt in 2013, citing trademark infringement.
With legal costs mounting, the store closed on Wednesday at midnight after five years.
Mr Hallatt says it's finally time to put away his vanilla meringues.
"I had to face the music," he told CTV. "I got myself into this, so I had to get myself out of it."
Trader Joe's declined to comment on what this means for their lawsuit.
Mr Hallatt has always maintained that his store was legal under the US concept of "first sale doctrine", but he says that he just can't afford a drawn-out court battle with a corporate giant.
Mr Hallatt's business model was unorthodox. Like some kind of Prohibition rumrunner, he would cross the border into the US, stock up on Trader Joes goodies and bring them back to Canada, where he sold them - at a mark up - from a small storefront under the name of Pirate Joe's.
But it wasn't liquor Mr Hallatt was smuggling - it was dark-chocolate peanut butter cups, triple-ginger snaps and sweet-apple sausage. Once Trader Joe's caught wind of his scheme, they banned him from shopping, so he had to recruit others to make grocery runs for him.
"I would love for Trader Joe's to open up in Canada so they could put me out of my misery", Mr Hallatt told the BBC earlier this year.
The grocery store sued him in 2013, arguing that his business was infringing on their trademark and hurting their brand. That suit was dismissed by a Washington-state court because the alleged infringement did not occur in the US, and because Trader Joe's couldn't prove economic hardship, given all the items were bought at full price.
But in 2016 a US court of appeal overturned the dismissal, and Mr Hallatt has been embroiled in the renewed legal battle ever since.
"This is completely legal, there is no doubt anyone's mind, it's a question of brand control," Mr Hallatt told the BBC.
Perhaps our experience as a university in Yola, north-eastern Nigeria might add something to the global debate.
Yola, desperately poor, sits on the edge of the Sahara Desert, and for the past three years on the porous border between safety and security, at the edge of the territory seized by Boko Haram terrorists.
The American University of Nigeria (AUN) was established in this unlikely spot, founded by the former Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who was orphaned in this area as a young boy.
"Be a development university," he said when the university was established a little over a decade ago.
Four years ago, with a growing number of unemployed youth just outside the gates of the university, and the hungry and hopeless in flight from Boko Haram flooding into our small city, the American University of Nigeria (AUN) began to implement our vision of a "development university."
We reached out to local religious and community leaders to see how we might partner with them in peace, food security, and education programmes.
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The AUN-Adamawa Peace Initiative (AUN-API) was born. All major local Muslim and Christian leaders, traditional rulers, and local community leaders actively participate.
Our goals are simple: educate and feed as many people as we can.
In the process, we were guided by a number of principles - make sure women and girls are included in all projects; join with religious leaders in all efforts; involve AUN students, faculty and staff in all of these efforts; and make sure our local vulnerable youth know that they have a network of people who care about them.
The tsunami of hungry frightened people began arriving in Yola in 2014. The first 5,000 had few relatives in the area, no food and no access to school.
The next wave of 20,000 arrived by foot and by bus. Their hungry faces were seen everywhere in town. The Catholic cathedral and Muslim Centre became the major feeding areas.
Our peace initiative members developed comprehensive lists of where people came from, their names, ages, and gender so we could provide the most accurate food and supplies.
For example, women needed sanitary supplies; some young children needed life saving oral rehydration. At the university, we held classes all day and raised funds and fed hungry people the rest of the time.
By early 2016, the university's peace initiative had fed close to 300,000 people. One young woman and baby, who had been held in the Sambisa forest by Boko Haram and were severely malnourished, died in our local hospital. We all mourned.
What have we learned here that can be applied to other cities and countries?
First is the centrality of local leaders in any development effort. These conscientious and concerned religious and community leaders know which youth are particularly at risk to be radicalised.
Second, find out what these young people really want. Our peace network identifies the youth who need literacy education, tools to start a business, training to learn about information technology (which our youth want as much as any around the world). Then the university designs programmes and projects to meet these needs.
The young people told us they wanted to play sports. Thousands have joined our Peace Through Sports programme, which not only gives young people a chance to compete with each other in soccer, basketball and volleyball, and something to do during the day, but also teaches them to think about peace and cooperation.
We begin each programme with a discussion of peace, led by members of the peace initiative. We listen to them talk about their challenges.
Most of the games occur on our campus, where students and staff welcome them and make them feel they are part of our community. Every team is made up of members of different religious and tribal communities. They forge teams with people they would otherwise never encounter, much less befriend.
While it's impossible to pinpoint which of our programmes have kept youth from joining the terrorist group in our back yard, more than one young man has said to me: "It is either you or Boko Haram - there is nothing else." Peace initiative leaders can document that none of the youth they identified and brought into our various programmes joined the terrorist group.
As the threat from Boko Haram fades, the problems local people face have not diminished.
Thousands of very young children have been orphaned, left in our city to live with non-family members. Hunger has increased, as thousands of farmers were not able to plant their crops. The university is trying to deal with this next phase of the humanitarian crisis. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and university founder Atiku Abubakar provided seed, which we distributed.
With assistance from USAID, we established Technology Enhanced Literacy for All, which employs tablet computers and radio broadcasts to extend learning to 22,000 out-of-school children.
Many of the students walk up to three miles each way to participate. If for some reason a session is cancelled, children are visibly upset. When a radio failed to materialise recently, children went house-to-house in a village until they found someone willing to lend them one.
The university feeds and provides literacy and numeracy education to hundreds of children who are homeless, orphans, and Almajiri (Muslim religious school) boys.
The programme, Feed and Read, has just expanded to include Feed and Read for Girls. These children are out of school and are among the millions of Nigerian children who comprise the largest out-of-school population in the world.
Currently, about 500 children receive instruction and a meal through these two programmes. The plan is to expand to help 2,000 children by 2017.
The demand for our projects far exceeds the number of places and available funding. At every session, hundreds of children crowd around the learning centres in hope of participating.
The children in the Feed and Read programmes share their meal with children who are not. It's heartbreaking to know that we can't help so many children who are hungry for learning, and just plain hungry.
It is essential that these modest efforts be replicated and expanded immediately. Otherwise, the most vicious cycle will begin again, devouring youth who are uneducated, destitute, with no family, no support, and nothing else in their lives. We all know where that leads.
The debate in the West about terrorism is usually presented in stark and defensive terms: increase security, curtail civil liberties and reduce the number of refugees allowed to emigrate. Is there another solution that would prevent angry and hopeless youth from joining terrorist groups?
Firefighters were called at 14:43 GMT on Monday to a chemical fire at the Hazardous Waste Transfer Station in the Ewelme area near Wallingford.
Hydrogen gas was produced after water was used to cool the chemical contents of a skip fire before Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service arrived.
Six people were treated by paramedics at the scene.
Station manager Marcus Reay said: "This was an unusual incident as most people expect that if you apply water to something hot it will cool it down.
"This is not always the case, especially when chemicals or liquids are involved.
"I'd like to remind business owners to check their inventory and to make sure they know the chemicals and products they use and store."
The 39-year-old victim suffered injuries to his head and body following the incident on Glebe Street on 16 November.
A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged and is due to appear at Falkirk Sheriff Court.
Officers are following a positive line of inquiry to trace a second man believed to have been involved.
Grandfather John Charles is considered by many as the greatest Welsh footballer of all time and one of British football's most successful foreign exports.
He was lauded as one of the sport's best all-round footballers, comfortable on the ball in defence or as a centre forward.
Fans at former clubs Leeds United and Juventus still adore Charles, who along with brother Mel, was part of Wales' World Cup squad of 1958.
But Jake Charles is not burdened by the famous surname and takes great pride when talking about the achievements of his grandfather, who died aged 72 in 2004.
"I take it in really and use it as confidence for myself," Charles told BBC Wales Sport.
"He was a legend in Italy and here in Wales and if I do half as well as he did then I'll be doing well for myself.
"Everyone knows how much of a big, big player he was.
"I've seen [footage] of him in his days at Leeds and Juventus and he was a Gentle Giant as they said.
"When he passed away I was young but I remember his stature and how big he was. He was a big guy."
John Charles became the youngest Welsh international in 1950 when he made his senior debut as an 18-year-old against Northern Ireland at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham.
Sixty six years on and grandson Jake has been training at the same ground this week with Wales' under-21 squad ahead of two Euro 2017 qualifiers.
Having represented Wales at under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels, Leeds-born Charles has won six under-21 caps since his debut against Bulgaria on 31 March, 2015.
"I love getting here with the lads for the weeks when we meet up," Charles added.
"The international games that we play in are competitive and we want to qualify for Poland in 2017.
"We know if we perform well we've got a chance of getting there."
Charles took time out from preparing for Wales' game against Denmark on Friday to complete a move from Huddersfield Town to Yorkshire rivals Barnsley on transfer deadline day.
The 20-year-old forward made one first team appearance for Huddersfield as a late substitute against Fulham in March 2015 but is looking forward to a new challenge with the development squad at Oakwell.
"I'd been at Huddersfield since I was nine years old and it's not easy to leave but it's part of football," Charles added.
"You've got to move on and I'm looking forward to a new challenge.
"I want to make a name for myself there and prove to people that I'm a good player and break into the first team.
"I've got to put together consistent performances in the Under-21s.
"It's a fresh start for me and I'm looking forward to get going when I get back."
The Harlequins team-mates are both in Warren Gatland's 41-man squad for the summer tour of New Zealand.
"He helps me out quite a lot, and tells me off a bit as well," Sinckler told the BBC's Rugby Union Weekly podcast.
"So whatever he does, I try and do. If it's good enough for Joe Marler, why is it not good enough for Kyle Sinckler?"
Marler, 26, has made more than 150 appearances for Harlequins and played 51 times for England.
Sinckler, 24, who has eight international caps, added: "I probably annoy him a bit but I always try to hang around him and watch how he works."
Marler believes has team-mate has "grown up quickly", and learnt to cope with his rebellious streak both on and off the field.
"I do see a little bit of myself in Kyle," Marler told the Rugby Union Weekly podcast.
"When I was younger, I didn't listen to anyone. I was getting yellow-carded and red-carded, being an idiot. 'Sink' has had tendencies like that, but he has grown up a lot quicker - he's had to."
Marler was twice banned in 2016, but after missing the summer tour of Australia for personal reasons has featured in England's past nine matches, winning his 50th cap in the victory over Scotland.
"You have to learn," he added. "I had to go through a lot of bits and bobs to learn that lesson.
"I didn't want my kids to see me on telly [acting badly] on the pitch."
Marler says he has not yet managed to "fathom" his Lions call-up.
"I was speaking to my wife and I said to her that none of it feels real: playing for Harlequins, playing for England," he said.
"It still feels like I'm looking up at the likes of Jason Leonard and Martin Johnson."
Marler and Sinckler are the only Harlequins players in Gatland's party, and both men have paid tribute to the club.
"I'm probably not the easiest person to manage at the best of times, especially in my earlier years, so I owe a lot to Harlequins," Sinckler said.
"It's taken a bit of time for me to mature but I owe a lot to the club for believing in me. It will be a massive honour when I - touch wood - go away with the Lions."
Marler, meanwhile, said he owed Quins "everything".
"The way they have stood by me no matter what and let me express myself in various ways," he said.
"Without them and their support, [as well as] the coaches and players I have played with, I wouldn't be here today.
"I am very grateful, and I will try and make them proud when I am out there."
Hear in-depth interviews with Harlequins' Lions props Joe Marler and Kyle Sinckler on BBC Radio 5 live's Rugby Union Weekly podcast.
Federal prosecutors said Ross Ulbricht's website, hosted on the hidden "dark web", sold more than $200m (£131m) worth of drugs anonymously.
The 31-year-old was found guilty in New York of charges including conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, money laundering and computer hacking.
The site was shut down in 2013 after police arrested Ulbricht.
In February he was convicted of operating the site for nearly three years from 2011.
The Silk Road took its name from the historic trade routes spanning Europe, Asia and parts of Africa.
It achieved notoriety through media reports and online chatter. But users could only access the site through Tor - a system that lets people use the web without revealing who they are or which country they are in.
Tor was created by the US government to help provide activists with anonymity but is now often used to mask illegal transactions.
Illegal drugs such as heroin could be bought on the Silk Road using the virtual currency Bitcoin, which is also hard to monitor, but the site also offered other products such as hacking equipment and stolen passports.
Court documents from the FBI said the site had just under a million registered users, but investigators said they did not know how many were active.
How FBI closed in on suspect Ross Ulbricht
Sentencing Ulbricht - who has two college degrees - District Judge Katherine Forrest said he was "no better a person than any other drug dealer".
She said the site had been his "carefully planned life's work".
"There must be no doubt that lawlessness will not be tolerated," she added.
Ulbricht had expressed remorse and had written to the judge begging to not receive a life sentence.
"I know you must take away my middle years," he wrote, "but please leave me my old age."
Before the sentence was announced, Ulbricht told the judge he was not greedy.
"I've essentially ruined my life and broken the hearts of every member of my family and my closest friends,'' he said. "I'm not a self-centred sociopathic person that was trying to express some inner badness. I do love freedom. It's been devastating to lose it.''
But the judge said the sentence would show copycats there are "very serious consequences".
Ulbricht's lawyer said he was "disappointed tremendously''.
The Silk Road was only accessible on the dark web, a part of the internet that requires specialist software to access.
Users of the site used online currency Bitcoin to purchase drugs such as heroin, cocaine and LSD.
Prosecutors say that six people who died from overdoses bought drugs via the site and that such untraceable deals earned Ulbricht at least $18m.
In the months leading up to Ulbricht's arrest at a public library in San Francisco in 2013, investigators undertook a painstaking process of piecing together his digital footprint, according to court documents.
The search started with work from "Agent-1" who went through pages dating back to January 2011.
He found a post titled "Anonymous market online?", in which a user nicknamed Altoid started publicising the Silk Road.
Records found the blog had been set up by an anonymous user who had hidden their location. But Altoid also appeared in a discussion site about virtual currency, bitcointalk.org.
Months later, in October, Altoid appeared again - but made a slip-up. In a post seeking an IT expert with knowledge of Bitcoin, he asked people to contact him via [email protected].
Manchester's Fury, who outpointed Chisora in 2011, switched to southpaw in round two and controlled every minute of every round behind his jab.
Londoner Chisora was unable to get inside his rival's superior reach and make any dents in his defences.
Fury now targets a fight with WBA, IBF and WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko.
"Which other heavyweight in the world can box southpaw against a world-class fighter like Dereck, a fighter who will give any other heavyweight a tough fight?" said Fury.
"I'm very proud of my performance."
Given a build-up full of ill temper and bluster, the 20,000 sell-out crowd had every reason to expect an exciting encounter.
However, the boxers did not enter the ring until past midnight and the venue was less than half full by the end, with punters needing to catch last trains home.
The opening round was close but the second Fury switched to a southpaw stance in round two, he assumed full control of the fight.
It was more of the same in the third, with Chisora, 30, rumbling forward and Fury picking him off with jabs and little more than flicks with the back of the glove.
Fury, 26, opened up towards the end of the fourth round, battering Chisora's midriff with right and left uppercuts, and the fifth round was one-way traffic again, ending with Chisora looking somewhat dispirited and with a swollen right eye.
Boos began to ring out midway through the sixth as Fury refused to take undue risks and continued to control proceedings behind his right jab.
Fury's grip on the fight had become so tight by round seven that he was able to engage in some showboating, and a lack of action in round eight moved referee Marcus McDonnell to bring the two fighters together and say: "Either fight or we go home."
The irony was that thousands had gone home already.
By round 10, Chisora's face was busted up and he looked ready to fall, so it was no real surprise when his corner, bowing to the inevitable, pulled him out before the start of the 11th.
Chisora has now lost five of his 25 professional fights, including a world title challenge against Vitali Klitschko in 2012, and it is difficult to see where he goes from here.
Fury, meanwhile, remains undefeated in 23 pro contests and should finally get a world title shot after two or three years of frustration.
Wladimir Klitschko has not been beaten for 10 years and has made 17 defences during his second reign as world champion. His last fight was a fifth-round knockout of Bulgaria's Kubrat Pulev earlier this month.
Fury's promoter, Mick Hennessy, added: "Tyson's mandatory now for the heavyweight world title.
"Wladimir Klitschko's being allowed one more fight in March or April, then it'll be purse bids, then the fight's on. It'll be June to September. The big fight is on, and Klitschko has to just take it and not swerve it."
Gunmen are said to have opened fire during a football match at the Alizai High School. Blasts were also heard.
Security officials returned fire, and a gunman was reportedly killed.
It was not immediately known who carried out the attack in Kurram Agency, near the border with Afghanistan.
Security forces and police later sealed off the area.
More than 100 people were at school premises during the attack, according to Pakistan's Dawn newspaper.
Kurram is a tribal area with a history of sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
Several Taliban-affiliated groups are known to be active in the region.
The 28-year-old set up Jamie Vardy for England's second goal in a 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Lithuania on Sunday, having also started against Germany in a friendly on Wednesday.
He has featured in 27 of Liverpool's 29 Premier League games so far this term.
There is no timescale on Lallana's recovery, but he could potentially miss five games.
Jurgen Klopp's side host Everton in the Merseyside derby on Saturday at 12:30 BST.
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The trial heard Winston Blackmore, 61, married 24 women. His former brother-in-law James Oler, 53, married five.
They were both charged with one count of polygamy. Each face up to five years in prison.
The landmark ruling is considered a test of the boundaries of religious freedom in Canada.
"The Charter of Rights is the supreme law of Canada but we have to realise that the rights in the Charter are not absolute," Wally Opal, former BC attorney general told CTV News following Monday's ruling.
Blackmore and Oler are from Bountiful in southeastern BC, a religious community of about 1,500 people founded in 1946.
Both are former bishops with a breakaway Mormon sect, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS).
Mr Blackmore was excommunicated from the FLDS in 2002 and replaced by Mr Oler.
The sect has branches in the United States, where it has about 10,000 members.
Polygamy is illegal under Section 293 of Canada's Criminal Code. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police first began investigating the sect in Bountiful in the 1990s.
But attempts to bring the case to trial stumbled over a lack of legal clarity.
In 2011, the BC Supreme Court upheld Canada's anti-polygamy law as constitutional following a request from BC's government for a ruling on the issue.
It said the law was a reasonable restriction on religious freedoms in Canada.
The verdict on Monday is unlikely to be the final legal word.
Blackmore's lawyer, Blair Suffredine, told the court he planned to launch a challenge to the anti-polygamy laws should his client be found guilty.
Legal experts suggest that the case is likely to eventually end up in the Supreme Court of Canada.
With the death of their revered leader Mullah Omar and the selection of a successor, the group has entered uncharted territory.
Mullah Akhtar Mansour's appointment came after three days of talks among members of their religious council.
There were disagreements over the choice of Mansour, a native of Afghanistan's Kandahar province.
Many powerful commanders, including the Taliban's top military commander, Abdul Qayum Zakir, have long-standing disagreements with him.
A faction within the Taliban wanted Mullah Omar's eldest son, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, to take over; other leading figures favoured Mullah Abdul Ghani Braradar, a founding member of the Taliban and Mullah Omar's former deputy.
Mullah Mansour served as aviation minister during Taliban rule and has been a deputy of Mullah Omar and acting head of the Taliban's Leadership Council for around three years.
He has been accused of monopolising power and hijacking the movement. Some also accused him of being close to Pakistan. But he is seen as a pragmatist and a proponent of peace talks.
The biggest challenge for the new leader will be to keep the group united and inspire and motivate the rank-and-file members.
The council also appointed the chief of Haqqani network, Sirajuddin Haqqani, as one of two deputies of the new leader.
His other deputy is Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, a religious scholar and former head of the Taliban courts.
As they represent different factions and tendencies, this seems to be part of an effort to make the group inclusive and united.
Mullah Omar had become a mythical figure within the group, closely obeyed by the wider membership.
With a $10m (£6.4m) US bounty on his head, Mullah Omar kept an exceptionally low profile.
He was not seen again in public after he left Kandahar on a motorbike when the Taliban regime fell in December 2001.
Mullah Omar was widely rumoured to be in Pakistan. A couple of sightings in Pakistan were reported, in 2004 and later in 2011, but the authorities there have always denied his presence on their soil.
He did not live with his wives and children, perhaps for security reasons. His eldest son, 27-year-old Mohammad Yaqoob, graduated recently from a religious seminary in Karachi.
He has never issued a video statement and relied on audio messages to instruct his lieutenants and the Taliban leadership council. But apparently that, too, stopped around 2008.
He issued written statements usually twice a year for the two Muslim festivals of Eid. The latest of these statements, issued on 15 July, expressed support for the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
Mullah Omar was the glue that held the movement together since it was launched in 1994. He was both feared and revered.
His reclusiveness added to his mystique. However, in recent years, his absence fuelled rumours that he was dead or incapacitated.
Over the past two years, questions about his life and whereabouts increased, putting pressure on Mansour to produce credible evidence he was alive.
The other controversial point is the timing of Mullah Omar's death, as rumours of his ill-health and demise have circulated in the past.
Afghan and Nato officials have said around a dozen times over the last 14 years that Mullah Omar was dead. But the Taliban repeatedly denied this as "enemy propaganda".
The Afghan government said on Wednesday that Mullah Omar died in a hospital in Karachi in April 2013, while other reports put it in July that year.
But by some accounts Mullah Omar died in recent weeks of a heart attack.
He had reportedly been ill for a long time and was operated on about four years ago after developing heart complications.
The cause of his death is also a matter of debate. It is widely thought the Taliban leader died from an illness - some reports say tuberculosis, others mention hepatitis.
But several credible sources told me that he died of heart attack in Pakistan.
Taliban sources say he was buried on the Afghan side of the border after his son identified his body.
The new Taliban leader will have to deal with two big problems.
On one hand, it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for his successor to achieve the same popularity in the group.
On the other, disagreements could result in the fragmentation of the Taliban and possible defections to the so-called Islamic State (IS).
Mullah Omar had a dual role. He was the political and military leader of the Taliban but more importantly he was called Amir al-Mumineen (Leader of the Faithful).
The Taliban have a principle of "obedience to the Amir (leader)," which makes following orders a religious duty.
Mullah Omar was seen as a saintly figure to whom all the Taliban had pledged allegiance.
Even leaders of foreign militant groups such as al-Qaeda, the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan had sworn loyalty and accepted Mullah Omar as leader.
But Mullah Mansour has now been given the same title of Leader of the Faithful. This means that he would expect the same religious legitimacy Mullah Omar had.
It will be a challenge for Mullah Mansoor to acquire the same wider appeal and legitimacy.
In the case of a questionable religious authority, members of militant groups including the Taliban and al-Qaeda could switch their loyalties to the leader of the IS who has declared himself the Caliph.
Although Mullah Mansoor does not have same stature as Mullah Omar, efforts are under way to resolve these internal disagreements within the Taliban.
The ex-West Bromwich Albion and England forward died in 2002 from brain trauma caused by heading heavy leather balls.
The FA had promised a 10-year study into the effects of heading footballs but nothing has been published.
Mr Astle's widow, Laraine, has now received a letter of apology from the FA chairman, Greg Dyke.
In the letter Mr Dyke apologises for the FA's lack of contact and says he will meet the family to discuss their concerns.
The letter goes on to say a commission has been set up to investigate head injuries, which includes representatives from the FA, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) and the Premier League.
Mrs Astle, who lives near Swadlincote in Derbyshire, said: "I think about Jeff every day and after waiting 12 years for this apology I just want some closure.
"I want to ask Mr Dyke why it's taking so long to look into this because we just want football to be safer for youngsters coming into the game."
Mrs Astle said she was backing calls by the Labour MP for Rhondda, Chris Bryant, for a Parliamentary inquiry into the issue.
Mr Bryant said: "All the evidence from the USA shows head injuries in sport can lead to onset of early dementia, depression and other medical problems.
"What happened to Jeff Astle has happened to hundreds of other professional footballers... we want a full inquiry to get the facts out there."
A study in the US in 2011 led doctors to say they had found evidence on brain scans that frequently heading a football could lead to brain injury.
Lead researcher Dr Michael Lipton said at the time: "Heading a soccer ball is not an impact of a magnitude that will lacerate nerve fibres in the brain.
"But repetitive heading could set off a cascade of responses that can lead to degeneration of brain cells."
On Saturday a group of West Bromwich Albion fans, including Jeff Astle's daughters, launched a campaign called Justice for Jeff at the club's match with Hull City.
Supporters waved banners and held a minute-long round of applause after nine minutes to symbolise the number nine shirt Astle wore during his career.
The group said more protests were planned for the team's home game with Cardiff on Saturday.
Jeff Astle played for West Bromwich Albion from 1964 to 1974.
He scored 137 goals in 292 league appearances for the club and is recognised as one of its greatest players. He scored West Brom's winning goal in the 1968 FA Cup final and also played for England in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.
Police said the crash happened on the A6094 between Howgate and Rosewell.
The heavily damaged Honda Civic was discovered by another motorist at about 07:30 on Saturday. The 27-year-old driver is being treated in hospital.
Officers have appealed for any witnesses to contact them.
Several schools around the 5,450m (17,900 foot) volcano were closed as a precaution, and evacuation shelters have been prepared.
The National Disaster Prevention Centre (Cenapred) raised the alert to "yellow stage three" - the third-highest level.
The volcano lies around 70km (40 miles) from Mexico City, and is visible from the capital on a clear day.
"We can hear the roar of the volcano, sometimes we can feel its force," Concepcion Perez from the town of Xalitzintla in Puebla State, 12km (seven miles) from the volcano told the French news agency Agence France-Presse.
Cenapred officials said the alert could remain for weeks or months until the volcano's activity diminished.
Popocatepetl - which means "Smoking Mountain" in the indigenous Nahuatl language - is Mexico's second-highest peak.
In 2000 a major eruption forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from nearby communities.
Baroness Beverley Hughes said the operations in the aftermath showed the strain of spending cuts put on police.
Ms Hughes praised the way the emergency services' response to the 22 May suicide bombing which killed 22 people.
But, it comes in the light of cuts of up to 2,000 officers in Greater Manchester, since 2010.
More than 240 emergency calls were made in the wake of the arena attack, with 60 ambulances and 400 police officers in attendance, figures show.
Ms Hughes, who was officially appointed to the position which will oversee police and crime on Monday, said: "I would like to say that I think the police, emergency services, hospitals... staff who poured in that night and stayed there for days on end... everybody did put absolutely everything they could into responding.
"But there will be things that could have been done better and that's why we need a review, an honest review."
But, she also echoed concern from Greater Manchester's Chief Constable that a loss of 2,000 officers in seven years had left staffing at the "low end of reasonable".
The former home office minister said along with the Mayor Andy Burnham would be pressing the new government for more resources.
"The Mayor and I think we've got down to a level now that is not sustainable," she said.
The former Labour MP for Stretford and Urmston praised the way Manchester reacted to the attack which cost 22 lives.
"I went down to Wythenshawe Hospital and they've had to put a room there for all the things members of public have brought in for people injured and their families and so-on," she said.
"And everybody just wanted to do something they could, to be of help and show solidarity. It's great."
London Mayor Sadiq Khan also said police need extra resources following Sunday's terror attack in the capital.
The Army took over Imber on Salisbury Plain during World War II to use the area for training.
Local residents were made to move out and were never allowed back. It has been used by the military ever since.
For the first time, they are allowing access on 25 December so bellringer Jenny Hancox can ring the church bells on her birthday.
In 1943, people living in the village were told to leave so the Army could prepare for D-Day, and the village now resembles a ghost town.
The military allows access to the abandoned village on a handful of occasions each year.
"It is a very sad story but we're certainly making history on Christmas Day," said Neil Skelton, custodian of St Giles Church.
"The original bells were taken out in 1950 when all the furnishings and fittings were dispersed to other churches.
"The Diocese of Salisbury was planning to demolish the church. That didn't happen."
In August 2010, a group of "enthusiastic" bell ringers - which included Mr Shelton - installed some new bells.
Ms Hancox said she was "very happy" about fulfilling her ambition of ringing the bells of the 700-year-old St Giles Church on her special day.
"My birthday is on Christmas Day and it's very rare that I get to ring on that day for me," she added.
"I thought it would be a nice place to ring for my birthday.
"I usually ring at Lacock, Corsham and Melksham - it will be a band from that area that will be ringing with me on Christmas Day."
The group will ring a quarter peal at the Grade I-listed church, which is due to last about 45 minutes. It will be open to the public.
Despite £3,000 being spent on the church over the last eight years, Mr Shelton said it was "extremely unlikely" that it would come back into permanent use.
"One never knows. It's been repaired and it's all in good order," he added.
"So should the village ever come back into use the church is ready to go back into full use. But I think if it ever does happen it's a long way in the future."
The two devices were discovered in the Highmoor Road area of the city during a security alert on Thursday.
Ch Insp Gordon McCalmont said: "These devices were viable and I welcome the fact that we have discovered them and made them safe.
He added that a "small minority are intent to cause terror" but police are "committed to keeping people safe".
It sets out the infrastructure needed to "best connect to HS2" and also includes a faster bus network, more cycle routes and new rail stations.
The West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) adopted the Movement for Growth strategy on Thursday.
After a three-month consultation it said it had a "clear path" to follow.
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Extra cycle routes are set to be developed throughout the region.
New tram and train links between Walsall and Stourbridge and new suburban rail lines and stations for Castle Vale, Castle Bromwich and Moseley and Kings Heath also form part of the strategy.
Councillor Roger Lawrence, chairman of the ITA, said the region would "be speaking with one voice" in support of the plans.
"We have a clear path to follow, so now is the time to move forward and deliver these schemes."
The Treasury has pledged £1bn of government money to create the new authority, expected to be made up of councils in Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
It has also confirmed a 10-year, devolved £8bn transport budget, the ITA said.
The high-speed rail network, initially between London and Birmingham, was given the go-ahead by the government in 2012, despite strong opposition.
Wolff, 29, will join Williams as a development driver, which involves aerodynamic testing, simulator work and track tests.
Team principal Frank Williams said: "Susie is a talented racing driver who competes in one of the world's most fiercely-contested racing series [DTM].
Formula 1 is the ultimate challenge for any racing driver and it offers me the chance both to apply and to improve the skills I have
"Susie will also attend a number of races with us."
Wolff will continue to compete in this year's DTM season, where she has driven for the past six years.
She said: "Formula 1 is the ultimate challenge for any racing driver and it offers me the chance both to apply and to improve the skills I have.
"I hope also to demonstrate that women can play a role at the highest levels of motorsport."
Susie is married to Toto Wolff, a director of Williams, and her appointment was carefully considered and then approved by the board, with Toto recusing himself from the process.
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone said: "I am really looking forward to having her in Formula 1."
Wolff, who was born in Scotland, follows Spaniard Maria de Villota into the sport, who joined Marussia as a test driver for 2012.
The last woman to enter the F1 world championship was Italian Giovanna Amati, who failed to qualify for three races at the start of the 1992 season with Brabham.
Five women have entered F1 races in the past, the most prolific being Italian Lella Lombardi, who started 12 grands prix in the 1970s.
Kris Hopkins, MP for the West Yorkshire constituency of Keighley and Ilkley, survived an IRA gun attack in Belfast and a mortar attack in County Armagh.
In 2010, he wrote about his experiences with the Army in Northern Ireland.
In the Yorkshire Post, he wrote of his "revulsion" at Martin McGuinness but said he supported the peace process.
"The IRA tried to shoot me on the New Lodge road, and tried to blow me up in a 16-round mortar attack in Bessbrook," Mr Hopkins wrote in November 2010.
He said those attacks "fossilised" his view of the IRA.
However, Mr Hopkins signalled his support for devolution in Northern Ireland and said when he watched politicians arguing over issues like water rates, he was thinking "how great it was that they were not trying to kill each other".
On Sunday, the 53-year-old was given the role of parliamentary under secretary of state at the Northern Ireland Office - a junior ministerial role.
The article was written four month after the then prime minister David Cameron apologised on behalf of the state for the Bloody Sunday killings in Londonderry.
The Saville report of June 2010 unequivocally blamed the Army for the fatal shooting of 14 civilians during a civil rights march through the city in 1972.
Mr Hopkins said that at the time of the report's publication "it was difficult for me, as an ex-soldier, to hear the words that were said and their context".
However, the MP said he reiterated his support for the prime minister's apology.
Mr Hopkins also wrote in the Yorkshire Post about his views of Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness' journey from paramilitary to politician.
"I was at a meeting at the Tory Party conference recently [in 2010] with Sinn Féin's deputy leader Martin McGuinness.
"I have to tell you of the absolute revulsion and anger that I felt when he walked into the room.
"So, it is great for you politicians to do it, but for me, that moment involved a huge journey and a massive leap," Mr Hopkins wrote.
"But as he spieled his spiel, and as the media and the secretary of state challenged him, I realised that that was the place where we needed to be.
"That is why those Members should be in the House of Commons, where they can be held to account. That is the politics of the future."
The same year, he said Sinn Féin MPs should not be allowed to claim parliamentary expenses because they abstain from taking their seats at Westminster.
After leaving the Army, and before entering politics, Mr Hopkins gained a degree in communications and cultural studies and worked as a media lecturer.
He is also a keen photographer and in 2010 he wrote about how an iconic photograph, taken during Bloody Sunday, affected him.
"One that had a huge impact on me is that of Father Daly, a priest in the United Kingdom, begging for safe passage for injured people.
"What a terrible situation to have in our country."
The ONS has published data covering the effects of taxes and benefits on household incomes in 2014.
The figures show the average household in NI paid £12,000 in taxes and received £13,000 in direct and indirect benefits.
Average earnings are £25,540 giving a final household income of £26,500.
The UK average final income is just under £32,000 and the highest average is in London at almost £39,000.
The figures also show that on average Northern Ireland households pay the second lowest amount in direct taxes, such as income tax, at £5,458.
However, they pay the second highest amount in indirect taxes, such as VAT, at £6,501.
Northern Ireland households are not, on average, the largest recipients of direct benefits - four other regions have higher average benefit incomes.
Glenys Thomas and Florence Davies, who were 103, lived next door to each other for most of their lives in Abertridwr.
The pair later lived together at a care home in the village before Glenys died on 23 April and Florence died on 20 May.
The twins, born on 22 November 1911, had five children, 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren
The pair lived through two world wars, 19 British prime ministers and were born in the same year as the coronation of King George.
In the care home they had an interior door joining their two kitchens and they had rooms a couple of doors away from each other.
Canon Jeremy Pemberton had claimed the Church of England's stance on same-sex marriage breached equality laws.
But last year it was ruled he was not discriminated against when stopped from taking up a new post as a hospital chaplain after marrying his partner.
Mr Pemberton said the Employment Appeal Tribunal has given him leave to go to the Court of Appeal.
Mr Pemberton, a hospital chaplain in Lincolnshire, was barred in 2014 by the then acting Bishop of Southwell from taking up a job for the NHS in Nottinghamshire, just weeks after marrying.
The Church had warned him marriage other than between heterosexual couples was against its teaching.
In a statement today, Mr Pemberton said his appeal had been dismissed on every ground but judge Jennifer Eady QC had granted leave to refer the case to the Court of Appeal.
Mr Pemberton said: "The result is, obviously, not the one my husband and I had hoped for.
"I appreciate that this case was a source of hope for many people and I am grateful that the judge has recognised its significance and indicated that its importance warrants permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
"I am now going to take some time to consider the lengthy judgment with my husband and we will decide on the best way forward."
A spokesperson for the Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham said: "Churches across the diocese continue to offer a generous welcome to people from all backgrounds and we remain fully engaged in the Church's exploration of questions relating to human sexuality.
"The Church of England supports gay men and women who serve as clergy in its parishes, dioceses and institutions.
"It has no truck with homophobia and supports clergy who are in civil partnerships, as set out in the House of Bishops guidelines in 2006."
A copy of the ruling is yet to be published by the judicial office.
Rescue missions had to be mounted on Sunday night after some swans began landing on water-logged roads.
Among those helped back to the safety of the Grand Canal was a disorientated swan on the Naas Road in Inchicore.
Police said after it was summarily detained it was released "without much of a flap".
Another of the confused birds was captured at Wood Quay in the city after it thought it had landed on a swan lake.
It was wrapped in a Garda high visibility jacket and released "to be with other swans".
No charges followed in either case.
The Garda took to social media to get the message across to other swans that they'd really be better not taking to the roads.
"High winds of Storm Imogen playing havoc with local swans, they're landing on wet roads thinking they are rivers," the Garda tweeted.
"We advise swans not to go chasing waterfalls and to please stick to the rivers and lakes they're used to."
It's not known how many swans saw the tweets, or shared them with the city's ducks and geese, but no more rescues were reported.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was a time to give "comfort and support" to those who need it.
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson paid tribute to those working over Christmas while Labour's Kezia Dugdale called on people to "heal divisions".
Meanwhile, Scottish Secretary David Mundell paid tribute to Scottish service personnel stationed overseas.
Ms Sturgeon, who recorded a video message at a party in Alness, said Christmas was about "spending time with those we love".
She said: "This Christmas, I would encourage everyone to take the time to check on a friend or neighbour who is on their own. It's important to spend some time over the next few weeks giving comfort, companionship and support to those who need it.
"Scotland has a proud reputation as a caring country and I want to thank everyone in the last year who has extended a warm welcome to those seeking refuge and comfort here.
"So, wherever you might be celebrating Christmas, in Scotland or overseas, at work or at home, I wish you all the best for a Merry Christmas."
Ms Sturgeon also highlighted people who work "in the service of others" over Christmas, and this was echoed by Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson.
Ms Davidson said: "I'd like to single out one particular group of people this Christmas - and that's those people who are going to be working over the Christmas weekend.
"First and foremost that's the NHS staff, police and emergency services who give up time with their own families in order to make sure ours are safe.
"But it's also the assistant at the 24-hour petrol station, the pot washer in the hotel kitchen, and the delivery worker on night shift who are out there this weekend, earning a living, keeping the country ticking over. Doing their jobs so we can enjoy our break.
"Often the work they do goes unnoticed or is taken for granted. Perhaps it's only at Christmas and New Year that the rest of us really see it. So it's time for a very overdue thank-you."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said people should "cherish these days of peace and calm" during a period of "joy and celebration".
She said: "Christmas is also a chance to reflect on where we are as a nation. The constitution remains the defining issue in our politics and the divisions of recent years still remain.
"When our country is facing so many major challenges, now more than ever we need to unite and work together.
"My hope is that by next Christmas we will be more united as a nation, and can leave the arguments of the past behind us."
Service personnel deployed abroad also sent home Christmas messages to their friends and families.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell said: "Servicemen and women from across Scotland are serving away from their families this Christmas in their endeavours to protect us - from those in our Army serving in the Middle East or the RAF troops ready for action in Cyprus, to all those aboard Royal Navy vessels from the Gulf to the South Atlantic or those on standby to scramble and protect our airspace.
"I pay a huge tribute to all those serving our country and keeping us safe at this time of year and throughout the year."
Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie also paid tribute to people working over Christmas, saying: "Our thanks must go out to those who work over Christmas including the emergency services who keep us safe.
"Our thoughts are with those who are unwell, alone or struggling. And our appreciation is with those who come to their aid.
"However, there is little doubt we are in a more uncertain and dark place in global affairs. The election of President Trump and the decision to sever links with our friends in Europe have taken our society in the wrong direction.
"With attacks in Turkey, the conflict in Yemen, and the war in Syria with its awful reports from Aleppo, it is imperative we do not turn our backs no matter how difficult the challenge."
Gen Miguel Maza Marquez was the head of Colombia's now defunct spy agency DAS at the time of Mr Galan's murder.
Mr Galan was shot dead on 18 August 1989 as he walked onto a stage to address a crowd in the town of Soacha.
Prosecutors accuse Gen Maza of conspiring with a drugs cartel to murder Mr Galan, which he denies.
The murder of Mr Galan in front of thousands of people rocked Colombia.
The liberal politician campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and was a favourite to win the 1990 election.
Mr Galan made powerful enemies when he said that if elected he would have drug traffickers extradited to the United States.
Colombian drug traffickers, who often enjoyed special, sometimes luxurious treatment in Colombian jails, feared extradition to US jails.
Mr Galan had received a number of death threats against himself and his family in the run-up to his murder.
Prosecutors allege Gen Maza played a role in Mr Galan's killing by reducing his security detail and replacing his experienced chief of security with someone relatively new to the task.
They say he also collaborated with the Medellin drug cartel and its leader Pablo Escobar to infiltrate Mr Galan's security team.
His trial is set to start on Monday.
Gen Maza told Colombian weekly Semana that he himself had been the target of five assassination attempts by drug cartels, including a massive car bomb which killed dozens of people outside the DAS headquarters in December 1989.
He said accusations that he had collaborated with the Medellin cartel were therefore "ludicrous".
One of those expected to give evidence as part of Gen Maza's trial is Pablo Escobar's top hit man John Jairo Velasquez, also known as Popeye.
He told Semana that Gen Maza and Pablo Escobar were "arch-enemies".
After Mr Galan's murder, a key member of his campaign team, Cesar Gaviria, replaced him as the liberal candidate and was elected president in 1990.
A 1991 constitutional amendment prohibited Colombian nationals from being extradited to the US.
The day after the amendment was passed, Pablo Escobar handed himself in with the proviso that he would be jailed in a prison he himself had built.
He later escaped from the prison and was shot dead in 1993 while on the run from the authorities.
In 1997, Colombia resumed the extradition of drug traffickers to the US.
Justice Robert Hulme in the New South Wales Supreme Court ruled that Jocelyn Edwards was entitled to use the sperm.
It had been extracted posthumously from her husband, Mark Edwards, after he died in an accident at work.
The case was a landmark in a state where IVF treatment is banned without the consent of the donor.
Ms Edwards will need to move to another state to have the sperm inseminated.
"It's the right decision. Mark would be so happy, we're going to have our baby. That's what I plan to do," she said outside the court.
"I just want to get past today, enjoy the moment. It's been a long, long, long, difficult time," she added.
Ms Edwards, 40, married her husband in 2005; the couple began discussing the use of fertility treatment and assisted reproductive technology after she failed to get pregnant.
They had attended a clinic in early August 2010 and conducted tests, expressing their desire to try in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).
The day before their next appointment, Mr Edwards was fatally injured.
Ms Edwards asked for and got legal permission to extract sperm from her husband posthumously.
This has been held at a laboratory pending the court case.
"Although there is no direct evidence, the clear and only inference is that she desires to have a child with the aid of assisted reproductive treatment," the judge said.
Justice Hulme said the choice was either to destroy the sperm or give it to Ms Edwards and he ruled in her favour as the administrator of her late husband's estate.
The radio and television channels shut in June 2013 after the then-government called it "a haven of waste".
The left-wing Syriza party made the reinstatement of ERT a key pledge in January's election, which it won.
The party said all of the more than 2,600 staff made redundant in 2013 have been offered jobs by the station.
"It's a special day for all Greeks, for those who love Greece and for those who love freedom of information," presenter Nikos Aggelidis said at the start of the first show on Thursday.
"We're nervous. We're very touched."
His co-host Vasiliki Haina said: "It's a special day for us, a difficult day."
ERT's television channel went off air in the middle of a programme in 2013, and viewers saw only a black screen. There had been no warning of the channel coming to an end.
The decision to end ERT, which cost €300m (£219m, $337m) to run, led to protests on Greek streets.
But some said the network was plagued by cronyism and had appeared immune from cuts and reform.
The relaunch of ERT's radio and tv broadcasts was not devoid of symbolism. Early this morning, with the national anthem playing in the background, the ERT logo was displayed prominently once again alongside the Greek flag.
There then followed a video showing every ERT logo since its creation, right up to the black screen marking its closure in June 2013.
ERT's first programme today featured a series of back-to-back interviews with high-profile figures from the ruling Syriza party, including the speaker of parliament.
A concert by ERT's musical ensembles outside the station's headquarters is to be broadcast live on TV and radio this evening, followed by "The lost signal of democracy" - a documentary looking back at events since the previous government decided to close ERT.
Journalists have mixed feelings about ERT's comeback. The Greek Federation of Editor Unions (POESY) has supported it but the Federation of Unions of TV and Radio Employees (POSPERT) has cast doubt on the transparency of the relaunch procedures and has called for a gathering outside ERT's headquarters tonight.
While ERT continued to broadcast on the internet, a smaller-scale replacement, Nerit, was introduced in May last year.
Nerit enjoyed moderate success despite a smaller staff, and secured Champions League football coverage and rights to broadcast the Eurovision song contest.
Nerit's television operation merged with ERT on Thursday morning.
The letters N and I were removed from the sign on Nerit's building to spell ERT earlier this week.
ERT will be funded by a €3 surcharge added to electricity bills - less than the surcharge before it went off air.
Greece's government, which is fighting to secure loans to help stabilise the country's finances, called the reinstatement of ERT "a victory for democracy".
Centre-half Terry played in all four of England's matches at Euro 2012 and featured in the World Cup qualifying win over Moldova this month.
I am of course disappointed to lose a player of John's international experience and exceptional ability
But he claims his place in the England team is now "untenable" following the Football Association's decision to "pursue charges" against him despite being cleared in court of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.
"I am of course disappointed to lose a player of John's international experience and exceptional ability," said Hodgson.
"I have enjoyed a good relationship with John during my time as England manager and I reluctantly accept his decision.
"He had the courtesy to call me prior to announcing his retirement."
In a statement, the FA added: "Following his announcement that he is retiring from the England team, the FA would like to thank John Terry for all of his efforts with the national team over the past decade. During his 78 appearances, John has always given his full commitment to the team."
Terry retired from international football on Sunday, on the eve of a FA hearing into allegations that he used "abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour" towards QPR defender Ferdinand in a Premier League game 11 months ago.
The 31-year-old Chelsea centre-half had already been cleared at a high-profile court case at Westminster Magistrates' Court, but the FA decided to hold its own inquiry.
Date of birth: 7 December 1980
3 June 2003: First England cap as a substitute against Serbia and Montenegro
15 August 2004: Replaces Marcel Desailly as Chelsea skipper
19 August 2006: Takes over from David Beckham as England skipper on a permanent basis
5 February 2010: Stripped of England captaincy following a meeting with Fabio Capello
19 March 2011: Restored in the job by Capello
21 December 2011: Crown Prosecution Service announce Terry will be charged with racially abusing Ferdinand
13 July 2012: Cleared in court
23 September 2012: Announces his retirement from England duty after 78 caps
Terry's last appearance for England came on 7 September, when he played in a 5-0 World Cup qualifier victory over Moldova.
He had already been stripped of the England team captaincy as a result of the charges but played in every England game at the European Championships in Poland and Ukraine.
Arsenal and England winger Theo Walcott, 23, thanked Terry for his help during his international career.
"JT has been fantastic to me, looked after me, been a great professional," he told BBC Sport. "I have just got to wish him good luck and respect his decision. It's sad obviously but it's his decision, and I have some great memories with him.
"I didn't have a clue [Terry's decision to retire was coming]."
Hodgson also asserted as recently as a month ago that he intended to include Terry in future England squads.
Former England captain Gary Lineker believes Terry has made the right move and praised his performances in an England shirt.
"Whatever you think about John Terry, he always gave his absolute all on the field for England," Lineker tweeted. "A strong leader and great defender."
FA general secretary Alex Horne has rejected Terry's claims the FA had made his place in the England team "untenable".
"It's a personal decision. I don't see how we've made it untenable," Horne told Sky Sports News.
Jimmy Armfield, another former England captain, thinks Terry's retirement will be a blow to Hodgson.
Armfield told BBC Radio 5 live: "I was surprised to hear the news. It has come at a pretty difficult time for Roy Hodgson.
"We are in the middle of the World Cup qualifiers and I think he needs all the good players he has got."
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew believes Terry's decision has weakened the England team.
He said: "I just know for the manager of England, it's a blow because he is a great player and the pool isn't great for English players at the moment and the team.
"That's the tough end for us, but that is a personal decision John has made."
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Former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland defender Mark Lawrenson praised Terry's achievements at international level.
"Regardless of what else has gone on, he has been outstanding for England on the pitch and as a leader," said Lawrenson.
"He gives you everything, not just on the pitch but in the dressing room as well and they will miss him."
Former FA chief executive Mark Palios said he was disappointed with Terry's decision, but believes the void will be filled quickly.
"A lot of players will be sad to see him go, but there is one thing that happens in football and that is the graveyard is full of indispensable men," said Palios. "Another player will come along and fill the place."
The Moroccan capital will host this season's third meeting on 22 May.
IAAF president Lord Coe said in a statement: "We are pleased to be able to take our premier athletics series into a new continental area."
The New York organisers said they would look to produce a new event, with a "street meet" under consideration.
The United States retains one Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon.
Morocco has previously hosted other IAAF events, including the 2014 Intercontinental Cup in Marrakech.
His Australian team-mates called him "Sir Voges" after he took his average above Bradman's 99.94 before it settled on 97.46 when he was out for 239 in the first Test in New Zealand on Sunday.
"I'm happy it's back under 100, it was never going to stay there," said Voges.
New Zealand ended day three on 178-4 in their second innings, 201 runs behind.
Voges' second Test double century, which propelled Australia to 562 in their first innings, should have ended when he was bowled for seven by Doug Bracewell.
However, he was reprieved by a no-ball call, that was later shown to be a legitimate delivery by television replays.
"I thought I was out," said Voges. "But to have that bit of luck and then capitalise on the second opportunity, I'm very happy.
"It was a bad leave and I turned around and looked at the stumps, went to walk off and saw the umpire's arm out. It was a little bit of luck."
Voges' 364-ball knock, which featured three sixes and 30 boundaries, was finally ended when he was caught and bowled by Mark Craig, a record 614 runs since he was last out.
He has now scored 1,267 runs since making his debut last year at the age of 35 against the West Indies.
New Zealand openers Tom Latham and Martin Guptill put on 81 for the first wicket but both were deceived by well-flighted deliveries from off-spinner Nathan Lyon.
Guptill (45) was the first to fall, top-edging a delivery that was well caught by Mitchell Marsh, while Latham (63) hit a poor shot to Usman Khawaja at mid-off.
In between, Kane Williamson was restricted by Josh Hazlewood's disciplined bowling and he edged the Australian seamer to wicketkeeper Peter Nevill to depart for 22.
Captain Brendon McCullum was then given out leg before wicket to Marsh in the final over, a call that was upheld by the decision review system, to leave the Black Caps perilously placed.
Englishman Rose began the day with a one-shot lead and carded two eagles and two birdies for a six-under 64.
But his playing partner Bjerregaard went one better with a 63, marred only by a bogey on the 18th that denied the Dane an outright lead.
England's Ian Poulter hit six bogeys in a three-over round of 73 that left him 11 shots off the lead.
Poulter, who made a last-minute journey from Orlando to play this week and maintain his European Tour membership, saw his chances of victory disappear with three bogeys in his last five holes.
Rose and Bjerregaard are four shots clear of third-placed Anirban Lahiri, of India.
A shot further back on ten under are India's Jeev Milkha Singh and England's Matt Fitzpatrick, whose four-under round featured five birdies.
The 21-year-old, who won the British Masters at Woburn a fortnight ago, had raced to the turn in 30 but also dropped his only shot of the day on the last in a round of 66.
Rose, who started the day nine under after rounds of 65 and 66, hit a wild drive on the first hole and had to putt from 15 feet for par.
The 35-year-old then hit form on the par-five third with a drive of more than 350 yards and an excellent approach setting up an eagle chance that he converted from 25 feet.
Rose briefly enjoyed a two-shot lead until Bjerregaard, who had birdied the third, also picked up a shot on the fourth.
The Dane took a share of the lead after a tap-in birdie on the sixth and matching Rose's birdie on the 10th.
Further birdies on the 11th and 12th took Bjerregaard two clear and the 24-year-old made it four in a row on the par-five 13th, but still saw his lead cut in half as Rose holed from 50 feet for his second eagle of the day.
Rose birdied on the 14th before Bjerregaard retook the lead on the 16th, only to drop his only shot of the day on the last after his approach shot edged into the rough at the back of the green.
A vet had to shoot the animal to prevent any further crashes, on what police described as "a fatal stretch of road".
It happened between the Rathfriland Road off-slip and the Outlet Shopping Centre in County Down on Wednesday afternoon.
The road was closed earlier but has now re-opened.
A police spokesperson said: "This is a timely reminder to watch out for wild animals on the roads.
"Thankfully no people were hurt on this occasion but a foot or so either side here and it (the animal) could have ended up going through a windscreen."
The standards agreed by EU governments in October would allow diesel cars to continue exceeding the maximum level set by laboratory tests.
From September 2017 new models would be able to emit double that maximum. The EU Commission says actual emissions are currently five times the limit.
MEPs can force changes to the rules.
The scandal over Volkswagen diesel emissions prompted the EU to reassess its testing procedures. The plan is to introduce new real driving emissions (RDE) tests from 1 September 2017. Such tests are considered far more accurate than the current lab tests.
Diesel engines emit higher levels of nitrogen oxide and dioxide (NOx) than petrol engines - pollutants that cause respiratory ailments, especially in congested cities.
In September, US regulators found some VW diesel cars had a "defeat device" - or software - to cheat emissions tests.
The cheating has an impact on up to 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide. It has cost VW more than €6bn (£4.5bn; $7bn) to fix - the firm's biggest ever scandal.
According to the Commission, tighter diesel emission standards must be phased in gradually because of "technical limits" in measuring the emissions in real driving conditions, rather than in the laboratory.
The plan is to make the NOx emission limit 168mg per kilometre for new cars from September 2017 - compared with the current regulatory limit of 80mg/km. Then from January 2020 the limit will reduce to 120mg/km.
The Commission stresses that the current real NOx emissions from diesel cars are about 400mg/km.
From 1 September 2017 all new cars will have to pass a real driving emissions test before going on sale.
"The EU is the first and only region in the world to mandate robust testing methods," said Lucia Caudet, a Commission spokesperson.
But the MEPs passed a resolution on Monday opposing the Commission's deal with EU governments on emissions. In January the matter will go to the full parliament for a vote.
"The technology to reduce deadly emissions is already available; we should not have to wait another decade for legal limits to be met," said British Liberal Democrat MEP Catherine Bearder.
And Dutch MEP Bas Eickhout of the Greens said that adopting the current proposal "would seriously damage the credibility of the EU to regulate the car industry".
If MEPs still vote no to the proposal in January it will have to be amended by the Commission and renegotiated with the 28 member state governments.
Many of the 119 privately-owned beach huts at Milford on Sea were destroyed by waves and high winds on St Valentine's Day 2014, with about 40 remaining intact.
New Forest District Council said owners would make a "substantial contribution" towards replacement huts.
The remains of the site will be demolished in June.
Planning consent was agreed at a council meeting earlier, and includes repairs and improvements to the lower promenade where the huts sit.
Edward Heron, portfolio holder for the environment, said: "I am very pleased that by securing outline planning permission to replace the huts and restore the promenade we can now move this project forward.
"We will be clearing the lower promenade in time for the public to use the beach this summer, and in the long term I believe this project will help enhance the beach at Milford for everyone who uses it."
Milford was one of the areas worst-hit by the storm in February. About 30 people had to be rescued from the seafront Marine Restaurant after the windows smashed and water poured in.
Of the beach huts that remained, many were deemed dangerous and were demolished. The area, including the surviving huts, remains cordoned off.
The council said it would recoup the expenditure of the project over time through licence fees.
It is currently inviting tenders for design and project management.
According to the Mirror, the briefing note was found on the floor of a first-class carriage on a train heading from Manchester to Edinburgh in January.
The document identified details such as a private address where Theresa May was attending a dinner that evening.
A Cabinet Office spokeswoman said they had been made aware of the claims.
The two-page briefing note was found by a member of the public at around midday on the day of the trip, the Mirror said.
It detailed Mrs May's plans for the day when she visited north-west England for a regional cabinet meeting.
The document identified the hotel where the prime minister had planned to spend several hours working on papers and making phone calls.
A government spokesman said: "We have been made aware of claims around a government document and will investigate accordingly."
A former royal bodyguard, Inspector Ken Wharfe, told the Mirror it was a serious security breach.
He said: "In today's environment, it becomes a serious security matter when documents like this detailing the hourly movements of a protected person are misplaced. That's just not acceptable."
The body of Woakes' former Warwickshire team-mate Tom Allin, 28, was found by a bridge near Bideford on 4 January.
Two days earlier Sussex bowler Matthew Hobden, 22, died, with police looking into whether he fell off a roof.
"To lose two such young guys in the space of a week is awful," said Woakes.
Police are not treating Allin's death as suspicious.
"Tom's chances at Warwickshire were limited but he was always upbeat and a great guy to have around," added Woakes.
"It is such sad news and puts cricket into perspective."
Woakes and the rest of the England team are set to travel to Johannesburg for the third Test, which starts on 14 January.
England lead the four-match series 1-0 after surviving a last-day scare to draw the second Test in Cape Town.
Woakes played in the first Test win in Durban, only to make way for the return of England's leading wicket-taker James Anderson, who returned to fitness after a calf injury.
"I can't be disappointed with the way I performed in Durban and it is frustrating whenever you are left out," he said.
"But Jimmy has 420 Test wickets and is England's best-ever bowler. You don't mind stepping aside for that and, unless there are any niggles, I would be surprised if there were any changes for the next Test."
Yates tested positive for terbutaline last month, with his Orica-GreenEdge team blaming an "administrative error" over the use of an asthma inhaler.
The sport's governing body said Yates, 23, had not been suspended because of the nature of the substance involved.
The UCI said in a statement "such a substance does not entail imposition of a provisional suspension".
Yates tested positive on 12 March, at stage six of the Paris-Nice. He finished the race in seventh.
Orica-GreenEdge said a team doctor failed to apply for a therapeutic use exemption and it took "full responsibility for the mistake", adding there was "no wrongdoing" by the rider.
Owain Doull has backed his Great Britain team-mate, writing: "Can always rely on Twitter for some abuse. Tweet my thoughts on Yatesy yesterday and people calling me naive and stupid for believing in him.
"I'm not naive, I just know and trust the lad I raced and lived with for years and have seen first hand how he has struggled with asthma."
Yates, a former points race world champion, is regarded as one of Britain's brightest prospects on the road, along with his twin brother Adam.
The Bury-born rider is a strong contender to make the Team GB road race team for the 2016 Olympics, which begin in Rio de Janeiro on 5 August.
Rod Ellingworth, who is responsible for the British men's road squad in Brazil, said Yates remains in contention until he is deemed ineligible.
"My job is to put the best team on the line," he said. "I'll use anybody eligible."
There is no official word on the cause of death. The prince had had a number of surgeries in recent years.
He was the kingdom's foreign minister for 40 years, before retiring in April. Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said the world had lost a "noble" diplomat.
Analysts say he was widely respected, and navigated through decades of turbulence in the Middle East.
He was regarded as the public face and voice of a country that preferred to conduct its diplomacy discreetly.
"Prince Saud al Faisal was a man of great humanity, compassion and wisdom," former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a statement. "He worked tirelessly for peace."
Saudi Foreign Ministry spokesman Osama Nugali said: "The eye tears, the heart saddens."
The son of King Faisal, Prince Saud was born in 1940, and was among the first generation to receive both a traditional and a Western education.
Prince Saud studied economics at Princeton University in the US in the 1960s.
In 1970, he became deputy governor of the former state-owned natural resources company, Petromin, and the following year was appointed deputy minister of petroleum and mineral resources.
He was was appointed foreign minister in 1975.
As his motorcade rolled into Oklahoma City on Wednesday night, about 10 rebel flags were in the crowd, alongside some US flags.
Critics of the emblem, used in battle by southern states in the US Civil War, say it is a symbol of slavery.
A backlash against the flag has grown since a gunman killed nine black people at a church bible study last month.
Dylann Roof, who was charged with the killings, was pictured holding the flag.
The incident comes a week after the flag was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol grounds in Columbia, after years of bitter argument.
Large retailers like Walmart have also been clearing their shelves of any trace of the emblem.
But some of the flag-wavers told local newspaper Tulsa World that the flags were not "a racial thing" but merely "in protest".
There were also people holding US flags and signs supporting the president.
People took to social media to express how they felt about the contentious flag flying upon Mr Obama's arrival, saying the actions of a few do not represent the people of Oklahoma.
Others shrugged it off and said the US president has dealt with this kind of thing before.
Others called flying the flags "supporting Oklahoma heritage".
Mr Obama was in Oklahoma to visit El Reno Federal Correctional Institution, making him the first sitting president to visit a federal prison.
The news comes less than a week after he terminated his contract as Uganda coach over unpaid wages.
He has been welcomed back to the club by chairman Irvin Khoza.
"When he left, he left graciously. Now, he comes back with a great record and experiences throughout the continent," he said at Sredojevic's unveiling.
"We also welcome back Milutin Sredejovic, coach Micho. A man who's integrity I respect"
The 47-year-old Sredojevic, who lead to Uganda to the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 1978, spent eight months in charge of Pirates from June 2006.
Sredojevic replace's Sweden's Kjell Jonevret who resigned on Wednesday.
Jonevret only took over the struggling side in February and was unable to change their fortunes as they finished 11th in the Premier Soccer League.
"I'd like to thank the Club for the opportunity. It didn't work out as planned. I wish the Club & its supporters all the best," the 54-year-old posted on social media.
Lisburn bantamweight Walker was beaten by Ukranian boxer Mykola Butsenko on a unanimous 5-0 points decision, with all the judges giving Butsenko every round.
Belfast flyweight Irvine lost to Niall Farrell of England on a 5-0 scoreline.
Westmeath's Joe Ward beat Italian Valentino Manfredonia in the light-heavyweight semi-finals in Kharkiv.
Ward will now fight for a gold medal on Saturday.
The Irish fighter ensured at least a bronze medal on Wednesday with a unanimous victory over Scot Sean Lazzerini.
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Walker, 22, defeated Italy's Raffaele Di Serio in his quarter-final of the 56kg division on Wednesday but came out second best against home boxer Butsenko, a former European silver and world bronze medallist.
Rio Olympian Irvine beat Gabriel Escobar of Spain on a unanimous decision in the last eight but Farrell proved too strong.
Belfast light-welterweight Sean McComb missed out on a bronze medal after losing to England's Luke McCormack in the 64kg division on Wednesday.
McComb suffered a narrow 3-2 split decision loss in the 64kg division.
All four Irish boxers have ensured a place at August's World Championships in Hamburg by virtue of having reached the last 16.
The 27-year-old ex-Manchester City trainee is the first signing made by new Moors manager Liam McDonald.
Obeng, who made his professional debut with Wrexham, was signed by Brendan Rodgers' Swansea City in January 2012.
He had loan spells at Fleetwood Town, York City, Stevenage and Newport County before being released in October after almost five years at Swansea.
Since then, Manchester-born Obeng has been on the books of both Macclesfield Town and Altrincham, for whom he made his debut in their FA Cup first-round defeat at Lincoln City.
He was then used from the bench in Saturday's National League North game at Alfreton.
His latest move allows him to step up a level to the National League, in which the Moors are 16th following Saturday's defeat at Barrow - but he will be ineligible for the FA Cup second-round tie at Luton on 3 December, having already played in the competition for Altrincham.
Donnie Campbell, 32, a personal trainer from Edinburgh, completed Ramsay's Round in 23 hours six minutes.
He is the second person to finish the 56-mile (90km) challenge, which includes a total ascent of 28,000ft (8,500m) in less than a day in winter conditions.
Mr Campbell said it was "by far one of the toughest things" he had ever done.
He beat previous record holder Jon Gay, who completed Ramsay's Round in 2013, by 12 minutes.
Speaking to BBC Scotland's news website, he said Saturday's challenge was "brutal".
He added: I collapsed on my face on the finish line after running down Ben Nevis.
"I was always 100% confident that I'd complete the round, I just wanted to get under the 24 hours."
Ramsay's Round is made up of 23 Munros, which are mountains over 3,000ft (914m), and one smaller summit.
It was first completed in July 1978 by Charles Ramsay, in a time of 23 hours 58 minutes - a record which was unbeaten for the next nine years.
The circuit begins at Glen Nevis Youth Hostel and ends in the same location after the final summit, Ben Nevis.
Mr Campbell has taken part in several endurance challenges since he began ultra-running in 2009, including crossing the Namib desert, and running from Glasgow to Skye.
But the former Marine said Ramsay's Round stood out as the most difficult task to date.
"The real challenge is unfavourable weather conditions. I ran in 12 hours of darkness, cold and snow," he said.
"I could hardly stand on the steepest hills. It was frozen on top and my shoes weren't gripping, but it could've been worse; I could have had knee-deep snow."
Mr Campbell made up time from his uphill hikes by running down the other side of the Munros.
"I was really enjoying the first part - running through the dark by myself. It was like being a kid playing in the mountains.
"I was looking at the challenge in three parts which made it a bit more manageable, but by mid-morning on Saturday I was starting to feel nauseous."
He kept himself going on the day-long hike by eating jelly sweets, flapjacks and a bowl of tomato soup.
"I was really struggling for energy, and dry heaving, but doing my best to stay positive.
"I didn't have much fuel in the tank, and for the last six hours I was completely running on empty.
"That's where the old Marine mentality kicked in. I just had to put my head down and get on with it."
Mr Campbell said: "I didn't know if it was possible to break the record until Munro number 20.
"I knew if I kept the pace up then I could beat it, but it'd be close.
"One of our head torches packed in towards the end and I had to use mine to shine a light for my support runner.
"It became a problem when we were sprinting down Ben Nevis to beat the record - I had to leave him to ensure I got the record.
"I couldn't have done it without my support team - they were a big part of the challenge.
"My wife, her mum and my parents were feeding me, and I had two support runners with me too."
Ramsay's Round is more commonly run in summer, with 94 participants completing it in under 24 hours without the additional challenge of winter conditions.
The winter season runs from 1 December until the end of February each year.
Mr Campbell is now looking forward to relaxing over Christmas, before finding new ultra-running challenges to take on under new sponsorship in 2017.
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But in Northern Ireland, it can feel like God is a political player.
A number of our politicians, including ministers, have faith and talk about it.
That makes Northern Ireland different to many other countries in the Western world.
Professor John Brewer from Queen's University in Belfast has researched links between politics and religion.
"In most places, politicians keep their personal beliefs private - and they don't impact on their public role as a politician," he told BBC Northern Ireland programme The View.
"In Northern Ireland, the division between the public and the private has collapsed."
Recently, that has led to some controversy.
LGBT rights and abortion are two issues in particular where the relationship between politicians' beliefs and their decisions have come under scrutiny.
But a politician's faith can reach into many policy areas.
I have been speaking to three MLAs who profess to be believers about how they would deal with a clash between their Christian beliefs and public opinion.
DUP assembly member Sammy Douglas says: "I would talk to people - fellow members of my party, my family, people within the community - and I would pray about some of these issues as well."
He says he would make decisions after speaking to people in whom he had "a lot of confidence and trust".
Alliance Party leader David Ford suggests his beliefs would play a part, but he would not take a position based on that alone.
"I have to be conscious that I have responsibility to wider society - not all people have the views I have," he says.
The SDLP's Alban Maginness says Christianity has been "the inspiration" for his politics.
"It has created a hunger for social justice," he says.
But he adds: "You have to make a balanced judgement - you have to take into consideration your own party's point of view. If there's a collective view, you are generally supportive of that view."
This week at Stormont, religion has been perhaps more visibly central than usual.
A choir from First Baptist Concord Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, sang for MLAs and staff in the Great Hall on Wednesday lunchtime.
In their home country, the separation of church and state is enshrined in the constitution - as is freedom of religion.
Faith is often seen as playing a major role in US politics.
The Worship Pastor accompanying the singers, Jeff Lawrence, says it is almost inconceivable that a US president could be a non-believer.
"When you take an oath of office, you place your hand on the Bible," he explains.
"On all of our coins, it says, 'In God We Trust,' so it's the foundation of our country.
"It would be very difficult for the people of the US to elect somebody who could not say they believed in God."
In America, the 'Christian Right' is an influential - and high-profile - political phenomenon.
But does Christianity lead politicians to be right-wing, or would it encourage them to lean to the left?
Alban Maginness argues it's the latter.
"I believe that social justice is quintessentially Christianity in the world - you move to the left in order to achieve that," he claims.
Interestingly, Sammy Douglas also suggests Christian politicians should be oriented to the left.
"Jesus was left of centre, from what I see," Mr Douglas says.
"He would have big problems with some of the statements coming from the Tory party about disadvantaged people, and young people in particular."
But David Ford thinks being a Christian does not point you in one political direction or another.
"I'm not sure that if Christ was on this earth today he would be tied to any political party," he says.
The relationship between Christianity and politics has always been complicated - and controversial.
In many parts of the developed world, religion has become less politically influential with the spread of secularisation.
While the levels of churchgoing are still higher in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK, church attendance is declining.
The most recent Life and Times survey suggested that fewer than 30% of people are now attending services once a week or more.
But University of Ulster sociologist Dr Máire Braniff says that this does not necessarily mean Northern Ireland is becoming secularised.
"Secularisation is not a word that sits easily - perhaps a better term is 'unchurched'," she says.
"That means people in Northern Ireland continue to have their religious beliefs, but do not always have to practise them in the ritualistic way of attending church services on a regular basis."
So the link between politics and the pulpit may be becoming weaker.
But with the latest census showing 83% of people in Northern Ireland continue to identify with a religion, it seems faith will continue to be a force.
The View is on BBC Northern Ireland on Thursday 16 October at 22:35 BST.
A programme featuring Mr Farage will be broadcast in England on 30 April, on the same evening as versions with the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood in Scotland and Wales.
David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg will also separately appear for 30 minutes in a Question Time special.
UKIP has been added to the arrangements in place before the 2010 election.
A party spokesman said: "Nigel Farage is delighted to accept the BBC's invitation to once again engage with the public."
During a BBC opposition leaders' election debate on Thursday, Mr Farage had accused the corporation of failing to select a balanced audience. Those present had been selected by an independent polling organisation.
And sources within the BBC said the arrangement for regional programmes was agreed well ahead of Thursday's debate programme.
The Question Time Election Leaders Special, hosted by David Dimbleby and featuring one-by-one appearances by Conservative leader Mr Cameron, Labour's Mr Miliband and Lib Dem Mr Clegg will go out live on BBC One and the BBC News Channel from 20:00 to 21:30 BST, one week before polling.
Each of the leaders will separately face 30 minutes of questions posed by a studio audience in Leeds.
Later the same evening there will be three special programmes broadcast on BBC One in different parts of the UK, in which Ms Sturgeon, Ms Wood and Mr Farage will each answer voters' questions for half an hour.
On BBC One in Scotland, at 21:30 BST, Glenn Campbell will chair Election 2015: Ask Nicola Sturgeon, in which the SNP leader will take questions from an audience in Glasgow.
On BBC One in Wales, after the News at Ten, an audience in Cardiff will put questions to the Plaid Cymru leader, at the same time as Mr Farage appears on an English version filmed in Birmingham.
That programme will also be shown later in the evening on BBC One in Wales.
The study, carried out by the Energy Saving Trust (EST), measured the performance of more than 4,250 LED light fittings installed at 35 sites.
The EST said it carried out the trial because an increasing number of LED lights were now commercially available.
It is predicted the technology could dominate the lighting market by 2015.
"We like to test things in-situ in order to understand their real performance rather than rely on manufacturers' claims," explained James Russill, EST's technical development manager.
But, he added: "We are at one of those rare times when there is a revolution, I think it is fair to say, within the lighting sector.
"LEDs promise to be the way forward for the whole sector, to be honest. There are so many benefits: they can be smaller, brighter; it is one of those rare technologies where the trial has shown it performs better than the lighting systems it is replacing but, at the same time, using less energy."
LED appreciation
At the 35 sites in the field trial, the authors of the Lit Up report calculated that the LED fittings saved more than three million kilowatt hours (kWh) each year when compared with the previous lighting.
Light-emitting diodes have been around for years.
Traditionally, they have been used as indicators on electrical devices, such as standby lights on TVs. This was because LEDs were only available in red, but recent advances means that other colours are now available, and the light emitted is much brighter.
White light (used for general lighting) using LEDs can be created via a number of techniques. One example is mixing red, green and blue LEDs.
It is suggested that LEDs can last for up to 100,000 hours, compared with the 1,000 hours of traditional incandescent light-bulbs and compact fluorescent lamps' (CFLs) 15,000 hours.
The technology is also much more energy efficient, using up to 90% less energy than incandescent bulbs.
The long lifespans and low energy use make LEDs economically attractive because even though the fittings cost more, the running and maintenance bills are lower.
"The trial has shown that the installation of LED light fittings can be used to maintain or enhance light levels, and in both cases can generate energy savings," the report's authors wrote.
They added: "The increase in colour temperature typically produced by LEDs also improved the environments monitored in the field trial, a factor much appreciated by the social housing tenants.
"With the rising price of electricity, the high efficiencies of LED lighting technology will make it an even more attractive investment in the years ahead."
Mr Russill said that he thought that there would be a natural take-up for the new lighting systems.
"I am already aware of many people that have bought LEDs without any subsidy or incentive," He told BBC News.
"As with any new technology, there is a higher initial cost - these products are new to market - but people seem to be looking beyond that and seeing they last much longer.
"LEDs will take over the market in due course because I think they are such better products, but I do think introducing them into a subsidy scheme would be a real benefit to speed things up," he added.
As well as the technical benefits, Mr Russill said feedback from tenants involved in the trial highlighted social benefits too.
"Some of the comments we had was that the light was fresher, brighter and more like daylight," he said.
"Generally, the feedback was that the lighting make it a nicer place to live."
The brighter light levels also had a positive impact on people's sense of security, he observed.
"We also did fit some lighting in external area, such as balcony areas and car parks.
"People also did comment and did make the areas outside feel like a safer environment because it was better lit.
"That also applied to stairwells as well which could be perceived to be an area where shadowy figures like to hang out."
Liverpool-born Morgan, 62, who founded the Redrow house-building company, will step down from the board with immediate effect.
Chief executive Jez Moxey will manage the club's day-to-day business affairs.
A club statement said: "Steve's ongoing commitment and financial support to Wolves will continue until a new owner can be found."
Cheshire businessman Steve Morgan had previously tried to buy Premier League giants Liverpool prior to taking over Wolves from Sir Jack Hayward in August 2007.
After 17 years in charge, Hayward's wish then was that "we did not want to go the way of so many clubs and hand over to foreign investors".
Morgan paid a nominal £10, alongside a guaranteed £30m investment, which included the construction of a new stand at the North Bank end of the stadium.
Morgan's decision follows mounting criticism from fans in the last few weeks about the club's perceived lack of investment and the sale of popular defender Richard Stearman to Championship rivals Fulham.
The club will make no further comment.
"With the club declining to comment, it may be some time before we discover why Steve Morgan has made the surprising decision to seek a buyer.
"There will be no end of speculation, much of it no doubt suggesting that he is unable or unwilling to offer enough investment to enhance the club's chances of returning to the Premier League.
"Whatever the truth is, any such speculation will obscure the more pressing issues, which are whether Morgan will find it any easier to dispose of a large West Midlands club than neighbouring owners at Albion and Villa.
"If it takes time, how much will he be prepared to invest to keep the club up with the relentless scramble for promotion in the interim, if that's what it takes."
"Steve Morgan is a hugely successful house builder. But as the 'For Sale' sign is hammered into the Molineux turf, not many Wolves fans will remember him as a hugely successful football club chairman.
"Yes, he took Wolves into the Premier League - but he also took us, rather embarrassingly, into League One.
"He fired Mick McCarthy after a humiliating defeat against West Brom, but could offer no Plan B as we slid pathetically out of the Premier League.
"Then he left us bemused by the hiring and firing of Stale Solbakken. Then he left us bemused by the appointment of Dean Saunders.
"Then he got it right as Kenny Jackett rebuilt Wolves from the depths of League One, but now we are bemused again. And I sense growing anger among fans.
"We are drifting along in the bottom half of the Championship when last season we were strong contenders for the play-offs."
The 23-year-old has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Blades.
Carruthers, who started his career with Aston Villa, scored four goals in 94 league appearances for MK Dons.
"He is an attacking midfielder who can fit into a number of positions and we are looking forward to introducing him to our great group," boss Chris Wilder told the club website.
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Reports say 65 others were wounded when gunmen stormed the campus in Garissa. The government says troops have killed two attackers but fighting is ongoing.
Over 500 students are unaccounted for, but the number of hostages is unclear.
Al-Shabab, a Somali militant group linked to al-Qaeda, said it was holding Christians hostage and freeing Muslims.
Hostages from the two groups had been separated, and 15 of the Muslims had already been released, a spokesman for al-Shabab told the BBC.
Gunfire could be heard at the university, as the interior ministry said forces were "intensifying" the rescue operation.
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The Kenyan government has named Mohamed Kuno, a high-ranking al-Shabab official, as the mastermind of the attack. It placed a bounty of $217,000 (£140,000) on him.
A BBC Somali Service reporter says Mohamed Kuno was headmaster at an Islamic school in Garissa before he quit in 2007. He goes by the nickname "Dulyadeyn", which means "long-armed one" in Somali.
The gunmen reportedly ordered students at Garissa College University to lie down on the floor, but some of them escaped.
"It was horrible, there was shooting everywhere," student Augustine Alanga told the BBC's Newsday programme.
He said it was "pathetic" that the university was only guarded by two police officers.
Student Collins Wetangula said when the gunmen entered his hostel he could hear them opening doors and asking if the people inside were Muslims or Christians, the AP news agency reports.
"If you were a Christian you were shot on the spot. With each blast of the gun I thought I was going to die," he said.
About five masked gunmen are said to have stormed the university.
Kenya's Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery said one of the militants had been killed as he tried to flee. The ministry later tweeted that two attackers were killed by security forces.
Out of 815 students, 533 had not yet been accounted for, Mr Nkaissery said.
It is not clear how many students in total were on the premises at the time of the attack.
However, the Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre said all staff at the university had been accounted for.
Kenyan officials say security forces have isolated the gunmen in a single building at the university and are trying to flush them out.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta offered his condolences to families of the victims.
He ordered "urgent steps" to ensure police recruits could begin training immediately. "We have suffered unnecessarily due to shortage of security personnel," he said.
At the scene: Bashkas Jugsooda'ay, BBC Africa, Garissa
I can hear gunfire from inside the campus. Ambulances are rushing in and out with the wounded.
One teacher told me some students managed to run away from the gunfire, and came to her house early in the morning to seek shelter.
But a huge crowd has gathered outside the house, mostly of people who are worried that friends and relatives may be still trapped inside.
Some of them are trying to enter the campus but the security forces are holding them back. Troops have also surrounded the main hospital, restricting public access to it as medical staff battle to cope with the wounded.
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The university opened in 2011 and is the only higher education institution in the area.
The BBC's Anne Soy in Nairobi says that because of its proximity to Somalia, Garissa is an easy target for al-Shabab militants and there have been several attacks in the past.
She says that the UK and Australia issued alerts this week warning of potential terror attacks in parts of the country, including Garissa.
There has also been a specific alert for universities in the country.
George Musamali, a security specialist and former officer in Kenya's paramilitary police, told the BBC the authorities had "failed the students" by being poorly prepared despite intelligence of an attack.
Al-Shabab has carried out a number of attacks in Kenya since 2011, when Kenyan troops were sent to Somalia to help fight the militant group there.
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Warburton, 27, told BBC Radio Wales he will not need surgery after being injured in Cardiff Blues' Pro12 loss at Ospreys and hopes to return in January.
"I saw the specialist and he's [aiming] for mid-January," Warburton said.
"It's nice not to have the surgery. It would have been my fifth operation at 27, so it's nice I dodged that one."
Warburton suffered the injury when tackled by Wales rival Justin Tipuric while making only his third Blues appearance of the season and missed last Friday's morale-boosting 20-16 Pro12 win against Connacht.
He will also be absent for the region's back-to-back European Challenge Cup matches against Montpellier, the first of which will be played on Friday in Cardiff and the next in France on 17 December.
Warburton will then miss the festive Pro12 Welsh derbies against Newport Gwent Dragons and Scarlets, but he could return for Blues' final two Challenge Cup Pool 3 games against Harlequins and Calvisano in January.
"I'm targeting those European games to try and get back for," Warburton continued. "That's the general guideline that we're going for.
"I'll be in the boot for a couple of weeks, which is just protocol just to keep the weight off the ligament.
"Missing the Christmas derbies, that is a blow. That's normally a sell-out and a great crowd."
Cardiff Blues defence coach Graham Steadman added: "Sam's had some good news, which is pleasing for him and for everyone at the club. He's in a good place."
Steadman is eyeing a win against Montpellier and says they will miss "invaluable" 2013 British and Irish Lions captain Warburton.
"We are on a bit of a run," Steadman added. "We have some important fixtures over the next few weeks. It's a massive, massive month for us."
Pathologist Dr Deborah Cook, who examined her body parts after police found them in a shed, said her injuries indicated "a violent struggle".
The injuries suggested the 16-year-old fought for her life as her attacker suffocated her, she told the jury.
Becky's stepbrother Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare deny murder.
The jury was shown computer generated reconstructions of injuries to Becky's head, arms, legs and torso.
Dr Cook described going through a suitcase containing body parts wrapped in layers of carrier bags, cling film, duct tape and thick blue plastic.
She said the suitcase contained dishwasher tablets as well as body parts, some of which were covered in damp white crystals.
Becky had received 15 stab wounds and a slash wound, which were caused after she died, and her body was cut up into eight pieces, she said.
The prosecution alleges Becky was killed at her home and her body later dismembered. Body parts were found at an address in Barton Court.
Mr Matthews, 28, has admitted killing her, but denies murder. His girlfriend, Ms Hoare, 21, denies murder.
Det Sgt John Dowding, who searched the shed where Becky's remains were found, told the court it contained "numerous" small parcels, wrapped in cling film, and when he unwrapped one, it was "apparent it was a human hand".
Earlier the court heard Nathan Matthews "did not particularly like" his stepsister.
In a police interview read out in court, conducted before he was arrested, he said the teenager "could be quite rude" to her stepmother - his mother.
Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive in Warmley, South Gloucestershire has admitted manslaughter but denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap.
He pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, preventing the burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon.
Ms Hoare, of Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, denies murder, conspiracy to kidnap, perverting the course of justice, preventing burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon.
Two other men, Donovan Demetrius, 29, and James Ireland, 23, deny assisting an offender.
Karl Demetrius, 29, and Jaydene Parsons, 23, previously pleaded guilty to assisting an offender after body parts were found in their shed, but both said they were unaware of what the packages contained.
The trial at Bristol Crown Court continues.
Kieran Brookes, 14, from Devon, was strangled when the straps of his backpack became entangled as he tried to get off a ski lift near Geneva.
Richard Cettour, 50, of Bonnevaux, France, who was supervising the lift, was given a six-month suspended sentence.
Kieran's parents said they did not feel justice had been done.
The firm which operated the lift, SAEM Sports et Tourisme a Châtel, was also accused of indirect manslaughter but was cleared of the charge.
Kieran's parents, Nick and Cindy Brookes, said: "This has been an incredibly difficult process and yet we do not feel that justice has been done.
"We are satisfied that someone has been held to account over Kieran's death.
"However, we believe that this tragedy highlighted serious industry failings which went further than an individual's inattention.
"Without widespread improvements across the industry we think a similar tragedy could happen again.
"It is only a slight consolation that the resort operator has apologised to us for failings, and admitted moral guilt over Kieran's death."
Richard Cettour was responsible for the safety of skiers using the lift, but was found not to have been at his post at the time of the accident, and failed to react to other skiers who were calling for him to press the emergency stop button.
Kieran, a pupil at Torquay Grammar School, was on a six-seat ski lift at Châtel when he tried to climb off at the top of the slope, in February 2011.
He was suspended in the air for around four minutes before he was released, according to eyewitness accounts of the accident.
Attempts were made to revive him for about eight minutes before he was taken to a hospital in Annecy, France, suffering from a severe brain injury.
Kieran was later taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, where he died in March 2011.
Mrs Brookes said: "We couldn't bury Kieran for six months because of the police investigation.
"We also couldn't donate his organs which was something that would have given us some comfort."
The family's lawyer Mark Montaldo, of Slater and Gordon, said: "It has been heart-breaking for Kieran's family to hear details of the very serious safety failings which led to this tragedy.
"From the outset, Mr and Mrs Brookes have been determined that lessons are learned from this incident.
"They hope that this verdict and sentence will send a powerful message throughout the industry that safety must be paramount."
The French charge of indirect manslaughter is roughly equivalent to involuntary manslaughter in England and Wales.
Malam Zeenat Ibrahim is in army custody with her husband, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), it says.
The violence followed allegations that members of the sect had attempted to assassinate Nigeria's army chief.
The IMN denies the allegations.
Speaking to the media, an army head in the Kaduna division, Maj Gen Oyebado, did not confirm or deny the death of Sheikh Zakzaky's son, who the IMN had also said was killed in the clashes.
The army says members of the sect attempted to assassinate its chief of staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, on Saturday when his motorcade was passing through a Shia procession.
But the IMN says the Nigerian army opened fire on their members.
It alleges that Nigerian soldiers killed at least 20 of its members in fighting at the weekend.
The Islamic Human Rights Commission said on Sunday that before Sheikh Zakzaky's arrest, the military had parked two tanks outside his home.
Last year, three of Sheikh Zakzaky's sons were killed in clashes between the army and pilgrims in a procession.
The group wants to set up an Islamic republic and has frequently clashed with the army.
It is also opposed to the Sunni Muslim jihadist group, Boko Haram, which recently staged an attack on one of its processions, killing at least 21 people.
Boko Haram condemns Shias as heretics who should be killed.
Most of Nigeria's Muslims are Sunnis, and there are underlying tensions between them and Shia Muslims, correspondents say.
Didier Deschamps' side went ahead after 20 minutes through Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Blaise Matuidi before Vincent Aboubakar levelled.
Paul Pogba's cross allowed Arsenal's Olivier Giroud to restore France's lead only for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting to net an 87th-minute equaliser, before Payet's direct free-kick settled it at the end.
The 29-year-old beat keeper Fabrice Ondoa with a magnificent curling effort.
France, who play Scotland on 4 June in their final warm-up match, open their Euro 2016 campaign against Romania on 10 June in Paris.
Elsewhere, Sweden were held to a goalless draw by Slovenia in Malmo.
Forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, resting a sore calf muscle, was an unused substitute for Sweden, whose first game at Euro 2016 is against the Republic of Ireland in Paris on 13 June.
Sweden play Wales in their final pre-tournament friendly in Stockholm on 5 June before heading to France, where they will also face Italy and Belgium in Group E.
It brings to an end the most serious strike in Scottish education since the long-running teachers' dispute in the 1980s.
The staff were angry that a deal on pay differences between colleges had not been fully implemented.
The "breakthrough" means that a three-day strike set for next week will now not go ahead.
Union leaders had warned the strikes would continue "for as long as necessary", unless a deal was reached.
But a joint statement from both the EIS and College Scotland said the strikes had been suspended after agreement had been reached following "intensive negotiations".
The statement said: "Colleges Scotland and the EIS welcomed this breakthrough and are delighted that disruption to student learning has been brought to an end."
EIS General Secretary Larry Flanagan hailed the deal as a "significant victory".
He said: "Colleges Scotland have agreed to Honour the Deal. This is a significant victory and it means employers will move immediately to implement Phase 1 of the March 2016 pay agreement. As a result, all future planned strike action is suspended".
Commenting after the talks with the EIS, a spokeswoman for the Colleges Scotland Employers' Association said: "We are pleased that we've reached an agreement, subject to ratification, which not only means an end to the strikes but also, crucially, ensures that colleges can return to business as usual. This is a positive step forward for everyone involved."
Earlier this week Education Secretary John Swinney intervened in the dispute, amid fears it would affect the exam performance.
He welcomed the settlement, saying it would be good for students.
He said: "Having put in place arrangements to allow for national bargaining, it has always been the case that resolution of this issue lay in the hands of employers and the union.
"The immediate suspension of next week's strike action will be very welcome news for students and the wider agreement reached today will allow Scotland's colleges to focus on delivering the high-quality education the sector is known for."
The proposed deal has been referred for an in-depth investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Both companies take online orders from customers and act as delivery middle men between them and restaurants.
However, the CMA is worried that the combination of the two companies could mean worse terms for the restaurants.
The probe will run until November this year.
Earlier this month, Just Eat noted that the CMA intended to begin an in-depth investigation and said it was "committed to demonstrating to the CMA that the market is, and will remain, competitive following completion of the proposed transaction".
The home delivery sector is a hotbed of competition, with Uber and Deliveroo also active in the sector.
Just Eat began in Denmark in 2001 but is now based in London.
As well as spending £200m on the Hungryhouse deal, Just Eat announced in December it was planning to expand in Canada by taking over SkipTheDishes there for 110m Canadian dollars (£66.1m).
Projects include a tie-up with London Moorfields eye hospital, which will see it using one million eye scans to train its artificial intelligence system to diagnose potential sight issues, and development of an app to help doctors spot kidney disease.
Google's entry on to the healthcare scene has been welcomed by some, notably doctors who are desperate to apply some cutting-edge technology to antiquated NHS systems.
But less so by privacy groups and some patients, who have been surprised and concerned that their data - in some cases not anonymised - can be shared with the tech giant's AI division.
So what does Google want with our health data and should we be worried?
In May it was revealed that Google's DeepMind, had been given access to the healthcare data of up to 1.6 million patients from three hospitals run by London's Royal Free Trust in order to develop an app, called Streams, that would notify doctors should someone be at risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI).
The deal had been announced in February but at the time got little press attention.
The biggest question mark was over why so much data was being shared, especially as only a tiny percentage of people would actually benefit from the app.
Some were also bemused when it became apparent that the deal with Google's AI firm would not actually involve any artificial intelligence.
The reality, explained Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind co-founder, is that AI is simply not yet ready for direct patient care.
"Finding a fit between an algorithm and training data is difficult. People expect the algorithm to do too much," he said.
But, he added, DeepMind wanted to do the project because it wanted to try to make a difference in the NHS, particularly when it came to one of the most fundamental issues it faces - sharing and storing data.
"The system is crying out for more innovation and hopefully that is something we can pioneer," he said.
And, he noted, it was the hospital that sought out DeepMind rather than the other way round. Dr Chris Lang, a kidney doctor, approached the firm to see if a collaboration was possible.
"We went for coffee and ended up chatting for four hours."
Although it has got far more publicity than any others, in fact this deal is a pretty standard one in the NHS.
It emerged that the organisation has similar deals with 1,500 different third parties.
The NHS claims that it would not be practical to ask every patient to consent to every one of these arrangements.
In the tie-up with Moorfields, the data was anonymised and the rules here are that data can be shared for "ethically approved projects".
Patients can opt out of any data-sharing system by emailing their NHS Trust's data protection officer.
In the case of the Royal Free, the BBC understands that 148 people have withdrawn their consent, a tiny fraction of the patients involved.
Mr Suleyman stressed that none of the data would be shared with other parts of Google.
For DeepMind, yes but Google has been looking at healthcare for much longer.
From Calico, Alphabet's research and development company whose mission is to "tackle ageing", to Verily which is currently developing a smart contact lens that can help diabetics monitor glucose levels, the search giant is investing heavily in healthcare.
According to Mr Suleyman, "making the world a better place" has always been part of DeepMind's somewhat lofty ambition to "solve intelligence".
Two years ago he decided that it was a good time to "make good the second part of that mission" and set about looking for ways where the company could make a difference.
"We looked at nano-materials, synthetic biology, renewable energy, transport trying to figure out how tech could make a difference and I realised that healthcare - it we could get it right - then the margin for beneficial impact was enormous."
The firm seemed genuinely surprised when the announcement created some negative headlines and often reminded journalists that the point of the project was to help save lives.
On reflection, Mr Suleyman realises that there was bound to be a backlash.
"I can completely understand why there was surprise about what we were doing. We have learned a lot and there is a lot we can do to improve - we take that feedback," he said.
DeepMind had already been in the process of setting up a panel of independent reviewers, nine technical and clinical experts who have the right to scrutinise what the firm is doing and interview members of the team.
"We recognise there is still more that we can do," said Mr Suleyman and so the firm has decided to host a patient engagement forum.
It will be held on 20 September and will be streamed on YouTube with a Twitter Q&A. It plans to host four such meetings every year.
Although Google has always loved experimenting with projects that benefit humankind, it is ultimately in the business of making money and its healthcare work is no exception.
It is currently in discussion with the NHS about how to do that and will remain doing so for "several years", said Mr Suleyman.
"Right now it is about building the tools and systems that are useful and once users are engaged then we can figure out how to monetise them," he said.
The firm has some radical ideas about how it can shake up the commercial relationships between the NHS and third parties.
"The vast majority of payments made to suppliers in healthcare systems are not often as connected to outcomes as we would like.
"Ultimately we want to get paid when we deliver concrete clinical benefits. We want to get paid to change the system and improve patient outcomes."
Sanit Nitigultanon was faced with the typical photographer's challenge when tackling a wedding shoot for Thai couple Max and Mint.
"I asked the couple if there was anything special about them, but they said all they liked to do was go around and eat," said Mr Nitigultanon.
"So the first thing that came to mind was going to all their favourite restaurants."
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The couple sampled everything from chicken rice to egg noodles in the one day they spent travelling around Bangkok in search of food.
"All my friends told me that I have to lose lots of weight before my pre-wedding photoshoot," said Mint, 27.
"But I thought, why do I have to change into someone that I am not? I'm just going to be myself and have fun with it."
And the couple did just that.
"We've been together for two years and I think I've gained around 10kg during that time because we keep eating together!" said 28-year-old Max.
Reaction to the photographs have been huge, with the album receiving some 31,000 likes on Facebook.
This is only one of many pre-wedding photoshoots by Mr Nitigultanon, who is known for his creative ideas.
Pre-wedding photoshoots are especially common in Asia, with some even travelling overseas in order to capture the perfect moment.
"We just expected our friends and family to like the photos," said Max.
"Many other albums look cute or beautiful, but ours just shows us and our lifestyle as it is."
The Terriers went ahead on 14 minutes when Forest defender Matt Mills turned Tommy Smith's low cross past keeper Dorus de Vries and into his own net.
Forest striker Nelson Oliveira had three good chances to level the scores.
But Philip Billing secured victory with six minutes remaining, scoring his first professional goal with a stunning long-range strike.
Huddersfield had lost their last four games in all competitions but head coach David Wagner inflicted Forest's first league defeat since mid-November.
Oliveira had scored six goals in Forest's fine run but narrowly missed the target with two efforts from the edge of the area before forced visiting goalkeeper Jed Steer to deflect another shot past the post.
Forest had not conceded a goal in their last four league games and Mills was unfortunate to break the deadlock as he failed to clear the danger from Smith's centre.
Huddersfield remain 17th in the table while Forest stay 10th and are now nine points off the play-offs.
Nottingham Forest manager Dougie Freedman:
"Over the last three or four months, we have been playing at our maximum and we need to get back to that.
"We normally press opposition sides in little moments and that is what Huddersfield did very well today.
"It was as good a display as I have seen from an opposition side at the City Ground this season, so we will give them credit for that. But we will bounce back from this."
Huddersfield head coach David Wagner:
"We know we are always able to score goals, we are dangerous as an attacking side and we knew we would have a chance if we could keep a clean sheet.
"But it is one thing to speak about this and it is another entirely to do out there and do it.
"In the second half in particular, this was one of the best performances we have seen since I have been here. All around, we deserved the win and it was a good day for us."
The Energy Networks Association said late on Christmas Day that 24,000 properties in the South and South East were still without power.
Homes in the South East and South West had borne the brunt of the flooding, the Environment Agency added.
Two severe flood warnings remain in place in Dorset where rain is forecast.
The Environment Agency warning - meaning there is a danger to life - is still in place for Iford Bridge Home Park on the River Stour in Dorset, which police evacuated overnight.
Liz Gaere, 48, was rescued from the residential development at around 07:00 GMT on Christmas morning.
"We went out on our balcony and saw the flooding and saw the boats coming in," she said.
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"They said to us 'do you want to come out, you've got five minutes'."
A 79-year-old neighbour Pat Tapply added: "I have nothing apart from what I am standing in. I don't know if my home is flooded."
People were also evacuated from the Beaulieu Garden Park Home in Christchurch, Dorset - where a severe flood warning is also in place.
More rain is expected in the already flood-hit county overnight with 10mm forecast to fall.
Tim Field from the Energy Networks Association (ENA) told the BBC the number of those without power was starting to come down but that it could be the end of the week before problems are resolved in heavily flooded areas in Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
Leave had been cancelled and extra staff had been brought in to fix the problem, he said.
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UK Power Networks, which supplies about eight million customers in the South East, says it arranged Christmas dinner for hundreds of those without power via a mobile catering facility, pubs, restaurants and hotels.
Director of customer services, Matt Rudling, added: "Extra staff are on duty, many of whom have cancelled their leave to help with the repair effort or to join our additional call centres on Christmas Eve and today."
Meanwhile, about 800 homes in the north of Scotland are still without power, mainly around the Banchory, Buchan and Aboyne areas in Aberdeenshire, and Forres and Fochabers in Elgin.
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution said it was hoped all properties would be reconnected on Christmas Day.
Some of the worst disruption was felt at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, where a power outage at the North terminal led to cancellations and delays on Christmas Eve.
Gatwick Airport is now running a full service, but says all flights apart from those with British Airways will be departing from the South terminal. It also advises people to check with airlines before travelling.
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Elsewhere, winds of up to 80mph caused disruption to Christmas Eve travel in Scotland, with the Northern and Western Isles hit by ferry and flight cancellations.
There has also been heavy rain in Northern Ireland, while winds in Wales reached 78mph in Pembrey and 77mph in Aberdaron.
More than 10 flood warnings remain in place across mainland Scotland, with high tide being accompanied by heavy rainfall.
And yellow "be aware" warnings for high winds are in place for the Highlands and Islands, Orkney and Shetland.
The Environment Agency (EA) still has close to 100 flood warnings in place for England and Wales - signifying that flooding is "expected". A yellow alert for heavy rain remains for the southern coastal counties of England.
The agency's head of operations, David Jordan, told the BBC that officials were keeping a close eye on the Stour and the river flowing through Maidstone in Kent.
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BBC Weather said winds and rain would ease across much of the UK on Wednesday evening, although heavy rain and gales are expected to pick up again at the end of the week.
The next storm, expected to hit the UK on Thursday night into Friday, will not be as intense, but has the potential to cause disruption.
Hope Gilmour, 11, from Alloa, had to have new hip sockets carved as a baby and was fitted with a full-body cast.
Doctors discovered she had no hip sockets after an operation to correct what they thought were clicky hips.
Hope completed the Edinburgh 5km Big Fun Run to raise funds for Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity.
She has now set herself the challenge of running the London Marathon by the time she is 16.
Her mother Louisa Micallef, who also took part in the run, said Hope had monthly medical appointments until a second operation when she was three.
She said: "We weren't sure what the outcome would be as we'd been told there was a high chance her ability to walk would be affected, so when she was given the all-clear at the age of seven, we were absolutely over the moon.
"Since then, her achievements have been astonishing.
"She's been in her school running club since Primary 3 and won her part in the relay in sports day."
Appleton's side will face Coventry with a crowd of more than 70,000 expected.
But this season's revamped competition format featuring Premier League and Championship Under-21 teams has drawn heavy criticism and protests from fans.
"I get the frustrations and I shared them at the start of the competition," Appleton told BBC Radio Oxford.
He added: "I was quite open about what I thought regarding the under-21 sides.
"I'm not for getting into too much political waffle with people, but if they feel they want to stay away, then I'll respect their decision. It's not a problem at all."
EFL chief executive Shaun Harvey has assured BBC Sport the competition does have a future in its current form.
His defence comes despite a season which has seen record low attendances and a number of clubs fined for picking weakened sides.
But Wembley will host an all-League One final after all 16 of the under-21 sides were eliminated by the quarter-finals.
Oxford are making their second Wembley appearance in as many seasons - they were beaten 3-2 by Barnsley in last year's Johnstone's Paint Trophy final.
"All I can say is we're getting outnumbered a bit by the fans from Coventry," said Appleton, referring to the fact that around 42,500 Sky Blues supporters are expected to attend.
"The more support we can get on the day, the better. All we can promise as a club and as a team is that we'll be going all out to try and win the game and bring a bit of silverware back."
The 39-year-old has played for his hometown club his entire career but is out of contract this summer.
He has been used sparingly under Spalletti, but scored twice late on in Wednesday's 3-2 win over Torino.
Totti, who won the Serie A title with Roma in 2001, released a statement on his website on Saturday.
Former Italy international Totti's cameo on Wednesday, coming off the bench in the 85th minute at 2-1 down to score twice, left some fans in tears.
With 247 goals he is the second top scorer in Italian top-flight history and the third-highest appearance maker with 597.
However, this season he has only played 11 times, scoring four goals, and has been linked with Leicester and New York Cosmos.
His statement read: "The great beauty of Rome and Roma - like the fairytale we experienced at the stadium on Wednesday night - can only be truly appreciated by those who love these colours, as I do and as you do.
"My goals helped the team and the club I've always loved to win the game. That should unite people, not divide.
"We have a big match coming up on Monday and the only thing that matters to me - as always - is being able to celebrate with my team-mates, the coach, the club and our very special fans."
Spalletti, who took over in January and would not confirm if Totti will face Napoli on Monday, said: "I've had a non-existent rivalry with Totti thrust upon me. I'm pleased if he's doing what he loves.
"I really enjoyed Totti's message on his website. A true captain's statement.
"I need everyone in my squad, Totti included obviously. I have to make sure all the lads feel important. He is always an asset to us."
New financial regulations require US firms to check whether their mineral purchases are supporting conflict in Central Africa.
2014 was the first year companies were required to file the reports.
Conflict mineral purchases often include tin, tungsten, and gold.
Those minerals are used often in electronics, and companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Intel, and others have come under fire for failing to investigate their supply chains adequately.
"Most of America's biggest corporations have blind spots in their supply chains - leaving them oblivious to whether the products they sell contain minerals that have funded conflict," wrote Dr Denis Mukwege in an introduction to the report. Dr Mukwege is the founder and medical director of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and has treated more than 19,000 rape victims.
"Companies must do more to find out how the minerals they are buying have been produced and traded," he said.
The Amnesty/Global Witness report surveyed the regulatory filings of 100 firms, including some of the US's biggest companies.
The report says that only 21% of those companies are following the provision of the conflict mineral filing regulations, which were instituted as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which was passed in the wake of the US financial crisis.
Under the law, firms must now submit annual reports to US regulators detailing their efforts to investigate their supply chains, such as contacting the smelters or refiners that process the minerals they use.
The report says that many companies submitted just the bare minimum paperwork necessary.
Only 15% of firms indicated that they had contacted the facilities that process the minerals in their products. More than 40% of firms did not indicate that they had a policy in place to identify the risks in their supply chain.
Some of the firms with the thinnest regulatory filings included relative unknowns, like Mindray Medical and Zoom Telephonics, and bigger, more well known firms such as Home Depot and Costco, the report says.
Stephen Holmes, a spokesman for Home Depot, said in a statement: "We're confident that our 2013 filing complies, and we're committed to responsible sourcing and expect all suppliers manufacturing our products to adopt sourcing practices to obtain products and materials from suppliers that are not involved in funding conflict in the DRC or neighbouring countries."
Companies such as Philips, Hewlett-Packard and General Electric were singled out for their rigorous reports.
Firms have two years to come under full compliance with the law. The second round of reports is due in June 2015.
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The 31-year-old won gold in Beijing eight years ago in the R3 mixed 10m air rifle prone event while sporting a red mohican.
He followed that up with R3 silver at London 2012, and bronze in the R6 mixed 50m air rifle prone event.
London bronze medallist James Bevis is also included in a 10-strong squad.
The 39-year-old, who will also be competing in his third Games, will be hoping to better his performance from four years ago in the R5 mixed 10m air rifle prone.
Rifle shooters Karen Butler, Ryan Cockbill, Ben Jesson and Richard Davies, who all competed in London, have been selected again for the events, which run from 8-14 September at the Olympic Shooting Centre.
There are Games debuts for pistol shooters Issy Bailey and Stewart Nangle, who has major tournament experience having represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow against able-bodied shooters.
Owen Burke and Lorraine Lambert, also competing at their first Paralympics, complete the squad.
GB squad: Issy Bailey, James Bevis, Owen Burke, Karen Butler, Ryan Cockbill, Richard Davies, Ben Jesson, Lorraine Lambert, Stewart Nangle, Matt Skelhon.
The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (Sag-Aftra) now want more talks to try to resolve the dispute.
Actors want royalties for games - some of which sell millions of copies.
They also want stunt co-ordinators for motion-capture shoots and stunt pay for "vocally stressful" recording sessions.
Sag-Aftra had needed more than 75% of members to agree before it could authorise a strike.
"It is important to note that the referendum result does not mean that members are on strike, rather, it gives the National Board the authority to declare a strike," the union said in a statement.
"With this result in hand, the Negotiating Committee will seek to return to the bargaining table and continue to press for a fair resolution on behalf of performers working in video games."
Actors have complained that sessions for games such as Call of Duty, which require a lot of vocally stressful sessions, often go on for hours. The union has called for such sessions to be limited to two hours, with actors receiving higher pay for them.
The union also wants actors to be given more information about the roles that they are auditioning for and what they will be required to do, after reports that voice actors were also be asked to perform motion-capture work.
The James Fenton collection, which includes cameras and optical devices, is being transferred to the Fox Talbot Museum by the British Film Institute.
Roger Watson, from the Fox Talbot Museum, in Lacock, said "as a whole, it is judged to be of international significance".
Fox Talbot took the first photographic negative in Lacock in 1835.
Curator Roger Watson said: "The transfer will offer a significant improvement in our ability to tell our core story of the birth of photography and will be a visual feast for our visitors.
"This exceptional collection will provide new resources, allowing the museum to further expand its offer and celebrate its national significance as Britain's birthplace of photography."
Stephen Kavanagh said the photo of an Essex Police van straddling two spaces in Boreham "fell below" the "higher standard" expected of the force.
In response to his tweet some of his followers said Mr Kavanagh's "priorities" were wrong.
However, he responded, saying: "Apologising... when we get it wrong is part of policing."
The chief constable wrote: "I hold our force to a higher standard & parking like this falls below it! Apologies to anyone inconvenienced."
One person who saw Mr Kavanagh's tweet wrote: "If this is what fills your day, boss, I'm really worried about your priorities."
He replied: "It doesn't fill my day. Apologising to the public when we get it wrong is part of policing."
Another criticised the post, saying: "Multiple stations closing, staff cut-backs in Essex and you're concentrating on parking? This is unbelievable."
However, Steve Taylor, chair of Essex Police Federation, commended Mr Kavanagh's tweet.
"This has certainly captured people's imagination, but, as the leader of our force we look to the chief constable to set the standards when it comes to expectations of how we should behave," he said.
"I'm not going to condemn him for sharing his values and expectations with his workforce.
"He's just asking us to be mindful of who we are and how we carry ourselves."
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "We expect anyone driving a police vehicle to be beyond reproach and show extra special consideration and courtesy to pedestrians and other cars when parking.
"The member of police staff who parked inconsiderately in Boreham has been spoken to and reminded of the need to uphold a higher standard in future."
The teenage victim was walking along Larch Street with friends on 5 April at 22:15 BST when he was approached by three men and stabbed.
The victim was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary along with a 17-year-old friend who was stabbed in the face.
Police want anyone who recognises the men in the images to contact them.
Det Con Eliot Burgess said: "The victim has subsequently been discharged and is continuing his recovery at home."
The three men fled on foot through an alleyway towards Uppingham Road, he added.
He is soft-spoken, thoughtful, and analytical. But he is very successful.
Michael, a veteran of the film and TV industry, is the founder and boss of DHX Media.
Outside of the big Hollywood studies, the Canadian company is the world's next largest owner and distributor of children's TV programmes.
Titles in DHX's vast portfolio include Teletubbies, In the Night Garden, Bob the Builder, and Inspector Gadget. In total, it has a library of more than 11,800 - and growing - episodes across all its shows. And its revenues last year totalled $260m (£212m).
I interviewed Michael - who, prior to forming DHX, produced movies including the Oscar-winning Michael Moore documentary Bowling for Columbine - back in the summer in Monaco.
The 63-year-old was there for the World Entrepreneur of the Year awards ceremony, run by accountancy group Ernst & Young, after winning the Canadian title.
Born and raised in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Michael trained as a lawyer, and worked as one for 10 years after leaving university. Not a happy experience.
Explaining why he swapped the legal profession for the movie business, he says: "I formed the opinion that I was unemployable, therefore I had to work for myself."
He continues: "I decided that a much better place than the law for me was the professional telling of lies. That's what filmmaking is."
This slightly poetic phrasing right at the start of our conversation is (I suggest) unusual to encounter in a successful entrepreneur. "Yes," he says, "that's probably what I should have been, a poet. But there is no job in the wants ads for a poet."
A curious approach to building a media empire, perhaps, but it seems to have worked. Michael Donovan - with an interesting, questioning mind, but no media experience - had some help.
He went into partnership with his brother Paul who had trained at the the London Film School, and had then worked in filmmaking in the UK.
"He directed the films," says Michael, "and I did everything else."
Taking advantage of grants and tax breaks available to filmmakers in Canada, the brothers formally set up their business, Salter Street Films, in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1990.
They saw themselves as participants in the cultural revival of Canada, but how to identify what sort of films and TV shows to make?
Michael says they chose comedy, and in particular, satire, because they "could make shows that had a particular voice".
And Salter Street discovered that it could make comedy that worked. One show - the weekly political satire This Hour has 22 Minutes - has now been on air in Canada for 24 years.
The company also made satirical shows and films in the US. But in 2001 Salter Street changed hands after it accepted an $84m (£68m) approach from a larger Canadian media company, Alliance Atlantis.
Michael could have retired on the proceeds, but he didn't. Instead he looked around for another niche, in a similar way to how he identified comedy as a rewarding field of endeavour the first rime round.
He settled on animation, and thus became what is known as a serial entrepreneur.
His strategic thinking went like this: "Animation is the medium of the future." And so DHX Media was born in 2006.
Michael adds: "I decided I didn't want to be retired and happy. I wanted to be miserable and work for the rest of my life, even though I probably didn't have to. My name is Michael and I'm a workaholic."
With DHX also based in Halifax, Michael had no problem finding Canadian animators thanks to generous funding of the sector over past decades by the National Film Board of Canada.
"The modern way of making animation, doing it on the computer, was completely invented at the Film Board in Montreal," he says.
But in addition to making new programmes, Michael also wanted to build up a back catalogue by buying the rights to existing cartoons. And here luck and good timing were on his side.
He stumbled on the fact that there were many libraries of animated film and TV series going cheap because - in the new internet-dominated marketplace - it was wrongly assumed that there was no value in them.
Michael says: "That was the view of everyone I talked to, and it was fun to hear because it was profoundly wrong."
Using his own and other people's money, Michael was able to start acquiring what now totals about 10% of all the existing animated TV material for some very low prices.
And instead of being unwanted, DHX soon found that the shows in its library were in demand by the new streaming services such as Netflix.
"In the world of Netflix, 34% of all the minutes viewed are family and children's programming," says Michael.
In the old broadcast world it used to be just 3%, as this was all the time that broadcasters would give to kids' shows. But with streaming services, viewers can choose exactly what they want to watch, and it is often children who are holding the remote controls.
Media analyst Joseph MacKay of Toronto-based Clarus Securities says: "The key to Michael's success, I believe, has been to have the foresight to recognise the longevity of children's content.
"Whether it's Teletubbies or Inspector Gadget... the updated content resonates with children over many cultures creating multiple revenue streams including merchandising and licensing."
Michael adds that the internet and streaming services also allow the content creators to make more money, because they can bypass the traditional broadcasting companies.
"[Some] 95% of the income would go to the lucky middle people - the cable companies, the broadcasters - who basically did no work," he says.
"The internet has got rid of the 95% of the people in offices. It's direct from creator to consumer.
"And the result is a much better experience for the consumers, and much more capital available for the creators… who make much more interesting programming. And it's just beginning."
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Britain is the first country to improve on a home medal tally at the following Games, collecting 67 to beat the 65 from London 2012.
Some team members have returned home already, but 320 athletes and support staff will be on British Airways flight BA2016 scheduled to land at Heathrow.
The Boeing 747 will have a gold nose cone and a "victoRIOus" livery.
There will also be pole vaults, javelins and a 6.7-metre sail in the hold, while 77 bottles of champagne and a three-course menu will be on offer.
Among the athletes to have already arrived in the UK are golf's gold medal winner Justin Rose, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Mark Cavendish, who claimed heptathlon and omnium cycling silver respectively, the men's rugby sevens silver medallists, and long jump bronze winner Greg Rutherford.
"London 2012 will always be the greatest modern Olympics but the medal haul we have come away with is out of this world," Rutherford told the One Show.
A total of 67 medals, with 27 golds, put Team GB second in the medal table - above China for the first time since the latter returned to the Games in 1984.
They won gold medals across more sports than any other nation - 15 - and improved on their medal haul for the fifth consecutive Olympics.
Of the 366 athletes who went to the Rio Games for Team GB, 130 of them - just over 35% - returned with a medal, including every member of the 15-strong track cycling team.
Manchester and London will host events to recognise the success of Britain's Olympic and Paralympic stars.
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The 41.8m-high (137ft) turbine at Upper Pengarth, near Builth Wells, was built last year following approval by Powys council.
But London's Court of Appeal said the council needs to reconsider the move.
It was found to have failed to give "special regard" to preserving the setting of the Grade II-listed Llanbedr Church.
The church is about one mile (1.5km) from the turbine, on the other side of a hill.
Although the turbine, owned by farmer Colin Bagley, could not be seen from the church, both might appear in more distant views, the court was told.
The council might have decided that that impact would be acceptable, but it "had to confront the issue" and its failure to do so was "deficient and therefore unlawful," judges ruled.
Lord Justice Lindblom urged the council to "lose no time" in reconsidering the turbine's future.
The changes had led to a rift in the Tory Party and the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith from the cabinet.
Ahead of the vote, Mr Osborne defended his handling of the economy, but told MPs that where mistakes were made he was ready "to listen and learn".
The Budget was accepted by 310 votes to 275, a government majority of 35.
MPs are still voting on a series of Budget Resolutions which are intended to allow measures in the Budget to come into effect immediately.
Amendments to scrap the "tampon tax" and an increase in VAT on solar panels were accepted by the government.
Earlier, the chancellor confirmed to MPs that he would not proceed with planned cuts to Personal Independence Payments (PIPs), likely to have affected up to 640,000 people, saying the changes did not "command support".
He also said no further welfare savings were anticipated beyond the £12bn already approved by Parliament towards his target of balancing the books by 2020.
But Labour demanded an explanation as to how Mr Osborne would plug the £4.4bn gap in the Budget left by the rethink.
Former work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper said he would either have to raid the welfare budget further or "ditch" his self-imposed cap on overall benefits spending.
Mr Osborne said the cost of abandoning the policy could be absorbed because public spending was under control.
Labour also called on the chancellor to apologise for his attempt to introduce the cuts.
And shadow chancellor John McDonnell questioned Mr Osborne's "fitness for the office he now holds".
Ms Osborne was a "political chancer" whose "grubby, incompetent manipulations" could not be defended, he said.
Mr Duncan Smith resigned as work and pensions secretary on Friday over the proposals to cut disability benefits at the same that taxes were being cut for higher earners.
In his resignation letter, he said the latest cuts were a "compromise too far" and flew in the face of David Cameron's and Mr Osborne's oft-repeated claim that "we are all in this together".
In the Commons, Mr Osborne said he was sorry Mr Duncan Smith had resigned and told MPs he was proud of their work together in government.
He praised his former colleague for "helping to make work pay, protecting the vulnerable and breaking the decades-old cycle of welfare dependency".
But the chancellor rejected Mr Duncan Smith's charge that his fiscal targets risked dividing society and that working-age benefit claimants were being unduly penalised by a "desperate search" for savings.
"Without sound public finances there is no social justice," he told MPs.
He said spending on disability benefits would still be higher in 2020 than it was now and 300,000 people with disabilities had found work in the past couple of years.
Britain's now been at war there for 10 years.
More than 350 British troops have died since the fighting began - along with thousands of Afghans.
In our special film, Ore finds out why British troops are there - and what it's like to live and work in the heart of a war zone.
The High Court ruled in May that Jon Platt did not have to pay a £120 fine to Isle of Wight Council after he took his daughter to Florida in term-time.
It ruled that Mr Platt had no case to answer as, overall, his daughter had attended school regularly.
But councillors have confirmed they will challenge the High Court decision.
Critics had argued the High Court's decision meant there would be confusion around the rules on taking children out of English schools during term-time.
Isle of Wight Council, which is having its legal fees paid for by the Department for Education, said it had submitted papers applying for permission to appeal against the decision.
The council said it was acting after a formal request from schools minister Nick Gibb.
Council leader Jonathan Bacon made clear they would not have gone ahead with the appeal had government not underwritten it.
He said: "Our initial response was not to expend further Isle of Wight Council money on pursuing an appeal.
"However, as a result of the formal request from the minister, the local and national importance of this issue and the DfE's commitment to cover all the costs of the appeal and contribute to the council's previous costs, we have decided to lodge an appeal in order to resolve the issue for all."
The government had said it would look to change the law following the High Court ruling in May.
Term-time holiday: What are the rules?
BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins
Councillors tell me it's chaos.
The rules say parents in England can only take their children out of school in exceptional circumstances.
But the High Court backed a father who refused to pay a fine for doing just that.
It means many councils don't know whether they can enforce the rule or not.
Ministers said they would look to change the law, but are fighting this in the courts.
That will take months.
Clarity could be a long way off.
Since 2013, tougher government regulations have meant head teachers can only grant leave of absence to pupils in schools in England during term time in "exceptional circumstances".
Isle of Wight Council had asked the High Court to clarify whether a seven-day absence amounted to a child failing to attend regularly after magistrates ruled Platt did not have to pay the council fine.
But Lord Justice Lloyd Jones and Mrs Justice Thirlwall dismissed the council's challenge, ruling the magistrates were entitled to take into account the "wider picture" of the child's attendance record outside of the dates she was absent during the holiday.
According to local authority data, almost 64,000 fines were imposed for unauthorised absences between September 2013 and August 2014.
Many parents complain that the cost of going away in the school holidays can be four times as much as during term time - but the government says there is clear evidence "that every extra day of school missed can affect a pupil's chance of gaining good GCSEs, which has a lasting effect on their life chances".
The disturbance involving about five people happened on the town's High Street at about 22:45 on New Year's Day.
A 50-year-old man was assaulted and knocked to the ground. He was taken to the Cumberland Infirmary with face and head injuries.
Anyone who witnessed the incident has been asked to contact the police.
Anyone who saw anything near the Loon Chen restaurant around the time has been asked to contact police.
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The Royal Society for Public Health assessed 70 areas in the UK according to the types of businesses found there.
Bookmakers, loan shops, tanning salons and fast-food outlets were viewed as having a "negative impact" on public health, while leisure centres and health services were deemed positive.
Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, was named as having the "healthiest" High Street.
The society has called for a limit of 5% of each "unhealthy" type of business on a High Street to avoid saturation.
1. Preston
2. Middlesbrough
3. Coventry
4. Blackpool
5. Northampton
6. Wolverhampton
7. Grimsby
8. Huddersfield
9. Stoke-on-Trent
10. Eastbourne
Source: Royal Society for Public Health
Businesses were scored by more than 2,000 members of the public, and by public health and local government experts, on the extent to which they encouraged healthy choices, promoted social interaction, provided access to health advice and promoted positive mental wellbeing.
The league table was drawn up based on scores and the prevalence of each type of businesses in each High Street.
The research found that towns and cities in the north of England and the Midlands were more likely to have higher concentrations of businesses which were deemed potentially harmful to the public's health.
1. Shrewsbury
2. Ayr
3. Salisbury
4. Perth
5. Hereford
6. Carlisle
7. Cambridge
8. Cheltenham
9. York
10. Bristol
Source: Royal Society for Public Health
The organisation's chief executive Shirley Cramer said the table was by no means a reflection on whether each area was generally healthy or unhealthy, but it highlighted some trends.
"Our research does find higher concentrations of unhealthy businesses exist in places which already experience high levels of deprivation and premature mortality," she said.
She said local authorities should be given more planning powers to limit the numbers of certain types of businesses on High Streets.
The society is also campaigning for public health criteria to be a condition of licensing for all types of business.
It also wants mandatory food hygiene ratings linked to calorie and nutrition labelling for fast food outlets and for councils to be able to set varying business rates to encourage healthier outlets.
A government spokesman said planning measures had been introduced to stop High Streets becoming a "sea of payday loan and betting shops" and made it much easier for shops to change to "positive other uses" like cafes and health clubs.
But Peter Craske from the Association of British Bookmakers said betting shops had long been adding value to High Streets.
"We've been trading on the High Street for fifty years, and we employ 40,000 people and serve over eight million customers," he said.
"The majority of our shops have been in the same location for over 20 years and as with any other retailer we open because there are customers for our products."
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Nicola Urquhart's comments came after it emerged "devastating" mistakes led to delays in searching a landfill site where police believe her son's remains will be found.
Supporters on social media responded by telling her "never be sorry".
Suffolk Police are currently searching the landfill site near Cambridge.
LIVE: Updates on this and other Suffolk news
Mr Mckeague, 23, from Dunfermline, went missing during a night out in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk on 24 September.
He was last seen going into a loading bay, known as the "Horseshoe", which contains waste bins.
Initial records suggested a bin collected within an hour of his last sighting weighed 11kg (1st 10lb), meaning it could not have contained a person.
But on Tuesday it emerged the true weight was 100kg (15st 10lb).
The Find Corrie Facebook page set up by Mrs Urquhart has gathered 120,000 followers.
Speaking to the BBC, Mrs Urquhart said: "I'm so upset that I've brought over 120,000 people into this with us.
"I'm making other people upset because I needed their support when maybe this didn't have to happen."
Andy King, the chairman of Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue, which has been helping to try to find Mr Mckeague, said Mrs Urquhart had "nothing to apologise to anyone for".
"I think I can say on behalf of 120,000 people and certainly on behalf of the team that she doesn't need to apologise to anybody for anything that she's done.
"She's been quite amazing."
On the BBC Look East Facebook page, users told Mrs Urquhart her comments were "heartbreaking".
Melanie Turner commented: "Never feel you have upset anyone Nicola Urquhart, you have done what any mother would do!"
A response from Chloe Clark read: "We are corries army and we decided to be!! SO PLEASE don't feel bad!! My heart breaks for you."
Police said finding out about the bin weight mistake "a few weeks ago" was "sobering" and "frustrating".
It had been known that Mr Mckeague's mobile phone tracked the same route, and at the same pace, as a bin lorry since early on in the investigation.
Det Supt Katie Elliott said the line of inquiry was not pursued at the time because of the weight given and details of the waste disposal process.
"We understood it would've been such that it would've been likely that Corrie would have been identified through the processing before he could've got here.
"We've done further lines of inquiry in to that processing and we understand there is the possibility that Corrie could've got to this landfill site without having been identified through that processing."
She said the new information has come to light because of detectives "checking and re-checking".
Plans to search the landfill site started early in the new year and has taken weeks to organise, she added.
Mr Mckeague, a gunner in No 2 Sqn, RAF Regiment, was based at Honington in Suffolk.
In January it was announced that Mr Mckeague's girlfriend, April Oliver, is pregnant with their child.
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Sanderson proved unplayable with a fine display of swing bowling to earn the visitors their first Championship win of the season.
Set 347 to win, Glamorgan slipped to 12-4 and never showed the application to survive as they were all out for 95.
Sanderson also picked up 10 wickets in a match for the first time.
Northants might have won even sooner if they had not dropped a series of slip catches.
Only three players reached double figures, Mark Wallace with a gritty 28 not out and Aneurin Donald the joint top-scorers, while there were four ducks in a miserable home display in the Swansea sunshine.
A Championship-best 5-61 from Timm van der Gugten was the sole high point of the final day for Glamorgan, whose seamer Ruaidhri Smith will miss four to six weeks with a side strain.
Both sides are involved in T20 Blast quarter-finals with Northants taking on Middlesex on Tuesday, 9 August and Glamorgan facing Yorkshire on Thursday, 11 August.
Glamorgan head coach Robert Croft told BBC Wales Sport:
"I thought the pitch seamed around quite a lot today and their boys bowled really well today, straight, really accurately and consistently- every good ball we edged, or it broke our defences so it was a perfect storm.
"We are disappointed but we knew we'd rested a few players, we knew there was a risk, but we've also learned about some young players.
"It was exciting to see young debutant Lukas Carey doing well and Nick Selman with a fantastic hundred.
"We've lost this game but we've had an opportunity to rest some players (for the T20) who hopefully will be fresh for Thursday, and to see what some of our younger players have."
Northants bowler Ben Sanderson told BBC Radio Northampton:
"I felt really good, just ran in and seemed to do the right things, hit the right areas and it's easy on days like that.
"Conditions weren't helping with the sunshine so we worked really hard on the ball and kept it in good condition, credit to the boys.
"To come here and get the wickets is brilliant for me, a real confidence-booster, and we've put in a performance that should carry us on for the rest of the season.
"We played well at Arundel and we've played some good cricket in this comp but not had the luck until today."
The AU supports political and economic integration among its 54 member nations. It aims to boost development, eradicate poverty and bring Africa into the global economy.
Profile compiled by BBC Monitoring
The AU succeeded the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 2002. In its later years the OAU - which originated in the decolonisation struggles of the early 1960s - had been criticised for becoming a mere talking shop.
Conceived by the then Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as a "United States of Africa", its structure is loosely modelled on that of the European Union.
It inaugurated a pan-African parliament in March 2004 - one of a number of proposed institutions. The body debates continent-wide issues and advises AU heads of state.
There are far-reaching plans to set up a human rights court, a central bank and monetary fund, and by 2023 an African Economic Community with a single currency.
The AU believes that conflicts must be settled before there can be a chance of achieving prosperity. To this end, it set up a Peace and Security Council in 2004. The council may intervene in conflicts, replacing the old OAU principle of non-interference with one of "non-indifference".
The council can deploy military forces in situations which include genocide and crimes against humanity. It can authorise peacekeeping missions. The council planned to have a Standby Force of rapid-reaction troops in place by 2010, but this has yet to happen.
AU peacekeepers have served in Burundi and AU ceasefire monitors have served in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. An AU force has also been deployed in Somalia since March 2007.
The AU oversees the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad), an anti-poverty blueprint which offers a bargain with the West: the promotion of good political and economic practice in return for more aid and investment.
Morocco is the only African country not to have joined the AU. It left the Organisation of African Unity in 1984, after the OAU granted membership to the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic set up by the independence movement in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
The African Union has regularly suspended member-states over coups d'etat, re-admitting them when they return to constitutional rule. Madagascar has been suspended since 2009 after Andry Rajoelina seized power, and has yet to be re-admitted. The Union suspended Mali in March 2012 over a coup.
South Sudan became the 54th member-state in the summer of 2011.
Chairman: Post holders rotate on annual basis
Assembly: The assembly comprises the heads of state of member countries, who meet at least once a year. It is the AU's main decision-making body. Members of the assembly elect an AU chairperson, to hold office for 12 months.
Executive Council: The council comprises the foreign ministers of member states, who advise the assembly members.
Commission: The administrative branch comprises 10 commissioners, who hold individual portfolios. The commission implements AU policies and coordinates the body's activities and meetings.
The commission elects its chairperson to a four-year term.
South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was elected in July 2012 to become the first female head of the commission. The battle for the leadership was closely-fought and threatened to divide the AU. She defeated the incumbent, Jean Ping of Gabon.
Its critics have questioned whether the AU can be more effective than its predecessor. They point out that many of its leaders are the same people who presided over the OAU, an organisation that became known as the "dictators' club".
The AU came in for criticism over its failure to act earlier over the civil war in Libya. There was talk that the AU Commission, under Gabon's Jean Ping, had not given sufficient backing to a South African-sponsored peace plan, which itself was criticised for not requiring Muammar Gaddafi to step down.
The Libya dispute prompted the ultimately successful challenge to Mr Ping from South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the wife of President Jacob Zuma, for the post of commission chairperson.
Money is another sticking point. There are doubts about whether the AU - many of whose member nations are struggling to tackle domestic poverty - can afford to fund some of its ambitious schemes.
The union, keen that its activities should be bankrolled by member countries, has eschewed the "begging bowl" principle. But in 2004 the commission chairman warned that the AU needed the kind of financial lifeline that the US gave to post-war Europe.
China has paid for a new AU headquarters in Addis Ababa at a cost of $200m, prompting some concern among African observers that China is trying to buy influence in the AU as it extends its economic presence on the continent.
Under a voluntary "peer review" scheme, AU members are expected to ensure that each other's governments adhere to democratic principles and sound economic practice. But their political will to do so has been questioned by doubters. Sceptics point out that, while promoting pan-African democracy, some AU nations are run by autocrats.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell told the BBC that over a five-year Parliament borrowing would only be allowed for investment.
Labour sources said it was aimed at regaining "economic credibility".
But the government said it was clear Labour had not learned its lesson.
Mr McDonnell said the deficit on "current spending" would be eliminated. Labour insisted that the new rule was not a commitment to spend more money than the present government.
Chancellor George Osborne has put in place rules saying that the government will create an overall budget surplus "in normal times".
Labour voted against the rule in Parliament, and Mr McDonnell said any future Labour government wanted to invest more than the Conservatives.
Which could mean more borrowing.
The Office for Budget Responsibility - the government's economic watchdog - will be given new powers to "whistle blow" when it believes that the "credibility rule" has been breached.
And under the Labour plans it will also report to Parliament rather than the Treasury.
"We know now from the world's central banks that the world economy is looking at stagnation, and there needs to be a new rule," Mr McDonnell told me.
"And we want people to have confidence in a Labour government. That means we are introducing a new fiscal credibility rule.
"First, that a Labour government will always balance day to day expenditure.
"Second, that we will only borrow for the long term, and that means for investment - investment in our infrastructure, in the homes that we need, the railways, the roads, the renewable energy.
"And in new technology to grow our economy.
"Third, debt will fall under a Labour government over a five year period.
"And then finally all this will be supervised independently by the Office [for] Budget Responsibility, reporting directly to Parliament.
"This is a new iron discipline for a Labour government," he said.
Labour Party sources have admitted to me that "economic credibility" is one of the key reasons why people did not support the party at the last election.
I am told that internal polling reveals concerns that Mr McDonnell says he wants to tackle.
The Chancellor has made it clear that he believes that a Labour government would put the public finances at risk.
Mr McDonnell says that it is only by allowing more borrowing for capital investment that the British economy can grow to its full potential.
I have just received some extracts from a speech John McDonnell is making on Friday, laying out this new rule.
"There is nothing left-wing about excessive spending," Mr McDonnell will say. "There is nothing socialist about running up too much debt.
"When governments do not manage their finances responsibly, it is ordinary working people who eventually suffer.
"When governments try to disguise their spending, it is accountability and democracy that suffer.
"The Fiscal Credibility Rule is not about making spending commitments. It is about providing a framework for the responsible management of public finances.
"We must be a party that thinks first about how we earn money, not only how we spend money."
This is clearly a significant attempt to re-position Labour as one of economic responsibility. It will be for the public to decide if they are convinced.
The government has responded to Mr McDonnell's new fiscal rule.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands said: "Labour spent and borrowed too much last time they were in power.
"It's clear they've not learned their lesson and can't be trusted with the economy.
"At a time of uncertainty in the global economy, Labour is a serious threat to our economic security and it's working people who would pay the price," Mr Hands said.
Welshman Allinson, 27, has yet to appear for Irish this season after the opening four rounds of the Premiership.
"I'm dying to get out on that field. It's a chance for a few of us who've not had much game-time to put our hands up," he told BBC Radio Berkshire.
Irish begin their Challenge Cup group at home against Agen on Saturday.
"If I get the nod to play, I'll be very much looking forward to it," Allinson said.
Tom Coventry's side, who have lost all their Premiership games so far, will also play Grenoble and Edinburgh in pool five.
Allinson, who has found himself behind Brendan McKibbin and Scott Steele in the competition for the number nine shirt, is looking forward to the challenge of facing European clubs.
"You get to go to France and teams like Agen and Grenoble are going to be really tough to face at home," he added.
"It's just a question of what sort of side they send over to play us. You know what French teams are like, you can't predict them, they're so unpredictable."
Ministers stepped in last week, after the board passed a no-confidence vote in chairman Paul Thomas.
On Tuesday, Ms Evans said that there had been tensions over recent weeks which the board had been unable to resolve internally.
An eight-week review of the board is being carried out for the government.
Sport Wales is a publicly-funded organisation which promotes sporting activity from elite to grassroots level, and receives more than £22m a year from the Welsh Government. Sport body 'could not resolve tensions'
"Officials had been aware of some tensions within the board over the past two to three weeks," Ms Evans told the Senedd.
"The expectation was that the normal governance processes would enable the board to manage this and arrive at an agreed solution, but this wasn't the case."
The minister added that, under its governance arrangements, Sport Wales had the option to either resolve the problems internally or raise them with the Welsh Government.
"A conclusion of dysfunctionality, which is where we are at now, was based on the fact that the board had reached a point where they had adopted the vote of no confidence without exhausting both of those avenues," Ms Evans said.Sport body 'could not resolve tensions'
Mr Thomas had written a highly critical report of Sport Wales - leaked to BBC Wales - which concluded the body was in "danger of stagnating" and accused it of spending an "unacceptable" amount of money on its board.
The Welsh Government said the two reviews were not connected.
Conservative sport spokesman Russell George said Labour ministers "once again took their eye off the ball" and "the relationship between the board and its chair has been allowed to break down to the cost of the proper running of the organisation".
There are concerns about the prison service in the Belfast Telegraph.
Despite having more staff than inmates, the prison system still struggles to deliver an effective service.
That's according to the Criminal Justice Inspection, which claims that the system is still operating as it did during the Troubles, when the focus was more on security than rehabilitation, with inmates locked up for long periods of time.
In an editorial, the paper says that our jails need reform from top to bottom.
It calls on Justice Minister David Ford to "address the fundamental flaws in the service, ensuring that the right people are at the helm, and that the prison warders' union no longer exerts undue influence on the prison regime".
Wikileaks cable claims about the Northern Bank robbery are still very much to the fore.
The News Letter reports that unionist politicians - such as Gregory Campbell and David McNarry - have called on Sinn Fein leaders to "come clean" about the allegations, while the Mirror leads with Gerry Adams' insistence that he had no prior knowledge of the £26.5m bank raid.
The Mirror's editorial says the Americans are squirming, as what they say in public seems to bear little resemblance to what's said behind closed doors.
But it says that all the embarrassment will be worth it, if it helps us to get closer to the truth about the Northern Bank robbery, and also about the murder of Pat Finucane.
The Irish News reports that RTE Digital is coming north.
Northern Ireland is going to get RTE through Freeview.
It is part of a groundbreaking deal which is also expected to include greater access of BBC services south of the border.
The move follows a memorandum of understanding between the British and Irish governments earlier this year.
"Bring it on," says the paper's editorial. "It's right that viewers here should be able to access RTE as easily as BBC or UTV."
There are more questions about the Stockholm suicide bomber in several English papers.
According to the bomber's family, it was his stay in Britain, in Luton, that turned him from an ordinary teenager to an al-Qaeda fanatic.
The Independent asks why Luton has become "the epicentre of the global clash of civilisations".
The Daily Telegraph thinks it has the answer, describing the town as 'a hotbed of extremism" which has "featured in a significant proportion of British terrorism plots over the past decade".
The Times says that it could be to do with the decline of Luton's car-making industry which left the town with "a combustible atmosphere, racial tensions, high unemployment and the highest crime rate in the region".
And finally the Daily Telegraph goes out on a limb and insists that a white Christmas is now a virtual certainty, with a second big freeze on its way.
The Daily Express is already dreaming about it - it says that snow may bring havoc, but "who could deny that a carpet of white on the back lawn is a perfect accompaniment to Christmas lunch?"
Meanwhile, back with the Telegraph, there's news of a couple for whom summer never ends.
Janys and John Warren have been living on British summer time for years, and claim that refusing to put the clocks back has improved their health and cut their heating bills.
The 28-year-old began his senior career with the Hammers in 2007, before signing for Ipswich Town in 2014 and then Peterborough United the next year.
Collison, who won 17 Wales caps, was forced to retire in February 2016 at the age of 27 because of a knee injury.
"It feels fantastic... to come back in a coaching capacity is really exciting," Collison told West Ham TV.
"Obviously I have many great memories with the club and I've been through an awful lot, some good times and some bad times."
Collison already has experience coaching Peterborough's youth team and revealed on Thursday that he has achieved the Uefa A licence.
"Please to say I am now a Uefa A licensed coach. Massive thanks to the mentors @FAWCoachEd. It's been a great journey," he said on Twitter.
The announcement came just three months before Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are due to be released from prison. They were jailed in 2012.
The verdict did not include proof that they were motivated by hatred towards a social group, the Supreme Court said.
The court also ignored their status as mothers with young children, it said.
The pair are serving their sentences in separate penal colonies a long way east of Moscow.
In August 2012 they were found guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" for performing an anti-Kremlin protest song in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
A third protester, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was given the same jail term but was released on appeal in October last year. Her sentence was suspended because she had not performed the protest song with the others, which condemned President Vladimir Putin. Their song implored the Virgin Mary to "throw Putin out".
On Monday Mr Putin submitted an amnesty bill to parliament which could, according to Russian media, lead to the release of the Pussy Riot women and the 30 Greenpeace environmental protesters currently on bail in Russia.
Investigators suspect natural gas as the cause of the blast at Minnehaha Academy in the city of Minneapolis.
Rescuers plucked three people from the roof after the explosion, which set part of the building ablaze.
Medics said three people were in a critical condition, four in serious condition and two had "minor trauma".
The Minneapolis Fire Department initially said one fatality was reported, but later said that death was unconfirmed.
Assistant Fire Chief Brian Tyner told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that a "search and rescue mission" is on for two people.
"Our hopes are that they are not in there," he said, referring to the smoking mound of rubble.
The Grade I listed buildings at Cannington Court have been restored over the past three years.
Staff will use the base to develop skills in smart metering, new nuclear projects, finance and human resources.
Chief executive officer Vincent de Rivaz, said: "We are committed to developing the new skills and ideas to build a low-carbon society."
Cannington Court is owned by Bridgwater College and has been leased to EDF Energy.
When it is not used by EDF staff, the college will make use of the facilities for its students.
EDF has used sustainable energy sources, such as ground source heat pumps and solar panels, to provide 50% of the building's power.
At the scene, BBC business correspondent, Dave Harvey:
On the face of it, a new training centre for a multi-national company is not big news.
For the staff and the managers, it was certainly a big day in Cannington, as the French chief exec drove into Somerset with a government minister to do the honours. But for the rest of us?
Well the opening of EDF's new national training centre is significant, for two reasons. One, it underlines the company's commitment to Somerset. As Vincent de Rivaz told me, they want to bring staff from Scotland, Suffolk and the South East to learn nuclear technology in Cannington.
It matters also because it demonstrates how confident EDF was that Hinkley C would be approved. Vincent de Rivaz approved the multimillion-pound hub four years ago, before Hinkley C even had planning permission. He knew there were hurdles, but he never doubted it would go ahead.
We are now told Hinkley C's final investment decision, the absolutely last green light, will come before Christmas. Mr de Rivaz is clearly losing no sleep over that decision.
Cannington Court was also previously a Catholic industrial school for boys and an agricultural college.
Last month, EDF Energy confirmed it had reached an agreement with Chinese state-run energy firm China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) on their level of investment for a nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point.
Although CGN has confirmed it will pay £6bn towards the cost, EDF has not yet announced its final investment decision.
Once this is confirmed the nuclear build will go ahead but, due to the long delays in the project, the plant will not be generating power in 2023 as initially planned.
Anti-nuclear campaigners say the nuclear build deal is over-priced and will result in higher electricity bills for consumers. They also say nuclear power is unsafe and unsustainable.
The Exiles have applied to groundshare at Brentford FC's planned new stadium.
The Madejski Stadium looks set to continue as Irish's "home ground" until the Lionel Road site in Brentford is completed - hoped to be in August 2019.
"It's very difficult for us to make ends meet renting a stadium off Reading FC," Casey told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"We have to look at it from a commercial side of things," the former Exiles second row added. "Where rugby is going at the moment, for us to be able to compete, we have to generate much more revenue.
"The best way to do that is to get more bums on seats and having a better deal with the stadium we play at."
Irish, who are looking to return to the Premiership at the first attempt this season, are contracted to play at the Madejski Stadium until 2025-26, but the deal does contain a break clause.
Hounslow Borough Council granted the club a licence in February to play rugby at Lionel Road, but construction of the planned 20,000-capacity stadium is yet to begin.
"We've been very upfront with the supporters that we're exploring all the options and the potential to play in London back to our roots," Casey said.
"We're in discussions with Brentford, but as yet nothing has been finalised. We'll let our supporters know every step of the way."
Ms Shoesmith was sacked after a damning report into the 2007 death of Peter Connelly, known as Baby P, who was subjected to months of abuse.
The payments, previously established to be a six-figure sum, were confirmed in the London council's accounts.
But Ms Shoesmith told the BBC: "This is not a figure I recognise."
She added: "I have made a confidential agreement with Haringey that prevents me giving the actual figures."
However, the council's draft accounts for 2013-2014 show Ms Shoesmith was awarded £377,266 for salary, fees and allowance, £217,266 in compensation for loss of office, and £84,819 for employer pension contributions.
Peter Connelly had more than 50 injuries, despite being on the at-risk register and receiving 60 visits from social workers, police and health professionals over eight months.
Baby Peter's mother, Tracey Connelly, her boyfriend, Steven Barker, and his brother, Jason Owen, were jailed in May 2009 for causing or allowing the child's death.
Timeline of Baby P case
▶ Sharon Shoesmith on child protection
Ms Shoesmith was sacked in December 2008 by the then children's secretary Ed Balls.
She claimed she had been unfairly dismissed and the Court of Appeal ruled in her favour in 2011, saying she had been "unfairly scapegoated".
Haringey Council previously revealed it had spent £196,000 fighting Ms Shoesmith's case for unfair dismissal.
The compensation package is more than the minimum suggested by senior judge Lord Neuberger in the 2011 ruling.
He gave the opinion Ms Shoesmith was entitled to a minimum of three months' salary plus pensions contributions, which would have amounted to about £33,000.
However, last year a government source told BBC Newsnight the cost to Haringey Council could be as high as £600,000.
In a statement, the local authority confirmed it had reached a settlement with Ms Shoesmith.
It said: "The terms of the settlement are confidential. We are unable to comment further on this matter."
Kerry Underwood, an employment lawyer, said confidential settlements like Ms Shoesmith's "should not be allowed" when they involve public money.
Such payouts should also be subject to extra scrutiny, he added.
"When local authorities are cutting back hard then it should go back to tribunal or court to be approved," Mr Underwood said.
"That would not cost a lot of money, it would be a relatively short hearing."
Llandudno Magistrates' Court heard how a young girl saw the kitten in the water and tried to save it.
Richard Thomas Davies, 32, of Cae Mawr, Llandudno, Conwy county, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to an animal last summer.
The court heard his actions were "horrific and callous".
The prosecution said the kitten had been promised to a girl who was "very upset" when seen by police.
Court chairman Brian Cossey told Davies: "We are appalled by what we have heard. You probably traumatised a very young vulnerable person."
Davies was given a 12-week suspended jail term and told he must take part in alcohol treatment for a year and rehabilitation.
He was also banned from keeping any animal for five years and ordered to pay £50 compensation and £735 costs.
University President Christopher Eisgruber has agreed to consider their demands after protests.
The School of Public and International Affairs and a dormitory at the Ivy League university are named for Wilson.
As US president, he led progressive initiatives but supported segregation.
Mr Eisgruber said he was thankful for the "willingness of the students to work with us to find a way forward".
Racial segregation, which mostly took place in Southern US states, was legal policy during his presidency from 1913 to 1921.
Wilson served as president of New Jersey's Princeton University from 1902 to 1910.
He was then elected as president, leading the country during World War I and championing American membership in the League of Nations - a forerunner to the United Nations.
The Black Justice League lead the protesters, who have called for the university to both remove Wilson's name from the international affairs school and his name and photograph from other public spaces on campus.
University officials, as part of a signed agreement with students, said they would consider removing a mural of Wilson on campus, start conversations about his legacy of racism and increase cultural competency training for Princeton faculty.
The protests come at a time when universities across the US are grappling with race relation and diversity issues.
Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former Princeton professor and State Department official, wrote on her Twitter account that talking about Wilson's complexity is a better choice than removing his likeness from campus altogether.
"Human complexity. All our idols have feet of clay. All our heroes have dark sides, but they can also do [great] things," she wrote on Twitter.
The Heed controlled the game early on but struggled to make their dominance pay as Patrick McLaughlin and Danny Johnson spurned good chances.
Reece Thompson punished them for not taking advantage just after the half-hour mark, nipping in front to poke home Taron Hare's fierce delivery from the left.
James Bolton hit the bar with a header and Gateshead camped in the hosts' half for long periods after the break, but it was to no avail as North Ferriby climbed one place to 23rd.
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Match ends, North Ferriby United 1, Gateshead 0.
Second Half ends, North Ferriby United 1, Gateshead 0.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Jake Skelton replaces Ryan Fallowfield.
Reece Thompson (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Connor Oliver replaces Ross Armstrong.
Substitution, Gateshead. Luke Hannant replaces Russell Penn.
Russell Penn (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Curtis Bateson replaces Danny Emerton.
Substitution, Gateshead. Jordan Burrow replaces Patrick McLaughlin.
Substitution, Gateshead. Wes York replaces James Bolton.
Second Half begins North Ferriby United 1, Gateshead 0.
Ryan Fallowfield (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half ends, North Ferriby United 1, Gateshead 0.
Goal! North Ferriby United 1, Gateshead 0. Reece Thompson (North Ferriby United).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Rostov, fifth in the Russian Premier League, play at the Olimp-2 which was built in 1930 and has a capacity of just over 15,000.
Ahead of the last-16, first leg tie, Mourinho said: "It's hard for me to believe we are going to play on that field - if you can call it a field.
"I don't know which team to play."
Uefa told BBC Sport the pitch "may not be in perfect condition, but has been deemed playable" following a pitch inspection on Wednesday.
"The match will go ahead as scheduled," a spokesperson added.
Mourinho drew comparisons with the quagmire that saw United's pre-season friendly against Manchester City in Beijing called off.
"In a very similar pitch in the summer in China, we and Manchester City decided not to play. But it looks like we have to play."
The Portuguese manager says the pitch could affect his team selection. Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is available after missing two games with a hamstring injury, but now Mourinho does not know whether to risk him.
"I don't know what team to play, really. I don't know if Henrikh Mkhitaryan is going to play, I don't know," said Mourinho.
In December, Mourinho was angered by Uefa making United play the Europa League group-stage decider at Zorya Luhansk on a frozen pitch.
Asked about his latest grievance he said: "I just had a quick contact with one gentleman from Uefa when I was looking at the pitch and when I told him about my concerns, the gentleman just told me, 'The players are insured, if something happens no problem'."
The 45-year-old recently agreed a contract extension until 2017 after he was linked with a move to Gillingham, who sacked Peter Taylor in December.
County have refused to comment but it is believed Edinburgh now wants to join the League One side.
Edinburgh succeeded Anthony Hudson as Exiles manager in October 2011.
The former Tottenham and Portsmouth defender led them back into the Football League after a 25-year absence.
Newport remain in the League Two play-off zone despite losing their last three games.
Heavy away losses to Cambridge United and Northampton Town were followed by Saturday's 1-0 home loss to league leaders Shrewsbury, a run in which Newport have failed to score a goal.
Lillo Troisi, 48, admitted manslaughter and arson after Khabi Abrey, 30, and her baby were found at a flat in Westcliff-on-Sea, in Essex, on 7 May 2016. They died two days later.
Troisi, who has paranoid schizophrenia, had not taken medication for 18 months.
He was acutely psychotic at the time, Blackfriars Crown Court heard.
The court was also told he had a history of drug taking and drug abuse.
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Troisi, who lived on the eighth floor of the Balmoral Road tower block, had deliberately started the fire with a can of petrol in the hallway outside Mrs Abrey's ninth-floor flat.
She was unconscious when emergency services found her.
Mrs Abrey, who was eight months pregnant, died in hospital from complications after breathing in fumes, post-mortem tests showed.
Her baby died after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Troisi had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and arson, but denied charges of murder and child destruction at an earlier hearing in November.
Speaking after Troisi was detained, Mrs Abrey's husband, Stuart, said: "The whole case has been really sad in that what happened was so preventable.
"I have been left wondering how someone with such dangerous tendencies could end up being anyone's neighbour without being cared for."
The judge's decision to detain Troisi under the Mental Health Act rather than jailing him, was "the right one", Mr Abrey added.
"I am pleased to hear that he will receive the correct treatment."
The UK prime minister will discuss the implications of the Brexit vote and the way ahead at an EU summit in Brussels.
German, French and Italian leaders said on Monday there could be no "formal or informal" talks on a British exit at this stage.
Meanwhile, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for a second referendum over the terms of the UK's departure.
He said the withdrawal process should be delayed until shortly before the next election - meaning a delay until after 2022 at the earliest.
He is the first cabinet minister to go public with the call.
Mr Hunt, who is considering standing for the leadership after Mr Cameron stands down, said the UK must remain within the EU's single market.
He floated the idea of a "Norway plus" arrangement outside the EU, where the UK would enjoy the current trade benefits of being a full EU member while negotiating revised immigration rules.
The British public's concerns about immigration needed to be addressed, he said, and that was also in the EU's interest as it "faced collapse" unless the current right of all citizens to live and work in other member states was reconsidered.
In other developments on Tuesday, Chancellor George Osborne ruled himself out of replacing Mr Cameron as prime minister.
He said in the Times that he had fought hard for a vote for remaining in the EU, and though he accepted the referendum result "I am not the person to provide the unity my party needs at this time."
Labour MPs will vote on a motion of no confidence in their leader Jeremy Corbyn - who has insisted he is staying put - while Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will address MSPs over Brexit's implications for Scotland's future.
As Europe tries to come to terms with Britain's decision to leave, Mr Cameron will attend a working dinner of EU leaders after meetings with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
He will not attend talks between the leaders of the other 27 EU member states at breakfast on Wednesday.
Speaking on Monday, Mr Cameron said the UK must accept the referendum result and that a special unit within government was being set up to lay the initial groundwork for leaving the EU.
However, he has said that it must be up to his successor - who will be elected by the start of September - to decide how to proceed and precisely when to give formal notification of the UK's intention to leave by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
Under EU rules, once this happens, the UK would have two years to negotiate the terms of its divorce from the EU - unless the remaining 27 members unanimously agree to extend the process. It must also negotiate its future trading relationship with the EU.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said a new UK government must be given time to prepare itself, but she also said the process cannot be delayed indefinitely amid fears of "contagion" for an organisation facing multiple economic and political challenges.
French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy have agreed with her stance.
The European Parliament will also meet on Tuesday in an emergency session to debate the fallout from the Brexit vote - including a non-binding motion urging the "immediate activation" of Article 50.
MEPs, who must ratify any final agreement with the UK, have said they want to be "fully involved" in the process and that withdrawal must be "swift and coherent" in order to protect the interests of the wider "European project".
After two days of sharp falls in the stock market and sterling and political turmoil engulfing both the Conservative and Labour parties, there is increasing uncertainty about what Brexit will entail and the precise nature of the mandate that Mr Cameron's successor will be given.
Speaking in the Commons on Monday, former Chancellor Ken Clarke said it should be up to MPs to decide the terms of the UK's exit and the blueprint set out by the Leave campaign during the referendum - including quitting the single market - should not be sacrosanct.
But Commons leader and Leave campaigner Chris Grayling said the UK was the EU's biggest customer and, as such, negotiations would be a two-way process. There will be real damage to European markets if a "sensible agreement" were not reached, he said.
Tuesday: Extraordinary European Parliament session in Brussels on Brexit vote 10:00-12:00 (08:00-10:00 GMT), including speeches by Mr Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and party leaders, probably including UKIP's Nigel Farage. There is also an EU summit (European Council) in Brussels, at which David Cameron will brief the other EU leaders over dinner, from 19:45 (17:45 GMT), explaining the political fallout in the UK
Wednesday: Second day of EU summit will feature breakfast talks between 27 leaders - Mr Cameron not attending. Talks focus on UK's "divorce process" as stipulated by Article 50, and Mr Tusk will "launch a wider reflection on the future of the EU"; press conferences in afternoon.
Emergency services were called to McDonald's on Eccleshall Road, in Stafford, at about 20:30 BST on Monday.
Two girls, 17 and 18, were taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital with respiratory and abdominal problems.
An 18-year-old girl and two 17-year old boys have been arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious substance and are being questioned.
Twelve people inside the restaurant at the time were examined by paramedics after "suffering varying degrees of respiratory and stomach irritation", West Midlands Ambulance Service said.
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The tanks were sold to industry as part of defence cuts after the Cold War.
The German defence ministry said it would spend ???22m (??16m;$24m) on bringing its total of tanks to 328.
Nato officials agreed in February to create a quick-reaction force to meet the challenges posed by the Ukraine crisis and by Islamic extremists.
Nato defence ministers have also agreed to more than double the size of the alliance's Response Force.
The moves were seen as a signal that Nato regards Russia's seizure of Crimea and its military forays into eastern Ukraine as much more than a temporary crisis.
German defence ministry spokesman Jens Flosdorff confirmed a report by Der Spiegel (in German), saying 100 Leopard 2 battle tanks will be bought back from the defence industry, which has kept them in storage.
The spokesman said Germany has to ensure that it can deploy troops with the correct equipment to the right place in a short period of time, given the new goals of flexibility and swift reaction times.
"This can only succeed if the equipment does not need to be first moved around through the country," Mr Flosdorff said.
The tanks will begin to be modernised in 2017.
The move partially reverses a decision made four years ago to cut the total number of German tanks from 350 to 225.
American Johnson won the US Open last month and then his next event, the WGC Bridgestone Invitational.
World number one Jason Day, two-time major winner Jordan Spieth and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy are also expected to contend in Scotland.
"If I play my best stuff, I believe I am going to win," said Johnson, 32.
"I like my chances of winning. Obviously I'm playing pretty well right now. I always feel like I'm the best player in the world and I always expect to contend."
The oldest championship in professional golf gets under way at 06:35 BST on Thursday.
A win on the links course at Troon would not only see Johnson lift one of the most iconic trophies in sport - the Claret Jug, first presented in 1873 - but capture only his second major following last month's victory.
His US Open win ended a long wait for a major - following several near-misses - and Johnson continued: "It's definitely different not trying to win that first major. It's a good feeling, for sure.
"If I'm in contention on Sunday, just knowing I can get it done is a big confidence booster coming down the stretch."
Johnson's major near-misses included the 2010, 2011 and 2015 Opens but no-one has ever doubted he has the game to triumph in links conditions.
Victory at Troon would see Johnson replace Day at the top of the world rankings, as long as his Australian rival finishes outside the top 10.
Americans have won the last six Open Championships at Troon, including the unheralded Todd Hamilton the last time the event was staged there in 2004.
And Johnson's prodigious length off the tee could be key, with the first three holes, all of which are under 400 yards, driveable with the wind and the par-five fourth and sixth reachable in two.
Day, 28, says it was last year's heartbreak at St Andrews that gave him the strength to win the USPGA at Whistling Straits the following month and kick-started his surge to the top of the world rankings.
"Coming so close last year was definitely a motivational factor," said Day, who missed a three-way play-off by one shot, allowing Zach Johnson to triumph.
Day added that his collapse down the stretch at Firestone a fortnight ago, when he dropped three shots in the last four holes to allow Dustin Johnson to win the WGC Bridgestone Invitational, had not left any lasting scars.
Former world number one and four-time major winner McIlroy has endured an inconsistent season, missing the cut at the US Open and winning only once.
McIlroy is playing Troon for the first time but is confident his preparations have been comprehensive enough to make him a genuine contender.
"The golf course is pretty self-explanatory, you just have to be comfortable with the clubs you're hitting off the tees," said the world number four and 2014 Open champion, who missed last year's tournament at St Andrews because of injury.
In his practice round on Tuesday, McIlroy came a cropper at the 123-yard eighth hole, affectionately nicknamed the Postage Stamp, the 27-year-old requiring six shots to escape from the front-right bunker.
The Postage Stamp is the shortest hole on the Open rota but also one of the most terrifying, especially when the wind is blowing, as McIlroy can attest to.
"If you make four threes there this week, you're probably going to gain a bit of ground on the field," said McIlroy, who won the Irish Open in May and finished third at the French Open, his most recent event.
World number three Spieth also missed last year's Open play-off by one stroke, scuppering his chances of completing a season Grand Slam.
The 22-year-old, winner of the Masters and US Open in 2015, also suffered a back-nine meltdown at this year's Masters, handing the Green Jacket to England's Danny Willett, but believes Troon will play to his strengths.
"I've been here since Saturday and seen a couple of different wind conditions," said Spieth.
"I love this style of golf. I look forward to dealing with the tough conditions and trying to get into contention this week."
The last Scotsman to win the Open was Paul Lawrie in 1999, while no Englishman has won the Claret Jug since Faldo in 1992. Furthermore, the only British player to win an Open at Troon was Arthur Havers in 1923.
Aside from McIlroy, the highest ranked player from the United Kingdom is Willett, the world number nine. Fellow Englishman and world number 22 Chris Wood won the BMW PGA Championship in difficult conditions in May and has been in impressive form for the last few months.
Former US Open champion Justin Rose has had his fair share of struggles at the Open since finishing fourth as an amateur in 1998. He finished tied for sixth at a rain-sodden St Andrews but he has been hampered by a back injury this season. Rose missed the cut at the US Open and was well off the pace at Firestone.
Former world number one Lee Westwood has cut down his schedule and been in good form of late, while home favourite Colin Montgomerie, an honorary member of Royal Troon, will hit the first tee shot on Thursday.
Montgomerie might be 53, but so was Greg Norman when he finished third in 2008, while Tom Watson was 59 when he almost won in 2009. In addition, three of the last five champions were over 40, while Zach Johnson was 39.
Zach Johnson beat Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a play-off to win last year's Open but has not had a win this season. However, he comes to Troon with top-10 finishes at the US Open and Bridgestone Invitational behind him.
Rickie Fowler missed the cut at the Masters and US Open and has not won all season but has had a host of top-10 finishes. Fowler often thrives in tricky conditions, as shown by a fine third-round 68 at Royal St George's in 2011.
Australia's Adam Scott threw away the chance to become an Open champion in 2012, when he made four bogeys at the last four holes to hand the title to Ernie Els, and again at St Andrews last year. Scott, Masters champion in 2013, has won twice this year and there are few better ball-strikers in world golf.
Early starters on Thursday should expect a bit of cloud but that is expected to give way to sunny conditions, in stark contrast to last year's horrendous weather at St Andrews, where play finished on a Monday for the first time since 1988.
Rain is expected on Friday morning but the weekend forecast is for a mixture of bright spells and showers, with the strongest winds blowing in on Saturday.
06:35 Marc Leishman (Aus), Colin Montgomerie (Sco), Luke Donald
08:25 Padraig Harrington(Ire), Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Jamie Donaldson (Wal)
09:03 Justin Rose (Eng), Jordan Spieth (US), Shane Lowry (Ire)
09:25 Danny Willett (Eng), Rickie Fowler (US), Jason Day (Aus)
09:36 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Rory McIlroy (NI), Bubba Watson (US)
12:53 Paul Casey (Eng), Charl Schwartzel (SA), Kevin Na (US)
13:15 Graeme McDowell (NI), Matt Kuchar (US), Andrew Johnson (US)
13:26 Phil Mickelson (US), Lee Westwood (Eng), Ernie Els (SA)
14:04 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Dustin Johnson (US), Russell Knox (Sco)
14:15 Zach Johnson (US), Adam Scott (Aus), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
14:26 Yusaku Miyazato (Jpn), Chris Wood (Eng), Mark O'Meara (US)
14:48 Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Sergio García (Spa), Keegan Bradley (US)
Mr Trump said health had now become "an issue" in the election campaign.
Mrs Clinton was taken ill on Sunday at a 9/11 memorial ceremony and cancelled a campaign trip to California.
Mrs Clinton had "overheated" but was now re-hydrated and was "recovering nicely", her doctor said.
Mr Trump wished her a speedy recovery and said he would release the results of a medical examination he took over the past week, with "very, very specific numbers".
"Hopefully they're going to be good. I think they're going to be good. I feel great," he told Fox News.
So far Mr Trump has only released a note, in which his doctor declared that he would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency".
Mr Trump, 70, and Mrs Clinton, 68, are among the oldest US presidential candidates in history.
What is 'walking pneumonia'?
A history of US presidential bad health
On Sunday, video showed Mrs Clinton being supported by aides as she entered a van to leave the 9/11 ceremony after an hour and 30 minutes.
She was taken to her daughter's flat in New York's Flatiron building and re-emerged later on Sunday, telling reporters: "I'm feeling great. It's a beautiful day in New York."
Mrs Clinton had been due to leave for California on Monday morning for a two-day trip that included fundraisers, a speech on the economy, and an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Her personal physician, Dr Lisa Bardack, said Mrs Clinton had "been experiencing a cough related to allergies. On Friday, during follow-up evaluation of her prolonged cough, she was diagnosed with pneumonia. She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and modify her schedule".
She then left for her home in Chappaqua, New York.
Mrs Clinton suffered a coughing fit last week at a campaign event in Cleveland, Ohio, which fuelled speculation about her condition.
Last month, Dr Bardack said in a letter that the candidate was "in excellent health and fit to serve as president of the United States". She had made a full recovery from surgery she underwent in 2012 for a blood clot, the doctor added.
But Mr Trump has repeatedly suggested she is unfit, telling supporters last month she "lacks the mental and physical stamina" to serve as president.
"I don't know what's going on. I'm like you, I see what I see," he said after Mrs Clinton's pneumonia diagnosis was confirmed.
The Clinton campaign has accused opponents of pushing a "deranged conspiracy" about her health.
George HW Bush once vomited on a Japanese prime minister. His son fainted in the White House after choking on a pretzel. Franklin Roosevelt hid his serious health conditions, and John F Kennedy never spoke of his debilitating back condition.
The difference between these men and Hillary Clinton, however, is that her "overheating" episode - the apparent result of a case of pneumonia - comes in the home stretch of a presidential campaign where she seeks to tie Ronald Reagan as the oldest person ever elected to a first term as president.
Then there are the conspiracy theories about her health - some advanced by top Trump campaign surrogates - which will become more frenzied. The campaign's decision to reveal Mrs Clinton's pneumonia diagnosis only after her very visible struggles two days later will certainly complicate matters.
Donald Trump, age 70, is not clear of medical concerns of course. The only information on his health comes from a haphazardly written note from his doctor.
Sunday's episode may keep Mrs Clinton off the campaign trail for a few days, then fade away. People who would otherwise have shrugged off her health rumours, however, are now watching her activity more closely.
Writing in the Washington Post, Todd C Frankel said Mrs Clinton had for years been discreet about her medical history and her discretion "made it difficult for voters to assess her complete health picture".
NBC News reporters said the incident had "sparked renewed calls for both Clinton and Trump, who are 68 and 70, respectively, to reveal more about their health".
Adam Nagourney, New York Times LA Bureau Chief, tweeted: "Is this hadn't happened, would Clinton campaign have announced pneumonia? One reason why Clinton/Trump should release medical records."
Vox News pointed out that the US has a rich history of presidential candidates being less than clear about their medical histories. "Looking back, we now know a number of past presidents and presidential candidates who have actually been much sicker than the public knew."
Mrs Clinton's team say she is suffering with "walking pneumonia" - a less serious type of the lung infection which leaves patients feeling unwell but doesn't usually require bed rest or hospitalisation.
Pneumonia is essentially an infection of the lungs which causes inflammation in the air sacs and fills them with fluid. Symptoms can include a cough, fever, fatigue, chills and shortness of breath.
Anyone can contract pneumonia, although smokers, older people, and sufferers of chronic lung diseases are at increased risk. There are two types - bacterial or viral. Bacterial pneumonia is common and easily treated with antibiotics.
Most people with so-called "walking pneumonia" can recover within a few days. Those with weak immune systems or existing conditions can take weeks to recover, and pneumonia can in some cases be fatal.
The broadcaster, which airs popular drama Downton Abbey, said it had seen 14% growth in net revenue for the three months ending March 2015.
Total revenue was £665m, up from £585m during the same period last year.
Broadcast and online revenue was also up by 10%, to £530m, along with the studios division, which saw revenue increase by 17%.
Adam Crozier, ITV chief executive, said: "We've had a strong start to the year with further growth across all parts of the business.
"In April we completed the acquisition of Talpa Media, the creator of entertainment formats including The Voice, The Voice Kids, Utopia and Dating in the Dark, which marked an important step forward in our strategy of building a world-class production and distribution business."
ITV's results came out as staff staged a 24-hour strike to coincide with the company's annual meeting. Unions have rejected a 2% pay rise, saying they should get a higher increase in view of the TV company's profits.
ITV's share price had dropped 1.5% by lunchtime.
Newly discovered fossils suggest Drepanosaurus had huge hooked claws to dig insects from bark, much like today's anteaters in the forests of Central and South America.
Scientists say the creature defies the convention on how reptiles evolved and flourished.
Their research is published in the journal Current Biology.
The new fossils, found in a New Mexico quarry, suggest Drepanosaurus was the size of a cat and lived in the trees.
It had a bird-like head on a chameleon-like body, but the most unusual feature was its forearms, said Dr Adam Pritchard, of Yale University, who led the research.
"Drepanosaurus itself has extremely massive arms and forearms - very muscular," he said.
"The index finger is much much larger than any of the other fingers and supports this gigantic claw, which is easily the most massive bone of the entire arm."
The forelimbs of tetrapods are known for their versatility, used to walk, dig, fly or swim.
However, the basic plan of the forelimb has stayed much the same throughout 375 million years of evolution.
"The arm of tetrapod animals almost always follows some very consistent rules," Dr Pritchard said.
The US team made 3D reconstructions of the reptile based on micro-CT (computerised tomography) scans of dozens of bones.
Other fossils that have been unearthed were partly crushed, making interpretation difficult.
"In your forearm, in the forearm of Tyrannosaurus rex, in the forearm of an elephant, you have two bones - the radius and the ulna, which manifest as these elongate, slender, parallel shafts," he explained.
But the Drepanosaurus did not have these parallel bones.
"So all of these consistent patterns that we see across a huge range of tetrapods, regardless of their ecology, regardless of their ancestry, are violated by this animal," Dr Pritchard said.
"On the one hand, it extends the bounds of what we think the arm of tetrapod animals - those four-footed animals in the world - is capable of in terms of its development, in terms of evolution.
"And, it is also remarkable in what it evidences about the ecology, the lifestyle of the animal, in that it seems to have quite independently developed adaptations that we see today in modern groups like anteaters."
Palaeontologist Dr Nicholas Fraser, of National Museums Scotland said the Triassic period was a "melting pot of experimentation".
"The unconventional rules in the Triassic," he said.
"Here is another animal which is completely unconventional in the way it has got this system of bones in the limb to help it dig - those are massive claws too."
Drepanosaurus disappeared at the end of the Triassic and did not lend its form to any future creatures.
"It was only useful in this one particular instance, where you have got a really specialised fossorial animal - a digger," Dr Fraser said.
"But it is the first real departure like this in the basic ground plan that you see ever since the first tetrapods invaded land 365 million years ago."
The researchers say they are continuing to excavate the quarries in New Mexico, with the hope of finding more discoveries.
"There's a lot - especially in terms of the smaller animals in the fossil record - that has remained undiscovered," said Dr Pritchard. "I don't see an end to it."
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The glitch affected prices between 19:00 GMT and 20:00 GMT on Friday and involved firms who use the tool Repricer Express.
The company's chief executive, Brendan Doherty, said he was "deeply sorry for the disruption".
Amazon said most orders were cancelled after the error was spotted.
The orders were placed on its Marketplace service, which allows third-party companies to trade on Amazon.
Repricer Express automatically changes the cost of items for sale on Amazon Marketplace "to keep listings competitive 24/7 without constant attention".
In a statement, Mr Doherty said Repricer Express would be investigating the cause of the problem and putting measures in place to prevent it happening again.
"We managed to get the problem resolved so that any new prices going to Amazon were correct within about an hour of the problem being reported," he said.
"It took a further few hours to get incorrect prices reverted to their original prices where possible. Amazon have assured us that seller accounts will not be penalised for this issue."
He said the firm was helping Amazon to minimise the number of orders with incorrect prices being sent out.
"We take a lot of pride in the levels of service we provide so everyone here is disappointed that our customers have experienced this issue," he said.
A spokesman for Amazon said they were reviewing the small number of orders that were processed and would be directly contacting any affected sellers.
Repricer Express has been operating for over 10 years, and has offices in Derry and New York.
CIE Well Control Ltd, a specialist in subsea and surface operations, has called in administrators from KPMG.
The move comes after orders fell away, in the wake of the oil price collapse.
Twenty-one people have been made redundant, while two staff have been kept on to handle the administration process. A buyer for the assets is being sought.
In May, more than 50 jobs were lost at Aberdeen engineering firm Enterprise Engineering Services after the company went into administration.
During the same month oil and gas shipping company Harkand Group collapsed, with the loss of more than 170 jobs in Aberdeen and London.
Administrators at Deloitte were called in after the company was hit by the prolonged fall in global oil prices.
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The dam is around 230 metres high and holds back a large lake.
The unusual amount of rain and snow has caused a lot of damage to two parts of the dam that let water escape.
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Surrey County Council's cabinet voted to charge £1 an hour from next year to park at Newlands Corner near Guildford.
The site is visited by 550,000 people annually but the council wants to spend £400,000 introducing a family play trail and improving the toilets.
The council said it wanted to make countryside sites "self-financing".
The parking charges would pay for the first phase of upgrading work to be completed.
A second phase would involve work to the current cafe and providing shopping and educational space in a new visitor centre.
Richard Harrold, who started the online petition, said it was "utterly unacceptable" to introduce the charges.
Vivianne Norris, from Chilsworth, who signed it, said: "There is no need to change what is already a successful amenity for all, especially for retired or disadvantaged people often with limited means."
Charlotte Haibrock, from Guildford, said: "It's a disgrace to charge people to enjoy nature. We do not want the place commercialised as proposed."
A spokesman for the council said the cabinet's decision was likely to be "called in" and looked at again by the Economic Prosperity, Environment and Highways Scrutiny Board. No date has yet been set.
"Our ultimate aim is to make countryside sites become self-financing due to the heavy strain on our budgets from falling roads funding and rising demand for adult social care and school places," he said.
The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust was set up three years ago by the Bell family after a personal tragedy.
Colin Bell's 26-year-old son, Kevin, was killed in a suspected hit-and-run in New York in June 2013.
Since then, the charity has helped hundreds of families whose loved ones have died away from home.
The trust has been operating out of the new office for just three weeks. Until recently, it had carried out most of its work from Kevin's family home in Newry.
Mr Bell said the trust had "taken over" the house, with filing cabinets and boxes taking up space in bedrooms. They were offered an office in Rooney's Meadow at Whitegates Community Business Park in Newry, which is where I meet him early in the morning.
He shows me around and tells me that the new centre means they can "get everything done, park it and go home".
"If there's a repatriation ongoing we can do it over the phone, but we're not living with it 24/7," added Mr Bell.
It can cost several thousand pounds to repatriate bodies and, until the trust was established, families had to pay themselves because neither the UK or Irish governments cover the expense.
In the aftermath of Kevin's death, friends and people in Newry raised about £150,000 towards the cost of his repatriation from the US. However, after Kevin's American employers agreed to pay to transport his body home, the Bell family decided to use the money to help other families who faced the same situation.
Mr Bell said: "Whenever a family does get that devastating news - they don't know who to turn to and what we can do is take it out of their hands and we'll make the arrangements we'll get them home."
He described the trust as "Kevin's legacy" and said although the work can often bring back memories evoking the loss of his son, the work is "therapeutic" and keeps Kevin's name alive.
To date, the trust has arranged 217 repatriations to almost every county in Ireland.
One of those was 24-year-old Joe McDermott, from Omagh, County Tyrone, who died in a building site accident in Australia in December 2015.
His sister Laura said her family would never be able to repay the trust for helping them to get Joe's body back home.
"Joe was only out in Australia for four weeks when he passed away," Miss McDermott said.
"Within an hour of us hearing the news, the Claddagh Association in Perth phoned us to say everything was organised and that the Kevin Bell Trust would be paying for everything."
She had not heard of the trust before Joe's death, but described the help her family received as "such a relief".
"When you are in the midst of such heartbreak and grief the way we were, we just could not have coped with trying to organise something on that scale, and to know somebody out there was taking care of it and Joe was going to come home to us was such a relief," she said.
Her family have since raised money for the trust, in a bid to repay the Bell family for their generosity, but Miss McDermott said they will "never be able to repay them fully".
"We have a lovely relationship with them, and it's so nice to see my mum and dad speaking to them - two people who know what they're going through is so comforting.
"They do such extraordinary things. We'll never, ever be able to repay them, the only token of appreciation we can give is continue fundraising for them," she said.
Michael Douglas, from the Greater Shankill area of Belfast, also needed emergency financial assistance from the trust when his 30-year-old sister Heather died suddenly in the USA in November 2014.
He said his family wanted to get Heather home as soon as possible, but they were faced with immediate costs of between £8-10,000.
"Repatriation isn't an easy process, but Colin Bell was there," he said.
"To phone a man I've never spoken to before, on a Friday afternoon and spring that on him, my family probably could have gotten the money together but it wouldn't have been as quick.
"All I had to do was send him the details and she was on a flight to Belfast the next morning," said Mr Douglas.
He has since met Mr Bell and said his drive to help families who have gone through such a distressing experience is "amazing".
"It's the support they give - it's not just the financial side. It's the expertise and advice," he added.
"The trust is an essential thing, they'll help anyone."
The entire Bell family is involved in the trust and Colin Bell stressed that the support they get from all over Ireland - and the new centre in Newry - means they can continue helping families from every community who need it when tragedy occurs.
There is a photo of Kevin behind Mr Bell's desk in the new centre, and I ask him what he thinks his son would have made of the trust.
"Kevin always said he'd be famous, Kevin was a big character," Mr Bell said.
"He loved life, and he'd be proud that his name's being kept alive."
Six former pupils of The Royal School for the Blind in Liverpool have told the BBC about abuse dating back to the 1950s when some of them were just five.
The headmistress at the time, Margaret McLenan, has since died.
The school said it was "saddened" to hear the allegations and said such behaviour would not be tolerated today.
The six former pupils have never before spoken publicly about their experiences at the boarding school in Wavertree, which accommodated pupils from across the north-west of England and the Isle of Man.
The alleged abuse has also never been reported to, or investigated by, police.
There is no suggestion any of it was of a sexual nature.
Victims described how being beaten and shamed deprived them of their childhood and led to problems in later life.
Rachael Alcock, from Bury, told BBC Radio Manchester: "That woman should have been brought to justice, she should have been horsewhipped. She was evil right from top to bottom."
Mrs Alcock, who was called Catherine Smith at the time, added: "I am angry because my childhood was taken away from me by that horrible woman."
Another ex-pupil, Stephen Kingsberry, 66, from Manchester, said he had suffered a breakdown and spent six months in hospital as a result of being abused by Miss McLenan.
He said the attacks were made more traumatic because of the fact the children were blind.
"It was so horrific we couldn't see where it was coming from or when it was going to happen," he said.
A third former pupil, 64-year-old Stephen Binns, described how children were assaulted.
"I was six years old," he said. "She would line every child up, walking from one end of the dormitory to the other, smacking or beating every one of us."
Mr Binns is a community historian and honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University who was made MBE in 2004 in recognition of his contribution to heritage.
He said: "She would also humiliate them as if their crying was a serious offence."
Susan Todd, 65, also from Manchester, added: "It was absolutely terrifying... she would hit you on the head so your head would go back.
"It's a wonder we didn't suffer brain damage."
And David McWilliams, 71, from the Isle of Man, recalled another incident.
"Two boys were play fighting when she banged their heads together - you wouldn't get away with it now."
A sixth former pupil who spoke to the BBC and corroborated the accounts of abuse did not want to be identified.
Susan George, president of the Royal School for the Blind, told the BBC the charity was "saddened to hear of former pupils having such memories of their time at the school".
She added: "Such behaviour [as the former pupils allege] would not be tolerated in any school today."
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The comedian told Hammersmith Magistrates' Court he "attacked back with words" after Jamie Penny threatened to "do" his Pimlico home.
Penny, 24, who has autism, was found guilty of two counts of using threatening and abusive words with intent to cause distress.
He will be sentenced on 30 November.
The court heard Mr Izzard was by his car outside his central London home on 3 April when he was approached by two men, one of whom said he wanted a lift.
When he refused, Penny told the comedian: "Izzard, we are going to do your house when you are away," the jury heard.
Mr Izzard said he felt Penny was being "totally aggressive" and was threatening to break into his house so he had sworn back at him.
He said he had responded because "for hundreds of thousands of years transgender people have been aggressively attacked" and "I just thought, 'it is not going to happen'".
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He was ordered by magistrates not to contact Mr Izzard and bailed until sentencing at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
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The move follows years of pressure from teachers, parents and educationalists opposed to putting young pupils through high stakes national Sats tests.
The statutory tests in English, maths and spelling and grammar, are used to monitor schools' progress.
The Department for Education is proposing a new assessment for pupils when they first start school instead.
This should be done in such a way that pupils do not realise they are being assessed, the DfE said.
The results will be used to measure progress that pupils have made by the time they leave primary school aged 11.
Education Secretary Justine Greening said: "The government has reformed the primary school system to make sure children can master the basics of literacy and numeracy so they get the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in later life.
"Now we want to build on that by developing a stable assessment system that helps children learn, while freeing up teachers to do what they do best - supporting children to fulfil their potential."
The possibility that the controversial tests sat by children in Year 2 could be axed will be welcomed by many who argue they have been putting undue pressure on very young children.
The Let Kids Be Kids campaign said in a statement: "A massive cheer from us all here. A massive well done to all of you who have piled the pressure on and made this happen...
"A year ago we were planning the May 3 Kids' Strike and look how far we have come!"
The statement added: "Sadly tarnished by a small dose of healthy cynicism about the timing though... they've had all year announce this and have chosen now... why?!"
The statutory testing of young children is one of the most controversial areas in England's education system.
Parents want to know how their children are doing, but don't want to see them stressed out in the process.
But teachers, heads, academics and parents have been speaking with one voice on the issue for some time.
And the voice that said seven was too young to sit formal tests crescendoed last year, when new, much tougher Sats were introduced to assess the new, much tougher primary curriculum.
Parents complained their children were getting stressed out, and some even took them out of school on test days in protest.
The government is clear it still needs to monitor how schools are performing.
And it hopes a new light-tough assessment of children's ability when they begin school could provide the starting point for measuring progress.
But unless it gets that test right, it may find the new assessment becomes as unpopular as the last.
Teachers often complain that children in England are more frequently tested than those in the rest of Europe.
The new assessment - probably when children start Reception - is also likely to replace the Early Years Foundation Stage profile, which currently comes at the end of that school year.
It is understood that the National Association of Head Teachers has worked closely with the Department for Education on the planned changes which will now go out to consultation for 12 weeks.
This year's tests are expected to go ahead as planned, the DfE said.
General Secretary Russell Hobby said he appreciated the engagement of the Secretary of State with the concerns of school leaders.
"The possibility of ending Key Stage 1 Sats is good news.
"This creates the time and space in a pupil's primary years for teachers to focus on teaching rather than on high stakes assessment.
"It will properly reward early intervention and it will reduce workload.
"Overall, minimising the number of high stakes tests is the right way to go. This will help every school to deliver a rich educational experience for all children."
He said that the government had listened to many of the principles and recommendations in his union's report on assessment.
"There's more to be accomplished but we've made good progress from where we were a year ago," he added.
Association of Teachers and Lecturers general secretary Dr Mary Bousted said: "We have long campaigned for an end to national testing for all primary school children, and we are pleased that the government appears, finally, to be listening."
But she added new baseline assessments could disrupt the start of school, when young children needed to feel settled not judged.
National Union of Teachers general secretary Kevin Courtney said: "Our current primary assessment system is broken.
"Almost 50% of 11-year-olds were labelled failures last year as a result of badly designed and poorly implemented tests.
"Our members want a system that supports children to achieve their potential, gives useful information to parents and teachers and does not narrow the school curriculum."
Last year, hundreds of parents protested against the tests by taking their children out of school in some areas.
And primary school assessment was beset with difficulties after a number of papers were accidentally published and teachers complained of a lack of information on test levels.
Last autumn, Education Secretary Justine Greening said she would take steps to simplify the school assessment system.
She also pledged that no new national tests or assessments would be introduced before the 2018/19 academic year.
The government would look at the best starting point to measure children's progress in primary schools, she said, as well as the role of teacher assessment.
Mr Hobby also welcomed plans to allow a little leeway in the marking of writing assessments, and to look at the balance between the creative and technical aspects of writing.
With an economic recovery in full swing, unemployment falling and real wages finally perking up, the Conservatives had a powerful and optimistic message to sell.
However much Labour supporters spat about him, David Cameron was a well-liked leader, with a hefty incumbency advantage.
And from the left you can expect much vitriol to be poured on to the Tory press, much of which abandoned all and any pretence of objectivity and walked through the campaign hand-in-hand with Conservative party HQ.
Why can Labour take comfort from any of the above?
Because another time the economy may not be so ruddy, the electorate may be tired of a Conservative leader, the press may be less influential or more biddable.
But it is, to say the least, scant comfort.
Step back from the night and the campaign and the structural challenge for Labour that emerges from this night is astonishing.
Labour is now brutally squeezed geographically and ideologically; Scotland is solidly SNP yellow; the south of England, bar London, pretty solidly Conservative blue.
To lean left so as to appeal to former supporters in Scotland would imperil what remains of the centre-ground supporters who were so crucial to the victories under Tony Blair.
Tony Blair's Labour Party won in England when it occupied the centre ground. He was, of course, aided by a staggeringly inept Conservative opposition.
The appeal to those who wanted to get ahead, as well as those who traditionally voted Labour, made Blair's Labour seem like the natural party of government. Labour has to rediscover that magic potion.
But to chase after the 'New' Labour voters of southern England may only alienate further Scottish voters clearly deeply unhappy with the way the Blairite party developed.
Given the scale and nature of the defeat in Scotland, the temptation for Labour must be to politically abandon its former fiefdom so as to concentrate on re-taking English seats. But it would be a brutal political amputation.
There is (even) more bad news for Labour. Throughout the campaign Labour had the upper hand on the ground.
The Conservative party is shrunken at the roots, unable to mobilise the numbers for street-by-street campaigning.
The so-called 'ground-war' was dominated by Labour, and voters in marginal constituencies reported much more contact with Labour activists than with Conservative counterparts.
And it appears to have made no difference at all.
As Labour unveiled policy after policy, the Conservatives stuck rigidly to their two messages - that the economy was safe only in their hands, and that Labour would be held to ransom by the SNP.
In this "air-war", assisted by the pounding guns of Tory-supporting newspapers, the Conservatives triumphed, and all the leaflets and door-knocking in the world appear to have achieved nothing.
The defeat in 1992 led - eventually - to a very different Labour party; a party that cast aside its old politics, and reinvented its campaign machine.
That kind of reappraisal again faces an exhausted party. Against the backdrop of swirling nationalism, it is for Labour's supporters a depressing and daunting task.
Carmarthenshire council said the warm weather sparked a boom of the creatures on Cefn Sidan beach. Numbers have grown in recent years because of mild winters allowing plankton to thrive.
About 50 were also spotted at Burry Port harbour on Saturday.
Barrel jellyfish, which can reach 35in (89cm) in diameter, are harmless to humans but beachgoers are advised not to touch them.
Rory Dickinson, the council's countryside and parks manager, said it was likely the tide would take the jellyfish back out to sea.
"They're generally harmless, lead amazing lives and are a vital part of our wildlife," he said.
Sharrouf left Sydney in 2013 to join the so-called Islamic State. His wife Tara Nettleton and their five young children followed.
Photos of their son holding a Syrian soldier's severed head made headlines after they were published last year.
Sharrouf is believed to have been killed in a drone strike in June 2015.
Ms Nettleton died in September after complications from surgery for pre-existing appendicitis, reports say.
According to the reports, Tara Nettleton's mother Karen was only recently informed.
Karen Nettleton's lawyer said she was desperate to get her five grandchildren and one great-grandchild out of Syria, and was pleading for the Australian Government to help bring them home.
"On my own behalf and on her behalf, I request [they] do everything that they possibly can to get those children away from danger and to get them out and bring them home," her lawyer Charles Waterstreet told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"Tara was a very young girl when she married, [and] now the grandchildren and a young baby are left without anyone to look after them."
Sharrouf's teenage daughter, 14, married his friend Mohamed Elomar, also reportedly killed. She is now believed to be the mother of a baby girl.
Speaking to Australian media on Thursday, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton described the case as "a very complicated mess".
"Ultimately the government's clear objective is to keep the Australian public safe, and we'd have to look at the individual circumstances to see what kids may have been through, what they've been exposed to, whether or not later in life they'd pose a threat," he said.
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Goals from substitutes Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini helped the Red Devils to victory on Saturday.
They have a two-point lead over Huddersfield and Manchester City going into the international break.
"There is a difference in the quality of our football," said Mourinho.
Ibrahimovic will give us extra quality in the second half of the season
"The team is playing very well - they are very confident and are playing great football. I like my team very much. Three matches and nine points is nothing new for us, because last season it was three matches and nine points."
United, who had 22 efforts on goal against Leicester, had a great chance to take the lead in the 53rd minute, but Romelu Lukaku had his penalty saved by Kasper Schmeichel.
However, Rashford's 70th-minute shot and Fellaini's close-range effort 12 minutes later ensured United continued their winning run.
Mourinho added: "We played very well. The result was open at 0-0 and it was obviously very difficult. The blue wall was very well organised and I always give credit to that, but we kept calm and kept control.
"After missing the penalty the team remained confident and we deserved it. If I had to choose a word to describe my team, it would be 'solid'."
Mourinho's attack should be bolstered later in the campaign by the return of striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who signed a new one-year deal on Thursday.
The Swede helped United to the EFL Cup and Europa League titles earlier this year but was released in the summer.
Ibrahimovic is recovering from knee surgery, but Mourinho added: "He will be back in January.
"When the market is open and people are spending money, we won't. But we get a player who was fundamental for us last season.
"He comes to give us extra quality in the second half of the season."
Kane Balogun, 14, from Birmingham, died after the crash at the junction of Stetchford Road and Beaufort Avenue, Hodge Hill, on Friday night.
A 26-year-old man was arrested by West Midlands Police on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and has since been bailed.
In a statement Kane's family said they are "devastated" by his death.
Anyone who witnessed or has any information on the crash is urged to call West Midlands Police on 101.
Nala, a seven-year-old husky, became stranded atop the property in Boldmere, Birmingham on Friday afternoon.
It is believed Nala might have got out of the skylight window and on to the roof after climbing on furniture in the loft of the house.
A firefighter "calmed her down with a few slices of ham", before a lead was attached and she was guided back inside the house with help from her owner.
A West Midlands Fire Service spokesman said: "She got a little bit of fuss after."
He said the rescue on Halton Road took about 10 minutes because "obviously she was quite nervous".
The fire service did not come out of the skylight because she might have jumped off the roof, the spokesman added.
Perry Barr Fire tweeted: "It's not just cats in trees we save. We also save dogs on roofs."
Dagmara Przybysz, 16, died at Pool Academy near Redruth in May last year.
School pastoral manager Marie Exelby opened the main door to the toilets where Dagmara was later found hanged, but "didn't see anything".
The inquest was also told that since Dagmara's death every pupil in the school has been given a search-enabled iPad that shows their location.
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The hearing at Truro's Coroner's Court heard Dagmara was being bullied and subjected to racist taunts including "stupid Pole" and "go back to your own country".
On 17 May 2016, after receiving a radio call to look for another pupil, pastoral manager Marie Exelby opened the door to the toilets where Dagmara was later found hanged but "didn't see anything" as she had not gone far enough in to see if all the cubicles were open or shut.
This search was just before 13:00 BST - about 45 minutes after Dagmara had gone in to the toilets and about 35 minutes before the alarm was raised about her.
Devon and Cornwall Police said CCTV footage from the school showed Dagmara's body was not found for more than 90 minutes, despite the manager checking the toilet block.
School co-ordinator Paula Hosking told the inquest Dagmara was found after two pupils raised the alarm about a student being in the toilet for a long time.
She said she could see shoes under the cubicle door, but there was no response when she asked if anyone was there.
When she looked over the cubicle door she saw Dagmara hanging and staff broke down the door.
A 999 call was made, but Ms Hosking, who did not make the call herself, said no CPR was attempted by school staff despite advice from the ambulance service.
"Paramedics asked us to carry out CPR while they were on their way," she said.
"We knew Dagmara had died and decided not to carry out CPR. We knew it was all too late."
Christopher Rogers from South Western Ambulance Service Trust said he met with the school and contacted Ofsted to find out the guidance currently in place.
As a result, he created a document entitled 'Ringing 999 for an ambulance: Guide for Education' which was sent to all Cornwall schools in September.
Assistant principal Lisette Neesham told the inquest that radios are no longer used by staff as all have mobile phones, and pupils have been issued with an iPad "with the student location search engaged".
Changes have also been made to the school's system of recording pupils absent from lessons and the procedure for looking for them.
Dagmara, who lived with her parents and younger sister in Redruth after the family moved from Poland in 2009, had won a place at Truro College to study photography.
The inquest heard Dagmara had confided to both her parents, Jedrzej and Ewelina Przybysz, and boyfriend Lewis Simpson that she was being bullied because she was Polish.
However, the school's pastoral support worker Susan Kent said to the best of her knowledge Dagmara had "never mentioned any problems with racism to me or any other person at school".
She added Dagmara had felt under pressure from her parents to do well at school.
Zelma Hill, Pool Academy's principal, described Dagmara as a "beautiful, bright and creative" student who had a promising future ahead of her.
The day before her death, Dagmara injured her hand by punching a wall after becoming angry because some girls were laughing at her.
The inquest continues.
Several players are suffering from the illness, according to a statement on the National Rugby League website.
However, the afflicted players are expected to have fully recovered in time for Saturday's final against New Zealand in Wellington.
"I think there are about four or five blokes [affected] this morning," team member Greg Bird told Sky Sports Radio.
Bird said back-rower Beau Scott probably would not play this weekend because of a hamstring injury he suffered playing against England earlier this month.
Bird said the Kangaroos needed to play "smarter" if they were to beat their Kiwi rivals.
"It was a little erratic in game one. The combinations have been thought out a little bit better now and hopefully we can get a win."
The Kangaroos easily beat Samoa last weekend in Wollongong, with the island team providing little resistance to the Kangaroos' attacking play.
25 October: England 32-26 Samoa
25 October: Australia 12-30 New Zealand
1 November: New Zealand 14-12 Samoa
2 November: Australia 16-12 England
8 November: New Zealand 16-14 England
9 November: Australia 44-18 Samoa
15 November: Final (Wellington, New Zealand)
The support in Communist Party paper People's Daily comes as student activists threaten to occupy government buildings if Mr Leung does not resign.
Police and government have again called on protesters to disperse.
The protesters are angry at China's plan to vet candidates for polls in 2017, saying they want full democracy.
On Wednesday China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi also warned against "illegal" protests and foreign interference.
The People's Daily is the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper. In a front-page editorial on Thursday, it praised Mr Leung's handling of the situation so far.
"The central government is full of confidence in Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying [CY Leung], and is completely satisfied with his performance," it said.
Beijing "will thus continue to strongly support Mr Leung's leadership of Hong Kong's legal administration as well as the police's handling of illegal activities", it added.
People's Daily also carried on its website a comment piece from another newspaper which stated: "Hong Kong has for many years enjoyed peace and harmony. It now sees the emergence of this embarrassing chaos, and the root cause lies with a few people who are disrespecting the law."
"Chaos denies Hong Kong residents their prosperity, goes against their wishes, and is not what all Chinese people wish to see or what we can tolerate."
Beijing's support of Mr Leung follows repeated calls by protesters for his resignation.
The senior Chinese leadership has set out clear limits on who can run for the position of chief executive, Hong Kong's top leader, in 2017.
The rules make it virtually impossible for anyone not trusted by the Chinese government to stand for election.
As a result, the protesters accuse Beijing of reneging on decades of vows to give Hong Kong people genuine democracy.
But although there is widespread anger that Beijing may have violated the spirit of the agreements it has made, there is intense debate over whether it has violated the letter of the law.
Read more: Did China go back on its promises?
Overnight, several thousand protesters massed outside his office, where there was a significant police presence.
Large numbers of protesters came out on to the streets on Sunday, when supporters of the Occupy Central pro-democracy movement joined student demonstrations. More people joined after police used tear gas on protesters.
Since then, protesters have been occupying at least three sites in the territory, in the Central business district, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok. A fourth site opened up at Canton Road on Wednesday.
Lester Shum, the vice-secretary of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, has called on Mr Leung to resign by Thursday night.
"Otherwise, we will announce an escalation of our movement, including occupying or surrounding different government buildings," he said.
Both the Hong Kong government and the police on Thursday reiterated their call to protesters to disperse.
Police spokesman Steve Hui told reporters that if protesters surrounded and occupied Mr Leung's office building in Central, this would cause public safety problems. "The police will not stand by and watch. We will decisively uphold the law," he said.
When asked if tear gas would be used, Mr Hui said the police would monitor the situation and would use "appropriate force if necessary", reported RTHK.
The South China Morning Post is reporting confrontations between the police and protesters outside the building.
The Hong Kong government said the protesters were conducting a "siege" and if it continued, government and police operations would "be seriously affected".
"This will eventually affect social order and the provision of government services to the public and society," it said, adding that 3,000 government officials were due to return to work on Friday.
Chan Kin-man of Occupy Central has urged the students to be peaceful, but also called on Mr Leung to quit.
Speaking in Washington on Wednesday, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the protests were an "internal affair" for China. Hong Kong authorities had "the capability to properly handle the current situation", he said.
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Several reports, citing unidentified Hong Kong sources, suggest the authorities plan to wait, hoping the protest campaign will lose momentum.
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The 23-year-old defender was carried off six minutes into his Premier League debut against Leicester City last August after tearing anterior and medial ligaments.
Mings has now had a minor operation which is likely to put back his return date to September.
"He's had a slight setback, nothing major," said Cherries boss Eddie Howe.
"When he first suffered the injury we knew it was going to be nine to 12 months, but now we are looking more towards the 12 rather than a nine-month period," Howe told BBC Radio Solent.
"He's had some staples removed from his knee, it's not a serious operation but it's one that just delays the time of his comeback."
Meanwhile, striker Callum Wilson has returned to first-team training after almost seven months out with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Wilson, 24, remains the Cherries' joint-top-scorer with five goals in seven Premier League matches.
"Naturally he was slightly ginger with his training to start with - he's had a serious injury so that's understandable," added Howe.
"But now we are starting to see more of the normal Callum - throwing his body here, there and everywhere, stepping across defenders and giving them a hard time in training. It's been good to see."
The businesses fear that even the proposed M4 relief road might not be wide enough to deal with extra traffic.
Denise Lovering, director of Glenside Commercials in Bedwas, Caerphilly, said that could risk damaging the image of Wales as a business destination.
Details about lifting the tolls after 2018 are expected "in due course".
Ms Lovering, an influential force in the Freight Transport Association (FTA), wants the tolls scrapped and backs the M4 relief road around Newport.
Figures from the UK government's Department for Transport (DfT) earlier this year suggested reducing the Severn Bridge tolls to £10 for lorries and £3 for cars could increase traffic by up to 17% by 2028.
BBC Wales has asked DfT if there is a projection for traffic if the tolls were scrapped completely.
It said it was "working on how it will implement its commitments and there will be announcement in due course".
The Welsh Government supports getting rid of the tolls and says it accounted for extra traffic from scrapping the tolls when it put forward its preferred route for the M4 relief road.
But Ms Lovering fears the planned expansion of the motorway, whichever route is decided as the best option, might not be big enough to cope with the increase in traffic once tolls are abolished.
The proposed £1.1bn plans for an M4 relief road around Newport are currently being analysed by a public inquiry, which started at the end of February..
The 14.23-mile (23km) highway - three lanes in each direction - would be between the current M4 junction 23a at Magor to junction 29 near Castleton, around the Brynglas tunnels bottleneck.
Ms Lovering said: "When you look at motorways throughout the country, most new ones being built are with four lanes, not three lanes any more. So it could very well be that a decision to put a three-lane motorway now is not the right thing to do.
"We need something that's fit for purpose, future-proofed so that we're not standing here in 10 years' time saying we made the wrong decision."
Congestion is frustrating for drivers but also costs hauliers money.
Ian Jarman, manager at Llanelli-based Owens Group, said it costs £1 a minute if a 44-tonne truck is caught in congestion and added it is commonplace for his vehicles to lose 25 minutes queuing at the Severn Crossing tolls.
Mr Jarman, vice chairman of the Freight Council in Wales, also fears that any easing of congestion from the building of the M4 relief road would be made worse again by the increase in traffic once tolls are lifted.
It was during this year's general election campaign that the Conservatives said they would scrap the tolls. Prime Minister Theresa May said it would boost the economy by £100m.
The Severn crossings transfer into public ownership in 2018. But the details of when the tolls will be lifted are not clear.
Already there are 25 million vehicle crossings a year, with revenue of about £98m a year.
There is an estimated annual maintenance and operational cost of about £15m for both Severn crossings - and £63m debt carried over from old Severn Bridge.
The Wales Office said the government was "working on how it will implement its commitments and there will be an announcement in due course".
Jenny Rathbone, the Cardiff Central AM, backs the end of the tolls but is an opponent of the relief road.
"Building new roads doesn't ease congestion it makes it worse and we shouldn't use roads as a solution," she said.
The talks are set to begin on Monday and will include the Houthis, who recently took over power in Yemen.
The Shia rebel group has been widely condemned after dissolving parliament and setting up an interim government.
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon has called for the restoration of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
"The situation is very, very seriously deteriorating, with the Houthis taking power and making this government vacuum in power," Mr Ban said.
The Houthis have argued their actions were necessary to prevent a power vacuum forming after the resignation of President Hadi.
He said his position had become untenable after the militia tightened their grip on the capital last month. He has been under house arrest ever since.
On Saturday, the Houthis signalled they were ready to work with other political factions.
"Our hand is extended to every political force in this country. The space is open for partnership, co-operation and brotherhood," said Abdul Malik al-Houthi.
Thousands have protested in several Yemeni cities against the takeover.
Provincial leaders in Marib, east of the capital Sanaa, say they will resist any Houthi attempts to take over the region.
The Arab League warned the Houthis' move would lead to the collapse of the political process in Yemen.
Yemen has been riven by instability since protesters inspired by the Arab Spring forced the overthrow of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2011, who is now believed to have been backing the Houthis.
The country is also fighting an al-Qaeda insurgency with the help of US drones. Despite the takeover, the US said it was continuing to work with Yemeni on counter-terrorism.
In a blog post, Google Fiber chief executive Craig Barratt announced he was stepping down and said development in many cities would be "paused".
However, installation will continue in cities where work has already started.
One analyst suggested Google would explore less expensive ways to roll out broadband access.
"Installation was far too time consuming and expensive," said Kamalini Ganguly, senior analyst at the Ovum consultancy.
"Fibre is the most expensive option when it comes to mainstream broadband access technology.
"I think in the future we may see Google use a wireless solution that doesn't take fibre all the way to the home. We'll see a combination of technologies."
Google Fiber was designed to bring ultrafast internet access to cities with poor web infrastructure and limited competition between service providers.
The project was first announced in 2010 and more than 1,000 towns and cities applied to be part of it.
Fibre optic internet cables can deliver much faster speeds than traditional copper telephone wires or existing wireless solutions, but running new cables to millions of homes can be prohibitively expensive.
Mr Barratt said the company's plan had been "refined" to "focus on new technology" but did not specify whether Google was switching its focus to wireless internet.
Google Fiber already offers internet access in nine cities, and has committed to deploying its technology in a further four.
Mr Barratt said that work would go ahead and that existing customers in cities such as Atlanta, Georgia and Austin, Texas would not be affected.
"Our subscriber base and revenue are growing quickly and we expect that growth to continue," he said.
However, development would be "paused" in most of the 10 "potential" cities it had been evaluating and Chicago, Illinois and San Diego, California have been removed from the list of possible future locations.
Mr Barratt confirmed there would be some job losses at the organisation.
Despite Google's decision to scale back its fibre roll-out, Ms Ganguly said the scheme had achieved some of its goals.
"Definitely one of their objectives was to spur competition and push other providers into rolling out fibre and providing higher bandwidth services at an affordable price. They have achieved that," she told the BBC.
The British number four was leading Germany's Dustin Brown 6-3 4-2 when he began hopping in pain after pushing off on his left leg to return a serve.
Evans, 27, will have a scan on Monday, with the start of Wimbledon, where he reached round three last year, just three weeks away.
Fellow Briton Heather Watson is through to the final of the women's event.
Watson defeated compatriot Harriet Dart 6-1 6-2 and will play Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova in Sunday's final.
Violence has spiralled since inconclusive elections in June and has overshadowed other chronic problems faced by young people.
''In previous elections we used to run campaigns or promote problems of the youth, but this time... young people just want peace,'' 27-year-old activist Anil Gokrenk told the BBC.
''When we look at our politically active friends in this election, they don't seem very excited. Like the rest of society, the younger generation is tired,'' said Ismail Metin.
Both young men are from the National Youth Parliament, a national lobbying group that represents a wide range of political opinion.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) will win back the majority it lost in the June election.
Wave of violence
Turkey suffered its deadliest attack in modern times when twin suicide bombings killed more than 100 people in the capital Ankara two weeks ago.
The attack followed an escalation of fighting between the security forces and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the southeast, which left hundreds of people dead, many of them men in their 20s.
The surge in violence has taken its toll on young political activists as well.
''We lost our loved ones and friends. Our responsibility is to continue their struggle and make sure their names live forever,'' says a defiant Ozgen Sadet, whose 20-year-old sister Hatice was killed in another suicide bomb attack a few months ago.
Ozgen, a 23-year-old woman, is the joint leader of the Federation of Social Youth Associations. Thirty-three of its members were killed in Suruc, a border town in the south-east. The activist group was taking aid to the Kurdish town of Kobane in Syria when it was targeted by an Islamic State (IS) bomber.
Earlier this year Kobane was left in ruins after intense fighting between Syrian Kurdish forces and IS.
A recent economics graduate, Ozgen is determined to dedicate all her time to politics.
Turkey has the youngest population in Europe - 25% are below the age of 30.
However, a third of young people are not in education, employment or training, according to a recent report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
And official statistics show that youth unemployment is rising.
Political parties are competing for young voters and economic promises targeting them have featured prominently in campaigns.
The Republican People's Party (CHP) has promised to introduce unemployment benefits and the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is promising scholarships and free travel.
The ruling AKP says it will help young people to set up new businesses.
And the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has pledged to create 700,000 new jobs every year.
''The youth issue has been a new battleground for politicians. But they don't speak the same language as young people,'' said Yoruk Kurtaran from Bilgi University.
The gap between politics and the younger generation is evident in parliamentary representation, with only 2% of 550 MPs under the age of 30.
But a survey conducted in 2014 suggests that only 20% of young people are interested in becoming members of a political party.
''That doesn't mean that Turkish youth is apolitical - they just aren't interested in traditional politics,'' says Basak Tugsavul from Community Volunteers Foundation, a network of young volunteers.
''The language of Turkish politics is alienating and young people are looking for alternative ways to express themselves individually, as they have already done through graffiti or street art.''
Political parties have all pledged to lower the minimum age of parliamentary candidates from 25 to 18.
Activist Anil underlines why young people want a greater say in their future:
''We are the ones who are dying as a result of the terror,'' he says. ''The soldiers, the ones fighting up in the mountains, they are all young. If this is our problem, where do we get a say in this? Nowhere.''
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The Wire led 14-0 after 30 minutes courtesy of tries from Stefan Ratchford, Kurt Gidley and Ben Currie.
Luke Dorn and Grant Millington reduced the deficit to two points at half-time before Denny Solomona put Cas ahead minutes after the restart.
Further scores Mike McMeeken, Solomona and Dorn stunned the St James' Park Magic Weekend crowd.
Warrington went into their first encounter with Castleford at a Magic Weekend looking to bounce back from last week's 36-28 defeat by Wakefield, and they were in complete control for the first 30 minutes.
But Castleford refused to lie down and when full-back Dorn, who will retire at the end of the season, finished off a sensational team try, the momentum in the game shifted.
Tigers, who came into the game off the back of a huge 52-12 victory over Leeds Rhinos, then posted 22 second-half points as Wolves' wobble continued.
They remain top of Super League on points difference but have lost five of their last eight matches, and both Catalans Dragons will have the chance to move top when they play Wakefield tomorrow.
Castleford head coach Daryl Powell: "We were a little bit slow out of the blocks, they were winning contact consistently. They were just too good for us.
"We got some confidence after that 10 minutes just before half-time and then our second half was superb.
"It's certainly up there (as his best win as Castleford coach), to be able to flip a game like we did there. A, it gives you confidence and B, it gives you a knowledge that whatever is happening to you, you can turn a game around, which is obviously crucial for any team.
"We've hit a decent bit of form on the back of getting some players back. There's a confidence about us now and it's just about being consistent.
"It's round 15 today and we've got a bit of a way to go, but we'll give ourselves a chance if we keep turning up with performances like that, particularly the second half."
Warrington head coach Tony Smith: "I thought we were in pretty good control but we should have had more points on the board.
"I was hoping we wouldn't rue that later in the game, and we did. Cas threw a bit of caution to the wind on a couple of plays in that last seven or eight minutes of that first half and it worked for them.
"It gave them a little bit of confidence to have a crack in that second half and it probably took a bit of the wind out of our sails."
Warrington: Russell, Ormsby, T King, Jullien, Lineham, Gidley, Ratchford, Hill, Clark, Sims, Currie, Westwood, Westerman.
Replacements: Cox, Bailey, G King, Smith.
Castleford: Dorn, Flynn, Crooks, Monaghan, Solomona, Roberts, Gale, Tickle, Milner, Millington, Moors, McMeeken, Massey.
Replacements: McShane, Springer, Webster, Cook.
Referee: Gareth Hewer (RFL)
Donald captained the age-group side in a one-day series against Australia in 2015, but missed the subsequent tournament against India and Sri Lanka.
He is spending the UK winter at the Darren Lehmann Academy in Adelaide as well as playing club cricket there.
Donald will now travel to Dubai for a week of practice in January, including a warm-up match against South Africa.
England, who beat Australia 3-2 in the series captained by Donald, open their campaign against minnows Fiji in Chittagong on January 27, with further group games against West Indies and Zimbabwe.
The 18-year-old Donald hopes the experience of a winter in Australia and the World Cup will help him become a Glamorgan first-team regular in 2016.
He played five Championship games and five limited-overs games in 2015.
Donald has been working at the academy set up by current Australia coach Lehmann, as well as playing club cricket for the University side in Adelaide.
"It's definitely the best place to be to improve your skill," he said.
"It's quite tough physically and mentally, especially after the end of a county season."
Donald and Glamorgan second-team spinner Owen Morgan are based in Adelaide, along with young players from Durham, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Sussex and promising prospects from around the world.
The programme is run by Shaun Seigert, who has been in charge since the academy was set up in 2005, but the players have been advised by Lehmann himself as well as working with former Glamorgan and Australia pace bowler Shaun Tait.
"You get a wealth of experience around but they also put the onus on you, and what you want to improve on, which is fantastic" Donald told BBC Wales Sport.
"Being able to play and train this much gives you a massive advantage.
"We're having more and more youngsters from English cricket who've been out here and every time they go back they do really well in county cricket. Hopefully we can carry that on."
The young batsman has the security of a three-year contract with Glamorgan when he returns for the 2016 season.
He narrowly missing out on becoming the youngest player to hit a first-class hundred for Glamorgan when he hit 98 against Gloucestershire in the final game of 2015.
"Glamorgan's a great place to be as a youngster and especially as a local Welsh guy," Donald said.
"I've been given a couple of opportunities and hopefully I can nail down a spot.
"I want to get my first first-class hundred out of the way which unfortunately I didn't quite make in the last game of the season.
"I think I have a few games to break Matt Maynard's youngest centurion record so that's the first target if I get a go, hopefully I get a spot early in the year."
Grey re-tells the events of James's 2011 original from the perspective of its antagonist, Christian Grey.
The book, writes the Evening Standard's David Sexton, "loyally repeats every line [and] every excruciating email".
According to the Telegraph, the result is "as sexy as a misery memoir".
"How often do Ana's cheeks flush pink?" writes Bryony Gordon in her one-star review. "How many times does she make him feel ten feet tall?
"And he really should go and see someone about all that prickling his scalp does."
James's original told of the steamy relationship between Grey, a millionaire businessmen with an interest in bondage and sadism, and literature student Anastasia Steele from the latter's perspective.
According to the author, "thousands of readers" had requested to hear Christian's point of view since the book's publication.
The new book was published on 18 June, as that is the date of the character's birthday in Fifty Shades and the two sequels that followed.
Writing in The Guardian, chick-lit author Jenny Colgan described the original novel as "a rather fun and fairly mild portrait of a woman's sexual fantasy".
In her opinion, though, "it is almost impossible to read Grey and not assume the narrator is going to end up in jail".
"Instead of light-hearted and repetitive mild S&M, the 'love affair' is now the twisted work of an utter psychopath," she continues.
Yet the Daily Mirror's Francesca Cookney is more forgiving, saying fans of the Christian Grey character "will be pleased to discover he's no less complex than he seems".
The first book in James's trilogy was adapted into a film this year by director Sam Taylor-Johnson, with Jamie Dornan as Christian and Dakota Johnson as Anastasia.
Taylor-Johnson has since ruled herself out of directing the planned sequels, based on James's books Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed.
12 March 2016 Last updated at 08:22 GMT
It's thought that the number of hedgehogs decreases by five per cent each year.
Hayley's been looking at what one park in London is doing to help the prickly animals.
The new year-round service, which is expected to carry 26,000 passengers annually, will start on 2 December.
Flights will operate twice-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays between Glasgow and Milan Malpensa.
The airline already flies to Milan from Edinburgh, London Gatwick and Luton airports.
The American former swimmer, 31, wants US lawmakers to push for global anti-doping reforms.
"I don't believe I've stood up at an international competition and the rest of the field has been clean," he said.
Phelps was giving evidence at a US House of Representatives hearing into improving anti-doping measures.
The US government helps to fund the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and the committee could recommend giving more money to the organisation.
Phelps, who won 23 Olympic gold medals, added: "Throughout my career, I have thought that some athletes were cheating and in some cases those suspicions were confirmed.
"Given all the testing I and others have been through, I have a hard time understanding this."
Phelps spoke out against drugs cheats at the Rio Olympics.
When asked about Russian Yulia Efimova, who won Olympic silver after two positive tests, he said dopers returning to elite action "breaks his heart".
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A report commissioned by Wada and written by lawyer Richard McLaren claimed in December that more than 1,000 Russian athletes benefited from a state-sponsored doping programme between 2011 and 2015.
Travis Tygart, the chief executive of the US Anti-Doping Agency, also addressed Tuesday's hearing at the House of Representatives. He told politicians the International Olympic Committee had let down clean athletes after opting against a blanket ban of Russian athletes at Rio 2016.
The IOC instead allowed individual sports to decide their own policy.
"At least two Olympic Games were corrupted and, at the Rio Games this past August, scores of Russian athletes were allowed to compete without credible anti-doping measures," said Tygart.
"When the moment came, despite mountains of evidence and vocal opposition from anti-doping leaders and clean athletes from around the world, the IOC chose to welcome the Russian Olympic Committee to Rio."
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied government officials were complicit in doping the country's athletes.
"In Russia we never had, don't have, and I hope won't have a state-sponsored doping programme. On the contrary, there will only be a fight against doping," he said in a television broadcast.
He added a new doping control system was being put together.
There were no men's medals but the women's quadruple sculls won bronze.
Defending champions Joel Cassells and Sam Scrimgeour were only fourth in the lightweight pairs as Mark O'Donovan and Sean O'Driscoll triumphed for Ireland.
Karen Bennett and Holly Norton in the women's pairs, plus new lightweight double sculls pairing Kate Copeland and Emily Craig also took bronze.
Thornley, 29, who won Olympic silver in the double sculls with Katherine Grainger in Rio last year, clocked seven minutes 34.230 seconds, holding off a determined late burst from 44-year-old Belarusian Ekaterina Karsten, a two-time Olympic champion.
Cassells was seeking a third consecutive men's lightweight pair title and he and Scrimgeour were in the medals with 500m remaining but came home in 6:39.750 seconds, almost five seconds behind Italy in third place.
Bennett and Holly Norton, who won the women's pairs at the first World Cup of the season in Belgrade earlier this month, were second after 500m but their finishing time of 7:06.55 seconds was six seconds behind winners Romania.
Jacob Dawson and Matthew Rossiter, also World Cup winners three weeks ago, were fifth in the men's pairs in 6:30.460.
Peter Chambers and Will Fletcher finished sixth in the men's double sculls, won by Olympic champions Pierre Houin and Jeremie Azou of France, but Ireland's O'Donovan brothers - Paul and Gary - produced a stirring finish to claim the silver medal.
The British men's four of Callum McBrierty, Matthew Tarrant, Mohamed Sbihi and William Satch were confident of a medal having won in Belgrade, but finished fifth in 5:59.970, Italy taking gold in 5:54.520.
However, the women's quartet of Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne, Beth Bryan, Holly Nixon and Jess Leyden shone in the sculls, recording 6:26.540, less than a second behind the Netherlands, with Germany winning in 6:24.080.
Britain made a strong start in the men's quadruple sculls but their time of 5:49.380 saw them just miss out on a medal, finishing fourth behind Italy as Lithuania won in 5:44.650.
The women's eight also started well and were second after 1,000m but finished fourth in 6:18.510, Romania taking gold in 6:10.350, while in the concluding men's eight, Britain were fifth in 5:34.290.
All British rowers wore black ribbons during their finals in memory of British Rowing president Dame Di Ellis, who died last week, and also as a tribute to the victims of the Manchester attack.
The work - Have They Run Out of Provinces Yet? - was published in the latest edition of the New Yorker.
In it he name-checks a number of branches of regional Chinese cookery. Critics attacked the poem as unfunny and prejudiced.
But Trillin told the Guardian it "was simply a way of making fun of food-obsessed bourgeoisie".
A food writer as well as regular contributor to the New Yorker, he added: "Some years ago, a similar poem could have been written about food snobs who looked down on red-sauce Italian cooking because they had discovered the cuisine of Tuscany."
His latest work begins: "Have they run out of provinces yet? If they haven't, we've reason to fret."
It continues with a culinary tour around China. "But then food from Szechuan came our way / Making Cantonese strictly passe," he writes, later forming rhymes around "Szechuanese", "Shanghainese" "Hunan" and "Fukien".
"Could a place we extolled as a find," he asks, "Be revealed as one province behind?"
Trillin and the New Yorker have come under fire from writers and critics.
Poet and performer Franny Choi responded with her own poem, Have They Run Out of White Poets Yet? which mirrors the structure of Trillin's work.
In it she describes Trillin as "a sad send-up of Dr Seuss decked in his finest anti-Asian regalia".
Others though were baffled by the response and agreed with Trillan's defence.
And Chinese-American writer Kaiser Kuo wrote he "honestly can't fathom why some Chinese-Americans take such affront at Calvin Trillin's Chinese food poem".
Contrary to what cartoons have suggested over the years, the holes are not made by mice eating their way through the cheese.
And nor are they produced by carbon dioxide released by bacteria, as popular scientific belief held.
Instead, a Swiss laboratory says they are created by flecks of hay.
Agroscope, a government agricultural institute, said "microscopically small hay particles" would fall in to buckets collecting milk, and develop into bigger holes as the cheese matures.
The process affects only some Swiss cheeses, such as Emmental and Appenzell.
Agroscope said the findings explained why fewer holes had been appearing in Swiss cheeses over the last 15 years, since more modern milking methods made it less likely for hay to fall into containers.
Scientists reached their conclusions after adding small amounts of hay dust to milk and making it into cheese over 130 days.
The research has not been peer reviewed.
The theory that bacteria caused the holes has been around since 1917, after findings were published by an American scientist, William Clark.
The cheese industry calls holes in cheese "eyes". Any cheese without eyes is known as blind.
Four constituents raised the action under the Representation of the People Act 1983, claiming he misled voters over a leaked memo before the election.
Judges ruled in December it had not been proven beyond reasonable doubt he had committed an "illegal practice".
Mr Carmichael has now lost a claim that his legal expenses should be paid.
His expenses have been estimated at about £150,000.
A hearing took place at the Court of Session in Edinburgh to determine who should be responsible for costs.
Roddy Dunlop QC, acting for Mr Carmichael, argued it was "frankly inconceivable" that if the four petitioners had succeeded that they would not have sought expenses against the MP.
He added: "Mr Carmichael is not a rich man.
"To force him to endure this process which has been hugely distressing for him and his family, and deprive him of any redress when he successfully defends himself, it would not be in the interests of justice. It would not be fair.
"Mr Carmichael has already suffered very publicly the consequences of this court's rebuke."
Jonathan Mitchell QC, for the petitioners, told the court there had been a public interest in bringing the case and pointed out they had successfully argued several points.
After hearing legal arguments from both sides, Lady Paton said: "In all the circumstances, exercising our discretion, we consider this to be in effect a case with divided success.
"Accordingly, we find no expenses due to or by any party."
At the time of the original ruling last year, Mr Carmichael said he was "absolutely delighted" with the decision to refuse the petition, adding that he recognised there had been a lapse in his conduct.
He described it as a "highly politically-motivated" case.
The contents of the memo, published in the Daily Telegraph at the start of the election campaign in April, claimed that SNP leader and Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, would secretly prefer Tory leader David Cameron as prime minister rather than his Labour opponent Ed Miliband.
The newspaper said the first minister's comments, reportedly made to the French ambassador, undermined claims that she wanted to build a "progressive alliance" with other left-wing parties.
Mr Carmichael claimed in a Channel 4 TV interview at the time that the first he had heard of it was when he received a phone call from a reporter.
He had in fact authorised his special advisor to leak the memo, an action he admitted days after being elected.
In the ruling, Lady Paton said Mr Carmichael had told a "blatant lie" in the Channel 4 interview - but that section 106 of the Representation of the People Act did not apply to lies in general.
The judges said they had been left with a "reasonable doubt" about whether the lie could be characterised as a false statement of fact "in relation to [his] personal character or conduct".
They held that his election was not void.
The 42-year-old left London South Employment Tribunal in Croydon after six hours on Monday without comment.
Her lawyer, Mary O'Rourke QC, did not confirm if there had been any settlement and said the proceedings were "confidential".
Carneiro is suing Chelsea for breach of contract and constructive dismissal.
Chelsea also refused to comment.
The Premier League club filed their defence in the tribunal hearing in December.
There is a separate but connected legal claim against former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho for alleged discrimination.
Carneiro was dropped from first-team duties after then boss Mourinho criticised her and first-team physio Jon Fearn for going on to the pitch to treat Eden Hazard during the 2-2 draw with Swansea on the opening day of the season.
Chelsea were temporarily down to nine men as a result, and afterwards Mourinho called Carneiro and Fearn "impulsive and naive".
Carneiro did not appear on the bench again for first-team duties and later parted company with the club.
The drugs weighed a total of 585kg (1,290 pounds) and had an estimated street value of A$430m ($440m: £291m).
Three men - a Singaporean, an Australian and a Hong Kong man - have been arrested and are due to appear in court in Sydney on Thursday.
Police said further arrests in Australia and abroad were possible.
The suspects face a maximum life sentence if found guilty.
At a news conference, Australian police said the drug, known as "ice", was seized following a four-month investigation triggered by a tip-off by a member of the public about suspicious activity at a storage facility in West Ryde, Sydney.
It had been brought over from Shenzhen, China, inside a shipment of cleaning chemicals.
"This is a hideous, insidious drug. This is the sort of drug that sends people mad," said New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione.
"That one phone call was the one thread that allowed us to pull and unravel a syndicate that will be stopped forever."
The investigation involved the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Customs officials, New South Wales Police and the Australian Crime Commission.
AFP Commissioner Tony Negus said the drugs syndicate had gone to "considerable lengths to escape detection", but that the police operation was not yet over.
"We've not ruled out further arrests either here in Australia or overseas," he said.
"We've already been in contact with authorities in China and a range of further inquiries are under way."
The haul is nearly double the size of the last record haul of 300kg, made last year.
Quagga mussels have been discovered at Wraysbury reservoir, near Heathrow Airport, the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT) said.
The molluscs form large colonies on hard surfaces and can block pipes and cause flooding, the trust said.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it would take action to tackle the threat.
Some scientists say the mussel poses the maximum risk to the UK environment of any non-native species.
The 4cm (1.5in) bivalves originated in Ukraine and spread across Europe as new canals opened, a WWT spokesman said. They were introduced to the US by ships discharging their ballast in the Great Lakes.
Sources: Environment Agency and the National Wildlife Federation
The species is flourishing in Lake Mead, formed by the Hoover dam, and engineers are working to stop them colonising the dam's turbines and blocking the pipes which supply water to Las Vegas, the spokesman said.
Earlier this year a group of scientists at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) identified the quagga mussel as the single greatest threat to the UK's wildlife of any alien species.
Dr Helen Roy, one of the scientists involved in the research, said that, after looking at hundreds of species from all over the world, the quagga mussel was the most likely to arrive and establish itself in the UK and pose a danger to biodversity there.
Sarah Chare, from the Environment Agency, said the quagga mussel affected water quality as well as clogging up pipes.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it would be working to reduce the risks of the quagga mussels spreading any further.
A spokesman said: "It is important that we take action to address the threats posed by invasive non-native species.
"Users of our waterways can help with this by checking their equipment and keeping it clean and dry."
A Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust spokesman said the trusts's London Wetland Centre, downstream from Wraysbury "is the sort of place [where] they'll wreak havoc with the wildlife, if left unchecked".
Jeff Knott, from the WWT, said: "These tiny mussels can be devastating but look so innocuous.
"Quagga mussels are likely to indirectly cause suffering and death for hundreds of thousands of native animals, fish and plants and cost millions of pounds in tax and water bills to protect drinking water supplies."
Lego Man is the brainchild of De Montfort University media student Hugh Beaumont who has used him to show-off more than a dozen of the city's sights.
The figure has visited the National Space Centre, Richard III centre and Abbey Park as part of the project.
"I thought it was a cool way to show off Leicester's sites online...," Mr Beaumont said.
The appearances are part of his university project looking at using social media to promote Leicester.
He added: "I am amazed that this has taken off in the way it has. I really was not expecting it.
"The deadline line for the course is tomorrow, but it's been so much fun I think I'll continue with Leicester Lego Man."
"I have a friend who works at Leicester City Football Club and so I might contact them to see if I can get a photo at the ground. It's really exciting," Mr Beaumont said.
The woman, in her 30s, told police she asked for a wake-up call at 04:00 but when the hotel owner knocked on her door then, he offered her a massage.
She told police he would not leave so she locked the door and jumped from her balcony to the level below, injuring her leg, before fleeing the hotel.
Police have arrested the hotel owner.
They said he was still in custody and would be charged with sexual harassment in a local magistrates' court on Wednesday.
A spokesman for the British High Commission in India said UK consular officials in Delhi have spoken to the woman and to the local police.
A consular team is travelling to Agra to provide assistance to the woman, he added. The city is home to the Taj Mahal.
The senior superintendent of police in Agra, Subhah Chandra Dubey, told the BBC the woman's injury to her leg ligament had been treated, and she had been moved to another hotel.
She also had two women constables with her for her security, he said.
According to Supt Dubey, the hotel owner claims he had gone to wake the woman up because the hotel staff had tried ringing her on the intercom and when she did not respond, he went to her room.
The Foreign Office recently updated its advice for women visiting India, saying they should use caution and avoid travelling alone on public transport, or in taxis or auto-rickshaws, especially at night.
It added that reported cases of sexual assault against women and young girls were increasing and recent sexual attacks against female visitors in tourist areas and cities show that foreign women were also at risk.
Following an alleged gang rape of a Swiss tourist in Madhya Pradesh state last week, police arrested six people.
The woman was attacked with her husband as they camped in woodland near a village in Datia district.
The arrests came as India's politicians prepared to debate a new law against rape, after the outcry over the fatal assault on a female Delhi student last year.
The online crowdfunding push was started by "fellow trucker" Dave Duncan from Otley, West Yorkshire, with 3,700 people offering money.
Twelve people died when a lorry drove through Breitscheidplatz market on Monday, leaving at least 48 injured.
Lukasz Urban was found dead in the passenger seat with gunshot wounds.
Investigators quoted by German media say there is evidence that, despite being stabbed, the 37-year-old Polish national wrestled the driver for the steering wheel.
Police continue to hunt for the person behind the attack, with the main suspect urged to surrender by his family.
Writing on a GoFundMe page, Mr Duncan wrote: "Although I did not know Lukasz, the story of his untimely departure shocked and disgusted me, and I cannot comprehend how his family feel at this awful time.
"As a fellow trucker, I decided to reach out to the trucking community and beyond to help in some small way."
After the appeal hit the £50,000 mark, he posted: "Unbelievable generosity for a brave hero."
It is not yet clear if Mr Urban's family is aware of the fundraising campaign.
Government gains are being reported in Idlib, Hama and Latakia provinces.
Russia says its aircraft carried out more than 60 missions over Syria in the past 24 hours, and that the Islamic State group was its main target.
But the Russian strikes appear to have impacted heavily on rebels fighting both the government and IS.
The main battlefront is currently close to the key highway that links the capital Damascus with other major cities, including Aleppo, and President Bashar al-Assad's forces are believed to be seeking to cut off rebels in Idlib.
Before Russia's intervention, Idlib had all but fallen to a rebel coalition that had been seriously threatening Mr Assad and his heartland as well as fighting IS, BBC Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher reports.
The government gains were reported both by Damascus and opposition activists.
Government forces are basically trying to win back areas they lost earlier this year, to the north of the city of Hama, and in the northern mountains of Latakia province near the coast. Rebels had penetrated there after unifying their ranks and with more concerted backing from their outside supporters, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
That posed a real threat to the heartland of Bashar al-Assad's regime, and it is almost certainly what triggered the Russian intervention and a stepped-up role by Iran.
A senior commander of the al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda affiliate which has forces in the area, has issued a call to all the rebel groups to unify and launch a co-ordinated counter-attack on all fronts.
He said if the rebels lost the initiative to the regime and the Russians, they would suffer a series of collapses and their future would be bleak.
The battle for Syria and Iraq in maps
Syria's civil war explained
Russia says its strikes, which began on 30 September, have been closely co-ordinated with the Syrian government. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the strikes were the execution of "previously drawn plans".
"We persistently conducted reconnaissance, for a long period, from space and from the air," he told the Rossiya 24 news channel.
Russia's defence ministry said: "Su-34, Su-24M and Su-25SM planes carried out 64 sorties from the Hmeymim air base against 63 targets in the provinces of Hama, Latakia, Idlib and Raqqa."
The US-led coalition that has been targeting IS in Syria and Iraq announced it had carried out 24 sorties on Saturday, seven of them in Syria.
Russia said that a second video conference with the US military to discuss ways of avoiding accidents between the two countries' planes over Syria had been "professional and constructive".
In his comments to Rossiya 24, Mr Putin said he believed his country's military intervention in Syria had the support of both Sunni and Shia Muslims across the Middle East.
Questioned about the Middle East's sectarian divisions, the Russian leader said: "In Syria, we do not, under any circumstances, want to get tied up in any inter-confessional conflict."
In another development, the Russian leader held talks in the Russian resort city of Sochi with the Saudi Defence Minister, Mohammed bin Salman.
Why is there a war in Syria?
Anti-government protests developed into a civil war that four years on has ground to a stalemate, with the Assad government, Islamic State, an array of Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters all holding territory.
Who is fighting whom?
Government forces concentrated in Damascus and the centre and west of Syria are fighting the jihadists of Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra, as well as less numerous so-called "moderate" rebel groups, who are strongest in the north and east. These groups are also battling each other.
What's the human cost?
More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed and a million injured. Some 11 million others have been forced from their homes, of whom four million have fled abroad - including growing numbers who are making the dangerous journey to Europe.
How has the world reacted?
Iran, Russia and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement are propping up the Alawite-led Assad government, while Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar back the more moderate Sunni-dominated opposition, along with the US, UK and France. Hezbollah and Iran are believed to have troops and officers on the ground, while a Western-led coalition and Russia are carrying out air strikes.
William Kerr, 53, absconded from a probation hostel in Hull following his release on 23 January.
He was handed a life sentence in 1998 for killing Maureen Comfort, whose body was found in a Leeds bedroom cupboard.
The charity Crimestoppers has offered up to £5,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Police have warned people not to approach Kerr, who they have described as "dangerous".
A spokesperson for Crimestoppers said it was "urgent that he is returned to prison".
"We understand that it might be someone that knows him personally who is aware of where he is, and for that reason, I would urge you to contact Crimestoppers, completely anonymously, safe in the knowledge nobody will ever know you spoke to us.
"Do the right thing and tell us where Kerr is," the spokesperson added.
North Yorkshire Police, who are leading the hunt for Kerr, believe he is now in the London area but said he also had links to Humber and West Yorkshire.
Ms Comfort, 43, was strangled at her flat in Cromwell Heights, Burmantofts, where she had lived alone, in 1996.
Her body was found in a cupboard in her bedroom by her family after they became concerned they had not heard from her.
Two years later Kerr was found guilty of her murder at Leeds Crown Court.
Senga Bailey, who found her aunt's body, said she was "frightened of what he's going to do next".
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Chambers is ill so he and lightweight pair team-mate Will Fletcher will be absent from the event in Poland.
Illness has also affected GB's women's quadruple sculls team so Nixon, Bethany Bryan, Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Jess Leyden will not be in action.
Rebecca Shorten will compete in the women's eight with Joel Cassells in the lightweight pair.
After winning gold in the opening World Cup regatta in Belgrade in early May, Chambers and Fletcher finished a disappointing sixth in the European Championships three weeks later.
Nixon and her British team-mates did clinch bronze at the European Championships with Shorten and Cassells' boats having to be content with fourth-place finishes.
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The ruling came after Switzerland informed the court that Mr Barcenas had transferred money from Swiss accounts to banks in the US and Uruguay.
In light of the revelations, prosecutors argued that the politician was a flight risk.
Mr Barcenas and his wife deny charges of tax evasion.
The couple are suspected of falsifying documents on their tax statements between 2002 and 2006.
Mr Barcenas is also accused of keeping up to 48m euros (£41m) in secret Swiss bank accounts. Prosecutors allege that some of the funds stem from illegal party donations or kickbacks.
But the ex-treasurer has denied this, saying that all of the money was made through overseas investments, real estate and art dealings.
High Court Judge Pablo Ruz handed down his decision after Mr Barcenas and his wife had been called in to testify on Thursday.
Dozens of people heckled the couple outside the court, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reports.
In March, prosecutors discovered what they described as unusual transactions of more than 600,000 euros over a five-year period relating to bank accounts held by Mr Barcena's wife, Rosalia Iglesias.
She has admitted that she was neither working nor receiving a steady income during that period.
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Mr Barcenas resigned as party treasurer in 2009 after being implicated in the slush fund case, which has become known as the Gurtel scandal.
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Usually donor livers are kept on ice, but many become damaged as a result.
The patient, 62-year-old Ian Christie from Devon, is doing well after the operation at King's College Hospital.
The technology was developed by scientists at Oxford University who hope it could increase the number of livers available for transplant.
Its inventors are an engineer and a transplant surgeon.
Prof Constantin Coussios of the Department of Engineering Science has been working on the project for 15 years in partnership with Prof Peter Friend, of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences.
After being removed from the donor, the liver is placed in the machine and tubes are connected to the main blood vessels. Oxygenated blood and nutrients are pumped through the liver which continues to function and produce bile.
Prof Peter Friend said: "It provides an environment where the donor liver hardly knows it has left the body. Instead of cooling it to slow its metabolism we keep it functioning at normal temperature and with oxygen and nutrition."
At present many donor livers are rejected for transplantation because they are damaged. Some have been deprived of oxygen while others contain too much fat and do not survive the cooling process.
The Oxford inventors say their machine allows the liver to recover from damage it has sustained and enables medical staff to test the viability of the organ to see whether it is likely to work before being transplanted into the patient.
Ian Christie, the first patient to receive a liver using the new technique contracted hepatitis C from a blood transfusion 25 years ago, before blood could be screened for the infection. He developed liver cirrhosis and was told last year that without a transplant he might have about 18 months to live.
Mr Christie, who had the surgery last month, said: "I feel very proud and lucky to have been part of this medical advance. My health is better than it's been for years and I feel I can go on now instead of thinking that life is finished for me."
A second patient who received a liver using the same technique is also said to be doing well.
The livers given to Mr Christie and the other patient were preserved for five and nine hours respectively, but the Oxford team believes its system could allow donor livers to be maintained for much longer.
About 700 liver transplants are carried out in the UK each year, but more than 100 patients a year die while on the waiting list.
Prof Coussios said: "In experiments we have shown we can preserve a liver and monitor its function outside the body for periods up to 24 hours. By contrast livers kept on ice have to be transplanted with 10-12 hours at most."
If livers could be preserved for longer it would allow teams to organise transplant surgery more effectively and to find the ideal recipient.
King's College Hospital performs more than 200 liver transplants each year making it the largest unit in Europe.
Wayel Jassem, transplant surgeon who performed both operations, said: "I was impressed to see how quickly each liver started to function following the transplant. This technology has the potential to be hugely significant and could save lives."
But the inventors in Oxford and the transplant team in London stress it is too early to draw any firm conclusions as to the benefits of 'warm liver' transplantation. A further eight patients will receive livers using the new technique at King's College Hospital.
Following this initial safety trial a broader study across three European countries is planned. It may be several years before liver specialists can tell whether the technique has proven benefits.
Five years ago Oxford University set up a spin-out company, OrganOx, to commercialise the technology. It has financial support from the Royal Society and a venture capital fund. The company hopes its device will get European approval via a CE mark later this year.
The concept of keeping donor organs at body temperature and preserving their function is also being tested in heart and lung transplants.
Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, an opponent of the military-backed government, shared the profile published by BBC Thai on his Facebook page.
He was detained two days after the new king ascended the throne in December.
Thailand has very strict lese-majeste laws, which ban any criticism of the monarchy.
Human rights groups accuse the government of using the law to crack down on opponents.
The BBC post was shared by 2,410 people, but Mr Jatupat is the only one to have been charged.
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Mr Jatupat appeared briefly at the court in Khon Kaen, north-east Thailand, to hear the charges on Friday. Formal proceedings will begin in late March.
His lawyer said he had also been charged with violating the cyber crime law for sharing the link.
"He is still in good spirits and will fight," his lawyer Krisadang Nacharut told AFP news agency. He has denied both charges.
Mr Jatupat, who has been involved in anti-government protests in the past, could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
He is thought to be the first person charged with lese-majeste since King Vajiralongkorn, 64, officially became monarch.
King Vajiralongkorn's father, the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died on 13 October at the age of 88 after seven decades on the throne.
Mr Obama told reporters that Mr Trump had "expressed a great interest" in maintaining the US commitment to Nato.
During the campaign, Mr Trump said he might abandon a guarantee of protection for fellow Nato countries.
His statements alarmed the Baltic states which fear Russian aggression.
Article 5 of the Nato treaty commits allies to come to the aid of a member state under attack.
However, in July Mr Trump said the US would only come to the aid of allies if they have "fulfilled their obligations to us".
The US has long been pressing its European allies to spend more on defence.
Mr Obama was speaking hours before his arrival in the Greek capital, Athens, on his final official overseas trip.
He will later travel on to Germany and then to Peru.
Security has been stepped up in Athens, where anti-US protests are planned.
Mr Obama is expected to use his final foreign visit to calm nerves over the forthcoming administration of Mr Trump.
The property tycoon's surprise election victory has raised concern among some world leaders after a string of controversial statements he made during his campaign.
At a White House news conference on Monday, Mr Obama said his successor had "expressed a great interest in maintaining our core strategic relationships".
He said this included "strong and robust Nato" partnerships, which he said would convey "enormous continuity" to the world.
President Obama comes to Athens partly to talk about democracy in the place in which it was born. There's a lot for him to consider.
In Ancient Greece, not far from the Acropolis, populist speakers used to rouse crowds with the promise of action against the state's enemies. Those speakers were known as demagogues. You have to wonder whether or not that will remind the president of the man who will succeed him.
Modern Greece may also have some interesting lessons for the outgoing president. The recent global wave of populism had its beginnings in this country when the left-wing Syriza movement came to power in January 2015. The party's leader, Alexis Tsipras, promised to tear down a corrupt system. But almost two years on, Mr Tsipras finds himself carrying out many of the policies he had campaigned against.
Mr Obama may have little clue as to whether or not his own successor will follow a similar path. But he can expect to spend much of his time in Athens explaining and even defending the motivations of president-elect Trump.
The Greek authorities are concerned that leftist movements may try to disrupt the president's visit. For that reason, security around Mr Obama is expected to be even tighter than usual.
Mr Obama said that in last Thursday's White House meeting with his successor, he had urged Mr Trump to send "some signals of unity".
"I did say to him, as I've said publicly, that because of the nature of the campaign and the bitterness and ferocity of the campaign, it's really important to try to send some signals of unity, and to reach out to minority groups or women or others that were concerned about the tenor of the campaign," he said.
Mr Obama said he "absolutely" had concerns about Mr Trump but urged his fellow Democrats to accept the result and "recognise that that is how democracy works".
In another development, the Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin had spoken by phone to Mr Trump and agreed to work with him towards improving US-Russia relations.
Mr Trump has repeatedly praised the Russian president, describing him as a stronger leader than Barack Obama.
Greek minister of state Nikos Pappas said there was surprise at the election result in Greece, as elsewhere, but added: "Everybody would be expecting the US government to continue to be on our side."
"The mood of Greek people for this political change is 'wait and see'," he said.
High on the agenda in talks between Mr Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday will be Greece's crippling debt problems.
The US and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have urged restructuring of the debt but face resistance from EU states, particularly Germany.
As preparations for Mr Obama's visit went ahead, Greek anarchist and left-wing groups announced they were planning protest marches "against the representative of imperialist powers".
Police banned public gatherings in central Athens and near the city's international airport until after Mr Obama's departure. Extra officers are also being deployed.
The last official visit to Greece of a sitting US president - by Bill Clinton in 1999 - was marked by extensive violent protests.
Odsal Stadium, the home of Bradford Bulls, has just been bought by the sport's governing body for an undisclosed sum to avoid "predatory approaches", according to Rugby Football League chairman Richard Lewis.
It has bought a ground where the pitch is housed at the bottom of a huge bowl and at the entrance level spectators can look down from the rim on to the roof of the stand.
Although Bradford Northern (now Bulls) was formed in 1907 the team played at several grounds before Odsal Stadium was opened in 1934.
Before that date the hollow was a vast council rubbish tip on the southern outskirts of Bradford.
The tip sat in a valley gouged out during the Ice Age about 10,000 years ago, geologists have concluded.
Its unusual setting makes for a "sense of theatre" according to John Downes, one of the club's heritage officers.
"The further down you get into the bowl the more crowd atmosphere you get - it's fantastic."
Mr Downes has been in crowds of more than 80,000 for games in the ground.
However, in 1954 the ground hosted the Challenge Cup Final replay between Halifax and Warrington, after a draw at Wembley. Nobody realised the game would attract a then world-record crowd for rugby league.
The official attendance that day was more than 102,000 but in truth the crowd may have been even larger.
Large traffic jams built up around the ground before kick-off and many spectators missed the start of the game and didn't always have a great view even after getting into the ground.
Originally the dressing rooms were built at the top on the stadium's rim and players had a long trek down hundreds of steps to the playing area.
At half-time during games most of the competing teams went into a huddle on the pitch rather than start back up the steps.
The walk to and from the dressing rooms could be an experience for referees and visiting teams, and especially for members of the opposition who had to make the long walk for an "early bath" after getting sent off.
Stuart Duffy, football and media manager of Bradford Bulls, remembered a referee being given a police escort, including mounted officers, for the long trek after a particularly contentious match.
When, in 1996, rugby league decided to change to a summer season Mr Duffy suggested the "vibrancy, colour and game-day entertainment" put on at Odsal went a long way to establishing the new competition.
Other sports featured at the arena have included football, speedway, show jumping and kabaddi.
But it is primarily a rugby league venue and the biggest crowd inside the bowl during the modern era of rugby league is more than 24,000 for a game against local rivals Leeds Rhinos.
Mr Duffy summed up the effect on anyone seeing Odsal for the first time. "It takes your breath away", he said.
Despite being in a bowl the stadium is situated on a high piece of ground and during winter in particular was renowned for its changeable weather.
Mr Downes, who was first taken to the ground in 1949 as an infant in his pram, said: "Odsal has its own micro-climate, it can be sunny in Bradford city centre and fog-bound here or vice versa.
"I remember one game against Wigan when the fog came round the back of the stand like a smoke machine and filled up the bowl.
"That was that, the match had to be abandoned."
Many changes have been made to the ground, concrete terracing replaced railway sleepers on the vast slopes of the bowl and stands have been knocked down and rebuilt.
However, the often suggested idea of upgrading the ground to make it the "Wembley of the north" has never been realised.
Despite the false starts and chequered history of the ex-council rubbish tip Mr Downes would have it no other way.
"I've spent the best times of my life in Odsal, it's been an honour to be involved," he said.
16 March 2015 Last updated at 07:02 GMT
The middle eastern country has been crippled by a brutal civil war since 2011.
What's happening in Syria?
Almost 4 million people have fled Syria since the start of the conflict, most of them women and children.
Many now live in refugee camps in neighbouring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey.
Some of the children who have escaped the war now have the opportunity to go back to school.
Hayley's been looking at what it's like for the Syrian kids living and learning in a camp.
The findings, published in PNAS, showed viruses were 10 times more successful if the infection started in the morning.
And the animal studies found that a disrupted body clock - caused by shift-work or jet lag - was always vulnerable to infection.
The researchers say the findings could lead to new ways of stopping pandemics.
Viruses - unlike bacteria or parasites - are completely dependent on hijacking the machinery inside cells in order to replicate.
But those cells change dramatically as part of a 24-hour pattern known as the body clock.
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In the study, mice were infected with either influenza, which causes flu, or herpes virus, which can cause a range of diseases including cold sores.
The mice infected in the morning had 10 times the viral levels of those infected in the evening.
The late viruses were failing after essentially trying to hijack a factory after all the workers had gone home.
Prof Akhilesh Reddy, one of the researchers, told the BBC News website: "It's a big difference.
"The virus needs all the apparatus available at the right time, otherwise it might not ever get off the ground, but a tiny infection in the morning might perpetuate faster and take over the body."
He believes the findings could help control outbreaks of disease.
Prof Reddy said: "In a pandemic, staying in during the daytime could be quite important and save people's lives, it could have a big impact if trials bear it out."
Further tests showed that disrupting the animal's body clock meant they were "locked in" to a state that allowed the viruses to thrive.
Dr Rachel Edgar, the first author, said: "This indicates that shift workers, who work some nights and rest some nights and so have a disrupted body clock, will be more susceptible to viral diseases.
"If so, then they could be prime candidates for receiving the annual flu vaccines."
The researchers used only two viruses in the study.
However, the pair were very distinct (one was a DNA virus the other an RNA virus), which leads the research team to suspect the morning risk may be a broad principle that applies across a wide number of viruses.
About 10% of genes, the instructions for running the human body, change activity throughout the day, and this is controlled by the internal clock.
The research focused on one clock gene called Bmal1, which has its peak activity in the afternoon in both mice and people.
Prof Reddy added: "It's the link with Bmal1 that's important, since when that's low (in the early morning), you're more susceptible to infection."
Curiously, Bmal1 becomes less active in people during the winter months - suggesting it may have a role in the greater risk of infections at that time of the year.
The body clock has been implicated in our susceptibility to infections before, flu jabs appear more effective in morning and jet lag affects the malaria parasite.
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County took a 17th-minute lead through former Colchester loanee Elliott Hewitt, who headed in from close range after Duffy had nodded on Carl Dickinson's corner at the near post.
Colchester's Denny Johnstone came close to converting Brennan Dickenson's cross, while Owen Garvan's half-volley flew straight at Adam Collin.
But Colchester equalised in the 24th minute when Kurtis Guthrie sent a fine diving header past Collin from close range, following Johnstone's excellent cross into the six-yard box.
Collin easily saved George Elokobi's weak header just before half-time while in the opening stages of the second half Tom Eastman's header from Dickenson's cross flew just over the bar.
Colchester keeper Sam Walker denied Dickinson at his near post but Duffy put through his own net with 13 minutes to go after Eastman had headed Garvan's free-kick into the six-yard box.
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Match ends, Colchester United 2, Notts County 1.
Second Half ends, Colchester United 2, Notts County 1.
Substitution, Colchester United. Kane Vincent-Young replaces Craig Slater.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Frankie Kent.
Attempt saved. Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Thierry Audel (Notts County).
Attempt missed. Vadaine Oliver (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Jon Stead (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Frankie Kent (Colchester United).
Jon Stead (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Notts County. Adam Campbell replaces Jordan Richards.
Substitution, Colchester United. Macauley Bonne replaces Denny Johnstone.
Frankie Kent (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jon Stead (Notts County).
Carl Dickinson (Notts County) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Notts County. Louis Laing replaces Curtis Thompson.
Drey Wright (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Carl Dickinson (Notts County).
Own Goal by Richard Duffy, Notts County. Colchester United 2, Notts County 1.
Attempt blocked. Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Thierry Audel (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Thierry Audel (Notts County).
Foul by Owen Garvan (Colchester United).
Elliott Hewitt (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Curtis Thompson (Notts County).
Tom Lapslie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Richards (Notts County).
Substitution, Colchester United. Drey Wright replaces Richard Brindley.
Attempt missed. Carl Dickinson (Notts County) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Carl Dickinson (Notts County) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Frankie Kent.
Jordan Richards (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Owen Garvan (Colchester United).
Tom Eastman (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Vadaine Oliver (Notts County).
Substitution, Notts County. Vadaine Oliver replaces Jonathan Forte.
PM Najib Razak said experts examining the debris in France had "conclusively confirmed" it was from the aircraft.
However investigators have stopped short of confirming the link, saying only that it is highly likely.
Australia says it remains confident it is searching in the right area.
The Malaysia Airlines plane was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March 2014 when it vanished from radar. It had 239 people on board.
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Relatives say find 'proves nothing'
The debris found on the remote French island in the Indian Ocean a week ago - a wing part known as a flaperon - was the first possible trace.
The part was flown to a military laboratory in the French city of Toulouse where experts were carrying out their second day of tests on Thursday.
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Following the earlier tests, Mr Najib held a news conference in Kuala Lumpur to announce that investigators had "conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370".
This would "at least bring certainty to the families", he said.
French prosecutor Serge Mackowiak said only there were "very strong indications" this was the case, and that confirmation would only come after further tests.
The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris said Mr Mackowiak's caution did not suggest he had doubts, but that he was exercising legal caution.
BBC transport correspondent Richard Westcott says aircraft parts have individual serial numbers on them that airlines should be able to identify.
Mr Abbott later told reporters that the find "does seem to indicate the plane did come down more or less where we thought it did".
"It suggests that for the first time we may be a little bit closer to solving this baffling mystery," he said.
But he said the Australian-led search for the body of the plane would continue as "we owe it to the hundreds of millions of people who use our skies".
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been co-ordinating the deep-sea hunt in the southern Indian Ocean, where the plane is believed to have gone down, thousands of miles from Reunion.
ATSB has said it is possible debris from the plane could have travelled that distance since the crash.
"It is heartening that the discovery of the flaperon is consistent with our search area and we will continue to search this area thoroughly in the expectation we will find the missing aircraft," it said in a statement.
Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said the investigating team was "continuing to finalise its considerations of the wreckage and we will await further detail from them".
Some of the relatives, meanwhile, have expressed frustration with the lack of certainty.
"It's somewhat frustrating," Sara Weeks, whose brother was on the flight, told Fairfax media from New Zealand. "Why not wait and get everybody on the same page so the families don't need to go through this turmoil?"
Most of the passengers were Chinese - many of their relatives have consistently questioned the official view that the plane crashed.
Some gathered in Beijing on Thursday to demand further answers.
"I don't believe this latest information about the plane, they have been lying to us from the beginning," Zhang Yongli, whose daughter was on board, told AFP news agency.
"I know my daughter is out there, but they won't tell us the truth."
Billy Kee opened the scoring with a close range finish after Joe Day could only parry Matty Pearson's shot.
Josh Windass doubled the lead two minutes later when he converted Piero Mingoia's cross from the right.
Stanley move up to fourth but remain one point outside the automatic promotion spots.
Newport's third successive defeat sees them drop to 18th in the table, but they remain 13 points clear of the relegation zone.
Newport County manager Warren Feeney told BBC Radio Wales: "They are an honest bunch but today they let me down. I thought it was a below par performance after the goals.
"My son's eight and he would probably run around the pitch more enthusiastically than some of them.
"The aim was to stay up and get over the line and we're getting closer. The quicker we do it, the better."
Adrian Vasquez has filed a lawsuit in Florida alleging negligence by Princess Cruises, his lawyer said.
The American cruise company has said it deeply regrets that one of its ships sailed past the dying men.
Passengers said they spotted the castaways and alerted staff, but the firm said the captain was not informed.
Mr Vasquez's lawyer, Edna Ramos, said the lawsuit includes testimony from two cruise ship passengers who said they saw the boat and reported it to a member of staff.
One passenger, Judy Meredith, earlier told reporters she had informed a sales representative about the boat and had shown him it through a spotting telescope.
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She said she had been assured the information had been passed on to the crew.
Mr Vasquez and his friends set out in their three-metre-long open fishing boat the Fifty Cents from the port of Rio Hato in February, and were on their way back after their catch when the engine failed.
After 16 days adrift, he says, they saw a cruise ship sailing past, and had made attempts to flag it down with a red sweater.
"We felt happy, because we thought they were coming to rescue us," he said.
Mr Vasquez was eventually rescued 1,000km (620 miles) off the mainland, near the Galapagos Islands. His friends had already died of thirst.
He said he survived thanks to a sudden rainstorm that replenished his drinking water supplies.
Princess Cruises said there appeared to have been a "breakdown in communication".
It said the captain - Edward Perrin - and the officer of the watch were not notified.
Princess Cruises said it understood its responsibility under the law of the sea to help any vessel in distress, and said its ships had been involved in more than 30 rescues over the past decade.
Bryn Evans went over in the corner after a Sale overlap before penalties from Danny Cipriani and Tom Arscott.
Northampton hit back late in the first half as Mikey Haywood crossed from close range after Evans was sin-binned.
Two quick tries after the break from Ken Pisi and Tom Collins put the Saints ahead before JJ Hanrahan danced through the Sharks defence late on.
The defeat was just a second in 10 games for Sale, who stay eighth in the Premiership.
Northampton looked like being the architects of their own downfall for the first 30 minutes as they gave away a number of penalties and failed to take advantage of chances near the Sale tryline as the visitors led 11-0.
But Haywood's try gave the home side hope after Sale try-scorer Evans was yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on. Saints scored 21 points in his absence.
Sale lost Arscott with what looked like a nasty knee injury before Hanrahan's impressive score in the final moments secured the bonus point.
Northampton: Foden; K Pisi, G Pisi, Mallinder, Collins; Myler, Dickson; E Waller, Haywood, Hill; Craig, Day, Gibson, Wood, Harrison
Replacements: Marshall, A Waller, Denman, Matfield, Fisher, Fotuali'i, Hanrahan, Tuala
Sale Sharks: Arscott; Addison, James, Tuitupou, Edwards; Cipriani, Stringer; Lewis-Roberts, Briggs, Mujati, Evans, Mills, Neild, Ioane, Easter
Replacements: Taylor, Harrison, Parker, Lund, Seymour, Mitchell, Ford, Jennings
Ref: JP Doyle (RFU)
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The body of Laura Hill, 25, from Eastbourne, was discovered in Buenos Aires in October 2007.
Her family have campaigned for eight years to prove she had not taken a cocaine overdose, but was killed.
Eastbourne Coroner's Court was told she had been threatened by a gang.
The inquest heard how Jason Bowley, who is serving a prison sentence in the UK for drug dealing, flew to Argentina as part of a drugs gang to try to help bring Ms Hill home.
He told coroner Alan Craze: "She said a drug deal had gone badly wrong.
"There were some angry people, they weren't happy with her. She didn't think she'd make it home."
He said a member of the gang had told her they were "going to kill her".
Ms Hill's body was found by a resident near a lift on the first floor of a six-storey block of flats.
Tests revealed a high level of cocaine in her blood stream.
The coroner has said there appear to be two options - that there was no foul play or potentially Ms Hill had been injected with cocaine against her will.
After Tuesday's hearing, Ms Hill's mother said she knew the inquest would reveal the drugs underworld their daughter had become a part of, but she said she wanted to encourage other families who also needed answers.
Alison Hill, who had visited Bowley in prison to find answers, said: "My message, if they believe that something is wrong, is not to give up."
The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed for the coroner's conclusion.
Cardiff are four points off the Championship play-offs, having lost only twice since a transfer embargo was imposed in January.
Morrison, 25, says the Bluebirds have made big improvements during the campaign.
"The boys would do anything for each other and fight for every point," Morrison said.
"That's all credit to the gaffer - he deserves a lot of credit for the job he's done.
"When he came in the club was in a difficult position. He's put a great changing room of players together and that's down to him and the coaching staff.
"They make it an easy place to come and an enjoyable place to work. I think that shows on the pitch compared to maybe the beginning of last year."
Slade's time at Cardiff since joining from Leyton Orient as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer successor in October 2014 has been eventful.
The 55-year-old's contract expires at the end of the current season.
Morrison featured in Cardiff's 0-0 draw at Burnley and played his part in a solid defensive display which frustrated the Championship leaders.
Despite securing a point at Turf Moor wins for Sheffield Wednesday and Derby County saw Cardiff lose ground in the race for the play-offs.
The Bluebirds are now four points behind the play-off places in seventh but Morrison remains hopeful.
"There's still six games to go and they've got some hard games coming up and they're not going to win all of them," Morrison added.
"We need to keep plugging away, doing what we're doing and pick up as many points as possible.
"We're still on track and we'll just keep going."
Saturday see Cardiff travel to Fulham, who eased their relegation fears by moving seven points clear of the relegation zone with a 2-1 win at Preston on Tuesday.
The North Belfast MP claimed she had been deceptive when answering questions about her powers in respect of a controversial Orange parade ruling.
Mr Dodds had asked what she was going to do about a Parades Commission decision to restrict a 12 July march.
The parade is due to pass a sectarian flashpoint in Ardoyne, north Belfast.
Mr Dodds, who is the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party at Westminster, was ordered to leave the chamber by the Speaker, John Bercow, for using unparliamentary language.
The DUP MP had first asked Ms Villiers about her response to the parade ruling during Northern Ireland Questions (NIQs) earlier on Wednesday.
Dissatisfied with her answer, Mr Dodds later raised the matter in a point of order.
He told the Commons he had asked Ms Villiers what she intended to do about what he called the "outrageous and scandalous decision of the Parades Commission last night in Northern Ireland, which is causing enormous pain and tensions to be rising in north Belfast and across the province and has the potential for severe trouble on our streets."
"In reply to my question, the secretary of state did not address the point of her powers on an application by the chief constable. I have to say Mr Speaker, in my view that was deliberately deceptive and I think that was absolutely outrageous and will not go down well in terms of the people back home.
"The secretary of state has the responsibility to do something about the outrageous decisions of the Parades Commission in Northern Ireland and unless she acts there will be difficulties ahead," Mr Dodds said.
The Speaker repeatedly asked Mr Dodds to withdraw his comments, which he said were unparliamentary.
Mr Bercow told Mr Dodds: "You must withdraw the words 'deliberately deceptive'.
"It is not appropriate to accuse any member of this House of seeking to deliberately deceive or mislead it. Please withdraw the words now."
However, Mr Dodds refused to do so, telling the Speaker that "reluctantly" he could not comply with his demand.
Mr Bercow then ordered him to withdraw from the chamber for the remainder of the day's sitting.
In a statement, Ms Villiers said: "I have a high regard for Nigel Dodds. As the Member of Parliament for North Belfast his opinion on this matter is hugely important.
"I fully recognise the anger there is in parts of his constituency about this decision .
"Whatever people think of the determination, I hope they listen to the statement made by all five party leaders yesterday on the importance of complying with the Parades Commission and ensuring a peaceful parading season.
"The Parades Commission is a lawfully constituted authority and respect for the rule of law is vital. It would be incredibly damaging to Northern Ireland's image and reputation if scenes of violence blighted this year's 12 July parades," the Northern Ireland secretary added.
The north Belfast parade, planned for Friday, is one of hundreds of Orange Order parades due to take place across Northern Ireland as part of the annual Battle of the Boyne commemorations.
Some of the marches are controversial as they pass areas that are mainly nationalist.
The restricted parade is due to pass a sectarian interface at the Ardoyne shops on Belfast's Crumlin Road.
The Parades Commission ruled that the marchers can walk past the shops on Friday morning, but cannot hold a return parade through the area on Friday afternoon.
In recent years, the nationalist Ardoyne area has been the scene of serious rioting, with protesters clashing with police, in the aftermath of the return leg of the parade.
Mr Dodds is a former Stormont minister, MLA and Belfast city councillor and has been an elected representative of the DUP since 1985.
He has been the MP for North Belfast since 2001.
The three-part fantasy novel series is made up of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
The books have been published in more than 40 languages and sold nearly 17.5 million copies worldwide.
The story centres on a girl called Lyra, who has an adventure to try to understand a mysterious material called Dust.
The series has already been adapted for the cinema and the stage.
Phillip Pullman says: "It's been a constant source of pleasure to me to see this story adapted to different forms,"
"I'm delighted at the prospect of a television version of His Dark Materials."
Like-for-like sales dropped 0.8% in the 12 weeks to 4 June, but this was not as bad as analysts had forecast and Sainsbury's shares rose 2.4%.
That made Sainsbury's the biggest riser on the FTSE 100. although the index was down 10.54 points at 6,273.99.
Shares in UK's largest supermarket, Tesco, were up 1%.
Sky News reported that the retail giant is likely to announce the sale of its Turkish business Kipa and the UK restaurant chain Giraffe this week.
Shares in AO World, the online retailer specialising in household appliances such as washing machines and fridges, were flat after the company reported deepening losses.
Full-year pre-tax losses were £6.7m, compared with £2.9m last year. The company also announced it had appointed Geoff Cooper, currently at Card Factory, as its new chairman.
On the currency markets, the pound was unchanged against the dollar at $1.4543, but fell 0.1% against the euro to €1.2787.
Cardiff hit the post twice as they shaded a goalless first half but Leeds struck against the run of play, Chris Wood scoring with a penalty.
Ex-Swansea winger Pablo Hernandez sealed victory late on.
A fourth straight defeat keeps Cardiff in the Championship relegation zone.
Even at this early stage in the season, this was a crucial match for two managers whose tenures already looked under threat.
While former Swansea manager Monk had earned a reprieve at Leeds with a midweek win over Blackburn - only their second of the season -Trollope had overseen three successive Cardiff defeats before this damaging fourth.
In an attempt to arrest that slide, he abandoned his favoured 5-3-2 formation and plumped for 4-3-3, which helped the Bluebirds play with more urgency than in recent games.
Captain Sean Morrison's header hit the post as the hosts started strongly, but Leeds threatened on the break with Hernandez and Wood both forcing Ben Amos into good saves.
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Iceland international Aron Gunnarsson's low shot struck a post shortly before half-time as Cardiff continued to press, but their inability to convert pressure into goals proved costly.
Leeds were awarded a penalty when Matt Connolly wrestled Pontus Jansson to the ground from a corner, and Wood sent Amos the wrong way with a coolly taken spot-kick.
Hernandez put the result beyond doubt as he found the top corner with a fine whipped effort, the former Swan putting Trollope's future as Cardiff head coach in grave doubt.
Cardiff City manager Paul Trollope:
"I thought we were in pretty good control, we needed one of the chances to go in and they didn't.
"The refereeing decision changed the game, which was frustrating for us because there was a lot going on at set-pieces at both ends.
"I'm not saying it wasn't a penalty but if he's giving it then he could be giving a few at either end."
Leeds United head coach Garry Monk:
"We have a new group, new manager, new ideas, and we are taking it step by step.
"We are right at the start of that journey and if we give this group time to show their quality they can potentially grow into something very good.
"This is another step in the right direction. We are getting there slowly, we've not yet had that complete performance but we are growing.
"It was important to get those back-to-back wins and see how these young players deal with that momentum."
REACTION: Leeds United head coach Garry Monk speaks to BBC Radio Leeds
Match ends, Cardiff City 0, Leeds United 2.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 0, Leeds United 2.
Attempt blocked. Hadi Sacko (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kemar Roofe.
Attempt missed. Craig Noone (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Peter Whittingham.
Substitution, Leeds United. Marcus Antonsson replaces Chris Wood.
Hadi Sacko (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lex Immers (Cardiff City).
Offside, Leeds United. Eunan O'Kane tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.
Substitution, Leeds United. Kalvin Phillips replaces Pablo Hernández.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Lex Immers replaces Anthony Pilkington.
Foul by Kemar Roofe (Leeds United).
Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Rickie Lambert (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Ronaldo Vieira.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Frederic Gounongbe replaces Matthew Connolly.
Goal! Cardiff City 0, Leeds United 2. Pablo Hernández (Leeds United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.
Attempt missed. Kyle Bartley (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pablo Hernández with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Ben Amos.
Attempt saved. Hadi Sacko (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.
Attempt saved. Pablo Hernández (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kyle Bartley.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Luke Ayling.
Attempt missed. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt blocked. Chris Wood (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Ayling with a through ball.
Substitution, Leeds United. Kemar Roofe replaces Stuart Dallas.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Kadeem Harris replaces Joe Ralls.
Charlie Taylor (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Craig Noone (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Attempt saved. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Chris Wood.
Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (Leeds United).
Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! Cardiff City 0, Leeds United 1. Chris Wood (Leeds United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty Leeds United. Pontus Jansson draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City) after a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Craig Noone.
Attempt blocked. Chris Wood (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Hernández with a cross.
Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Aron Gunnarsson.
Attempt missed. Chris Wood (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Eunan O'Kane.
Foul by Pontus Jansson (Leeds United).
The American was banned for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by the United States Anti-Doping Agency last year over drug use.
He said: "They could not do a thing - like the head of the IAAF (athletics) couldn't do a thing, and the head of FINA (swimming) couldn't do a thing.
"They just did not have the tools to do anything until maybe 10 years later."
In an interview with American chat show host Oprah Winfrey in January this year, Armstrong admitted his central involvement in a sophisticated doping conspiracy.
He took the banned performance-enhancing substance EPO (erythropoietin), which was undetectable until a test became available in 2000.
During the first part of an interview with Cycling News, Armstrong explained the circumstances behind his decision to use more serious substances.
"We rode in 1994 and we didn't move into high-octane. We just suffered through the year," he said.
"In '95, we just decided to make that next step. It's not my style to name names. There were certainly as a whole us American guys, to generalise that group, who made that decision together.
"Perhaps there were people on the team, older riders who we knew had done that, and there were others - we had to have help from the team doctor - but these are all people who have avoided any consequences. Totally."
International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson is also thought to be keen to speak to Armstrong as part of his independent inquiry into doping.
Pedro Rivera, flanked by his two sons, told Mexican TV that his 43-year-old daughter and six others on board the plane, including two pilots, had died.
Officials have confirmed Rivera was killed when the Learjet 25 went down on Sunday in Nuevo Leon state.
She was born in California in 1969 to Mexican parents, sold more than 15m records of norteno and banda music.
She was a judge in the popular television programme La Voz, Mexico's version of The Voice.
"Everyone was lost," Mr Rivera told Telemundo television.
Civil aviation chief Alejandro Argudin told Mexican media that the plane had been "totally destroyed" and the wreckage scattered over a wide area.
Transportation and Communications Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said there was "nothing recognisable, neither material nor human" in the wreckage, adding that debris was scattered across a distance of up to 300m (984ft).
A damaged California driver's licence with Rivera's name and photograph was found among the wreckage.
A US aviation investigation board confirmed on Monday that she had died on board the plane.
It was not clear what caused the crash.
Rivera, known as the "diva de la banda", had performed in the northern city of Monterrey on Saturday.
Although Rivera sang about drug trafficking, most of her music was about her misfortunes in love.
She was travelling to the city of Toluca, outside Mexico City, when the plane disappeared, officials said.
A spokesman for Nuevo Leon's government said the plane had left Monterrey in the early hours of Sunday and aviation authorities lost contact with it about 10 minutes later.
It had been scheduled to arrive in Toluca about an hour later.
Rivera was at the peak of her career and was especially well loved by her fans for the way she talked openly about her troubles, correspondents say.
She recently divorced her third husband, Esteban Loaiza, a professional baseball player who has played for the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
On Saturday, Rivera said of her divorce: "I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do.
"I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other woman. The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up."
Two of her brothers, Lupillo and Juan Rivera, are also successful singers of grupero music.
She also apologised publicly after one of her brothers assaulted a drunk fan who verbally abused Rivera in 2011.
"I am the same as the public, as my fans," Rivera said in an interview with the Associated Press in March.
In 2009, she was taken into custody at Mexico City airport after authorities found she was carrying $52,167 (£32,000) in cash, but had only declared $20,000.
Authorities released the singer when she said it was an innocent mistake.
"She was the Diana Ross of Mexican music," Gustavo Lopez from Universal Music Latin Entertainment, which includes Rivera's music label, told the Los Angeles Times.
He said that she was the top-grossing female artist in Mexico, based on ticket sales.
She emerged on the music scene in 1995 with her successful first album Chacalosa.
Rivera subsequently released the albums We are Rivera, and Farewell to Selena - a tribute album to Selena Quintanillas, a Hispanic singer who was murdered in 1995.
But she gained widespread fame after joining Fonovisa and the release of a 2005 LP called Partier, Rebellious and Daring.
Fans and fellow music stars expressed their grief at the news.
"This is sad. A bit in shock. Much peace to her family," singer Ricky Martin wrote in Spanish on Twitter.
Rivera was believed to have been travelling with her publicist, lawyer and stylists.
She leaves five children and two grandchildren.
She was confident that pension reforms, which allow people to have more freedom over their savings, would not lead to mis-selling on a similar scale.
The big fines imposed on banks, £22,5bn so far, were the best incentive to stop wrongdoing she said.
Like other regulators she was concerned about the £5bn made by PPI claim firms.
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee started their inquiry into how the financial community has handled "mis-selling, regulation and redress" by asking the outgoing chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, Tracey McDermott, about their handling of the Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) scandal.
The most recent figures from the National Audit Office show that from the beginning of 2011 to the end of December 2015 a total of £22.5bn has been paid out in PPI compensation.
Around £5bn of that money has been paid to firms handling the claims on behalf of claimants.
Ms McDermott said she too was surprised by the amount earned by these companies but that a lot of people had chosen to go with them rather than deal with the claims themselves. People, she said, were not confident the banks would deal with their complaints.
Paperwork showing PPI charges was not always easy to locate and these firms did the searches.
When asked why her organisation had not forced banks to write to all their customers who had been mis-sold PPI, she said, that was not practical.
"We had to ensure people who had been mis-sold got the compensation ..we had to encourage the right people to claim."
Ms McDermott said the government were consulting on whether there should be a cut off date for PPI claims.
She said a two year deadline - which would mean anyone entitled to claim would have to do so before 2018 - would help bring closure for customers and banks.
Asked by MPs if another similar mis-selling scandal might happen again she said her organisation had tried to reduce the level of risk but that it could not be completely stamped out.
"Fundamentally there will always be a risk that there will be some mis-selling in any product that involves advice and sales."
"But what we are trying to do is ensure that is at a level that is minimised."
Asked if there were sufficient safeguards to stop mis-selling under the new pension reforms - which allow people to have more freedom over the pension savings - she said the FCA would be looking out for new products and making sure consumers understood the risks involved.
She said the regulator had restricted the sale of complex financial products and that it also had the "nuclear option" of banning products altogether.
The new chief executive of the FCA, Andrew Bailey, currently the deputy governor for Prudential Regulation at the Bank of England and chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority., takes over in July 2016.
The judge told the six-women panel to consider whether George Zimmerman, 29, acted in self-defence and with justifiable use of deadly force.
Earlier, his lawyer said he had proven his client's "pure, unadulterated innocence" in Trayvon Martin's death.
But prosecutors said the accused had told a series of lies.
Mr Zimmerman could be acquitted, or convicted of second-degree murder or manslaughter.
Jurors have adjourned from their first day of deliberations on Friday after requesting a list of evidence from the judge. They will return for a second day of deliberations on Saturday.
After 12 days of testimony from dozens of witnesses, the jury must decide who was at fault in the fatal confrontation on the night of 26 February 2012 as Martin walked from a shop to the home of his father's fiancee in a gated community in Sanford, Florida.
By David WillisBBC News, Sanford
Not far from the Magic Kingdom a spectacle almost as riveting as any Walt Disney himself could have put together is playing out. A six-woman jury stands ready to decide the outcome of a case that has divided not only this community but much of America.
The shooting dead of an unarmed black teenager has brought to the fore issues which had previously been simmering beneath the surface - such as racial profiling, gun control and equal justice under the law for African-Americans and Hispanics. Blanket coverage of the three-week trial on cable television in the US has only served to heighten the debate.
Police and community leaders have appealed for calm in advance of the verdict, but if George Zimmerman is acquitted, there's every chance of a repeat of the protests which preceded his arrest, and the concern that unlike last time, such demonstrations may not be so peaceful.
While the nation awaits the outcome, police and city leaders in southern Florida say they are ready for any mass protests or even civil unrest if Mr Zimmerman walks free.
Following the jury's withdrawal on Friday, police asked residents of Sanford and the surrounding area to remain peaceful once a verdict is announced.
Defence lawyer Mark O'Mara told the sequestered jury in his closing arguments earlier on Friday that Mr Zimmerman's guilt had not been proven beyond reasonable doubt. He said the shooting was in self-defence.
The prosecution's case was built on a series of "could've beens" and "maybes", he added.
He said the defendant had shown no ill will, hate or spite during his encounter with Martin.
Mr O'Mara also challenged the jury to think about what Martin was doing for four minutes - after a friend on the phone told him to start running, but before he came face to face with Mr Zimmerman.
The defence lawyer fell silent for four minutes, and said the teenager had spent that amount of time planning his attack instead of returning home.
Mr O'Mara said the aggressor was Martin, "the guy who decided not to go home when he had a chance to".
Summing up, he used a slideshow, an animation of the fight, and cardboard cut-outs of Mr Zimmerman and Martin.
In rebuttal, prosecutor John Guy argued that Mr Zimmerman had repeatedly lied in his statements about the shooting.
Mr Zimmerman's account of how he grabbed his gun from his holster at his waist as the teenager straddled him is physically impossible, the prosecutor said.
"The defendant didn't shoot Trayvon Martin because he had to - he shot him because he wanted to," Mr Guy said. "That's the bottom line."
"Isn't that every child's worst nightmare, to be followed on the way home in the dark by a stranger?" he added. "Isn't that every child's worst fear?"
Without explicitly discussing race, the prosecution has suggested Mr Zimmerman assumed the African-American teenager, who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt as he walked in the rain, was up to no good.
But the defence says Martin punched their client, slammed his head into the pavement and reached for Mr Zimmerman's gun.
The accused, who was legally armed with a pistol, had been sitting in his vehicle on a dark street when he saw Martin.
Mr Zimmerman telephoned police to report a suspicious person, then left his vehicle in apparent pursuit of the teenager.
Shortly afterwards, Martin was dead of a gunshot wound to the chest.
The defendant, who identifies himself as Hispanic, could face life in prison if convicted on the murder charge. If found guilty of manslaughter, he could face up to 30 years in prison.
Last year, the case prompted mass, peaceful protests across the US, with critics questioning why it took police six weeks to arrest Mr Zimmerman.
Bristol Sport Ltd wants to replace two of the ground's stands to increase its capacity.
It plans to redevelop Ashton Gate as an alternative to building a new ground at nearby Ashton Vale.
Bristol City Council planning officials have recommended the proposal for approval. It will go before a council vote on 27 November.
If approved, the revamp will increase capacity from 21,500 to 27,000 and could be finished in time for the 2016-17 season.
The Williams and Wedlock stands will be replaced and there will be a new conference, exhibition and entertainment centre for the city.
"It is essential that the basis on which any planning is granted must be implementable and financially viable," a spokesman for Bristol Sport Ltd said.
"The redevelopment of Ashton Gate would be a major catalyst for south Bristol in generating a significant number of full and part-time jobs during construction and on completion, thanks to the significant investment of private funds."
The proposal, following a public consultation exercise in July, also includes enhanced disabled facilities, improved public transport links and the addition of rail seating.
The newly-redeveloped stadium would be used by both Bristol City FC and Bristol Rugby Club, both run by Bristol Sport Ltd.
Although the club has planning permission for a move to Ashton Vale, it has been held up by a row over a bid for town green status for the area.
Planners also recommended the approval of the South Bristol link road which councillors will vote on in a meeting on the same day as the Ashton Gate vote.
A Bristol Sport Ltd spokesman said: "At the conclusion of this planning process the Board of Bristol City Football Club will be in a position to make a considered choice between stadium construction at either Ashton Gate or Ashton Vale."
But is it really over? And would it really be the disaster for Australia that many fear?
In broad terms, the mining boom has three stages.
The first stage, or Mining Boom I, began early last decade and was accompanied by surging commodity prices.
Resource companies' profits surged as they employed more people. They paid more taxes, which led to huge budget surpluses and allowed annual tax cuts, so not only did the resources companies benefit, but there was a big trickle down effect to almost everyone else.
The second stage, or Mining Boom II, is what has been underway over the past couple of years.
This has been characterised by a surge in mining investment. This stage will take mining investment in Australia from around 4% of the gross domestic product (GDP) a couple of years ago to around 9% in 2013.
The third stage, or Mining Boom III, will presumably come when resource exports surge on the back of all that investment.
In terms of the commodity prices surge, it is likely that we have either seen the peak, or the best is over.
First, the pattern for raw material prices over the past century has seen roughly a 10-year upswing followed by a 10 to 20-year secular bear market.
After a 12-year bull run since 2000 this pattern would suggest that the commodity price boom may be at, or near, its end.
At the same time, global growth also appears to have entered a constrained patch as excessive debt levels weigh on the US, Europe and Japan. Potential growth in China, India and Brazil also looks like being one or two percentage points lower than was the case before the global financial crisis.
Finally, the supply of raw materials is likely to surge in the decade ahead in response to the global resource investment boom, putting further pressure on prices.
In terms of mining investment, while the cancellation or delay of Olympic Dam mine expansion by BHP Billiton indicates that projects under consideration have probably peaked, this does not mean that the mining investment boom is over.
In fact, it probably has another one to two years to run. Based on active projects yet to be completed, there is a pipeline of around $270bn of work yet to be done, suggesting a peak around 2014.
While the boom in mining investment is not over, what can be said is that the end is coming into sight.
As for the Mining Boom III, the pick up in export volumes flowing from the surge in mining investment in iron ore, coal and liquid natural gas will start to get underway around 2014-15.
Talk of the end of the mining boom has created a bit of nervousness regarding the outlook for Australia.
But, in reality, the inevitable end of the mining investment boom should hopefully see Australia return to a more balanced economy.
First, we are now seeing market forces kicking in to rationalise resource projects. This is a good thing as it will reduce cost pressures and reduce the size of the commodity supply surge ahead, helping avoid a crash in commodity prices.
Second, the cooling down of the mining investment boom should also help other sectors of the economy.
With roughly two percentage points of growth coming from mining investment alone, the sector has really put a squeeze on the rest of the economy.
Housing and non-residential construction, retailing, manufacturing and tourism have all suffered under the weight of higher-than-otherwise interest rates and a surge in the Australian dollar to 30-year highs.
What is more, the boom in mining investment has meant that the federal government has not seen the tax surge it got during the last decade, resulting in the need for continuing fiscal cutbacks.
This is all evident in the Australian stock market which has underperformed global shares since late 2009.
So the end of the mining investment boom in the next 18 months or so will take pressure off interest rates and the Australian dollar, and should enable the parts of the economy that have been under pressure for the last few years to rebound, leading to more balanced growth.
This is also likely to be augmented by a pick-up in exports of resources.
Of course a risk is that of a timing mismatch around 2014, as investment slows down and other sectors take a while to pick up.
To guard against this, the Reserve Bank will clearly need to be ready to lower interest rates.
The only person she would speak to - in a whisper - was her younger sister.
Now aged 11 and diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, she still only talks to a few adults - but she has a talent that allows her to interact with the world around her.
She drums.
The schoolgirl from Inverkip, on the west coast of Scotland, began taking drumming lessons during the year she stopped talking.
Since then, she has not had a single conversation with her drumming teacher Lesley McLaren.
It's not a problem.
"It's easy really. She's so enthusiastic and her facial expressions - I've become quite good at reading what she means if I ask her a question that doesn't have a straightforward yes or no answer," said Lesley.
"She does have a notepad and a pen that she brings with her as well but we never use it."
Grace's mutism developed suddenly as she entered the second year of primary school. Her father Marc recalls the day she stopped talking.
"That morning as we got her up for school, she was pretending to be asleep," he told BBC Scotland's Kaye Adams programme.
"We actually had to physically carry her out of bed, down the stairs, try to get her to eat, which she wouldn't do. We had to dress her, take her to school - and the whole time she didn't say a thing."
Days, then months passed - but for almost a full year Grace would not speak to anyone except her four-year-old sister.
"She would whisper really quietly to her - and she would communicate on her behalf," Marc said.
The following summer, there was an equally dramatic change.
"Out of the blue one day, she came in during the summer holidays and was talking like nothing had ever happened," said Marc.
"Our jaw just dropped and we had to pretend that it was all perfectly normal."
Grace still only speaks to certain people - including her parents and other children.
She was initially diagnosed with selective mutism - a severe anxiety disorder - but Marc believes her condition is linked to Asperger's.
None of this has got in the way of her passion in life - drumming.
"At the age of five, she got just a small kids' drum kit, nothing special," Marc said.
"She was straight behind it and never off it - and we could see, she's actually got rhythm there.
"That's when we looked into getting drumming lessons for her."
Videos of Grace drumming have been shared widely on YouTube. Her teacher Lesley believes she clearly has talent.
She said: "She's so natural.
"From the very first moment she sat down at the drums, how she holds the stick, how she can groove along to a song.
"You can't actually teach that."
Her teacher added: "She had all this natural flow from the very beginning. It's been great being able to nurture her along.
"We've never had a conversation but it's easy really."
Janet Halton, a music therapist at Nordoff Robbins Scotland, believes music is a great way of helping people who find it hard to communicate in other ways.
She said: "We work with a lot of individuals on the autistic spectrum.
"Because of the difficulties people on the spectrum have around social skills and communication, music is more indirect way of communicating with people.
"If individuals find it difficult to express themselves with words, then music can be something really engaging or motivating when they maybe don't have the capacity to express themselves otherwise."
Grace would like to become a drum teacher or play in a band. It's not clear if she will start speaking more - but her parents are happy with the person she has become.
"She really came out of her shell when we stopped with the selective mutism treatment and just let her be Grace," said Marc.
"She is Grace, she has Asperger's and that's who she is. We can't change that and we don't want to. It would be taking away her personality."
Well-wishers from as far as the United States and Australia donated £5,000 towards the sculpture on the Leigh Park housing estate in Havant.
Missy was a regular sight for almost 10 years at the number 39 stop in Dunsbury Way.
She was found in January with "horrific injuries" after being run over or attacked and was put down by a vet.
Flowers, photos, children's drawings and messages were left at the bus stop bench where the 13-year-old ginger cat would often be found asleep or sitting on someone's lap.
Bus driver Craig Cockram raised £5,000 for the memorial, which attracted online donations and messages from around the world.
One donor from the US wrote: "Remember the joy and happiness you brought to those waiting for the bus over the years."
Samantha Hadaway wrote: "Bless you dear Missy for making people smile every day and only asking in return for some kindness. Such a senseless awful waste of a precious little fur angel's life".
Kristi, from the USA, posted: "God has a special place for Missy. She touched so many lives. I wish I'd known her."
The memorial bench made from oak, with a sequoia cat sculpture curled up at one end, was placed on a grass verge directly opposite Missy's favourite shelter.
The Mayor of Havant, Faith Ponsonby, who unveiled it, said the appeal's success was partly a sign of loneliness on the Leigh Park housing estate.
She said: "Not a lot of people are allowed to have pets and I have concerns that we need to look out for elderly lonely people.
"For children, to stroke her was something they could look forward to every day."
Wilder left Northampton on Thursday to sign a three-year deal at Bramall Lane to replace Nigel Adkins.
The former Oxford boss, who guided the Cobblers to the League Two title, began his playing career with the Blades.
"Of course this is my dream job. Hopefully it will be a great period of my footballing career," he told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"I'm determined to get the club going forward and I understand the responsibility and the history.
"I'm ready for the challenge. As soon as this club made the telephone call it was a complete no-brainer. I wouldn't have been able to sleep at night if I had turned this down."
The 48-year-old held discussions with relegated Championship side Charlton earlier this week and was also linked with Blackburn Rovers.
Wilder is the club's fifth full-time manager since they were relegated to League One in 2011.
Adkins was sacked after failing to guide the team to a play-off finish and Wilder says the goal for next season is to win promotion.
"I'm not frightened of the challenge. I don't go in for three or five-year plans. If we can get out of the division this year then we will do," he added.
"The biggest thing is to go and win games of football and I put myself under enormous pressure to do that."
by BBC Radio Sheffield sport editor Andy Giddings
"Sheffield United will find no more enthusiastic a manager than Chris Wilder, as he's a die-hard Blade.
"Wilder is also a manager whose stock is high after a hugely successful time at Northampton.
"He faces a huge challenge to overhaul an under-performing squad and turn them into title contenders but he is a boss who calls a spade a spade and his honest forthright manner will be welcomed by the fan base."
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The 30-year-old has scored three centuries and seven half-centuries across all competitions this season.
Denly made his first-class debut for Kent in 2004 and rejoined the club ahead of the 2015 campaign following a three-year spell at Middlesex.
"I am enjoying my cricket as much as I ever have and feel I'm entering my prime years as a batsman," he said.
Kent have not disclosed the length of Denly's new deal.
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Scott Mackenzie, 41, died after an incident at a house on Inverkip Drive, Shotts, on Sunday morning.
A second man, aged 20, was treated for injuries at Wishaw General Hospital before being released.
Kenneth Wheeler, from Shotts, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court charged with murder and attempted murder. He made no plea and was remanded in custody.
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He is expected to appear in court again next week.
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Mian Shahid was arrested by police in Ireland at about 22:40 local time on Monday as he boarded a flight to Dubai.
The Irish state broadcaster RTÉ reports that he is being detained at Clontarf Garda Station and is expected to appear at a special sitting of the High Court in Dublin later.
His arrest followed the receipt of a European arrest warrant.
Earlier this year, it is thought that Shahid travelled to Ireland from Scotland, where he had lived temporarily.
He was last seen in the Foynes areas of Limerick on 11 August.
Police in the Republic of Ireland had appealed to the public for assistance last Thursday after a search for Shahid proved unsuccessful.
The 19-year-old, who is originally from Pakistan, was convicted (in his absence) at Stafford Crown Court on 13 April, of two counts of sexual assault, and a warrant was issued for his arrest the next day.
He was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment on 20 May, also in his absence.
The crash happened at about 23:35 on Thursday on the eastbound carriageway of the A720, between Sheriffhall and the Dalkeith junction.
The man, who was driving a Renault Clio, sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The road was closed for six hours while investigations were carried out.
Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Sgt Andy Miller said: "Sadly this collision resulted in the death of a young man and our sympathies are with his family and friends at this time.
"We are still trying to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident and I would ask any motorists who were on the city bypass at the time and witnessed what happened to contact police immediately.
"In addition, anyone with any further information relevant to this investigation should also get in touch."
Highland Council said it has had to prioritise cases because of increasing demands on services.
But the Highland Users support Group (HUG) said the delay was unacceptable.
A report on the matter will be presented to councillors at a meeting on Thursday.
Highland Council is responsible for providing officers to assess and assist local people suffering from mental illnesses, many of whom are incapacitated and have learning disabilities.
The council's audit and scrutiny committee will hear that up to 32 people in the council have been waiting for about three-and-a-half years for an assessment.
HUG said the delay could prove a real danger to vulnerable people, and warned the system was creaking at the seams. The group said it wanted urgent action to be taken.
Highland Council said it hoped a plan of action would be agreed at the meeting on Thursday.
The council claimed that because of heavy workloads, its officers had had to prioritise cases, but that it was in regular contact with family representatives of those waiting for an assessment to ensure no-one was at risk.
The campaign group named Maj Gen Ahmadu Mohammed and eight other officers in a report last year, accusing the military of killing more than 8,000 detainees.
"It is unthinkable" to recall the officer, who was sacked in 2014, before an inquiry had even begun, it said.
The military is investigating the allegations, a spokesman told the BBC.
"These are just allegations - until proven, no-one should be punished unnecessarily," military spokesman General Rabe Abubakar said, confirming that Gen Mohammed had been reinstated.
Amnesty says Gen Mohammed was "in command of operations when the military executed more than 640 detainees following a Boko Haram attack on the detention centre in Giwa barracks on 14 March 2014".
He was sacked for unrelated reasons before recently being reinstated.
"Major General Mohammed must be investigated for participating in, sanctioning or failing to prevent the deaths of hundreds of people," Amnesty's secretary general Salil Shetty said in a statement.
But Gen Abubakar said the allegations were being investigated.
The London-based group said since March 2011, more than 8,000 young men and boys have been either shot, starved, suffocated or tortured to death in military custody and no-one has been held responsible.
President Muhammad Buhari promised to look into the issue when he came to power last year.
Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency has claimed thousands of lives and displaced more than two million people over the past six years.
In the latest incident, at least 65 people were killed and 136 injured when militants attacked the north-eastern Dalori village on Saturday night.
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Gurjit Kaur drilled in the opener for India before Grace O'Flanagan saved a penalty stroke from Rani.
Ireland hit back with Katie Mullan's defected finish and Lizzie Colvin fired home the winner.
Seventh place could be enough to earn Ireland a place in next year's World Cup finals in London.
Ireland become the third reserve for a place in the tournament behind Italy and Spain so need three of the 10 countries already qualified to also win their continental championships to gain a place.
The earliest this could happen would be after the Oceania Cup final in October.
Kaur netted from a penalty corner on 15 minutes and the penalty stroke was awarded when goalkeeper Ayeisha McFerran received a 10-minute yellow card for charging out of her goal and obstructing the striker.
O'Flanagan stepped onto the field and with her first piece of the action saved Rani's penalty stroke with a superb dive to her right.
India had a goal disallowed for a back stick and Ireland went into the half-time break one down.
From a penalty corner Elena Tice swept the ball to the waiting Mullan, who deflected in the equaliser in the 47th minute.
Mullan won her side another penalty corner and Colvin scored Ireland's second goal in two minutes.
"I thought the performance was superb. We just didn't get results out of the dominance we had in the first half," said Ireland head coach Graham Shaw.
"But this team has shown incredible character to go down to 10 players and have that resilience.
"We're over the moon to score two great goals. This team deserve it, they work incredibly hard and deserve everything they get."
Ireland: K Mullan (Captain), S McCay, E Tice, G Pinder, R Upton, A McFerran, C Watkins, N Daly, A O'Flanagan, Z Wilson, D Duke.
Subs: G O'Flanagan, Y O'Byrne, N Evans, E Beatty, S Loughran, L Colvin, H Matthews.
India: D Ekka, Monkia, N Pradhan, Savita, V Katariya, N Toppo, A Barla, S Lakra, S Pukhrambam, Rani (Captain), L Minz
Subs: N Kaur, G Kaur, R Khokhar, R Etimarpu, R Rani, R Yadav, P Dubey
Sri Lanka Cricket president Thilanga Sumathipala also said that the spinner - who took a Test record 800 wickets - "bullied" ground staff into letting Australia practise on the Kandy pitch.
The hosts were bowled out for 117 on day one of the first Test on Tuesday.
"They have no right to accuse me of being a traitor," said Muralitharan.
"Have they done one hundredth of what I have contributed to cricket in Sri Lanka?
"This is a political game to cover their shortcomings. I am being used as a pawn to cover their failings."
Muralitharan, 44, added that Sri Lanka's cricket board had asked for his help only once since his international retirement in 2011.
Sri Lanka v Australia first Test scorecard
Australian umpires reported Muralitharan for a suspect action during his first tour to Australia in 1995 and again in 1999 - but he was cleared by the International Cricket Council after tests.
But he has since worked as a consultant for Australia's spinners and batsmen.
Sumathipala added: "Professionally it is OK for Murali to coach any foreign team, but the irony is that he is supporting Australia which tried to get him out of cricket.
"He is creating long-term damage for himself among his fans. I feel sad."
However, former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara defended his former team-mate and said the country should be "proud" of their "great son".
"If any Sri Lankan spinner walks up to Muri and asks him about bowling he will be the first to spend as much time as needed to help," he added.
The 20-year-old was released by Walsall at the end of last season without making a senior appearance.
He scored once in 31 matches while on loan to National League side Chester last season, where he played in both matches against the Tynesiders.
"I've settled in really well," Vassell said. "I've been made to feel really welcome by the lads."
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Commonwealth Games 2014 silver medallist suffered serious neck and head injuries in Vietnam.
Vietnamese doctors gave Inglis, from Daviot, near Inverness, a 1% chance of survival.
In a new update to her supporters on her recovery, she joked that she may need help to choose perfumes.
Inglis, who is determined to return to competitive judo, said that overall her surgeon was "really happy" with her continuing recovery.
In the update, the 28-year-old said: "Unfortunately I've lost my sense of smell and, as it was the front lobe of my brain I injured, that won't ever heal and potentially could affect my taste buds.
"Guess got to take it on the chin and we can agree I'm still very lucky and if that's now what I have to live without it's not so bad."
She then joked she may need help with future perfume purchases.
In another post, Inglis said the DVLA has given her the all clear to drive again following an assessment of her condition.
Inglis was teaching in Vietnam when she was seriously injured in the accident on 10 May last year.
She was riding a taxi motorbike when part of her skirt caught on the machine's back wheel and she was pulled to the ground.
A crowdfunding campaign raised money to cover the cost of treatment in Thailand and a flight back to Scotland. She woke up from a coma in a hospital in Edinburgh, six weeks after the accident.
A titanium cap was bolted to her skull as part of her treatment and recovery from her injuries.
Linda Andrews' team needed to win both of their remaining games to have any chance of finishing in the top three.
The teams drew 43-all earlier in the season, but defeat in Kent meant Team Jets slipped to fifth in the table, with Telstars moving above them.
The Channel Islanders' final game of the season is at Fort Regent against Premier Romans next weekend.
He was in charge when the programme dropped an investigation into disgraced TV presenter and DJ Jimmy Savile.
Mr Rippon will help to build a public record of the corporation's television and radio journalism over 80 years.
BBC Online and Future Media's chief operating officer Andy Conroy described the post as an "exciting opportunity".
"It is a significant challenge that requires an experienced leader and editor, and I'm delighted that Peter will be joining us to develop the BBC's Journal of Record," said Mr Conroy.
BBC Online and the BBC News website launched in 1997, leaving a permanent public daily record of the news output.
However, with more than 80 years of journalism, the aim is to make more of the BBC News archive available to the public.
The process has begun in recent years with a permanent collection of Desert Island Discs and the archive collections for channels, such as BBC Four, made available to the public.
The Journal of Record plans to publish a television and radio news bulletin from every day of the BBC's history, in the form of daily news broadcasts and scripts, together with the live coverage of key events.
Mr Rippon, who took the helm of Newsnight in 2008, takes up the new post in London on 25 February.
After the publication of a blog post in October 2012 explaining his editorial decision to drop the Savile investigation was found to have factual errors, Mr Rippon was asked to "step aside" while an inquiry was held.
His deputy Liz Gibbons was acting editor when Newsnight aired a story that led to former senior Conservative politician Lord McAlpine being falsely accused of sex crimes.
She also subsequently stepped aside and was told that she would be moved to another job, although the BBC has not yet confirmed in what capacity.
Former BBC Radio 5 live boss Adrian Van Klaveren was part of a temporary management team that approved the programme and has been moved after a BBC review.
He is now overseeing the corporation's coverage of the 100th anniversary of World War I and Jonathan Wall succeeds him at the helm of 5 live.
The former Director of BBC News responsible for flagship programmes like Today, Newsnight, Question Time and Panorama, Helen Boaden, takes on the role of Director of Radio starting on 15 April.
Flora, from Upper Austria, was 15 years old when the first two rounds of voting took place in April and May, and slightly too young to take part.
It's an election that could give the European Union its first far-right head of state in Norbert Hofer.
Flora's friend, Lena Ramaseder, who turned 16 in March, did get to vote in the first round.
But Flora, who celebrated her 16th birthday on 23 May, now looks set to get a chance to vote in the re-run on 4 December. And so do around 45,600 others like her.
"I was very happy when I heard that," she told me. "For me it's important to give my opinion."
Austria has been trying to elect a president for months, but the plans keep coming unstuck.
In May, former Green Party politician Alexander Van der Bellen narrowly beat far-right candidate Norbert Hofer by less than 1% of the vote. But that result was annulled by the country's highest court because of problems with the way postal votes were counted.
Austria was all set to hold a re-run of the vote on 2 October.
Now Flora's opportunity has emerged from a major fiasco involving postal ballots, a scandal that has become known as "Gluegate".
Over the past couple of weeks, it emerged that hundreds or perhaps thousands of postal voting forms could not be sealed properly, because the glue didn't stick.
Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said that as a result of the "defective envelopes" there was a risk the votes could be tampered with, and he recommended that the election be postponed.
Legislation will now have to be altered to allow for the added delay. That means that Flora and the other 45,600 people who recently turned 16 are expected to be included this time around.
Recent polls give Norbert Hofer a small edge. But, like many of her friends, Flora will be voting against the far-right candidate.
"The situation is a bit strange," Flora told me. "But personally it gives me the chance to vote."
Political analyst, Thomas Hofer (no relation), says the inclusion of teenagers who have turned 16 since the first election could hand "a slight advantage" to Alexander Van der Bellen.
"He did better with young voters than Norbert Hofer. It would have been a disadvantage for him to exclude them. But people over 60 also voted slightly more often for Van der Bellen and more of them are dying," he said.
The delay has been widely criticised as an embarrassment and Thomas Hofer says the whole election is "shameful", both for Austria's international and domestic reputation.
"In the domestic sphere, the confidence in the political system, which is low anyway, has been further eroded."
For Lena Ramaseder, who voted for the first time in April and May, the situation is "getting a bit ridiculous".
"It is a bit sad we are not able to fix one date and get it over with."
Norbert Hofer
Alexander Van der Bellen
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Russia is currently banned from athletics competitions after being accused of widespread doping.
Olympic and world heptathlon champion Ennis-Hill wants "drastic measures" in place if Russia is allowed to compete.
Marathon world record holder Radcliffe added that other countries may also need investigating.
In addition to the problems faced by Russia, the IAAF has been accused of corruption and helping to cover up doping in the country.
"There is obviously a lot more to come out and it seems to be getting worse and worse," Ennis-Hill said in an interview with BBC Sport.
"It's awful to see but at the same time you have to think that our sport has to go through this really terrible time.
"It has to go to the very bottom, to the darkest place for it to then rise and come out the other side."
She said the sport was "very close" to the bottom, adding: "You put your faith and confidence in organisations to make sure the sport is governed well, but obviously that hasn't been the case.
"It needs to be addressed and it is a huge problem."
Radcliffe, the 2005 marathon world champion, suggested that doping was likely to be a problem in countries beyond Russia, and questioned whether the country would be able to sort out its problems before the Olympics.
She told BBC Radio 5 live: "With everything that's come out, and the details of how ingrained it was within their system, I do wonder whether they actually know how to train and prepare for events properly without taking the cheating route.
"To turn that around in a few months and come back in for Rio is a tough call.
"I think there are probably other countries that also need to be looked at in the same light. I don't think it's confined just to Russia."
IAAF members voted 22-1 to ban Russia after an independent World Anti-Doping Agency report accused the country of "state-sponsored doping".
The Wada commission, led by chairman Dick Pound, suggested that the Russian athletics federation, Russia's anti-doping agency and Russia itself could not be considered anti-doping code-compliant because of what it claimed was widespread cheating.
The report claimed to have evidence of "direct intimidation and interference by the Russian state with the Moscow laboratory operations".
The Russian anti-doping agency was also accused of giving athletes advance notice of tests, hiding missed tests, bullying doping control officers and their families, and taking bribes to cover up missed tests.
According to the report, London 2012 was "sabotaged" by "widespread inaction" against athletes with suspicious doping profiles.
She won gold at 2012 London Olympics and claimed a second world heptathlon title in 2015, just 13 months after giving birth to her first child.
She will hope to put the controversy over doping to one side as she aims to retain her Olympic title in Rio.
"I'll be there to do a job and I don't want to be distracted by what other people are doing and what they are wrongly doing," she said.
"I want to focus on my performances and make sure I do that properly."
He will tell his party's conference later that Theresa May is part of a "new world order" with the presidents.
His party is the "real opposition" to her "hard Brexit" plan, he will add.
Mrs May told the Conservative's spring conference on Friday that she wanted a "more united" Britain.
Mr Farron will say he wants to reclaim the British flag from nationalists using it as a "symbol of division".
He will make the comments as part of his keynote speech at the Lib Dem's spring conference in York.
The party leader will say: "The politics of Trump. Of Putin. Of Le Pen. And now the politics of Her Majesty's Government.
"Welcome to the new world order. This is the new normal, the new status quo.
"Aggressive. Nationalistic. Anti-Nato. Anti-EU. It is the post-war internationalist consensus unravelling in real time.
"Winston Churchill's vision for a world that achieves peace through trade, common values and shared endeavour evaporating before our eyes."
Mr Farron will tell his supporters to stop being "squeamish" about patriotism, calling for the centre left to reclaim the British flag.
"I love my country," he will say. "I'm proud of my identity.
"Patriotism isn't about dividing our society. It is about celebrating it. It's about our shared experience, our shared history, our shared destiny."
The Lib Dem leader will end his speech by saying his party, which has nine MPs, is the "only party in British politics opposed to a hard Brexit", and he will continue to campaign for a referendum on the deal negotiated by the government on leaving the EU.
Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Sir John Major has criticised what he calls "ultra Brexiteers" within the Conservative Party who he believes are trying for a "complete break from Europe."
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, he says such figures need to "stop shouting down anyone with an opposing view", as well as launching "vitriolic and personal attacks" on judges, civil servants and other public figures.
"In doing so they demean both themselves and their cause," he wrote. "These 'Ultras' are terrified that their triumph in taking us out of Europe will be snatched away.
"But if that is their fear, why do they not defend their position with logic and passion, with thoughtful, cogent argument, instead of low-grade personal abuse that has been their standard response so far?"
Sir John called for an end to "fake facts and bogus promises" and for others to follow the PM in negotiations with "skill, persuasion and diplomacy" in order to "heal the wounds... of one of the most damaging [debates] in the history of British politics".
John Hennigan, 50, of Harlow, was being sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court for his ninth breach of an anti-social behaviour order in 11 years.
He used an offensive word to describe Judge Patricia Lynch QC and she responded with the same term of abuse.
As first reported in The Guardian, the judge told investigators she "deeply regretted the incident".
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Her comment prompted a number of public complaints which were sent to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) for consideration.
Judge Lynch, who was called to the bar in 1979 and appointed a circuit judge in 2014, jailed Hennigan for 18 months for insulting and making racist slurs to a black Caribbean mother in Harlow.
The QC has since "apologised unreservedly for her remarks".
She also told investigators her "remarks were a momentary lapse of judgment which should have never happened".
An investigation report sent by the JCIO to one of the complainants states: "Although the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice considered HHJ Lynch's remarks to be inappropriate, they did not find that they amounted to misconduct or warranted disciplinary action."
It added: "With the agreement of the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice therefore advised HHJ Lynch to ensure that she responded appropriately in court at all times."
West Indies batsman Matthews, 18, replaces Australian all-rounder Jess Jonassen who suffered an injury.
Ex-England internationals Laura Newton (Lancashire Thunder), Beth Morgan (Surrey Stars) and Arran Brindle (Southern Vipers) have also joined.
The six-team competition runs from 30 July to 14 August.
Earlier this month, the overseas signings were unveiled following the allocation of the 19 centrally contracted England players.
First-class venues including The Oval, Old Trafford and Headingley will host the 15 group matches with Finals Day on 21 August.
EW = England Women, O = Overseas, EWA = England Women's Academy
Lancashire Thunder: Kate Cross (EW), Sarah Taylor (EW) (capt), Danielle Wyatt (EW), Sarah Coyte (O), Deandra Dottin (O), Hayley Matthews (O), Sophie Ecclestone (EWA), Emma Lamb (EWA), Ellie Threlkeld (EWA), Natalie Brown, Georgia Holmes, Laura Marshall, Natasha Miles, Laura Newton. Nalisha Patel.
Loughborough Lightning: Georgia Elwiss (EW), Rebecca Grundy (EW), Amy Jones (EW), Beth Langston (EW), Sophie Devine (O), Ellyse Perry (O), Dane van Nierkerk (O), Evelyn Jones (EWA), Alex MacDonald (EWA), Georgie Boyce, Thea Brookes, Amy Gauvrit, Lauren Griffiths, Sonia Odedra, Paige Scholfield.
Southern Vipers: Charlotte Edwards (EW) (capt), Natasha Farrant (EW), Lydia Greenway (EW), Suzie Bates (O), Sara McGlashan (O), Megan Schutt (O), Georgia Adams (EWA), Ellen Burt (EWA), Katie George (EWA), Arran Brindle, Isabelle Collis, Daisy Gardner, Alice Macleod, Fi Morris, Carla Rudd.
Surrey Stars: Tammy Beaumont (EW), Laura Marsh (EW), Natalie Sciver (EW) (capt), Rene Farrell (O), Marizanne Kapp (O), Meg Lanning (O), Sophie Dunkley (EWA), Alex Hartley (EWA), Bryony Smith (EWA), Aylish Cranstone, Grace Gibbs, Cordelia Griffith, Raveena Lakhtaria, Beth Morgan, Kirstie White.
Western Storm: Heather Knight (EW) (capt), Anya Shrubsole (EW), Fran Wilson (EW), Lizelle Lee (O), Rachel Priest (O), Stafanie Taylor (O), Freya Davies (EWA), Sophie Luff (EWA), Amara Carr, Jodie Dibble, Rosalie Fairbairn, Georgia Hennessy, Sophie Mackenzie, Cait O'Keefe, Izzy Westbury.
Yorkshire Diamonds: Katherine Brunt (EW), Jenny Gunn (EW) Danielle Hazell (EW), Lauren Winfield (EW) (capt), Alex Blackwell (O), Beth Mooney (O), Shabnim Ismail (O), Hollie Armitage (EWA), Steph Butler (EWA), Alice Davidson Richards, Teresa Graves, Katie Levick, Anna Nicholls, Laura Spragg, Katie Thompson.
In addition to a sentence of 10 years and six months, prosecutors are also demanding a fine of $15.1 million for the four counts of tax fraud for supposedly defrauding Spain's tax authority of almost $4 million from 2006-09, according to court documents released Thursday.
Prosecutors are seeking the same punishment for the player's representative at the time, Jose Maria Mesalles Mata.
The administrator of a company that facilitated the deals, Manuel de Jesus Lastre Abreu, is facing more than six years in prison and a fine of $2.3 million.
Prosecutors also want Eto'o to relinquish any possible fiscal incentives for a long period.
Eto'o and his lawyers could not be immediately contacted for comment, but in the past the player denied wrongdoing, saying he was not directly involved in his tax matters.
Eto'o is among other current and past Barcelona players facing legal problems in Spain.
In July, Lionel Messi and his father were sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud, although they were not sent to jail because sentences of less than two years for first offences are usually suspended in Spain.
Neymar and Barcelona are dealing with the Spanish authorities because of the player's transfer from Brazilian club Santos in 2013.
Prosecutors on Wednesday announced that they are seeking to punish the Brazilian player and his club, as well as his parents, his Brazilian club and its former president because of an investment group's claim that they concealed the value of the star's transfer fee.
In June, Barcelona paid a fine of $5.8 million after acknowledging to Spain's tax authority it made ``an error in the fiscal planning of the player's transfer.''
Also this year, Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano was handed a suspended one-year sentence for tax fraud, and former defender Adriano was also charged with tax irregularities.
The 35-year-old Eto'o played for Barcelona from 2004-09.
The Cameroon striker is currently playing with Turkish club Antalyaspor.
The multi-million pound scheme at the Garroch roundabout will replace the current building on Bankend Road.
Work began in March last year, with about 400 staff now on site every day.
Main contractor Laing O'Rourke is on schedule to hand over the completed building to NHS Dumfries and Galloway in a year's time.
Health board chief executive Jeff Ace said it was a significant milestone.
"I'm quite emotional, to be honest, it's been the longest project I've ever been involved with in my career," he said.
"We started back in 2008 on this project.
"The amount of work that so many people have delivered successfully to get us here is overwhelming."
Dumfriesshire MSP Oliver Mundell said he was very impressed by how far forward the building works had come and it should be ready for late next year.
"From the remarks we have heard today we can be fairly confident that it is going to be handed over by at least round about the 9 September deadline that's been set," he said.
Mr Mundell said there were some "unanswered questions" about transport to the site but nonetheless he was "very positive" about the project.
"The hospital does have a different feel to the existing site, it is significantly smaller," he said.
"But it does look like they have packed a lot in to the new site."
Mr Najib said international experts examining the debris in France had "conclusively confirmed" it was from the aircraft.
The Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people veered off course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.
The debris was found on the remote French Indian Ocean island a week ago.
The plane is believed to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean - though no evidence had been found despite a massive search operation.
"It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you that an international team of experts has conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris [...] is indeed MH370," Mr Najib told reporters.
"We now have physical evidence that [...] flight MH370 tragically ended in the southern Indian Ocean," he added.
Mr Najib said he hoped the discovery "will at least bring certainty to the families" of the victims, saying the burden they had faced was "unspeakable".
French prosecutor Serge Mackowiak later confirmed the wing fragment, known as a flaperon, was from a Boeing 777 - the same make and model as the missing Malaysian airliner.
He said initial tests showed there were "very strong indications" that it was from flight MH370. But he said confirmation would only come after further tests on the fragment, which would begin on Thursday.
"[Investigators] will try to do it as soon as possible in order to provide total and reliable information to the family of victims, who are on our minds at the moment," Mr Mackowiak added.
The Paris prosecutor failed to be as categorical as the Malaysian prime minister in asserting that the wing piece does come from MH370. All he said was that there are very strong reasons to presume that it is from the missing plane.
That does not mean that the prosecutor has any reason to doubt the prime minister's conclusion - simply that he is exercising supreme legal caution.
In the coming days there will be more tests on the flaperon and it's expected that these will prove the piece's origin. After that, it will probably be many months before deeper analysis allows any tentative deductions about how the plane may have come down.
The debris is being examined at an aeronautical test centre near Toulouse.
There is little doubt now that the flaperon will be declared the first evidence of MH370 in the coming days as no other Boeing 777s are thought to have crashed in the region.
Relatives of the victims were told about the initial results shortly before Mr Najib's news conference on Wednesday.
Jackqita Gomes, the wife of crew member Patrick Gomes, said: "Now that they have confirmed it as MH370, I know my husband is no longer of this world but they just can't leave it with this one flaperon."
"We urge them to continue searching until they find the plane and bring it back," she told reporters. "It's not over yet."
She said she still hoped to get her husband's body back so that the family can give him a proper burial and say goodbye.
Malaysia Airlines described confirmation of the flaperon as "a major breakthrough".
In a statement, it said it hoped further evidence would be found in the coming days that would "help resolve this mystery".
Beamish Museum in County Durham had 747,651 visitors last year, up 11% on the previous year.
This is the first time it has seen more than 700,000 visitors in the 46 years it has been open, it said.
Director Richard Evans said the income generated helped "not just Beamish but the whole region".
"More than half of our visitors are tourists and nearly all of them stay overnight in hotels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses, as well as visiting the other cultural and heritage gems we have in this fantastic region," he said.
There were 91,000 visitors in December, an increase of 38% on the same month the previous year, the museum said.
Numbers have more than doubled since 2008, it said.
Last year it was awarded £10.9m by the Heritage Lottery Fund to establish a 1950s-style town, a Georgian coaching inn and an upland farm that has been moved stone by stone from Weardale.
The town will have a working cinema, shops, homes and bowling green.
The former home of artist Norman Cornish will be replicated and a centre for older people will be housed in aged miners' homes.
The question: Linda asks BBC Radio 4's PM programme: "We hear about unelected bureaucrats making decisions in the EU. Please could you explain how the role of these EU bureaucrats compares with that of our civil servants, who are also unelected, in supporting the UK government in its decision making. Also, how are these bureaucrats chosen in the UK and EU."
Reality Check verdict: There are a number of different routes to becoming a civil servant in the UK. EU commissioners on the other hand are proposed by national governments and selected by the president of the European Commission. New legislation proposed by the Commission still has to be agreed by the member states and passed by the European Parliament, which is directly elected by EU voters. So it's misleading to say unelected bureaucrats make decisions in the EU. The 28 European commissioners are meant to carry out their responsibilities independently of their national governments. In that sense, they are similar to British civil servants - politically impartial and independent of the government.
The Commission plays a vital role in the EU. It is the body which proposes new legislation, draws up the EU's annual budget and manages and supervises EU funding. The Commission consists of 28 members, one from each member state.
Its president is nominated by the national leaders and then elected by the European Parliament by majority vote. Based on member states' suggestions, the Commission's president selects 27 other members of the Commission for a five-year period, each with a specific policy portfolio.
The European Parliament must approve the Commission as a whole but does not vote on individual commissioners. More importantly, any new legislation proposed by the Commission still has to be agreed by the member states and passed by the European Parliament, which is directly elected by EU voters. The statement of unelected bureaucrats making decisions in the EU is therefore somewhat misleading.
As an institution, the European Commission relies on the work of about 33,000 officials, staff, and special advisers. The UK, by contrast, has more than 400,000 civil servants, according to 2015 figures from the Office for National Statistics.
The British government states that "the civil service helps the government of the day develop and implement its policies". In this sense, the work of British civil servants is comparable to that of the staff of the European Commission. Unlike appointed ministers heading government departments in the UK, the 28 European commissioners are meant to carry out their responsibilities independently of their national governments, acting only in the general interest of the union. In that sense, they are similar to British civil servants - politically impartial and independent of the government.
At the EU, the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is responsible for selecting staff for the Commission and all other EU institutions. Depending on the specific role, application procedures are often based on a series of stringent tests and assessments. In the UK, there are different routes to becoming a civil servant, from moving directly to a civil service job, to entering the competitive civil service fast stream programme for graduates.
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The collision happened just after 09:20 BST in North Street, Brighton, close to the clock tower, Sussex Police said.
Eighteen people were taken to hospitals in Brighton and Haywards Heath. Five will remain in hospital overnight.
Police said part of their investigation into the incident would focus on whether the driver became ill before the crash.
Initially, the emergency services said two people had suffered life-threatening injuries, but Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals officials later adjusted the casualty figures.
The Kent, Surrey and Sussex air ambulance landed next to Brighton Pavilion and one patient was treated by the onboard doctor before being taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
As well as the most seriously injured patient, seven others have what are described as major injuries and 10 have minor injuries.
Twelve people were treated at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and six in the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, 20 miles away.
Aaron Tierney, who lives just near the crash site, said: "I heard a big bang and looked out the window to see two buses crashed into each other.
"I could see the driver of one of the buses stuck in his seat. There were a lot of people around him, including ambulance services. They had to cut him out.
"One of the other bus drivers looked really upset. I saw a few other people, mainly elderly, being helped off the bus.
"People were bringing out chairs and water for them from the shops nearby."
Two students who passed first aid exams only two weeks ago found themselves at the centre of the drama.
Zoe Dellow and Ellie Vinehall ran to the scene after hearing the crash.
They said one driver was trapped in his cab, with the steering wheel against his chest. A second man had a deep head wound.
Ms Dellow said: "He was drifting in and out of consciousness... we had to try to keep him awake."
After emergency services arrived the students helped other casualties using a first aid kit supplied by staff from the nearby Sainsbury's store. They said the casualties had suffered minor injuries.
Ms Vinehall said: "We're so pleased that we've done our first aid because there was nobody else qualified in first aid there."
Ms Dellow said: "We only did it two weeks ago. It makes you realise - don't take life for granted."
Martin Harris, managing director of Brighton and Hove Buses, said an investigation was under way.
Sir Stanley signed for his home team of Stoke City in 1932 and was knighted while still playing professionally.
As well as £5 a week in wages, he was offered a £10 signing-on fee "plus the usual bonus" - a princely sum for a player at the time.
The family behind the sale hope the British Football Museum will purchase the piece of sporting history.
Brothers David, 53, Andy, 56, and Graham Lockett, 61, who live in Stoke and support the club, are also selling a second Sir Stanley contract, dated 1935.
Their father Les took ownership of them in exchange for a debt and were discovered by his sons while they were having a "a clear out" after his death.
"That's the way business was done back in the 60s. A bit like a pawn shop," David said.
"The contracts have been gathering dust in a drawer for nearly 50 years."
Sir Stanley's wages rose in 1935 to £7 - £8 if he made it into the first team - which equated to about £350 a year.
The family said it was important for people to know what top players earned in the 1930s.
"Compared to what they earn today, it may seem ridiculous but at the time it would have been a lot of money," David added.
Sir Stanley, born in Hanley on 1 February 1915, played almost 700 games for Stoke and Blackpool and gained 54 England caps before retiring in 1965, aged 50.
He died in 2000, aged 85.
Sir Stanley, who was knighted in 1965, was described by then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson, as "a symbol of the country which gave football to the world, and internationally a symbol of English sportsmanship in the days when that was a quality acknowledged worldwide".
The contracts go under the hammer with Hansons Auctioneers on 22 August with a guide price of between £1,000 to £2,000 for the 1932 contract and £500 to £800 for the 1935 document.
Another firm, Concentrix, had lodged a formal objection to the Allstate plans.
Concentrix had claimed their plan to redevelop the former Maysfield leisure centre would have been negatively affected by the Allstate scheme.
However, planners say the Allstate design is acceptable for the site and area.
They said it should go ahead subject to certain conditions, mainly relating to the loss of open space in the area.
The conditions include Allstate making a cash donation of £2,000 a year for 10 years for the maintenance of the children's playground and open area in nearby Stewart Street.
Allstate will develop two community gardens through cash donations and volunteer time.
It will also pay £25,000 for a Belfast Bikes docking station to be installed at the site.
The company will also provide interview and IT skills training to people in the area
The planners said the measures will outweigh the loss of a portion of public open space.
The application is due to be decided by Belfast City Council planning meeting next week.
The biker was pronounced dead at the scene following the collision on the northbound carriageway of the A50 in Lockington at 08:55 GMT on Sunday.
The A50, between junctions 24A and 24 of the M1, and Church Street, Lockington, were closed for several hours while officers carried out inquiries at the scene.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash, Leicestershire Police confirmed.
Anyone with any information about the crash is asked to contact the force.
The aim is to develop an algorithm that can automatically differentiate between healthy and cancerous tissues.
This "segmentation" is necessary in patients with head and neck cancers.
And it is hoped the time it takes to design targeted radiotherapy treatments could be cut from four hours to one.
"Clinicians will remain responsible for deciding radiotherapy treatment plans," UCLH said.
"From my perspective, one of the challenges that we have in the treatment of all tumours, but particularly brain and neck [tumours], is their complexity," said Dr Kieran Breen, of Brain Tumour Research, who is not involved in the work.
"One way we can really improve this is by using the knowledge we already have," he told the BBC.
"This is essentially what this project is doing."
More precise radiotherapy helps reduce side effects of such treatment, according to Dr Justine Alford, senior science information officer at Cancer Research UK.
"Using computers to help plan radiotherapy could help deliver better treatment for patients by speeding up the process and improving accuracy," she said.
"But we won't know until results from this innovative new project are produced."
The former patients have consented to their anonymised scans being used for medical research.
Ownership of the data will be retained by the hospital.
And, at the end of the partnership, DeepMind will "securely destroy" any information provided to it.
One in 75 men and one in 150 women will be diagnosed with oral cancer during their lifetime, according to Google.
John Fallon made £1.5m in 2016, including a £343,000 bonus, as the company hit certain performance measures.
Pearson met its operating profit target of £630m, but made a £2.6bn pre-tax loss after writing down its US assets.
At the start of 2016, Pearson announced 4,000 job cuts and also lowered its profit forecast.
Pearson, the former owner of the Financial Times, said Mr Fallon's basic salary was frozen and would remain so in 2017.
News of the pay award drew criticism from the Institute of Directors and a high pay campaign group.
A Pearson spokesman said the board had decided Mr Fallon would "receive a limited bonus, in line with the company's broader bonus policy".
The bonus reflected Pearson achieving its 2016 profit guidance, as well as "delivering strong operating cash flow, and delivering a major restructuring successfully".
Mr Fallon will also re-invest his bonus in shares in the company, the spokesman said.
Under Mr Fallon's leadership, Pearson has sold its stakes in the Financial Times and the Economist to focus on educational publishing.
However, a slowdown in business from US college students has hampered growth.
In January 2017, the firm was forced to lower its forecasts for this year in its fifth profit warning since Mr Fallon took over in 2013.
It also put its stake in book publisher Penguin Random House up for sale.
Pearson's shares dropped to a seven-year low after the profit warning in January and are yet to recover much ground.
"Publishers are struggling. Print media is in a very difficult situation at the moment and that's not Pearson's fault," said Oliver Parry, head of corporate governance at business lobby group, the Institute of Directors.
However, Mr Parry also said companies like Pearson needed to show "common sense" about their pay policies.
"It seems to be one rule for one sector of people and another for others as shown here by the job cuts," he said.
The pay rise for Pearson's boss comes just weeks after the chief executives of UK firms Shell and Rolls-Royce received pay boosts despite profits falling last year.
UK companies are holding major votes on pay policies in the coming months, and such wage rises risked sending the wrong message, Mr Parry said.
"My concern here is not for Pearson, but the damage it does to British business as a whole as we enter AGM [annual general meeting] season," he said.
The High Pay Centre, which campaigns against the disparity between executive and workers' pay, said Mr Fallon's pay rise showed how the current system was broken.
"What's difficult to take for employees, former employees and some investors is you can get the kind of performance Pearson has given and the chief executive still gets a pretty hefty pay rise," said Stefan Stern of the High Pay Centre.
She appears fearless - and she was, say her friends, until she was killed by a Taliban suicide bomber last weekend.
A bright pink blur, she launches at speed over the ramps and berms at the skateboard park, called Skateistan.
Benafsha Tasmim works at the park, which provides a refuge for Kabul's poorest, an escape from the hardships of the city's streets.
"When I'm skateboarding, I feel like I'm flying and I feel very proud and confident, it gives me confidence," she said.
The project encourages children to get back to school. For the moment, they are mourning the friends they lost in the bombing.
Skateistan mourns its bright sparks
"Khorshid really had a passion for her future, and she transferred this passion to other students also, that was so special about Khorshid," Benafsha continued. "Her passion was not just for herself, but for everyone."
Khorshid was killed alongside her eight-year-old sister, Parwana, and two other skaters from her gang - Nawab, who was 17, and 13-year-old Mohammed Eesa. Assad, Khorshid's cousin, also died.
They were street children, selling trinkets to foreigners in Kabul's embassy district, when the Taliban bomber struck.
The streets there are quiet now. A child walks past, but is accompanied by his elder brother. People are wary here.
Across from the pock-marked wall, where the explosion went off, is a tree with four brightly coloured scarves wrapped around its trunk.
At its base, there is a note, written in English. It reads: "We've tied these scarves to show how much we loved the children, and how brave they are."
Around the corner and outside the many security checkpoints, Ashraf and his brother, 11 and nine years old respectively, collect tin cans to sell to support their families.
Cheeky and persistent, their charm means they will usually leave any foreigner laughing, and a few dollars short. These days, Ashraf is more cautious.
He said: "Our family tells us to be careful when you're on the street - when you see a crowd of people, run away and come home.
"When the Wazir Akber Khan attack happened I was on this street. I was so scared I ran away. A policeman gave me and my friend a lift to our houses."
Afghanistan has to be about the worse place in the world to be a child. Five children are killed or seriously wounded here every day.
The further horror of last weekend's attack is that it was carried out by child - a teenage boy - with a Taliban bomb in his backpack.
Peter Crowley, head of Unicef in Afghanistan, said: "We have confirmed reports up to the end of June of five children having been used in attacks by anti-government elements, and the figure for last year was 11. It's an appalling thing. There are official statements by the Taliban that proscribe this, but nevertheless, it does continue to happen."
At Skateistan, the lessons continue with trips and falls, bumps and bruises. But the kids are quick to get back on their feet.
The killing of children brings the brutality of war into sharp focus.
Here, they simply miss their exceptional friends, whose sudden death makes no sense whatsoever.
Firefighters cut one person free from a vehicle following the crash on the A9, a mile north of Aviemore at Lynwilg.
A spokeswoman for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said they also assisted with two other casualties. The total number of casualties is unclear.
The northbound carriageway of the A9 was closed for several hours but has since reopened.
Drivers had been urged to use another route.
The Wales and British and Irish Lions full-back's contract with the French club expires at the end of 2016-17.
Cardiff Blues would be favourites to sign Halfpenny, with Scarlets also interested.
"It's a head versus heart decision for Leigh," said Phillips.
"We will hope he comes back, but he's his own man and I would respect his decision, whatever it is."
Halfpenny joined Toulon from Blues in 2014 and if he returns to Wales, it would be on a National Dual Contract in which the WRU would pay 60% of his salary and his region the rest.
He has scored 606 points at international level, 557 of them for Wales and the rest as the Lions' goalkicker as they beat Australia 2-1 in 2013.
Phillips added: "We have made him the best offer we possibly can.
"The clock is ticking now. It's at a point where Toulon would want some certainty some time in the next couple of weeks.
"Any way you look at it, you would want to have Leigh playing in Welsh rugby.
"On the pitch he's a winner and off the pitch he's an ambassador for Welsh rugby.
"When you ask little kids, who is their favourite player many of them would say Leigh Halfpenny."
Phillips also defended the decision to allow Rob Howley to join Warren Gatland as part of the Lions set-up next summer.
"I think Warren and Rob will both benefit as coaches from the Lions experience," added Phillips.
"I don't think the South Sea Island tours will be hugely beneficial to them.
"We genuinely have to give some coaches exposure so I am comfortable with that decision."
MB Aerospace has taken over Centrax Turbine Components in Newton Abbot. The Gas Turbines division remains part of the family-owned Centrax Group.
The Devon components firm, which employs 430 people, has been supplying engine parts for nearly 70 years.
It has developed a specialism in rotating components in the compressor and turbine sections of aero-engines.
It will continue to supply components which require automated machining, grinding and robotic polishing.
Centrax supplies Rolls-Royce, Snecma and Solar engine-makers, which in turn supply Airbus, Boeing and Embraer manufacturers.
MB Aerospace, which has its headquarters in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, now has manufacturing in Connecticut, Michigan and Poland, as well as UK plants.
A majority stake in the Scottish firm was taken by Blackstone private equity in 2013, and the Centrax deal is the first major one since being backed by that additional funding source.
Robert Barr, Centrax chief executive, said: "In MB Aerospace, we have found a custodian which shares our values and commitment to the region, as well as the significant pool of high-tech manufacturing expertise we have built up through time".
The police system must be "re-imagined", argued Sara Thornton, in her first major speech as head of the new National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC).
Ms Thornton called the expected loss of 35,000 more police posts by 2020 a "game changer".
But she said traditional "bobbies-on-the-beat" would still be needed.
Ms Thornton, who took up her role in April when the NPCC replaced the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), called on forces to re-shape the workforce and integrate emergency services.
She said the police service needed fundamental reform because of central government spending cuts, which may mean a reduction of 35,000 police officers and civilian staff on top of a cut of 36,000 posts since 2010.
"The loss of over 70,000 posts in ten years is a game changer," she said.
"Cutting staff numbers at this level and not changing the way we work will cause service failure and unacceptably stress our staff."
But referring to an accusation by the home secretary that the Police Federation too often "cried wolf" about the impact of policy on policing, she added: "I do not have a history of crying wolf and I am not doing so now."
Ms Thornton said that if police adopted a "slash and burn" approach to cuts, forces would not be able to offer the same protection to the public.
Instead forces should focus on effective policing and integrate with other services at all levels, she argued.
"We need to create more capacity by taking steps out of process, people out of systems and making our people more productive.
"We need to re-imagine the whole system, not incrementally reform."
The former Thames Valley chief constable also rejected suggestions made last week by Essex Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston that bobbies-on-the-beat were out-of-date.
Mr Alston had argued police should focus on areas where they could "make a difference to crime reduction".
"I'd love other forces to learn that you don't want bobbies-on-the-beat. You want highly-trained detectives who can obtain best evidence interviews really well, who have got the skills to manage a relationship with social care so we can do the safeguarding for the children who are coming to harm," Mr Alston told The Times.
But Ms Thornton said foot patrol was shown to be effective when targeted in small areas, or where there were crime "hot-spots", rather than when it was "random and lacking in focus".
"The evidence does not show that 'bobbies on the beat' is an outdated idea, but that it can be effective as part of data-driven targeting of preventive patrol."
She also dismissed the prospect of merging some of the 43 forces in England and Wales, saying local taxation differences, local politics and the introduction of police and crime commissioners, would make this very difficult.
But she said police needed to develop new methods to deal with digital crime and globalisation, and radically alter police pay structures so officers' salaries reflected their skills rather than their "rank and time served".
"We surely have to move away from a model where a constable with six years service is paid the same, whether they have numerous accredited skills and significant expertise or not," she said.
Under plans unveiled by the Trump administration on Tuesday, almost all people staying in the US illegally can be subject to deportation.
Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said his country could not "accept unilateral decisions imposed by one government on another."
The row comes as two top US officials are preparing to visit Mexico.
The White House said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the head of Homeland Security, John Kelly, would talk to Mexican officials and "walk through" the implementation of the new immigration guidelines.
They include plans to enforce an existing provision of the US Immigration and Nationality Act that allows authorities to send undocumented migrants back to Mexico, regardless of where they are from.
It is unclear whether the US has authority to force Mexico to accept foreigners.
But Mr Videgaray said on Wednesday: "We are not going to accept that because we don't have to and it is not in the interest of Mexico."
Mr Videgaray also warned the US about treatment of Mexican citizens.
"The Mexican government will not hesitate in going to international organisations, starting with the United Nations, to defend human rights, liberties and due process for Mexicans abroad according to international law."
Mr Tillerson and Mr Kelly were scheduled to discuss a range of issues with President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday, but Mr Videgaray said the new changes to policy would now dominate the discussion.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said on Wednesday that he expected a "great discussion".
Read more from BBC News on the Trump administration and immigration:
An estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants live in the US, many of them from Mexico. President Donald Trump made immigration and border control a key part of his campaign.
The new priorities are broad enough to apply to almost any illegal immigrant, including anyone who has been charged with a crime, misrepresented themselves, poses a risk to public safety, or "have abused any program related to receipt of public benefits".
The new guidelines also allow Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport people immediately.
Expedited deportations can now be used against undocumented immigrants who are unable to prove they have been in the country for more than two years, anywhere in the US.
Previously, expedited removals were applied to people who had been in the country for less than two weeks and were within 100 miles of the border.
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The trucks were carrying ammunition and fighters, said a military spokesman, but the BBC cannot confirm his report.
A fragile ceasefire has been in place since 5 September, although hundreds of people have been killed since then.
More than 4,000 people have died since fighting erupted in April after pro-Russian separatists seized control in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The European OSCE monitoring mission has warned that the "bloodletting" is still going on, with numerous incidents of shelling.
Heavy artillery fire was reported in Donetsk city on Friday, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
Fears of a return to full-scale conflict were raised after the separatists held elections on Sunday in defiance of Ukraine's government and Western countries.
If the cross-border incursion is confirmed, it will be a further blow to the shaky ceasefire agreed in September, says the BBC's David Stern in Kiev.
After crossing the border in the rebel-controlled Luhansk region on Thursday, the Russian column headed for the town of Krasny Luch, said Ukraine's military.
"The deployment continues of military equipment and Russian mercenaries to the front lines," said military spokesman Andriy Lysenko.
On Friday, Russian officials responded to an earlier accusation from Canada's foreign minister that it was moving troops towards the Ukrainian border.
The defence ministry said the reports were "groundless" and made "without factual proof", according to Russia's Interfax news agency.
However, the Kremlin has yet to respond to the Ukrainian government's latest allegations of military deployments.
Nato said it was looking into the reports. In a statement, the alliance said that if confirmed the crossing "would be further evidence of Russia's aggression and direct involvement in destabilising Ukraine".
The US and Germany echoed Nato's concerns. State department spokesperson Jen Psaki said the US could not confirm the report, but that if true it would be another "blatant violation" of the ceasefire agreement.
Russia has recognised Sunday's vote which led to separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko, 38, being sworn in as head of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic.
Igor Plotnitsky, a 50-year-old ex-Soviet army officer, was declared head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, further to the east.
President Petro Poroshenko has accused the rebels of tearing up the peace deal and said that a law granting the rebel-held regions partial autonomy would be scrapped. He has ordered reinforcements to key cities in case of a rebel offensive.
But the separatists hit back on Wednesday, arguing that it was the scrapping of the special status deal that broke the peace agreement.
Although Mr Poroshenko insisted he had not given up on the peace plan, he said Ukraine had to "repel possible attacks" and not allow the "spread of this cancerous tumour".
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Russia respected the will of voters in the separatist leadership elections, said Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, adding that he had deliberately chosen the word "respect" rather than "recognise".
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The 28-year-old suffered serious injuries after he was assaulted by two men in Union Street at about 05:30.
He was taken to the city's Royal Infirmary, where his condition was described as critical.
The first man was about 6ft tall, of heavy build and had dark hair. He was wearing a grey T-shirt and dark jeans.
The second man was described as being 5ft 9in tall, with short grey hair. He was wearing a brown bomber-style jacket and dark blue jeans.
The attack happened between St Nicholas Street and Broad Street.
Police appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
Det Insp Norman Stevenson said: "Whilst this happened in the early hours of the morning, I would appeal to anyone who saw it happen or any part of it, to come forward and tell us what they saw."
In Uttar Pradesh, a special police squad has been set up to fight eve teasing - a local term for sexual harassment. But the move has led to allegations of moral policing. The BBC's Vikas Pandey spent a day with the squad in Allahabad city.
In a public park, a young couple try to hide as they spot the squad.
"Please come out. We are here for your safety," Niraj Kumar Jadaun, assistant superintendent of police and head of the squad, tells them.
The boy emerges and asks for forgiveness, only to be reassured by Mr Jadaun that he has done nothing wrong.
After a brief conversation, the couple manage a faint smile before disappearing into the park.
"Some people are scared of cops. And that's the perception we have to fight against," he says. "But eve teasing is another reality that we need to fight against."
Police in Uttar Pradesh established the squad due to rising reports of sexual harassment. There are no reliable statistics and police say that in most cases women don't report harassment. But most women have a story, or several, to tell about inappropriate or abusive groping, language or behaviour.
A total of 1,400 officers have been deployed to anti-harassment squads across the state. Each squad includes three uniformed officers and a female officer in plain clothes. They patrol in cars and on foot, targeting areas where they get most complaints about harassment.
So far there have been mixed results. Some squads have made headlines for "moral policing" and there have been reports of couples being harassed and even beaten up.
But Rahul Srivastava, chief spokesperson of the police, said that only "a handful" of officers were making mistakes.
"We are repeatedly training our staff about the dos and don'ts," he said. "We have suspended nine officials so far for violations. Our instruction is clear that consenting adults should not be disturbed."
Mr Jadaun says upbringing can be to blame. "In some cultures it's still a taboo for a boy and a girl to sit together in public places. So some cops who think on similar lines end up indulging in moral policing," he says. "But their number is very small."
Back in the park, Mr Jadaun is stopped by a young man who wants to talk.
"My name is Abhilash Denis and I want to thank you for this initiative. But I also have some issues," he says.
Mr Denis says that he likes to go to public parks with his girlfriend.
"But it's always a risk. Eve teasers are always around. They make nasty remarks and make rude gestures. The squad's presence has made sure that such people are less visible in public places," he says.
"But that doesn't mean that cops have a right to disturb us any time."
Mr Jadaun assures him that police will only disturb him to ask about their safety.
Elsewhere in the park a woman, who didn't want to be identified, seems angry with the police.
"It's the police's responsibility to make us feel safe. But I don't want random police to question me just because I am sitting in a public place with my male friend," she says.
"Yes, I agree that eve teasing is a problem. And I am happy the police are doing something about it. But they need to get better at what they do."
In another part of the city, police approach two couples sitting on a bench.
Kritika Singh says she appreciates the work the police are doing, and didn't mind having a conversation with them.
"You have to know how big a problem eve teasing is in this state. Every girl can tell you horrific incidents they have faced in public places," she says.
"Abuse, filthy gestures from men are very common. Sometimes they also end up touching us inappropriately in public places."
Her friend Sadhna Maurya agrees.
"I have seen reports about moral policing and that must stop. But the squad should not be shut. I have seen it making a difference. We feel a bit safer now, though not 100%."
She says she has grown up accepting harassment as a reality. "For the first time something is being done, I am willing to accept it despite its imperfections."
I witnessed similar conversations between the squad and people across the city. We stopped at schools, malls and shopping districts.
The squad questions many men, but nobody is detained. "Our purpose is not to arrest people. We want eve teasers to know that the police are out there to catch them. We want them to change," Mr Jadaun says.
As the day finishes, the jury still seems to be out on whether the initiative is a success.
In some places people, mostly women, appreciated the squad's work. But some still have doubts about its methods.
I put this question to the state's top police official, Javeed Ahmed.
"Eve teasing is a reality," he said. "We needed to send a signal that women would be protected and people who harassed them would be dealt with in a strict manner."
He acknowledges that there is a long way to go. "But I am glad we have made a start," he says. "We can't become a progressive state if women don't feel safe here."
Back at base, the squad hold a briefing to go over the day's events.
Superintendent of Police Vipin Tada says it is a chance to identify mistakes. "They are learning fast. Just remember it's a new initiative for them as well," he says.
Allahabad's top police officer Shalabh Kumar Mathur says he does not regret putting resources into this initiative.
"Eve teasing is a menace. If the choice is between doing nothing and doing something with scope for improvement, I would pick the latter," he says.
Playcraft Live will be performed at the city's Playhouse Theatre on 14 October.
It will simultaneously be streamed to the world online via the theatre's website, Minecraft and Youtube.
Slipping between both stage and game world, the story will unfold across different locations and times.
Minecraft is the second-best-selling videogame of all time.
It allows players to build things using cubic blocks and take part in exploration, engineering, crafting and combat.
The game is hugely popular with children and young teenagers.
The production will see the dramatisation of a script, written specifically for Playcraft by Alex Scarrow, author of the teen science fiction series of novels, Time Riders.
The story is based between books one and two of his Time Riders series.
Online audiences will experience the production as a live-stream simulcast.
For those lucky enough to be part of the Playhouse audience, they will be able to see the physical actor on stage communicating the play to them.
They will also see a stream of the digital version of that actor, within the Minecraft world, projected onto a screen.
These avatars will be developed and built by Minecraft experts operating from an adjacent room.
Kieran Griffiths, creative director at the Playhouse Theatre, said he was excited to be introducing something "completely new to the world of theatre".
"The production is hugely ambitious and a definite step into the unknown, but a tremendous opportunity to allow two artistic worlds to come together and learn from each other," Mr Griffiths said.
The project will also involve renowned creative producer Adam Clarke and digital educators MakeMatic.
It has been commissioned by The Space, which is funded by the BBC and Arts Council England.
"I suppose the thorny rose in between is the technology," Mr Griffiths said.
"Over the coming months we have to remove the thorns and make sure that rose is passed gracefully.
"At the end of it, we hope to produce an educational asset whereby we will see online amateur societies creating their own world within Minecraft."
Throughout the summer, Minecraft fans will be invited to join in on the production, find out more about the play and contribute to the process along the way.
She was walking along Harcourt Hill, Botley between 19:45 and 20:10 GMT on Tuesday evening when she was approached from behind by an armed man.
He took her to Raleigh Park where he raped her, Thames Valley Police said.
A traffic collision involving a black VW Golf in Wytham shortly before 23:00 is being linked to the investigation.
A forensics tent has been put up in the park with a cordon surrounding it and police are combing the area, with increased foot patrols in place.
The offender is described as white, about 30 years old, muscular and just under 6ft. He was wearing dark black clothing, with a hood up and a balaclava covering the lower part of his face.
A 38-year-old man is currently in police custody.
Senior investigating officer Det Insp Jim Holmes said: "We are appealing to anyone who saw or heard anything unusual in the area to come forward.
"We are particularly interested in hearing from anyone who may have seen a man matching the description running away from the Harcourt Hill area shortly after 20:25, or anyone who saw a man matching the description with a woman in that area last night.
"We are also interested in speaking to residents in Wytham... we are linking this road traffic collision to the rape."
An Oxford Brookes spokeswoman said the university was co-operating with inquiries.
The gunman, Gavin Long, an African-American who had served for five years in the Marines, was also killed.
He had posted videos on the internet complaining about police treatment of African-Americans.
Tensions in Baton Rouge have been high since a black man Alton Sterling was shot dead by police two weeks ago.
That death - and a second police shooting in Minnesota - sparked protests across the United States and triggered a revenge attack by a black army veteran who shot dead five officers in the city of Dallas.
In one video, posted on YouTube, Long said that should "anything happen" to him, he was "not affiliated" with any group.
"I'm affiliated with the spirit of justice, nothing more nothing less. I thought my own thoughts, I made my own decisions," he said.
In a live broadcast from the White House, President Obama called upon all Americans to unite and refrain from divisive language.
"Regardless of motive, the death of these three brave officers underscores the danger that police across the country confront every single day, and we as a nation have to be loud and clear that nothing justifies violence against law enforcement," he said.
"Everyone right now focus on words and actions that can unite this country rather than divide it further," he added, as the US begins two weeks of political conventions with Republicans meeting in Cleveland later on Monday.
"We need to temper our words and open our hearts... all of us," said the president.
A vigil was attended by police officers and members of the public on Sunday evening at Saint John the Baptist Church in Zachary, just north of Baton Rouge.
The incident began on Sunday morning with shots being fired at a petrol station on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge.
Police received reports of a man with an assault rifle.
Witness Brady Vancel told WAFB TV he saw what may have been gang members shooting at each other before police arrived.
Another witness said she saw a gunman wearing a black mask and military-style clothing.
Shots were exchanged over a period of more than 15 minutes, leaving three police officers and the suspect dead, with three other officers wounded, one in a critical condition.
The dead officers were named as Montrell Jackson, 32, and Matthew Gerald, 41, of the Baton Rouge police department, and Sheriff's Deputy Brad Garafola, 45. All three men had families.
The suspect was named as 29-year-old Gavin Long, of Kansas City, Missouri, a former Marine.
He received an honourable discharge, and won several medals while in the military, including one for good conduct.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards told a news conference it was an "absolutely unspeakable, heinous attack."
Although no other suspects have been identified, police said they were investigating whether the gunman had help from unknown others.
"We are not ready to say he acted alone," said state police spokesman Major Doug Cain.
Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden said he had spoken to White House officials who had offered assistance. He said it was "a defining moment" for community relations.
But he also told local media the "rhetoric from some people" after the death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge may be connected to the shootings, without elaborating who.
"Everything's been anti-police," he said.
Four officers died when their helicopter crashed over the notorious City of God favela on Saturday.
Gang members were suspected of shooting down the helicopter after gunfire was captured on video footage of the crash.
Rio state security chief Roberto Sa said no bullet holes were found in the helicopter or the officer's bodies.
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the crash which happened during an anti-drug operation. On Sunday Mr Sa stressed: "It's too early for any conclusion."
Several clashes between police and criminal gangs operating in the City of God favela were reported on Saturday.
On Sunday, police backed by an armoured vehicle carried out further operations in the favela, arresting two people and seizing a number of drugs. Brazilian media also reported that seven unidentified bodies were found.
Mr Sa said police were investigating a territorial dispute between members of two favelas in western Rio.
Shootouts between police and gangs are common in Rio. In 2009, gang members shot down a police helicopter, killing both pilots.
Violence has been on the rise in the city over the past two years following the failure of a 2010 programme to rid the favelas of drug gangs.
A total of 3,649 murders were reported in 2016 up until the end of September, a rise of almost 18% on the same period last year.
The government said SSE Renewables' Stronelairg project would generate power for 114,000 homes and bring £30m-worth of benefits to the region.
Landscape charity the John Muir Trust opposes the scheme.
In April, it challenged Highland Council's decision to raise no objection to the wind farm.
The trust lodged a petition in the Court of Session for a judicial review of the local authority's decision.
It warned that the project would "destroy the character" of an area of wild land.
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland also opposed the wind farm.
Following the Scottish government's decision, the council said the project would be a "massively intrusive industrial development" that would be visible from surrounding mountains, including peaks in the Cairngorms National Park.
SSE Renewables had sought permission for up to 83 turbines at Stronelairg near its Glendoe hydro-electric scheme above Fort Augustus.
The scheme was later reduced in size.
SSE said no turbines will be visible from the main tourist routes of the Great Glen, Loch Ness and Cairngorm National Park.
The company's Colin Nicol said the project would bring "real socio-economic benefits" to the Great Glen area including job creation, skills training, business opportunities and community funds.
Mr Ewing said the wind farm would create work during its construction and operation.
He added: "Once it is up and running, the wind farm will save thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, and will be able to produce enough electricity to power thousands of homes in the Highlands.
"As well as bringing benefits to the local community, the Stronelairg wind farm will also benefit the wider Highland region through the provision of a sustainable development fund."
The project is being planned for the sea just off Murlough Bay - an area of special scientific interest.
But the energy company said the bay is just one of two options for bringing the cables ashore.
It said if the bay is chosen there will be conditions to the planning approval.
Patrick Casement is amongst those opposed to the cable plan at Murlough Bay.
He said laying an underground cable to a sub-station some distance away would create a "scar on the landscape that will take years to heal".
DP Energy want to build the first commercial tidal scheme in Northern Ireland and have identified an area near Fair Head.
It said it can generate enough power for 70,000 homes.
The company has two options for getting the power ashore.
The first is a cable run of 2km to Murlough Bay.
The second is a longer route covering 10km and coming ashore near Ballycastle.
DP Energy has not yet decided which it will choose.
Clodagh McGrath from DP Energy said if it gets the go-ahead the project would "have a range of conditions that have to be complied with".
So far the company has only applied for permission for the off-shore element of the project.
A range of turbines options are being considered.
Some are totally submerged, but others would have service pods protruding above the waves.
DP Energy said there will be a separate planning application for the onshore work, including the cabling, in due course.
The monarch, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, attended a Solemn Drumhead Service of Remembrance at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London.
The event took place on the centenary of the shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
The assassination sparked the chain of events that led to war.
It comes as Armed Forces Day celebrations take place across the country.
The Chelsea ceremony included a marching contingent of modern-day reservists from HMS President, among others, led by the Honourable Artillery Company band.
Several other members of the Royal Family, including the Earl of Wessex, Prince Michael of Kent and Princess Alexandra, also attended.
After the service, the Queen was presented with Stepping Forward, a book written in tribute to volunteer military reservists and supporting auxiliaries from Greater London 1908-2014.
Lieutenant Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Maj Gen Peter Currie said: "There is no more fitting site for this event in London than the home of the Chelsea Pensioners, which for over 300 years has stood as a symbol of the nation's gratitude."
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Meanwhile, Bosnia is commemorating 100 years since the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, with a programme of cultural and sporting events.
Gavrilo Princip shot dead the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie in the Bosnian capital in 1914, sparking four years of conflict.
Austria responded angrily and declared war on Serbia, securing support from Germany. Shortly after, Russia announced the mobilisation of its troops, with Germany declaring war on the country days later.
On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany.
The South Douglas MHK was unanimously chosen to succeed Mr Karran, who has led the party he founded since 2006.
He said it "was time for a change" and that Mrs Beecroft was the "right choice for the future."
Mrs Beecroft and Mr Karran are currently the party's two elected MHK's.
She said she was "honoured to accept the role" having been proposed by Mr Karran at the party's annual general meeting on Sunday.
He said: "There is no question she is the right woman for the job. She has the intelligence and the values to be our leader and help bring about the much needed changes in government."
"She will continue our work to scrutinise every decision the Manx government makes."
Mrs Beecroft added: "Mr Karran was the reason I joined the party and I am delighted to now have an opportunity to lead it."
"I want this party to have many more credible candidates for the next general election and I will do my absolute best to make this happen."
The Liberal Vannin Party has said it pledges "politics to the people".
The English league champions beat Danish side Fortuna Hjorring on Thursday to progress to the last four in their debut European campaign.
French side Lyon have reached the final five times in the past seven seasons.
"We're ready for it. We need it because we were undefeated last year in our league," Cushing told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Now we need to see where we are at, where our mentality is at and where our game is at, against the best. They [Lyon] are the best team.
"There is no pressure on us. Everyone expects Lyon to beat us. We'll enjoy putting ourselves up against the best, because we think we are a good team."
Cushing's side won the English Women's Super League One title in September, finishing their league campaign without defeat, and added the WSL Continental Cup (League Cup) in October.
So far in their maiden Champions League campaign, City have knocked out Russian side Zvezda 2005 plus Danish sides Brondby and Fortuna.
"It is an unbelievable achievement in our first season to get to the semi-finals," added Cushing. "We now can draw on all of those good performances and try to play Lyon.
"We need to enjoy putting ourselves up against what people believe is Europe's best team."
City will be at home in the first leg on the weekend of 22-23 April, before the return leg in France on the weekend of 29-30 April.
The other semi-final sees Barcelona, who beat Swedish side Rosengard on Wednesday, face 2015 runners-up Paris St-Germain, who were 4-1 aggregate winners over Bayern Munich in the last eight.
Like City, Barcelona have reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history.
The Blades reached the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup but finished fifth in League One and failed to gain promotion through the play-offs.
A statement on the club's website said: "A change in direction was necessary for the forthcoming season."
Clough, 49, had managerial spells at Burton Albion and Derby County manager before replacing David Weir at Bramall Lane in October 2013.
Clough's backroom staff of Gary Crosby, Andy Garner, Martin Taylor, Simon Clough, Michael Forsyth and Matt Brown will also leave the club, which faces a fifth successive year in the third tier.
The club statement added: "The search for the club's new first-team manager will now start and it is hoped this will result in identifying and recruiting the right candidate within a relatively short period of time.
"The club would like to place on record its thanks to Nigel, as well as his backroom staff."
Former England international forward Clough started his managerial career with Burton Albion in 1998 after a successful playing career that took in stints with Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Manchester City.
Having guided the Brewers to the top of the Conference Premier, he left to take over Derby in January 2009, following in the footsteps of his late father Brian, who managed the club to the league title in the 1970s.
A penalty try helped the hosts lead 10-6 at the break before Jared Payne and Jackson crossed in the second half.
Rob Kearney and Luke Fitzgerald were sin-binned for Leinster, who failed to score in the second period.
The win guarantees Ulster a European Champions Cup place ahead of their final Pro12 game against the Ospreys.
Despite the emphatic defeat, Leinster remain in third and could still secure a home semi-final if second-placed Connacht slip up against Munster in next weekend's final round of games.
Ulster were forced to make a late change to the starting team with Craig Gilroy ruled out with a virus and replaced by Rory Scholes.
The home side started brightly with Jackson nailing a 12th minute penalty after obstruction on Andrew Trimble.
Ulster grew in ascendancy, moving the big Leinster pack around the pitch, and converted their dominance into points when Ruan Pienaar engineered the opening try.
He spotted a hole in Leinster's midfield, burst through the gap and launched a kick-chase before being clattered illegally by Rob Kearney after 18 minutes.
The Irish full-back was sin-binned for the cynical body-check which denied Pienaar a certain try and referee George Clancy awarded Ulster a penalty try, which Jackson converted.
With a 10-0 lead and Leinster down to 14 men, Ulster had the opportunity to press home their advantage but instead it was the visitor's who seized the momentum.
With Rhys Ruddock influential and Sexton pulling the strings, they worked their way into the game.
Leinster outscored Ulster 3-0 while Kearney was in the sin-bin, Sexton landing a difficult sideline penalty attempt in the 28th minute and he scored again to reduce Ulster's interval lead to 10-6.
Fitzgerald, part of a Leinster quadruple substitution early in the second half, was only on the pitch two minutes when he was sin-binned for holding Scholes' arm as he tried to collect a Stuart McCloskey pass.
Ulster ended a 35-minute scoring drought through Jackson's penalty to move 13-6 ahead.
Having failed to take advantage of Kearney's sin-binning, Ulster were more clinical with the extra man this time with Jared Payne scoring a 58th minute try.
After a lineout maul, Luke Marshall's fast hands deftly switched the play and Payne made the numerical advantage count by crossing over out wide.
Man-of-the-match Jackson added a penalty and a breakaway try, intercepting Eoin Reddan's misplaced pass, to wrap up a convincing victory for Ulster.
Ulster: J Payne; A Trimble, L Marshall, S McCloskey, R Scholes; P Jackson, R Pienaar; C Black, R Best, R Lutton; P Browne, F van der Merwe; I Henderson, C Henry, S Reidy.
Replacements: R Herring, K McCall, A Warwick, R Diack, R Wilson, P Marshall, S Olding, D Cave.
Leinster: R Kearney; I Nacewa, G Ringrose, B Te'o, D Kearney; J Sexton, L McGrath; J McGrath, R Strauss, T Furlong; D Toner, H Triggs; R Ruddock, J van der Flier, J Heaslip.
Replacements: S Cronin, P Dooley, M Ross, M Kearney, J Murphy, E Reddan, I Madigan, L Fitzgerald.
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU).
Writing in the acting union Equity's magazine, he called low pay or working for free "a virus" that stifled diversity.
He said it was the theatre industry's "job" to "hold a mirror up to nature".
"Unless we keep the widest possible demographic... we are building a time bomb into the future of the industry".
West, who is currently directing April de Angelis's play After Electra in Plymouth, said "actors should never be asked to work for nothing when other professionals in the production are drawing salaries".
He said the usual explanation that it will "lead to visibility" should not be given "when that usually depends more on backgrounds and contacts".
West, whose parents are the actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales, said it seemed like the industry based its "economic model on those who can afford to live with their parents", which does not work.
"Talent is no respecter of postcodes, or how much your parents earn," he said.
Echoing the current campaign for more diversity in the arts - he said ultimately if the industry does not represent BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people fairly "we hold up a distorting mirror; we alienate audiences and deny lots of good artists a chance of work".
"If we don't employ people with disabilities, we spread a culture of 'difference', and deny shared understanding," he said.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 took $51.6m (£34.3m) on its second weekend in North American cinemas.
The Good Dinosaur, in contrast, could only muster $39.2m (£26m) from its first five days on release.
Creed, a continuation of the Sylvester Stallone Rocky series, opened in third place with a $30.1m (£20m) haul.
Both The Good Dinosaur and Creed opened in cinemas on Wednesday to take advantage of America's Thanksgiving holiday.
Mockingjay - Part 2, the final outing for Jennifer Lawrence's futuristic tyranny-battling Katniss Everdeen character, has now made more than $440m (£292.7m) worldwide.
But according to the Box Office Mojo site, its 10-day takings in North America - which currently stand at just short of $200m (£133m) - are $25m (£16.6m) down on what its immediate predecessor had grossed at the same point in its release one year ago.
The Good Dinosaur, Pixar's second release of 2015, tells of a friendship between an Apatosaurus and an infant caveman in an alternate reality in which dinosaurs have not become extinct.
The film, which had a troubled production history, had the third lowest North American opening in the company's history, with only A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2 faring less well with what were far more limited debuts in comparison.
Creed, in which Stallone's Rocky Balboa character becomes the trainer to the son of his former adversary Apollo Creed, attracted an audience primarily made up of males aged 25 and over.
Ryan Coogler's film, part of which was shot in Liverpool, has received glowing reviews from critics, one of whom said it was "the best Rocky film since the [1976] original".
Spectre, the latest entry in the James Bond series, is ranked fourth in this week's chart, with The Peanuts Movie charting in fifth place.
The latter, which brings Charles M Schulz's Peanuts characters to the big screen in computer-animated form, will be called Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie when it is released in the UK in December.
Victor Frankenstein, a new version of Mary Shelley's monster story starring James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe, failed to make much of an impression, earning just $3.4m (£2.3m) in its first five days in cinemas.
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Wales opted to kick for the corner when trailing 16-13 in the 51st minute.
They were penalised at the ensuing line-out as Scotland recorded their first win over Wales since 2007.
"The kickers didn't want to so we just went for the corner," said 107-times capped Jones, who added he "would have liked to" have taken the points.
"We didn't do it, did we?" he added.
"And I got done for blocking at the back of the lift then, but, yeah, I would have liked to have gone for the three (points)."
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The incident was more remarkable as Irish referee John Lacey could be heard saying a kick at goal had been indicated while Wales fly-half Dan Biggar could be heard asking Jones if he could kick for the corner.
After the match Jones said the referee had not been involved.
The penalty was awarded on the Scotland 22-metre line close to the touchline, so would normally be considered well within the range of place kickers Leigh Halfpenny, who kicked eight points, and Biggar.
Wales led 13-9 at half-time, but failed to add to their tally after the break as Scotland scored 20 unanswered points.
Jones felt the momentum shift started before the interval when Halfpenny missed a chance to give Wales a 10-point lead and man of the match Finn Russell cut the gap to four points with the last kick of the half.
"At the tail end of the first half they took an opportunity and then into the second half, but we coughed up possession a little too easily," he said.
Jones said he wanted Wales to improve their discipline for their next game against Ireland on Friday, 10 March in Cardiff.
"We gave away one or two soft penalties and Scotland did a good job of disrupting us at the breakdown in the second half," he added.
Bruce, 55, is a candidate to succeed the sacked Remi Garde, along with Nigel Pearson, David Moyes and Sean Dyche.
"No approach had been made nor would one be welcome," a spokesman for Hull, fourth in the table, told BBC Sport.
Former Villa player and manager Brian Little, who recently joined the club's board of directors, will play a key role in the selection process.
However Villa, bottom of the table and 12 points adrift of safety with seven games to play, are in no rush to make an appointment.
Villa want a British manager to succeed Garde, BBC Sport understands.
Former Leicester manager Pearson and ex-Manchester United boss Moyes have been tipped as replacements.
Bruce, who has been with Hull since 2012, and Burnley manager Dyche are also possible candidates.
The board's recommendation will need to be passed by Randy Lerner, the club's American owner, before a final decision.
Former Villa striker Garry Thompson says the next boss needs to know the Championship, which is where the club are likely to be playing next season.
He also says Garde's successor needs to have broad shoulders.
"People don't realise what a massive club Aston Villa is," Thompson, who played for the club in the late 1980s, told BBC Radio WM.
"You've got to be strong enough and big enough to carry this thing. Obviously, Remi wasn't."
Bruce guided Birmingham City to the Premier League in 2002 and 2007, before doing the same with Hull in 2013.
Police said the incident Inver Road happened some time between Friday night and Saturday morning at Inver Road in Larne.
Democratic Unionist Party MLA Gordon Lyons said he was "appalled" by the attack.
It was "an insult to the memories of all of those who fought and died for our country", he added.
"Council will begin a clean up operation as soon as the police are finished at the scene," he said.
"I trust that the memorial will be restored as soon as possible."
Sinn Féin MLA Oliver McMullan said it was a "shameful attack".
"All memorials should be respected and treated with the respect and dignity they deserve," he added.
From 13 April, patients on acute wards at Princess of Wales, Bridgend, Morriston and Singleton in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot Hospital can have visitors between 11:00 and 20:00 BST, seven days a week.
It is hoped the changes will make it easier for people to visit relatives.
The announcement follows a successful pilot at Neath Port Talbot Hospital.
Cheryl Jones, from Port Talbot, regularly visits her 82-year-old mother Glynis Andrews at Neath hospital and said the new hours meant her mother had lots of company during her eight-week hospital stay.
She said: "It has been really good. I can keep mum company for as long as she likes. It is much better than just having a short visiting time in the evenings."
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University (ABMU) Health Board said its paediatrics, maternity, mental health, learning disabilities and intensive care wards will also have flexible visiting hours, but they will be based on each patient's needs.
The couple had escaped from traffickers after arriving in Dover, Kent, and eventually settled in Bournemouth.
The children were placed in foster care over social services' concerns about the family home, domestic violence and the woman's mental health.
The parents were later evicted and returned to Slovakia.
Their current whereabouts are unknown and Mr Justice Baker said it was unrealistic to return the two-year-old girl and one-year-old boy to Slovakia.
The judge, who sits in the Family Division of the High Court, described the family's background as "sad and disturbing".
He said the couple, who are both in their 30s, married in Slovakia four years ago.
The woman, who is Hungarian and of "Roma origin", is illiterate, has learning difficulties and was raised on the street in Slovakia as part of a homeless family.
The man is also Hungarian and has a "low IQ", the judge said.
The woman gave birth in May 2013 and May 2014 after arriving in England.
The children were placed in foster care in July 2014 after social services raised a number of worries, including the conditions of their home.
The couple were evicted from the home in early 2015 and returned to Slovakia.
The judge heard evidence from social workers in the country who said the children would probably go into a children's home while efforts were made to place them with relatives.
If that was unsuccessful, they would be fostered or placed for adoption.
Mr Justice Baker said a move to Slovakia would be a "sudden interruption" for the children and deemed that their "cultural needs" were outweighed by their need for security and stability, which were being met by their current foster carers.
Over 18 years, researchers analysed bees who forage heavily on oilseed rape, a crop widely treated with "neonics".
The scientists attribute half of the total decline in wild bees to the use of these chemicals.
Industry sources say the study shows an association, not a cause and effect.
In recent years, several studies, conducted in the lab and in the field, have identified a negative effect on honey bees and bumble bees from the use of neonics.
But few researchers have looked at the long term impacts of these substances.
This new paper examined the impacts on populations of 62 species of wild bees across England over the period from 1994-2011.
The team, from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), used distribution data on wild bees, excluding honey and bumblebees collected by the bees, ants and wasps recording scheme.
They were able to compare the locations of these bees and their changing populations with growing patterns of oilseed rape across England over 18 years.
The amount of this crop being sown has increased significantly over the period of the study, from around 500,000 hectares in 1994 to over 700,000 in 2011.
A key innovation was the commercial licensing of neonicotinoid insecticides for the crop in the UK in 2002. Seeds are coated with the chemical and every part of the plant becomes toxic to pests.
Manufacturers hailed the development as a major advance, reducing the need for leaf spraying with other insecticides. Around 85% of the oilseed rape crop in England now uses this method for pest protection.
But this new work suggests, for the first time, that the detrimental impacts seen in the lab can be linked to large scale population extinctions of wild bees, especially for those species of bees that spend longer foraging on oilseed rape.
"The negative effects that have been reported previously do scale up to long-term, large-scale multi-species impacts that are harmful," said Dr Nick Isaac, a co-author of the new paper.
"Neonicotinoids are harmful, we can be very confident about that and our mean correlation is three times more negative for foragers than for non-foragers."
There was a decline in the number of populations of 10%, attributable to neonicotinoids, across the 34 species that forage on oilseed rape. Five of the species showed declines of 20% or more, with the worst affected declining by 30%. Overall, half the total decline in wild bees could be linked to the chemicals.
"Historically, if you just have oilseed rape, many bees tend to benefit from that because it is this enormous foraging resource all over the countryside," said lead author Dr Ben Woodcock from the CEH.
"But this co-relation study suggests that once its treated with neonicotinoids up to 85%, then they are starting to be exposed and it's starting to have these detrimental impacts on them."
"What we can't say is what these detrimental impacts are but what it does suggest is you can have these population declines and they can be big - I mean 30% is a big decline."
The authors acknowledge that their study finds an association and doesn't prove a cause and effect link between the use of neonicotinoids and the decline of bee populations.
The manufacturers of the chemicals agree that it is an interesting statistical study, but they argue that intensive farming and not just a single insecticide might be the real cause of the decline.
"Since most of the oilseed rape grown in the UK was treated with a neonicotinoid seed treatment during the years that this study looked at, we believe its findings would be more correctly headlined that intensive agriculture is causing some issues with pollinators," said Dr Julian Little, from Bayer Crop Science in the UK.
"Whether this is due to the use of insecticides is not clear; a lack of nesting sites and pollen and nectar sources in these areas may also be critical factors."
Other scientists, though, believe that the new study is some of the strongest data yet for the impact of these substances over the long term.
"This is the first good evidence that bees are affected at the population level by the widespread use of neonicotinoids," said Prof Henrik Smith from Lund University in Sweden, who was not involved with the research.
"It is the combination of evidence that is persuasive, that the effect depends on neonicotinoid exposure and affect species known to forage on oilseed rape more than other species."
The European Food Safety Authority is currently conducting a review of the scientific evidence about neonicotinoids.
An EU-wide moratorium on their use was implemented in 2013 and is still in place. This new work is likely to be part of that review, along with another, major field study due out in the Autumn. However, the National Farmers Union (NFU) say that it doesn't make a convincing case about the extinction of bees in England.
"While this study claims to provide an important contribution to the evidence base underpinning the current EU moratorium on some uses of neonicotinoids, experts reviewing all the evidence have concluded that there are still major gaps in our knowledge and a limited evidence base to guide policymakers," said Dr Chris Hartfield from the NFU.
The scientists involved in the wild bee study caution against "simplistic solutions" to the problems of pollinators. They say a "holistic" approach to the use of insecticides must be taken and they are lukewarm about the idea of banning chemicals.
"When you grow oilseed rape you can't do it without pesticides, there's an underlying reality to this," said Dr Woodcock.
"Just because you say 'don't use neonicotinoids anymore', the likelihood is that another pesticide is going to have to be used to compensate for that, that is going to have impacts on runoffs into waterways and on other species that you can control for."
"It needs to be taken in a very holistic perspective, you can't just say as long as we can save the bees everything else can go to hell, that's not where you want to be at."
The study has been published in the journal Nature Communications.
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The 26-year-old made 37 appearances for the Seagulls last season, helping the club win promotion to the top flight.
Norwood told fulhamfctv the style of football Fulham play is ideal for him.
"It suits the way I like to play," he said. "Once I knew of the interest I was desperate to get it done and I am very happy to be here."
Norwood has 46 international caps and has played in all of Northern Ireland's last 32 matches, starting 31 of them.
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The town's Borough Council took action over an unpaid £10.25m loan, but it has also allowed more time for the club to be taken over by Kelvin Thomas.
The proceedings also stopped it being separately wound-up by the taxman.
The council told the High Court it had taken an "informed decision".
It has been agreed the club will have its debt to the taxpayer wiped out in return for the council acquiring land near the Sixfields Stadium for development.
The £10.25m was originally given to former owner David Cardoza to develop the stadium, but the local authority subsequently called in the police.
Counsel James Morgan told Mr Justice Mann an agreement had been reached which was not arrived at lightly or without taking into account the alternative scenario of the club going into administration.
He said: "The council has taken an informed decision that this will be in the best interests of the council, the ratepayers, the football club and the wider community."
The judge said it should be made clear that in granting the order sought by the council, the court was not giving its approval of the deal, which had only been presented in outline.
Mr Justice Mann said: "It [the council] has come to the conclusion that the deal is a proper one. That is ultimately a matter for the council and not for this court."
The judge was told that another debt owed to HM Revenue & Customs had been paid in full and its application for the League Two club to be wound-up was withdrawn last week.
John Weston, from Groby, was strapped to the upper wing of a 1942 Boeing-Stearman biplane and flown 500ft (152m) into the air for 15 minutes.
Mr Weston, a rear gunner on a Lancaster Bomber in World War Two, was raising money for the Alzheimer's Society after his wife's death.
The event took place at Wickenby Aerodrome, in Lincolnshire.
After he landed Mr Weston said: "It's windy up there!"
The veteran, who had to lose 12 lbs (5.4 kg) for the challenge, raised an undisclosed amount for the Alzheimer's Society.
He said: "For three years [my wife] was reasonably active, then she got very poorly and for the last eight months it was cruel to see her.
"She'd lost the use of her arms, legs, speech and couldn't swallow."
The World War Two airman added he felt grateful that no one was trying to "shoot him down".
The Read On. Get On. coalition said "decisive action" must be taken by which ever party triumphs in May's assembly elections.
It claimed 10,000 of these children would be from poor backgrounds and must be allowed to fulfil their potential.
The Welsh government said literacy would be central to a new curriculum.
Read On. Get On. is a UK-wide campaign aimed at getting everyone reading well by the age of 11.
In Wales, it is made up of charities and literary agencies, including Save the Children, the Welsh Books Council and Literature Wales.
The group said children who read well by 11 do better at school, achieve better exam results and fare better in the workplace.
In Wales, it said the figures amounted to one in four of the poorest children and called for all youngsters to start secondary school as confident readers by 2025.
To achieve this, it wants more investment in the early years workforce, including specialist support and help for parents to encourage reading at home.
"We know that this is a challenging ambition, but it is wholly achievable and within our grasp if we focus our efforts," said Save the Children's Mary Powell-Chandler, who is the chair of Read On. Get On.
A Welsh government spokesman said literacy and numeracy would be "right at the heart" of a new curriculum being devised.
He added a £6.3m programme had recently been approved to provide qualifications for the early years workforce as well as an "education begins at home" campaign.
Aled Roberts, Welsh Liberal Democrat education spokesman, said: "The Welsh Liberal Democrats, in budget negotiations, insisted on the creation of the Welsh Pupil Premium, which focuses resources to Wales' most disadvantaged children.
"We are already seeing the benefits of this policy, which is beginning to break the link between poverty and attainment that has dogged our education system for so long. However, more must be done and there is no room for complacency."
Plaid Cymru's education spokesman Simon Thomas said: "There is a clear and urgent need to improve standards in our schools. Strong reading skills open the door for children to do well in other subjects and it is important that parents as well as teachers recognise this fact."
Angela Burns, Welsh Conservatives' education spokesperson, said: "This report highlights serious and legitimate concerns, and as a party the Welsh Conservatives would echo the need for decisive action to be taken to tackle shortfalls in literacy standards at some Welsh primary schools."
The other parties have been asked to comment.
His remarks came after Mr Almagro called an emergency meeting over Venezuela's "institutional crisis", a move which could lead to Venezuela's expulsion from the OAS.
Mr Maduro dismissed it as "meddling".
The Venezuelan leader also called for "a big anti-imperialist and anti-Almagro march" to be held on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Mr Almagro published a 132-page document (in Spanish) requesting a meeting of the OAS Permanent Council.
He argued that "the institutional crisis in Venezuela demands immediate changes in the actions of the executive branch".
He also said Venezuela was "at risk of falling immediately into a situation of illegitimacy".
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At the emergency meeting, member states will decide whether to invoke the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which could lead to Venezuela's suspension from the OAS.
Mr Maduro, who has clashed with Mr Almagro in the past, reacted angrily.
He told a rally of supporters: "Mr Almagro, you can take your Democratic Charter, put it into a thin tube, and shove it wherever it fits. Venezuela must be respected!".
Speaking on his national television programme, he later said that Mr Almagro was "filled with hate against Venezuela" and accused him of acting on behalf of the US State Department.
"History will judge you and you'll drown in the deepest mire in hell [reserved] for interventionist traitors," he added.
Mr Maduro has in the past accused Mr Almagro of being a CIA agent and has blamed Venezuela's problems on a war being waged against it by the US with the help of right-wing forces within Venezuela.
Latin American 'traitor' row escalates
He also had harsh words for leaders of Venezuela's National Assembly who had asked the OAS to invoke the Democratic Charter.
He said he would put them on trial for treason.
The government and the National Assembly have been engaged in a stand-off ever since the MUD opposition coalition won control of the legislative body in parliamentary elections in December.
MUD politicians say their every move is thwarted by the Supreme Court and the National Electoral Council (CNE), bodies they allege have been stacked with supporters of President Maduro.
They accuse the government of trying to block a recall referendum which could see Venezuelans vote on whether they want Mr Maduro to serve out his term or be removed from office.
Members of Mr Maduro's Socialist Unity Party allege that at least 10,000 of the 1.85 million signatures on a petition demanding the recall referendum belong to people who are dead, and are therefore fraudulent.
The National Electoral Council has yet to comment.
After June's referendum vote to leave the EU, politicians and observers began to consider what, if any, the implications might be for Northern Ireland's political future.
Some 56% of people in Northern Ireland voted to stay in the EU.
However, across the UK a narrow majority decided to pull out.
With the UK charting its own course and the Republic of Ireland staying an enthusiastic member of the EU, would people in NI begin to reconsider their identity?
Sinn Féin called on the secretary of state to hold a border poll under the terms of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Then in August, the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin reported a sharp rise in applications for Irish passports by people in Northern Ireland.
Did this represent a shift in people's allegiance or a pragmatic move to keep options open on travel and employment?
Between mid August and early September the pollsters Ipsos Mori interviewed more than 1,000 people face-to-face at locations across Northern Ireland.
Their questions for the BBC were designed to shed some light on Northern Ireland after Brexit.
Only a third (33%) of those interviewed agreed with Sinn Féin's call for a border poll, while more than half do not want one.
A further 15% did not know whether they wanted one or not.
Predictably enthusiasm for a border poll is greater amongst people with a Catholic background than those with a Protestant background.
More than half (53%) of the Catholics interviewed backed holding a border poll, whilst more than seven out of 10 of the Protestants interviewed opposed such a move (72%).
Not surprisingly, the closer people live to the border the more likely they seemed to be in favour of a referendum.
County Armagh showed the highest levels of support with 47% of those interviewed there in favour of holding a border poll, whilst Greater Belfast appears to be most sceptical with 68% of people there against the idea.
But if the government was to press ahead and call a border poll, how would you vote and has Brexit changed many people's minds?
The View is on BBC 1 at 22:45 BST on Thursday.
A panel of politicians will mull over the public's answers to these questions and consider what impact not only Brexit, but also the prospect of a future Scottish independence vote might have on the sensitive political balance here.
Mark Roy Mason, 48, from Rhyl, died after being stabbed outside the town's Home Bargains shop on 27 October.
The opening of an inquest in Ruthin heard a post-mortem examination revealed Mr Mason had suffered a punctured artery.
Four men from Liverpool have appeared in court charged with murder.
John Gittins, the coroner for North Wales East and Central, said the criminal investigation would take priority and so he would not be fixing a date for the inquest to resume.
James Davies, 20, Anthony Baines, 30, Jake Melia, 21, and Mark Ennis, 30, were remanded in custody at Mold Crown Court on 3 November.
The University College London study involved patients with frontotemporal dementia, with the results appearing in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
Questionnaires from the friends and family of the 48 patients revealed many had noticed a change in humour years before the dementia had been diagnosed.
This included laughing inappropriately at tragic events.
Experts say more studies are now needed to understand how and when changes in humour could act as a red flag for dementia.
There are many different types of dementia and frontotemporal dementia is one of the rarer ones.
The area of the brain it affects is involved with personality and behaviour, and people who develop this form of dementia can lose their inhibition, become more impulsive and struggle with social situations.
Dr Camilla Clark and colleagues recruited 48 patients from their dementia clinic at University College London.
And they asked the friends or relatives of the patients to rate their loved one's liking for different kinds of comedy - slapstick comedy such as Mr Bean, satirical comedy such as Yes, Minister or absurdist comedy such as Monty Python - as well as any examples of inappropriate humour.
Nearly all of the respondents said, with hindsight, that they had noticed a shift in the nine years before the dementia had been diagnosed.
Many of the patients had developed a dark sense of humour - for example, laughing at tragic events in the news or in their personal lives. The dementia patients also tended to prefer slapstick to satirical humour, when compared with 21 healthy people of a similar age.
Dr Clark said: "These were marked changes - completely inappropriate humour well beyond the realms of even distasteful humour. For example, one man laughed when his wife badly scalded herself."
Lee Pearce, from Sheffield, was not involved in the study, but he can relate to the findings.
He first noticed a change in his mum's behaviour when she was 55, but it took four years before she received the correct diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
"She'd always been very loving and family-focused but became increasingly uninvolved and emotionless," he says.
"As she had a history of depression, we put it down to that, and her doctor agreed.
"Mum's behaviour became more and more erratic, and we began to question the diagnosis.
"She'd forget family birthdays, laugh if someone had an accident or she heard someone was unwell and was even sacked from her job - all completely out of character."
Dr Simon Ridley, of Alzheimer's Research UK, said anyone concerned about changes in their behaviour should speak to their GP.
"While memory loss is often the first thing that springs to mind when we hear the word dementia, this study highlights the importance of looking at the myriad different symptoms that impact on daily life and relationships," he said.
"A deeper understanding of the full range of dementia symptoms will increase our ability to make a timely and accurate diagnosis."
Sir Norman witnessed the 1989 disaster as a spectator.
At the Hillsborough inquests, he denied being part of a "black propaganda unit" set up to blame Liverpool fans and "concoct" a false version of events.
His book, entitled Hillsborough Untold, will be released in November.
Biteback Publishing said the proceeds would be donated to charity.
Ninety-six football fans died following crushing at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield, during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
New inquests into the deaths concluded the victims were unlawfully killed.
A spokesman for Biteback Publishing said they hope the book will help "add to the narrative" of what happened during the disaster.
"Hillsborough was a tragedy of horrendous proportions. So many voices have come from Hillsborough," he said.
"We think [the book] can add to the narrative and shine a light on what happened and why things went so badly wrong."
In the wake of the disaster, Sir Norman was part of a police team that gathered evidence about what had happened, for use at a public inquiry.
In 1998, he was controversially appointed chief constable of Merseyside Police.
Barry Devonside, who lost his son Christopher in the disaster, said he was "saddened and disappointed" at the former officer's decision to write the book.
He said it "shows a clear lack of sensitivity towards the families", adding that it was "the type of behaviour we've come to be used to from Norman Bettison".
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Sir Norman said it had "never occurred to him" to mention the work he did after the Hillsborough disaster in his application for the Merseyside top job, and he was not "embarrassed" by it and had "nothing to hide".
He held the post of chief constable in Merseyside from 1998 to 2004 before becoming chief constable of the West Yorkshire force.
Sir Norman resigned from that post in 2012, saying an investigation into his role after the tragedy was a "distraction" to the force.
The Hillsborough Independent Panel (HIP) published its report in September 2012, revealing that 164 police statements by South Yorkshire Police officers were altered - 116 to remove or change negative comments about the policing of the 1989 FA Cup semi final.
The HIP report said the review and alteration of statements was part of an attempt by South Yorkshire Police to deflect criticism on to fans.
A day after the publication of the HIP report, Sir Norman said Liverpool fans had made the "police's job much harder than it needed to be" - a comment he told the inquests he "regretted" making.
Sir Norman remains under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission regarding his alleged involvement in a police cover-up.
The IPCC said it was aware of the book, but declined to comment further.
Ms Roberts, of Grassmere Close, Felpham, was outside the Post Office in Felpham Road, Bognor Regis, when the crash happened on 13 January.
The Nissan Micra, driven by an 87-year-old Bognor Regis woman, was leaving a parking space near the local shops.
Paramedics and an air ambulance doctor were unable to save Ms Roberts. She was pronounced dead at 13:16 GMT.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which regulates air travel in the UK, graded Edinburgh as "poor".
It was the only airport in the country to achieve the lowest possible rating.
A spokesman for Edinburgh Airport said it had taken "great steps" to improve the way it helped people with disabilities.
The CAA examined the quality of assistance given at 30 airports to those whose health makes air travel difficult.
Ten UK airports were classed as "very good".
In July, an elderly woman was reportedly left alone at Edinburgh Airport for several hours as she waited for a delayed flight.
Omniserv, the firm employed by Edinburgh Airport to give special assistance to reduced mobility passengers, launched an investigation into the incident along with the airline Easyjet.
At the time, Edinburgh Airport said it was "unacceptable".
The CAA said Edinburgh's rating was principally down to the poor performance of the previous assistance provider, Amey, and a lack of proper oversight by the airport.
A spokesman for the airport said: "Since the findings of this report were collected six months ago we have - as noted in the report - taken great steps to improve in this area including bringing in OmniServ who won a three-year contract to undertake the provision of services for persons with reduced mobility at Edinburgh Airport.
"Edinburgh Airport is absolutely committed to continuing to improve the passenger experience of everyone who uses the airport, including those with a disability and those with reduced mobility."
Amey said it decided not to bid for the new contract to operate services at the airport.
A spokesman for the company said: "We are proud to have provided assistance to over a hundred thousand passengers with reduced mobility over the life of our agreement with Edinburgh Airport.
"We welcome the news that subsequent investment has been made with regard to equipment and staffing levels to address the issues raised in the report."
Glasgow, the highest-ranked Scottish airport, was rated "good", while Aberdeen, Glasgow Prestwick, Inverness and Sumburgh were described as "taking steps".
Matthew Buffey, the CAA's head of consumer enforcement, said most disabled passengers were happy with their experience.
"Our research shows passenger satisfaction with special assistance at UK airports is high with 85% satisfied or very satisfied," he said.
"However, high standards are not always universal, and occasionally things go wrong for disabled people and those with reduced mobility."
He added: "These passengers are very much dependent on airport staff providing the appropriate assistance so it's a really important task for airports to get right."
The CAA said it had introduced a new framework for measuring how well airports help those who need extra assistance.
The tests include how happy passengers are with the assistance provided and how long they have to wait.
They also look at how well airports consult with disability organisations.
The club then issued a poem to welcome back former coach Wang Baoshan as manager, before confirmation arrived that Eriksson, 69, was leaving.
The Swede replaced ex-Netherlands midfielder and AC Milan coach Clarence Seedorf as Shenzhen boss in December.
But he has been dismissed after a run of only five wins from 13 league games.
The Guangdong-based side are fourth in League One after a winless eight-game run.
"The negotiations between the two sides were very smooth, leaving only some details to be completed by lawyers," read a statement on the club's website.
A translation of the club's poem, announcing Wang's return, reads:
Eleven years ago, you led Shenzhen football and never let us down.
Nine years ago, you took over responsibilities and saved Shenzhen football.
Memories of fighting together have never gone away, and now we recall the legend.
For Shenzhen, we are reunited, starting a new trip together.
Coach Wang, welcome home.
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It is understood the firm, Bell & Co, will claim that Cerberus is treating some former Ulster Bank borrowers harshly and putting jobs at risk.
But, in a statement Cerberus said it is "fair and consistent" in its approach.
The US investment fund added that it has reached "consensual outcomes" with the vast majority of borrowers.
Cerberus is best known for buying more than £1bn of loans from the Republic of Ireland's National Assets Management Agency (Nama), but it also spent a similar amount on loans from Ulster Bank.
In December 2014, the fund bought Project Aran from Ulster Bank for a reported £1.1bn
It is a portfolio of more than 6,000 loans relating to more than 5,000 properties and 1,000 borrowers.
About 20% of the assets are in Northern Ireland with the rest in the Republic of Ireland.
It later paid Ulster Bank another £200m for a Northern Ireland loan portfolio called Project Rathlin.
Cerberus expects borrowers to repay their loans quickly either by selling properties or finding new lenders.
Firms like Bell & Co negotiate on behalf of borrowers.
Their evidence to the enterprise committee at Stormont is expected to focus on the negotiation process and property valuations.
Cerberus' statement added that since 2014 it has have written off more than £3bn in debt in Northern Ireland.
It said that had "helped to strengthen the local economy, creating jobs and the stimulus for growth that has enabled others to invest and recruit for the future".
The new academic year was due to start on Monday.
But the education minister ordered the closures to allow staff to be trained on how to handle suspected Ebola cases.
Five people have died of Ebola in Nigeria. The West Africa outbreak has centred on Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing more than 1,400 people.
It is the largest ever outbreak and has infected an estimated 2,615 people. About half of those infected have died.
"The postponement of the schools' resumption by the federal government is a good move but the extension is too long. I can't imagine my two kids wasting six more weeks at home. Two to three weeks would have been enough for all that."
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It spread to Nigeria - Africa's most populous country - in July, when a man infected with Ebola flew from Liberia to Lagos.
The head of the African Development Bank (AFDB), Donald Kaberuka, has called on airline companies to restart their services to the worst-affected countries.
Several African countries and airlines have banned flights to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone despite World Health Organization (WHO) advice that travel bans do not work.
Air France has now announced it is suspending flights to Sierra Leone from Thursday, following a request by the French government.
The virus is not airborne and is spread between humans through direct contact with infected bodily fluids.
"It is very important that as you combat Ebola, we also continue to ensure that ordinary economic activity is not disputed," Mr Kaberuka told BBC Africa on a visit to Sierra Leone.
The Nigerian government says it hopes its efforts to contain the virus are working, as there is only one confirmed case of Ebola remaining.
"All state ministries of education are to immediately organise and ensure that at least two staff in each school, both private and public, are trained by appropriate health workers," said Education Minister Ibrahim Shekarau.
Mr Kaberuka said the AFDB had signed an agreement with the WHO to quickly release $60m (£36m) of funds to help with the immediate fight against Ebola.
He described the situation as "cataclysmic" as many health workers were being infected with Ebola.
"It is decimating the health sector," he said.
"There are many other diseases right now not being attended to because Ebola has overstretched the capacity of the health sector."
On Tuesday, the WHO said the "unprecedented" number of doctors and nurses infected was due to a shortage of protective equipment and staff.
Only one or two doctors are available for 100,000 patients in some of the affected countries.
The bank chief said after the Ebola emergency was over, it was important that these countries health systems were strengthened, which the AFDB could do through budget support.
Meanwhile, a WHO epidemiologist from Senegal who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has been flown to Hamburg in Germany for treatment.
He had been working at an Ebola testing centre in Kailahun, one of the worst-affected districts in eastern Sierra Leone which is currently under blockade.
The WHO says the laboratory in Kailahun has been temporarily closed.
There have been 392 Ebola deaths in Sierra Leone, according to the latest UN figures released on 22 August.
Logan, 30, made his Hibs debut in Saturday's semi-final against Dundee United - his first game in 16 months.
And the Irishman saved two penalties to give Alan Stubbs' side a 4-2 shootout win after a scoreless 120 minutes.
"I feel proud and happy for friends and family that have stuck by me in this time," he said.
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"There was a lot of messages and phone calls and everyone's just happy and proud obviously because of my injury and being out for so long. They're just all excited and happy.
"They know it's been a tough time over the 15, 16 months when you're out injured and nothing's really happening so it's nice for them as well."
However, one conversation ensured the keeper did not get carried away.
"It was a dream debut at the time but I was brought back down to earth quickly when I rang my daughter, who was watching it on telly," Logan told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I said, 'did you watch the game?' and she said, 'I did but why did you dive the wrong way for one of the penalties?'"
Logan joined Hibs earlier this month and only found out he would be facing United shortly before kick-off. He was preferred to Finn Otso Virtanen with first choice Mark Oxley suspended.
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"It's great to save a penalty at any stage but in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup in a shootout was something," he explained.
"I think once you save the second one your head just goes and you just want to celebrate with the fans and you hear them cheering and you think: 'This really can happen now.'"
Logan was on the books at Leicester City for 10 years and was on the substitutes' bench with current Foxes favourites Jamie Vardy and Danny Drinkwater as well as Tottenham loanee Harry Kane in the Championship play-off semi-final defeat by Watford in 2013.
"They obviously had potential and they just needed breaks and they obviously weren't playing in those game but the next season they were regulars and they got promoted and all three of them have taken the Premier League by storm," said Logan.
"Probably all three of them will go [to Euro 2016 with England] and possibly be pushing for a start, which they deserve."
Hibs will face Rangers in the Scottish Cup final, with the Easter Road side having last won the tournament in 1902.
"I probably didn't quite realise until I came up here exactly what the Scottish Cup meant to the Hibs fans," added Logan.
"It's been a long time. On social media and different forums, it's really hit home just what it's meant to the fans. It's fantastic for them.
"We'll go in slightly as underdogs, which will probably suit us. We actually play Rangers on Wednesday at home in the league. They've had a fantastic season.
"I'm grateful for Alan Stubbs for giving me the opportunity and bringing me up. It was a big call on his part.
"I'd like to think I've repaid him and given him something to think about now hopefully for the remaining games."
Peter Goodridge, from Abergavenny, died on 1 June after a single vehicle collision in Llanfoist.
The 61-year-old's company ArtWorks transports art throughout the UK and across the world.
His family said he would be greatly missed by the artists, curators and technicians he worked with.
They said the National Museum in Cardiff had its flag at half-mast in his honour.
In a tribute, issued via police, the family said: "Pete was a larger than life character, and not just his height of six foot six.
"He connected with so many people, he loved what he did and was a unique part of so many people's lives. He will be greatly missed."
Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital was her destination on 7 July, where she worked as a biomedical officer.
The Iranian-born 47-year-old had lived in Finchley for 13 years.
And her death on the Piccadilly Line Tube train that morning has devastated her family.
Her husband, Nader Mozakka, whom she had met while they were at university in Tehran and married in 1979, said: "She was a very peaceful person and hated violence. She was hugely loved. This has left a big hole in our lives."
The family were initially told she had survived for up to 45 minutes after the explosion, but at the inquest in October 2010, it was revealed that she had died instantly.
Speaking in court at the inquest five years after her death, Mrs Mozakka's daughter Saba, who was 24 when she lost her mother, said that she, her father Nader and her brother Saeed had been "shattered" by the death.
"Following her murder, we were forced to sell our family home, because the reality of living there without her was too painful to cope with.
"The three of us now live separately, and while we are still very close to the family and love each other dearly, our glue has been taken away from us," she said.
Miss Mozakka said she had suffered post traumatic stress disorder after her mother's murder and missed her every day.
"I cannot imagine marrying without my mother being there to plan and share my day. I cannot fathom having a family without her, my mother, to support me."
She said although her mother loved her job and was very good at it, her priority was the family and, in 1991, she gave up science to take a job at Save the Children so that she could spend more time with them.
"She never thought twice about making sacrifices for her family. My mother was very devoted to us, her family."
Eight years later, Mrs Mozakka started work at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Laura Hamilton, who worked with Mrs Mozakka for more than four years at the hospital, said Mrs Mozakka - who was known as Nazy - had started working there a week before her and had helped her settle in.
"She really was like the mum of the lab, helping out with any problems, a friendly shoulder when you needed some advice.
"She was such a kind and caring person, with something nice to say about everyone."
The inquest heard that the hospital created a roof garden in memory of Mrs Mozakka.
"This is a beautiful garden which is a tribute to my mum, who loved the outdoors and always felt very passionately that staff did not have enough green space," her daughter said.
She said that following the death, Mrs Mozakka's mother became extremely unwell and never recovered.
She said she had worked hard to keep her mother's memory alive, working with the government to design and create a permanent memorial to the victims of the 7/7 bombings in London's Hyde Park.
"While I am incredibly proud of what we have managed to achieve, I wished every day, during every single meeting, every single board meeting, that I didn't have to be involved in this project.
"The horror and brutality of having someone you love so much hurt in this way can never be explained," she said.
David Sanderson was off duty when he confronted two women in the car ahead of him at a petrol station in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, on 6 June.
He believed the motorist had been driving while using a mobile phone, Worthing Magistrates' Court heard.
Sanderson had denied assault by beating but was found guilty following a trial last month. He was fined £828.
Magistrates heard the car driver was using the phone hands free while driving.
However, Sanderson, 45, from Portsmouth, revved his motorcycle engine and tried to undertake the car as it moved off the forecourt, the court was told.
Passenger Donya Bryant got out and Sanderson head-butted her, leaving her with a "red mark the size of a 50p piece and a swollen lump" on her forehead, prosecutor Gaynor Byng said.
She added the situation escalated after Miss Bryant, who was upset after the death of a friend, swore at the defendant and threatened to kill him.
In a victim impact statement, Miss Bryant said: "I feel extremely let down by someone who, as a serving police officer, should have been protecting the public."
Chairwoman of the bench, Marley Isaac, said Sanderson had a "previous good character and 23-year exemplary service".
"However, this does appear to be an ongoing road-rage incident that began at the pumps and continued off the forecourt," she said.
She added it was "disappointing you didn't behave more appropriately".
Paul Fairley, defending, said Sanderson continued to deny he deliberately assaulted Miss Bryant and the case was set to go to the crown court for appeal.
He added Sanderson continued to work full-time for Hampshire Constabulary, but faced dismissal from the force and had been taken off front-line duties pending the conclusion of the appeal.
Many national and international flights were cancelled and train and underground stations looked deserted.
Trade unionists, who complain about high inflation and high taxes, also blocked some roads.
The government has defended its tax system as fair.
Protesters blocking the Pueyrredon Bridge, one of the main access routes into the city, said they would keep the blockade going until at least midday.
Banks are also expected to remain closed and there will be no rubbish collection, strike leaders said.
Local bus drivers are also expected to adhere to the stoppage.
Schools will open but many parents said that without public transport, they would not be able to send their children to class.
The workers are demanding a tax on their income be revoked.
But Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez said only between six and eight per cent of workers had to pay this particular tax.
The strike leaders are also demanding an increase in pensions and measures to combat inflation, which they say is eroding their salaries.
The trade union movement in Argentina is divided into those who back the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and those who think it is not doing enough to help workers.
This latest stoppage is being led by Hugo Moyano of the more radical wing of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and Pablo Micheli of the Central Workers' Union (CTA).
Analysts say the strike is also intended to send a signal to all Argentine politicians about the enduring power of the country's trade unions ahead of presidential elections in October.
Kanhaiya Kumar is the president of JNU's students union and was arrested after some students held a rally against the 2013 hanging of Mohammed Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri separatist convicted over an attack on India's parliament.
JNU is often seen as an Indian Berkeley, strongly influenced by the political left and frequently rallying around diverse causes - from ideological debates on India's education system, to communal riots, to global issues such as the war on terror.
Today its sprawling, tree-lined campus is tense.
Several hundred students are staging a sit-in in front of the university's main administrative block, demanding that Kanhaiya Kumar be freed.
"Delhi police leave our campus," they chant, frequently breaking out into cheers and cries of "shame, shame" as speaker after speaker condemns the police action.
At the heart of the row is a fight between the political right and left.
India's mainstream political parties play an active role in campus politics in the country's major universities.
Many student leaders have gone on to successful political careers, including India's current Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, a former Delhi university student president.
The JNU student union has close ties to India's Communist parties and after the arrest of its president, the entire opposition has come out in support of the students over an issue that they believe is an attempt by the BJP to push its Hindu nationalist agenda.
India's sedition law dates back to 1870, introduced by the British to hit back at anti-colonial movements.
Some of the country's leading independence leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi, were tried under the infamous law.
The sedition law has rarely been upheld by India's courts. But anyone charged under the law cannot apply for bail immediately and so can be instantly imprisoned.
"The question of how much criticism a government can tolerate is indicative of the self-confidence of a democracy," writes Lawrence Liang in an article for The Wire.
"On that count, India presents a mixed picture where, on the one hand, we regularly see the use of sedition laws to curtail political criticism even as we find legal precedents that provide a wide ambit to political expression."
Many of the students believe that the move is a direct assault on their right to dissent.
"We are defending the right to have opinions," says one student.
"You can have opinions on a judgement, you can have opinions on any issue that is going on and they are taking away that right."
Some are angry at suggestions made by BJP leaders, that the university has become a hot-bed of anti-national sentiments with some accusing the campus of supporting Kashmiri militants.
One student tells me that they totally condemned the "anti-national slogans that were [allegedly] raised [at last week's rally] by certain fringe elements.
"But that doesn't give them the right to label an entire university of 10,000 students as anti-national," he argued.
And it's not just the students who are protesting. Many of the university's faculty members have also come out in strong support.
Surajit Mazumdar, an economics professor, sees the move to arrest Kanhaiya Kumar and charge him with sedition as an attempt to "terrorise the students into submission".
"JNU has always been a university priding itself on its democratic culture of debate, dialogue and discussion. There are diverse political, ideological and academic opinions that exist in this university and it has always been possible to engage with each other without requiring any police interference," he adds.
But the issue has divided India sharply with some coming out in support of the government's action.
Just across the university, a counter-protest is taking place with demonstrators holding aloft the Indian flag and carrying placards demanding that JNU be "cleaned up" and that "traitors" should be hanged.
"The university has been built on public land using taxpayers' money," says Sumitra Dahiya.
"But they have shamed all of us - by supporting those people who have killed innocent people in India. We want these students to be thrown out of the university."
"There is no place here for people who support Pakistan and terrorists," says Anand Singh, who is also taking part in the protest.
Prakash Karat, a senior leader of India's main Communist party, says the government should immediately withdraw the case of sedition.
"It is absurd to charge them with sedition," he told the BBC.
"At stake is the very democratic ethos in our education system because you have a government that is determined to impose its ideological and communal values into all the educational institutes in this country," he added.
Aneirin Hughes was allegedly attacked outside Rummers Wine Bar in Aberystwyth at about 00:45 BST on Sunday morning.
The 58-year-old, who plays Chf Supt Brian Prosser in the bilingual drama, suffered minor facial injuries.
A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and bailed by police, pending further inquiries.
Bridgend MP Madeleine Moon said a constituent found he had lost £50 from his month's pay for "toilet visits".
She said it seemed staff were "fined" for comfort breaks despite being given "copious amounts of water" to help them keep speaking to customers.
Trade unions have called for workers to be given specific legal rights to use toilets without pay deductions.
During business questions at Westminster, Ms Moon told House of Commons leader William Hague: "A constituent found his payslip contained a deduction of £50.
"When he asked why he was told it was for toilet visits.
"It appears that call centre staff, while provided with copious amounts of water to keep their voices lubricated, are also then fined for going to the toilet.
"Can we have a debate on the toilet tax?"
Mr Hague replied: "Well, that is a new proposition for the House to have a debate on.
"I'm sure you will wish to pursue this directly - I'm sure you are doing, you're nodding to that - with the company concerned.
"If it was a widespread issue or problem there might well be demand for this in the House but I hope you're able to resolve this for your constituents without us having to debate it on the floor of the House."
The TUC recently noted that workers do not have a legal right to go to the toilet during working hours without losing pay, and called for the law to be changed.
It said: "There is also a need for a specific legal right to use toilets in the employer's time [as opposed to the employee's time] without a deduction in pay, and without any harassment."
The bank reported a $1.67bn profit for the period, compared with a $908m profit a year ago.
Fixed-income sales and trading revenue for the quarter hit $1.5bn, almost three times the $550m achieved in the final three months of 2015.
The bank's figures were in line with those reported by competitors.
US banks benefited from a market rally in the wake of the November presidential election, beating Wall Street forecasts.
Morgan Stanley shares have risen 61% in value over the past year.
Julie Sayles, 59, of Sewerby Road, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, bought two houses with money she took from a bank account she shared with Edith Negus.
She was found guilty of six charges at Hull Crown Court, including fraud by abuse of position.
Mrs Negus's great niece Ann Ruthuen said the family had been "unable to grieve for aunt Edith".
In a statement read to the court, she said the case had caused stress and anxiety and "it has devastated many of us".
"Julie Sayles organised the funeral and there was no mention of Edith. Edith always wanted a headstone and Julie never provided one for her. After the funeral she was sat laughing on a bench. We have sat all week through the court case and listened to the evidence. It has been very distressing."
She described her great aunt as "a beautiful, kind, lovely woman" who was loved by many friends.
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Recorder Anthony Kelbrick told Sayles: "For merciless fraudsters like you there can be only one sentence: prison.
"You took advantage of her frailty time and time again."
He said Sayles had "coveted" the wealth Mrs Negus had gathered and saved through hard work.
A jury of nine men and three women took less than two hours hours to find her guilty of fraud, buying two properties with the proceeds of crime, as well as making a fraudulent will and presenting it to a solicitor, after a six-day trial.
Margaret Long, a friend of Mrs Negus' for 25 years, said: "The last words Edith said to me were she was very doubtful about Julie."
During the trial, the court heard the former charity worker, who described herself "as a woman of faith", persuaded Mrs Negus to change her will to benefit her.
The jury was told she had made withdrawals of £7,688, £90,000, £40,000 and several withdrawals totalling £150,000 between February and July 2014 after she set up the joint account in January of that year. Mrs Negus died in the October.
Sayles used the money to buy properties - one in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and another in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
Both films are up for the best feature award - as are Chronic, starring Tim Roth, Natalie Portman's biopic Jackie and family drama Manchester by the Sea.
Moonlight, about a black youth growing to adulthood, is also recognised for Barry Jenkins' direction and script.
Roth is up for the best actor prize, as is fellow Briton David Harewood.
The awards, handed out one day before the Oscars each year, are open to films made for less than $20m (£16m).
American Honey, directed by Britain's Andrea Arnold, tells of a teenage runaway who travels across the American Midwest with a band of misfits.
Arnold is recognised in the best director category for her work on the film, which has also received nominations for three of its actors.
Moonlight, whose lead role is shared by three actors, has not received any nominations in the acting categories.
Yet on 25 February the film will automatically receive the Robert Altman Award, which honours its entire ensemble cast.
Harewood's best actor nomination comes for his role in Free in Deed, a religious drama about a minister who believes he can work miracles.
Other Britons in contention include Ralph Fiennes, who is up for best supporting male for his role in Italian-set drama A Bigger Splash.
The last three best picture winners at the Independent Spirits - Spotlight, Birdman and 12 Years a Slave - all went on to win the best picture Oscar.
Yet this year's nominations omit many of the films considered Academy Award contenders. One of the front runners, Los Angeles-set musical La La Land, was not eligible for Spirit awards consideration.
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Keates, 38, was initially appointed on an 18-month contract in October 2016 after taking over from Gary Mills.
Now Keates has been rewarded with a long-term new deal after guiding the club to 10th in the National League.
Wrexham AFC Director Spencer Harris said: "Extending Dean's contract for three and a half years is brilliant news."
Keates, who started his career with hometown club Walsall, also played for Hull City, Kidderminster Harriers, Lincoln City, Peterborough United and Wycombe Wanderers.
He joined Wrexham in the summer of 2010 and after five seasons at the Racecourse left in 2015 before a spell with Rhyl in the Welsh Premier League.
"In a short period of time, Dean has stamped his authority on the team and along with his coaching staff have brought a modern day approach to coaching and player development," said Harris.
"We believe that approach will be very successful for the club.
"Dean gets the football club and its fans and is working extremely hard on taking us in the right direction.
"His approach is very much to get everybody together as one team, fans, board, staff and players to give us the very best chance of success."
Julie Elliott, MP for Sunderland Central, said she believed people took "cuts to local councils, to the health service, insecurity in work" out on the EU and gave it a "kicking".
But Leave Sunderland organiser Richard Elvin called the result "fantastic".
Newcastle was the only area to vote Remain. The other 11 voted Leave.
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UKIP's Mr Elvin said: "It's an absolutely fantastic result. Who could have predicted 61.5% against 38.5%?
"We had a feeling when we were walking the streets, knocking on the doors, that we were going to be on the winning side this time and we were proved correct. We're absolutely delighted."
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Ms Elliott said: "Obviously we're very disappointed with the result, we've campaigned very hard to get a Remain vote, but I think this is about people feeling really let down."
Northumberland voted Leave with the leader of the county council expressed concern, saying it had benefited from millions of pounds of European investment.
Councillor Grant Davey said: "Services will be damaged and jobs will be lost if this government doesn't immediately deliver a plan to replace this now lost funding."
The Bishop of Newcastle, the Rt Rev Christine Hardman, called for people in the region to "build bridges, not divisions", in the wake of the referendum vote.
She said: "In the North East, as in many parts of the country, the sharpness of the debate and the divisions it has highlighted pose a challenge for us as we move forward into the future.
"As someone who is inspired by Christian hope, I believe that the task is now for us to unite, to build a generous, outward-looking, and welcoming country.
"The call is to build bridges not divisions."
Chaired by QC Susan O'Brien, it will take four years to investigate the extent of abuse of children in care, and identify any systemic failures.
But many survivors have continued to be critical of its terms of reference, which they have said prevents thousand of victims from giving evidence.
The Scottish government said the inquiry was the widest it had set up.
The inquiry launched its formal call for evidence on Wednesday but it has already heard from a small number of seriously ill or very elderly survivors.
At the launch in Glasgow, it invited other victims to come forward.
Ms O'Brien, supported by panel members Glenn Houston and Prof Michael Lamb, said those who wish to provide evidence should make contact by email, post or through a dedicated freephone number - 0800 0929 300 - from 29 March.
Survivors will tell their stories in informal, private settings to members of the inquiry panel who will then create a statement for them to sign.
As the inquiry proceeds, some survivors may later be asked to give evidence in public hearings.
It expects public hearings to begin in November and aims to provide an interim report on the first public hearings next year.
Ms O'Brien said: "The important thing is to get the message out. The problem is we don't know who is out there. It is a massive problem letting them know that the inquiry exists.
"We don't know how many people will come forward. It could be 500 or 5,000 we will have to take evidence from."
The inquiry's remit is to investigate the nature and extent of abuse of children in care.
But that does not include abuse outside residential institutions, including in parishes and youth organisations.
Janine Rennie, chief executive of the Falkirk-based charity Open Secret, said she was concerned that only 20% of its clients would be covered by the inquiry.
She said the government should have listened to survivors and organisations representing them when they said they wanted the remit of the inquiry widened.
"It feels sometimes to me as if there are certain things being done, but it's not going far enough. And that that is really across the board," she said.
"And I think survivors are not being listened to. It happened to them time and time again in childhood. Choices were made for them.
"They were put into a care setting. Those choices were made. They weren't allowed to have their voices heard, and it's happening again."
But one survivor who spoke to BBC Scotland and asked to remain anonymous, said he was pleased he would be able to tell his story.
He and his brother were in care between 1965-71 in the west of Scotland, and were regularly beaten for talking in bed, then locked for an hour in a darkened cupboard.
He said he regularly suffered flashbacks and depression from his treatment.
"We trusted these adults; they had a duty of care to look after us. And all we wanted was to be loved and feel secure, and they took that away from us - and our trust," he said.
"Hopefully, if the public inquiry goes well, maybe people will start to move on now and try to put the past behind them, and get back to a normal family life.
"I've got grandchildren now, and I don't want to miss them growing up."
A Scottish government spokesman said: "We know there is a willingness among many survivors to continue positive engagement with the Inquiry.
"We will continue working closely with all survivor representative groups to deliver our commitments, including improved support and commemoration, while allowing the inquiry team to get on with its essential work."
The inquiry has been tasked with investigating the nature and extent of abuse of children while in care in Scotland, and to consider the extent to which institutions and bodies with legal responsibility for the care of children failed in their duty of care.
When she established the inquiry last year, Ms Constance said it would "aim to shine a light in the dark corners of the past, to shape how we respond in the present and guide how we go forward in the future."
She also said that "we need to learn all we can to ensure no institution becomes a hiding place for those who abuse positions of trust to prey on children."
The inquiry's remit currently allows it to investigate cases of children being abused while in institutional care "within living memory" up to December 2014.
It classes "in care" as being:
But it does not cover children who were abused while living with their natural or adoptive families, while using sports and leisure clubs or attending faith based organisations on a day to day basis.
The inquiry will also not examine allegations of children being abused in non-boarding schools, nursery or day-care centres.
The definition of "abuse" for the purpose of the inquiry is taken to mean primarily physical abuse and sexual abuse, with associated psychological and emotional abuse.
The inquiry has been instructed to publish its report and make its recommendations by October 2019 - four years after it was established.
But announcing the Turkish policy shift, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim insisted that Mr Assad "can't have a role in Syria's future".
"He is one of the actors today, whether we like it or not," Mr Yildirim said.
Fighting has continued in the city of Hassakeh, where Syrian government jets have bombed Kurdish areas for two days.
Hassakeh, 80km (50 miles) south of the Turkish border, is mainly controlled by the Kurdish YPG militia, but Mr Assad's government forces are trying to push them out.
Turkey is staunchly opposed to Mr Assad, but is also fighting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - an ally of the YPG.
Turkey does not want the Kurds to consolidate any territorial gains that could help the PKK.
"In the six months ahead of us, we shall be playing a more active role," Mr Yildirim said. "It means not allowing Syria to be divided along ethnic lines."
A future political settlement for Syria must not include Mr Assad, the PKK or "Daesh" - the so-called Islamic State (IS) group - he said.
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Turkey is backing rebel groups fighting to oust Mr Assad, though it has not committed regular troops to the war in Syria. Turkey is hosting about 2.7m Syrian refugees.
Earlier this month Turkey patched up a bitter quarrel with Russia, whose air force is providing vital support for Mr Assad with daily air strikes against the rebels.
The UN Children's Fund (Unicef) on Saturday called for urgent action to help more than 100,000 children "trapped in the horror" of Aleppo, ravaged by intense fighting and heavy air raids by Syrian government and Russian planes.
The children's plight was symbolised this week by the pictures of Omran Daqneesh, an injured five-year-old boy rescued from the rubble in Aleppo. The images of him with a head wound, looking utterly bewildered and shocked, stirred international outrage.
The London-based Syria Solidarity Campaign reported on Saturday that Omran's 10-year-old brother Ali had died of his injuries, after the family home was hit by a bomb. Activists in Aleppo also reported Ali's death, al-Arabiya news said.
The YPG has emerged as a major fighting force in northern Syria in the past two years, becoming a key ally of the US-led coalition against IS.
Kurds made up between 7% and 10% of Syria's population of 24.5 million before the uprising against President Assad began five years ago.
He was found to have violated a judge's 2001 order that he cease detaining migrants who are not suspected of having committed a state crime.
Judge Susan Bolton determined that by detaining those living in the US illegally, Mr Arpaio was acting as a de facto wing of the federal government.
He faces up to six months in prison.
However, lawyers say it is unlikely that he will ever serve time behind bars.
Mr Arpaio, 85, had boasted of being "America's toughest sheriff" during his time as the elected lawman of Maricopa County, which includes the city of Phoenix.
He rose to national prominence due to his tough stance against illegal immigration. However, a judge reminded him during his trial that only federal officers have jurisdiction over immigration.
He had claimed that the judge's injunction in 2011, which he was found to have violated, was vague and unclearly worded.
But a judge found on Monday that Mr Arpaio had understood the temporary injunction, which was later made permanent, and had deliberately violated it to score political points ahead of his re-election campaign in 2012.
He was known during his tenure as sheriff for sweeps of undocumented immigrants in Hispanic communities, and for detaining Spanish-speakers under suspicion of being undocumented migrants.
He also famously required his inmates to wear pink underpants and socks.
Mr Arpaio, in a statement, insisted that the judge who issued the ruling was biased, and said he would appeal to have a jury hear his case.
"Joe Arpaio is in this for the long haul, and he will continue his fight to vindicate himself, to prove his innocence, and to protect the public," a statement issued by him reads.
The facility was funded by the "Million for a Morgue" campaign, during which the public donated money to the project while also voting for which crime author to name it after.
The campaign aimed to raise cash to match a £1m investment by the university for new facilities.
Ms McDermid said it was a "very proud moment" for her.
The Val McDermid Mortuary, which is now up and running, is the first in the UK to exclusively use the Thiel method of embalming, which it is hoped can provide "significant breakthroughs" in scientific, medical and dental research and training.
A total of 10 authors supported the campaign and were in the running to have the morgue named after them. Each online vote contributed £1 to the appeal.
Runner-up Stuart MacBride has had a dissection room at the mortuary named after him, while the other eight authors have had their names put on Thiel embalming tanks.
Ms McDermid had been a keen supporter of the campaign from the outset, having been friends with Prof Sue Black of the university's Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification for nearly 20 years.
She said: "The work that's being done in this mortuary and the knowledge it will communicate means better life chances for all of us.
"For once, we crime writers have had a chance to put life ahead of death and I'm thrilled to have been part of it.
"Million for a Morgue was a mad idea, but it's borne more fruit than any of us could imagine."
Prof Black added that the campaign had been "a tremendous adventure".
"Val is a great friend to the centre and the work we do and so I am truly delighted that the mortuary will be named after her," she said.
"But Stuart has been so pivotal in our success that we have also now chosen to name the dissecting room after him."
The other authors who lent their support were Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Jeff Lindsay, Tess Gerritsen, Peter James, Kathy Reichs, Mark Billingham, Harlan Coben and Caro Ramsay.
Nabila Nanfuka, 22, and Laurene-Danielle Jackson, 19, were killed at the Lava and Ignite nightclub in Northampton in October 2011.
The jury at Northampton County Hall was shown footage of people getting trapped and climbing over each other to escape.
No criminal charges have been brought against anyone following the crush.
Ms Nanfuka, from Neasden in north London, was studying a leisure and tourism degree at the University of Northampton. She died at Northampton General Hospital on 19 October.
Ms Jackson, from Wembley, was studying psychology at Kingston University and died at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital on 6 November.
Both were found unconscious on the stairs inside the club and died as a result of asphyxia.
Det Insp Louise Hemmingway, of Northamptonshire Police, said it was not possible to accurately count how many people had come through the doors.
"When we recovered the clickers they were reset to zero," she told the inquest.
The police's own CCTV analysis showed up to 1,687 people were in the club, having travelled from across the UK for the "Wickedest Wickedest" R 'n' B night, the court heard.
Between 03:10 BST and 03:50 BST, DJs repeatedly told clubbers to "leave now or you will miss your coach".
People rushed from the dance floor to the exit, via the crowded cloakroom, and a fire alarm caused further panic, the court heard.
Assistant coroner Belinda Cheney described the cloakroom area as "very chaotic".
Customers, staff and later, the emergency services, were seen pulling people to safety.
The jury heard from one of the clubgoers, Chinedu Ani, a shop manager, who said that people were stuck on top of and across each other.
"People were crying and screaming and moaning and some of them looked like they were running out of breath.
"If everybody had used their initiative and gone more slowly, this wouldn't have happened," he said.
The inquest also heard from 25-year-old clubber Abigail Atakora who spent 10 days in hospital following the incident.
"There was nobody in front of me so when I fell down I fell on the stairs, everybody fell on top of me," she said.
Jurors have already visited the site of the nightclub, which has since been turned into a gym.
The inquest is scheduled to last for three weeks.
The PTI news agency said soldiers threw stones, causing minor injuries to both sides, as Chinese troops tried to enter Indian territory near the Pangong lake.
Beijing maintains that their soldiers were inside Chinese territory.
The two countries are also locked in an impasse in the Doklam area, which borders China, India and Bhutan.
PTI quoted army officials as saying that in the latest confrontation, soldiers had to form a human chain to prevent an incursion by Chinese forces into territories claimed by India and located near the country's Ladakh region. China claims the territories as its own.
An Indian official told the BBC that he could neither confirm nor deny media reports, but said "such incidents do happen," adding that "this isn't the first time that something like this has happened."
China's foreign ministry said in an official statement that "the Indian side must immediately and unconditionally withdraw all personnel and equipment from the Chinese soil", while reiterating that its troops had been inside Chinese territory when the confrontation took place.
An official statement from India's foreign ministry said that "there is no commonly delineated Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the border areas between India and China."
It added that differences in perception of the LAC have caused situations on the ground that could have been avoided if there was a consensus on the border lines.
The latest skirmish occurred even as the two armies continued a two-month stand-off further east, near a plateau known as Doklam in India and Donglang in China.
Since the confrontation began in June, each side has reinforced its troops and called on the other to retreat.
The two nations fought a war over the border in 1962 and disputes remain unresolved in several areas, which causes tensions to escalate from time to time.
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But what happened after the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers to the title on Sunday?
You've just won the biggest prize in the NFL. What do you do to celebrate?
First of all, you get a selfie with the trophy, like Broncos' Tyler Polumbus...
Then you have a roll around in the tons of gold confetti that was sprayed on the pitch at full-time - and maybe even take some home as memorabilia.
If you're Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, you make sure you thank all your corporate sponsors immediately, and share a kiss with pizza mogul Papa John.
Then the off-field parties begin. Players and celebrities flocked to lavish after-shows in San Francisco - hosted by Rolling Stone, ESPN and Playboy, among others. Some punters even paid $20,000 to attend a party with four-time Grammy winner Lil Wayne.
That, though, may be less than the hefty price rapper Jay-Z paid for 10,000 red roses, which he sent to his wife Beyonce in celebration of her half-time performance alongside Coldplay and Bruno Mars.
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No-one likes a sore loser, Cam Newton.
The usually upbeat Carolina Panthers quarterback was not in the mood for post-match chats after his side were swept aside 24-10.
After being harassed by the Panthers' defence, the recently crowned 2015 Most Valued Player gave short, sharp answers to questions from journalists before walking out of his news conference.
While Newton endured the emotional wounds of defeat, his team-mate Thomas Davis' were physical.
The linebacker broke his arm two weeks ago but was stitched back up and sent out to play in a cast for the final, during which he made seven tackles for the Panthers. Now his battered arm looks a little like a deflated ball....
Meanwhile, not everyone in the Broncos camp appeared overjoyed to see Manning lift his second Super Bowl trophy. His brother Eli, also a two-time champion quarterback, was caught on camera looking far from excited about his older brother's achievements.
The party's over, you've celebrated/commiserated, it's home time.
Needless to say, the rich and famous travelled in style. More than 450 private jets flew into San Francisco International airport during Super Bowl weekend.
But the general public had a more arduous trip home.
With 75,000 fans exiting the arena at the same time, the roads in San Francisco were blocked for miles, while some people had to wait on crowded platforms for trains for more than an hour.
Monday mornings are bad enough without a Super Bowl-sized hangover to match.
If you're one of the Americans who contributed to the 325 million gallons of beer consumed on game day, you may be one of the estimated 16.5 million US citizens who phoned in sick on Monday - or perhaps you just turned up late for work, like 7.5 million others.
UK fans may be feeling the effects of fatigue after staying up until the small hours to watch it live, and according to figures from the Social Issues Research Centre, 7% of people aged between 18 and 29 would call in sick to watch a major sporting event.
Speculation was rife in the build-up to the final as to whether it would be a swansong for Broncos veteran Manning.
The 39-year-old became the first starting quarterback to win the title with two different teams, although the five-time MVP was not in his best form on Sunday.
Manning threw for a mere 141 yards as Denver complied only 194 offensive yards - the fewest by a winning team in Super Bowl history.
Is it time to bow out with trophy in hand?
"I'll take some time to reflect," said Manning. "It's been an emotional week, emotional night. I think I'll make a good decision and I think I'll be at peace with it whichever way it goes."
But it looks like Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch may have beaten him to the punch.
The 29-year-old, a losing finalist in last year's Super Bowl, tweeted a picture during Sunday's showpiece of a pair of boots hanging up.
Lorraine McKeag, 60, from Dundry near Bristol, was driving on the roundabout where the M32 links with the M4 when her car collided with a lorry.
She died at the scene and the road was shut for more than seven hours.
"To know her was an absolute joy," read a family tribute released through Avon and Somerset Police.
Her husband of 28 years died in 2012, eight years after a "serious and debilitating" stroke. The couple have one son, James, who is 24-years-old.
"Her popularity grew within the village year on year, and she was well known across the Chew Valley for her two golden retrievers and tireless help and support to all", her family wrote. "Lorraine will be missed immensely by her son, sister, family and friends."
Her son James is running three marathons in her memory including events in Paris, Manchester and London, all in April. He has already raised more than £2,000 for the Stroke Association.
The teenager was last seen near a deli on Saturday morning after setting off for her part-time hairdressing job.
Her body was found just off Great Western Road at lunchtime on Monday.
Police Scotland said a 31-year-old man had been arrested in connection with Paige's death. He is expected to appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Saturday.
Forensic teams are still present at the scene where Paige's body was found, just off the A82 Great Western Road, at about 12:45 on Monday.
Police Scotland said on Tuesday that they were treating her death as murder.
On Wednesday night, police cordoned off the Delicious Deli in Clydebank's Fleming Avenue where Paige had been last seen on Saturday morning.
They also searched and sealed off a flat in nearby Brown Avenue.
As forensic activity continued at both locations on Thursday, police confirmed that they had been following a positive line of inquiry and had arrested a 31-year-old man.
He is expected to appear in court on Saturday to face charges in connection with Paige's death.
The teenager's mother released a statement on Wednesday asking for the public to help the police investigation.
Pamela Munro said her family were "devastated" and called for public help in getting "justice" for her girl.
Paige's death has had a profound impact on the Clydebank community, with many people leaving floral tributes near the site where her body was found.
Two fundraising web pages set up to help her family had raised more than £18,000 by 16:00 on Thursday.
In memory of Paige, the landmark Titan Crane in Clydebank is being lit pink at dusk on Thursday until dawn on Friday.
West Dunbartonshire Provost Douglas McAllister said: "Our community is in shock at this tragedy and our thoughts and prayers are with Paige's family and friends.
"This is a small gesture of support for everyone who knew Paige."
Everybody remembers when Tintin went to Tibet, but not what happened when Sue was there.
While browsing around a tiny second-hand bookshop in Nottingham, I came across a dusty, worn cloth-covered out-of-print book entitled "Sue in Tibet". As a scholar of Tibetan studies, I was familiar with Tibet-based adventure and mystery novels published in the 1920s, but these were invariably centred on the stories of the men.
This was intriguing because it looked like it could be the first piece of western children's literature ever set in Tibet, and its main character was a teenage girl. Published in 1942, it tells the story of Sue Shelby, the eldest daughter of an American missionary family stationed in the remote Tibetan border town of Batang.
Set against the backdrop of rampant banditry and skirmishes between Tibetan and Chinese soldiers, it begins with the dangerous journey on horseback across snow-capped mountains by Sue's family before they eventually settle in Batang. By the end Sue, fluent in Chinese and Tibetan, acts as an interpreter at a crucial military conference, so ensuring peace at a time of unrest.
Its observations are astonishingly accurate - because it is based very closely on the true-life adventures of its author, Dorris Shelton Still. However, her story did not have the same happy ending. As a woman back in the United States, so her children told me, Dorris almost never spoke of her unique childhood.
Like Sue, Dorris was the eldest daughter of the Sheltons, an American missionary family stationed in the remote Sino-Tibetan border town of Batang between 1908 and 1921. Batang was not a strange or exotic land for Dorris, it was home. Clues to the Sheltons' life come from Sue's story too.
Just a few years after the British invasion of Lhasa in 1905 and a subsequent massacre of missionaries and converts by Tibetan lamas in Batang itself, the fictional family are received with a mixture of curiosity, fear and suspicion. Nevertheless, Sue becomes best friends with local girl Nogi, who teaches her to apply yak butter to her skin after bathing. They swap snacks of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for yak meat and dried yak cheese.
Sue even befriends a so-called Living Buddha, known in Tibet as a tulku or reincarnated lama. This story has some basis in reality as one remarkable photograph now held at the Newark Museum shows. It documents the occasion when the Shelton family sat down to a picnic with an incarnate lama who had been disbarred from priestly functions because he fell in love.
As she notes in her memoirs, Dorris never forgot her friends in Batang, and would regularly pine for butter tea and tsampa, the traditional staples of Tibet. Although she longed to return, it was never to be.
But the triumphant climax of Sue in Tibet is where fiction departs from reality. When Sue's father is prevented by injury from acting as interpreter at a crucial military conference, Sue jumps in, and after a gruelling journey on horseback, she saves the day, returning to a heroine's welcome in Batang.
It was not like that for Dorris and her sister, who were dressed like sober American girls and kept to a strict schooling schedule. In 1921, they were sent off to boarding school.
They were never again to see their father, the heroic doctor whom Sue's father is closely based on.
While on a mission to Lhasa to set up a medical centre, he was shot by bandits on the road. He died days later. His family were not there, but a travelling companion later provided a graphic and tragic account of what happened, paying tribute to the doctor's courage and crediting him with saving his life. After the bandits moved on, they found the doctor lying on the side of the road.
"There were blood stains all over his face. I could see a large wound open on his forehead. "
He was desperate for water, but that was scarce. Nursed for a few days, the doctor knew what was coming once his arm was amputated.
"Ming Shang. I will be gone in a few days, no hope to live, I love you, be a good boy. I have told the other folk to look after you," Dr Shelton said.
"I was extremely sad, a man who loved me as his own son, now I had to carry his amputated arm on the back of my horse," the account goes on to say.
Even though Dorris went on to write about Sue in Tibet, her children believe the pain of the loss of her father lay behind her personal silence in her later years. Her granddaughter, Andrea Still does recall one conversation, possibly a tribute to Dorris's father's work as a doctor.
"She spoke about ...where Western and Eastern philosophies met with most friction. It was that if someone was injured...in Tibetan culture, they would write a prayer down on a slip of paper, cover the paper in mud and swallow it down while saying prayers and walking in supplication, while the Westerner finds his trusty doctor."
Tibet clearly stayed with Dorris. She was involved in raising money to help Tibetan refugees and sponsoring Tibetan businesses in Dharamsala, the Indian city which has become a hub for Tibetan exiles. She also had private audiences with the Dalai Lama.
In many ways, the book was ahead of its time. In the 1940s, out of the 284 children's books published in the US, only 21 had girls as their main characters. Sue, however, is centre-stage. Faced with unfamiliar and dangerous situations, she is an independent and quick-thinking girl with a strong sense of curiosity and a passion for adventure.
It is clearly a reflection of Dorris's spirit too and she wrote about her time in Tibet with a poignant nostalgia in her later journals.
"We were happy youngsters in a beautiful land with friends we loved and endless wonderful things to do."
Masayoshi Son made the comments to the media as the Japanese technology giant reported a 50% rise in quarterly operating profit.
It is the first time the group has said it is interested in Uber.
Softbank has already invested in Asian ride-sharing firms Grab and Didi Chuxing.
Mr Son, who founded the company in 1981, described the US as "the most important market".
"We are interested in discussing with Uber. We are also interested in discussing with Lyft," he said, but added that he hadn't decided "which way" to go.
"Whether we decide to partner and invest into Uber or Lyft, I don't know what would be the end result," he said.
"We are definitely very much interested in the US market."
Softbank has already shown an appetite for ride-sharing and backs China's Didi Chuxing.
Last month, the company joined with Didi Chuxing to pour $2bn (£1.5bn) into Grab, South East Asia's most popular ride-hailing firm.
As an early investor in Alibaba, Mr Son has a reputation for spotting potentially transformative industries and trends.
In 2016, Softbank partnered with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to launch a technology fund worth as much as $100bn.
The company also has stakes in a number of British technology firms including virtual reality firm Improbable.
New engine management software will improve emission filtering systems and cut toxic nitrogen oxide levels by 25-30%, the industry association VDA said.
The industry is under pressure since a diesel emissions scandal exposed cheating to manipulate test readings.
Talks continued after the deal was announced, a source told Reuters.
The deal was struck at a summit in Berlin.
It was approved by Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen and Opel, VDA said in a statement (in German).
Car firms are a crucial part of the German economy, providing more than 800,000 jobs.
Shortly after the deal was announced, a source close to the negotiations told Reuters that talks between several cabinet ministers, regional premiers and car bosses were still going on at group level.
Pressure to cut emissions increased last week, when a court in Stuttgart upheld a proposal to ban older diesel cars from the city.
It is the home city of Mercedes and Porsche, and one of Germany's pollution hotspots.
The BBC's Jenny Hill in Berlin says air pollution now regularly exceeds legal limits in many German cities. It is a headache for the mighty automotive industry and for German politicians, ahead of a 24 September general election.
But Germany is unlikely to commit to ending production of combustion-engine vehicles any time soon, our correspondent says.
France and the UK plan to ban sales of fossil-fuel vehicles from 2040.
But switching to a future of electric vehicles will be hugely expensive - not least because of the need for charging points everywhere.
The incident happened as ex-Spurs and Wolves midfielder O'Hara, 30, left the pitch after a 3-2 loss in the seventh-tier Isthmian League Premier Division.
He pushed a spectator before being pulled away by team-mates.
Former England Under-21 international O'Hara joined Billericay in March.
The Essex club's owner and manager Glenn Tamplin claimed the former England Under-21 international had been spat at and had things thrown at him as well as being verbally abused.
"As Jamie O'Hara, Paul Konchesky and I left the pitch after the game we began to receive a totally unprecedented level of abuse from gathering opposition fans," said Tamplin.
"The three of us were unsurprisingly concerned for our safety and this led to a regrettable incident where Jamie reacted by pushing away a fan because of the abuse, which included him being spat at and having things thrown at him.
"As a club, and personally, the reaction was wholly unacceptable and a most regrettable incident. As I intervened to pull Jamie away I was punched in the back of the head, which underlines the level of abuse and anger being directed towards us.
"Billericay Football Club doesn't condone any reaction to provocation, be it on or off the field, therefore we have deducted Jamie two weeks' wages and made it very clear to him that any future incidents of a similar nature will lead to him being released from the club."
The team made the news last week when they performed a rendition of R Kelly's The World's Greatest in the dressing room before the Ryman League Cup final.
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The Lions started the tour of New Zealand with a scratchy victory over the Provincial Barbarians before a loss to the Blues, but recovered to record a significant 12-3 win in Christchurch.
"It's been tough this week, there's been a lot of criticism," Gatland said.
"People have written the tour off already after two games.
"That's been challenging for all of us. We've had to stay strong in the group and keep the faith.
"I hope we didn't disappoint any people tonight with the result."
Fly-half Owen Farrell kicked four penalties for the Lions, while a heroic defensive effort managed to keep the Crusaders - who have averaged 37 points across 14 straight victories in Super Rugby - to merely a penalty.
The Lions now face the Highlanders, New Zealand Maori and the Chiefs before the first Test against New Zealand on June 24.
"This is great preparation for us preparing to play the best team in the world, which is the All Blacks," Gatland added.
"It's a like a club side coming together in pre-season, getting a couple of games under its belt and you know the more time together the better you'll get.
"This team was outstanding in training on Friday, looked sharp and I knew there would be a performance because they have had time to gel.
"The result was pretty important for us. Tonight was another step up, but there is still a lot to work on."
One of those areas is their finishing, after the Lions spurned a handful of opportunities to score tries against the Super Rugby side.
"We are creating [chances], and we need to get better at [finishing]. The more time we have together, hopefully we will finish those chances."
Gatland also confirmed tour captain Sam Warburton would be involved against the Highlanders in Dunedin next week, having recovered from a minor ankle injury.
Full-back Stuart Hogg and centre Jonathan Davies will both undergo concussion return-to-play protocols after failing Head Injury Assessments during the game.
"We've laid a marker down a little bit tonight, now it's a big challenge for the team that takes the field on Tuesday," Gatland said.
Meanwhile, second-row George Kruis was part of the outstanding forward effort and feels the Lions pack has made a statement with the Test series a fortnight away.
"We had a good contest today, and probably got the upper hand," the Saracens and England lock said.
"There were six internationals in their pack, and we knew it was going to be a tasty game. It got a bit heated at times, but we held our own and did a good job.
"We relish the opportunity to go toe-to-toe with a pack like that. We talk about how we want to be a brutal pack and a set-piece dominant pack, and today we showed good signs of that.
"It's every boy's dream to play for the Lions, and to get a win like that today, hopefully we can really start to build this culture and build towards the Tests."
Hodgson was keen to get the players together at the end of January to go through a tactical debrief of November's 3-1 win over Scotland.
But the Football Association said that no meeting will take place.
The FA said clubs were in favour of the meeting, but due to a busy schedule, no suitable date could be agreed by all parties involved.
It comes just over two weeks after Hodgson had said the meeting had been agreed, with the England boss saying at the time: "We've all agreed we're going to get together. Unfortunately, my time with them won't really begin again until March."
The players had been expected to meet at St George's Park, probably on a Thursday, with Hodgson insistent that players would only be away for a few hours.
Despite that fact, Chelsea were set to prevent Gary Cahill from attending the meeting because of a packed upcoming schedule for the Blues.
Chelsea have five games in the final fortnight in January, including Premier League games against Swansea and leaders Manchester City.
They also have a two-legged League Cup semi-final against Liverpool and an FA Cup tie against Millwall or Bradford.
The possibility of two meetings, one for players based in the north and another for those in the south, was considered - but Hodgson felt that would not work.
The FA said all squad members will be sent videos and information on their performances against Scotland, as has been the case with previous debriefs.
England have a 100% record in the six games they have played since the World Cup, with friendly wins over Norway and Scotland book-ending four Euro 2016 qualifying victories.
They are six points clear at the top after four games in Euro 2016 qualification group E.
The Phoenix rocket was launched from a new space centre in Semnan in northern Iran.
The US criticised the launch and described it as a provocative action.
It is the fifth launch of a domestically produced satellite since 2009.
Iranian state TV said the launch vehicle could send a 250kg satellite to an altitude of 500 km (300 miles).
US state department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said that if confirmed, the test could violate UN Security Council resolutions.
Iran had vowed to respond to the latest set of US sanctions, which targeted 18 entities or individuals that had supported Iran's ballistic missile programme or the country's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The new sanctions came a day after the Trump administration certified that Tehran was complying with a 2015 deal to limit its nuclear programme.
But the state department said Iran's actions in the Middle East were malign and undercut any "positive contributions" from the nuclear deal.
Iran's parliament voted earlier this month to fast-track a bill to increase funds for Iran's missile programme and the Revolutionary Guards.
Mr Gibson, 28, was shot in the stomach and thigh in an alley near Divis Tower on 24 October. He died in hospital.
Margaret Goodman, 56, from Ballymurphy Parade, was arrested in Belfast on Monday.
She has also been charged with possession of firearms and ammunition under suspicious circumstances.
Detectives say new DNA evidence has come to light which connects Mrs Goodman with the alleged offences.
Mrs Goodman's bail application was opposed by police due to concerns that she would "leave the jurisdiction".
However, a judge ruled that the risks were not sufficient for the accused to be detained in custody and granted bail.
Mrs Goodman's husband, 58 year-old Malachy Goodman, has previously been charged with Edward Gibson's murder and is awaiting trial.
A 68-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman also face charges of assisting an offender and failing to provide information.
UK Coal said its business remained viable, despite claims a fire at its Daw Mill colliery in Warwickshire has left it with cash-flow problems.
Most of Daw Mill's 650 staff will be made redundant at the end of May but could lose benefits if UK Coal begins insolvency proceedings.
UK Coal said all options were being considered as part of restructuring.
In a statement, Kevin McCullough, chief executive of UK Coal Mine Holdings, said: "Daw Mill represented a significant part of the business and discussions have been under way since the fire to find a way forward for the rest of the business.
"The remaining deep mines in Kellingley in North Yorkshire, Thoresby in Nottinghamshire and six surface mines, remain viable and discussions continue with a wide range of interested parties."
Jeff Wood, national president of the UDM, said if UK Coal went into voluntary liquidation, Daw Mill staff could receive state payouts instead of enhanced benefits if they were not transferred over to a new company, one option he believes the company is considering.
"Our members are very concerned [about the plans]," Mr Wood said.
"The Daw Mill men are sat at home wondering if they are going to get to the end of May and get their redundancy.
"Our pensioners are very concerned because if the company did go down the insolvency route, the pension scheme would fall into the UK Pension Protection Fund which only protects 90% of the benefits they would have previously enjoyed."
Mr McCullough said: "Our main focus has been on preserving 2,000 jobs and securing the future of UK coal mining.
"Our remaining mines have been performing well since the fire at Daw Mill and we continue to work closely with our employees, government, pension funds, the Pensions Regulator, suppliers and customers.
"There will undoubtedly be some difficult decisions as we have had to look at all possible options, but there is a good business here with 2,000 families depending on our workforce and I am confident we will be able to announce more news in the coming days."
Over the past year, the company has announced restructuring programmes at Daw Mill and in August it said it was "unlikely" the mine would remain open after 2014.
At the time, UK Coal said it had made overall losses of £20.6m in the six months to 30 June, with Daw Mill contributing to a 20% fall in production.
Eight of those hurt in the collisions, which took place in thick fog, sustained serious injuries.
Ambulance crews said 35 casualties needed hospital treatment in what were described as "horrendous scenes".
The A249 bridge was closed for more than nine hours and reopened to traffic at about 17:30.
One witness said visibility had been very poor at the time of the crash but drivers were approaching the crossing with no lights.
Others at the scene described a mass of tangled cars, lorries, and a car transporter. Some reports said the crash went on for 10 minutes as cars continuously collided with each other.
South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) said a further 200 people were either treated for minor injuries or given advice should symptoms develop later.
Firefighters had to free five people from their vehicles on the southbound carriageway.
The injured people were taken to six different hospitals in Medway, Ashford, Margate, Maidstone, Canterbury and London.
Medway Maritime Hospital declared a major incident and cancelled all its routine planned surgery, to help deal with the incident.
Service returned to normal at the hospital at about 14:00 BST.
Secamb said the first ambulances left the crash scene at 08:50 BST because much of the triage and early treatment was carried out at the scene.
Patients started arriving in hospitals shortly after with Medway admitting its first casualty at 09:45 BST.
Crash witnesses and people with concerns about relatives who may have been involved can contact Kent Police on 01622 653580
The national speed limit applies to the dual carriageway crossing, with cars able to travel up to 70mph, the Highways Agency said.
Driver Martin Stammers said the scene was "horrendous" and described seeing cars under lorries and people lying on the ground.
He said visibility was about 10 to 20 yards when he approached the bridge and saw five cars smashed into each other with one across the outside lane.
He managed to squeeze through a gap between that car and the central reservation.
"For 10 minutes afterwards, all we could hear was screeching, cars thudding into each other, lorries crashing," he added.
He said he and his son ran to warn other drivers and warn cars to slow down.
"Later, a woman came up to us sobbing saying, 'thank you, thank you, you saved my life'," he said.
Jaime Emmett, a 19-year-old student who was driving through the fog, said she managed to stop in time but a van collided with her car, and she then hit a car in front.
She said the fog was so thick she could only see a few cars ahead but added: "All I could hear was the cars smashing in front of each other and I could not know how far ahead the accident was."
Later she said she could see "smashed cars everywhere", a lorry that had crashed into the central reservation and ambulance crews helping injured people with one team carrying a man in a stretcher.
Cliff Montgomery, 53, who was driving from his home on the Isle of Sheppey to Gillingham, said he was trapped in a group of vehicles with a pile-up in front of him and another one behind.
"I was in the outside lane when vehicles in front of me braked and cars were crashing," he said.
"There was another pile-up behind the group of cars I was travelling in. All I could do was brake, stop and await further instructions."
He said it was very foggy and in some places he could only see 30ft in front of him.
Mr Montgomery added: "When you see the state of vehicles being brought off the bridge on transporters, you have to think it's very lucky that no one was killed."
By Simon JonesBBC South East reporter
As far as the eye could see it was car after crashed car. Looking at the scene gave me a real sense of the force of some of the crashes.
People told me they heard braking and then ran into vehicles. Others managed to brake but then cars went into the back of them.
For many this incident was a terrifying experience.
The recovery is now under way. With 130 vehicles needing to cleared off this bridge the operation is not going to be quick.
Ch Insp Andy Reeves said the crash was over a "protracted area" with undamaged vehicles between others which had collided.
When asked if the fog had caused the crash, Mr Reeves said it was "too early" to give a cause but added the "weather will be a factor".
"It was... very hazardous. It was described to me as a very thick fog and it was certainly low visibility at the time."
The front of the crash happened where traffic was coming off the bridge towards Sittingbourne, and it had then "concertinaed" over the bridge behind it with incidents stretching back to Queenborough, he said.
Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP Gordon Henderson said he had previously had concerns about lighting on the bridge and said he would be asking questions of the authorities about the accident.
"My concerns must rest solely with the people that have been injured on the bridge," he said.
A spokesman for the Highways Agency said: "It is far too early to speculate on the cause of today's incident which is still under investigation by police."
He confirmed a safety audit was carried out on the crossing a year after its completion.
"This audit concluded that accidents on the A249 had decreased since the completion of the scheme and that the accident rate was below the national average for that type of road," he said.
The £100m four-lane crossing, which connects the Isle of Sheppey with mainland Kent, opened in 2006 and is 0.75 miles (1.25km) long and rises to 115ft (35m) at its highest point.
The move follows a meeting between the traders and the state's Hindu hardline Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
He promised to issue licences and also to ensure that slaughterhouses would not be attacked by his supporters.
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.
They said shops were being shut on technicalities, such as environmental norms. They also said that despite applying for licences, they had not received them.
Chaudhary Aley Ummar Qureshi, a general secretary of one of India's biggest meat traders' associations, said that they decided to call off the strike after the chief minister's assurances.
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 gnome was picked up by officers after being mistaken for a small child when a man was reported walking along the M60 with him in tow.
Nicknamed Gnorman, he has been seen in a police car and taking a breath test with Greater Manchester Police.
Introducing their new recruit, the force tweeted: "Gnorman has asked to work with us."
He has also been given his own version of GMP's force crest.
One person commented on social media: "Innocent 'til proven guilty. You should have pixie-lated his face."
The man found with the gnome on Tuesday was arrested for a public order offence.
Cameroon were banned from global football in July 2013 before the establishment of a Fifa-approved Normalisation Committee led by Joseph Owona.
Tombi A Roko Sidiki and his executive committee then assumed office after elections held in September 2015.
Despite Sidiki's election receiving the approval of both Fifa and the Cameroon government, there have been several challenges to his administration.
Most recently, Cameroonian club Etoile Filante de Garoua argued that Fecafoot had no authority to send a team to the Confederations Cup in Russia, an argument Fifa dismissed.
However, Fifa has acknowledged there is a problem within the Cameroon football family and is taking measures to resolve the problem for good.
In March, the Association of Amateur Football Clubs in Cameroon were notified that Veron Mosengo-Omba, Fifa's director of African and Caribbean Member Associations, would be discussing the issue with Fecafoot.
His visit was due to take place in August having been postponed from June, but in a letter to stakeholders dated 23 June 2017, Veron Mosongo-Omba confirmed the date has been brought forward to 10 July.
"It is important to stress that Fifa has the obligation to promote amicable relations within member associations" he wrote.
"Fifa considers its role to settle internal disputes capable of jeopardizing the interest of football in line with its statutory tasks and autonomy of member associations."
Cameroon is set to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and internal squabbles - if not resolved - may see the prestigious competition withdrawn.
It will cut the number of board members from 18 to 11 and create a board of directors who have qualifications suited to running the business.
Members will be given one vote apiece.
The Co-op, the country's oldest and biggest mutual organisation, lost £2.5bn last year following a massive loss at the Co-operative Bank.
A review of the way the business was run was carried out earlier this year by Lord Myners, who called the group "manifestly dysfunctional" and recommended a major shake-up.
Euan Sutherland, who resigned as chief executive of the Co-op Group in March after 10 months in the job, said the organisation in its then form was "ungovernable".
Traditionally, directors were Co-op members, who did not necessarily have any relevant experience. They have included a retired teacher and a plasterer.
The organisation's eight million members did not have a direct vote, but elected officials to vote on their behalf.
The Co-op's members voted to introduce sweeping changes at a special meeting earlier this year.
The board will in future have a majority of independent directors - including an independent chairman and five independent non-executive directors. However, the board will have three positions for member-nominated directors, contrary to Lord Myners' recommendations.
The new rules will also protect against de-mutualisation.
Ursula Lidbetter, chair of the Co-operative Group, said: "These governance reforms represent the final crucial step in delivering the necessary change to restore the group and return it to health.
"This has been a process built on co-operation, focusing above all on creating a society where every member has a voice in shaping the group's future."
The Co-op Group began as a small shop in Lancashire and has woven its way into British communities. There is a Co-op food store in every UK postal district and its businesses range from food retailing to funeral parlours.
In 2013, the Co-operative Bank was found to have a £1.5bn gap in its finances and the Co-op Group then had to relinquish control of the bank as part of the subsequent rescue package.
The Co-op Group has also been selling off parts of the business in order to reduce debt.
This week it sold its farms business for £249m to health charity the Wellcome Trust, and last month it agreed to sell its 774-strong pharmacy chain for £620m to Bestway Group.
Jayson Carmichael, who is full-time carer for his wife, said the changes - which critics have dubbed the "bedroom tax" - had left them "depressed".
Judges at the UK's highest court are examining if the removal of the government's spare room subsidy is discriminatory in some cases.
The changes started in April 2013.
Since then families claiming housing benefits who are deemed by their local authorities to have too much living space have received reduced benefits, with payments being cut by 14% if they have one spare bedroom.
The government argues the policy changes encourage people to move to smaller properties and save around £480m a year from the housing benefit bill.
Mr Carmichael, 53, from Southport, Merseyside, who shares a two-bedroom housing association flat with his wife Jacqueline, who has spina bifida, brought the challenge along with four others after suffering defeat at both the High Court and Court of Appeal.
Her condition means she has to sleep in a hospital bed in a fixed position. There is not enough space for a second bed so her husband sleeps in a separate bedroom.
"It has caused us a lot of stress and heartache," he said. "We are having to think about it all the time and being depressed about it. It is fight after fight, case after case."
The other cases set to be examined involve people who have all had their housing benefit reduced as a result of the government's changes, including:
In addition, the government will challenge an earlier ruling which found in favour of a domestic abuse victim and a disabled boy's family.
Last month the Court of Appeal ruled the policy had discriminated against Pembrokeshire couple Paul and Susan Rutherford and their 15-year-old grandson Warren and a woman identified as "A" who had a council house fitted with a panic room to protect her from a violent partner.
Judges ruled "A" and the Rutherford family suffered discrimination, contrary to Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Court of Appeal's ruling focused on the impact of the policy on disabled children needing overnight care and on women living in properties adapted because of risks to their lives.
The BBC's legal correspondent Clive Coleman said the ruling would affect people within these two specific groups.
There are believed to be about 300 such victims of domestic violence and thousands of severely disabled children in this situation.
Solicitor Ugo Hayter, who acts for Mrs Carmichael and Mr Rourke, said: "My clients are looking to the Supreme Court to recognise and bring to an end the awful hardship they, and many other disabled people nationally, have been subjected to since the introduction of the bedroom tax."
Karen Ashton from the charity Central England Law Centre, who represents Mr Daly, Mr Drage and "JD", said the case "is about fairness".
Joshua and Sallie McFadyen were threatened with legal action a week after opening Lone Wolf because its name was the same as a BrewDog vodka.
They changed the name of the Birmingham bar but criticised the multinational firm, which claims a "punk" ethos.
BrewDog has since tweeted the bar can keep its name and blamed "trigger happy lawyers" for the letter.
BrewDog was founded by James Watt and Martin Dickie in 2007, spurred on by their self-professed boredom of "industrially brewed lagers and stuffy ales that dominated the UK beer market".
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The pair, from Peterhead, Scotland, went from selling their US-style craft beers from the back of a van at farmers' markets to employing more than 350 people, supplying Tesco stores and owning more than 20 bars, including several abroad.
Branding the global beer company hypocritical, 29-year-old Joshua and his 35-year-old sister, both from Birmingham, said: "They started in a similar way to us, starting small, then a bar and it went from there.
"They've gone against everything they stand for."
The pair said they registered their business, Lone Wolf, at Companies House in 2015 and opened a pub with the same name in January.
But after receiving a "cease and desist" letter from BrewDog's lawyers, they changed all "outward facing" branding to The Wolf but not the firm's official name.
The dispute continued until Mr Watt tweeted on Monday that the pub could keep its name.
In a statement, he added: "It appears our lawyers did what lawyers do and got a bit carried away with themselves, asking the owners of the new 'Lone Wolf' bar to change its name, as we own the trademark.
"Now we're aware of the issue, we've set the lawyers straight and asked them to sit on the naughty step to think about what they've done."
But they did it the hard way, twice having to come from behind after the visitors had impressed in the early stages.
Beaten only once in their previous four games, Port Vale looked well organised and enjoyed some good first-half possession.
They came close to snatching a 26th-minute lead when striker JJ Hooper rifled a 25-yard effort just inches over.
Hooper was involved again when Vale did open the scoring in the 38th minute.
His low angled shot from the right was well pushed away by home keeper Luke Daniels, but straight into the path of Tyler Walker who produced a clinical finish.
Scunthorpe, with their new-look strike force of Craig Davies and Ivan Toney both making their full debuts, looked out of sorts.
But they came storming out in the second half and were back on level terms in the 49th minute when Josh Morris crashed home his 19th goal of the season from the penalty spot after a needless foul in the box on Davies by centre-back Remie Streete.
But Vale stood firm and were back in front in the 59th minute when slack marking in the Scunthorpe defence allowed Hooper to find room in the box to steer home his shot from a low right-wing cross.
Three minutes later and Scunthorpe were back level again when a flick-on from Davies saw Toney net a debut goal with a measured lob from the edge of the box beyond the outstretched reach of keeper Jak Alnwick.
And they edged in front for the first time in the 71st minute when substitute Hopper raced in at the edge of the six-yard box to crack home a glorious low left-wing cross from full-back Harry Toffolo for what proved to be the winner.
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Match ends, Scunthorpe United 3, Port Vale 2.
Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 3, Port Vale 2.
Kjell Knops (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United).
Attempt missed. Sam Mantom (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Scott Wiseman.
Attempt blocked. Jerome Thomas (Port Vale) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Matt Crooks (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Eagles (Port Vale).
Foul by Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United).
Chris Eagles (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Matt Crooks replaces Ivan Toney.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Ben Purkiss.
Attempt saved. Remie Streete (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Port Vale. Anton Forrester replaces Callum Guy.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Neal Bishop replaces Duane Holmes because of an injury.
Callum Guy (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Harry Toffolo (Scunthorpe United).
Substitution, Port Vale. Chris Eagles replaces JJ Hooper.
Goal! Scunthorpe United 3, Port Vale 2. Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Toffolo with a cross.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Tom Hopper replaces Craig Davies.
Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Remie Streete.
Foul by Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United).
Anthony Grant (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Scunthorpe United 2, Port Vale 2. Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
Attempt saved. Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal! Scunthorpe United 1, Port Vale 2. JJ Hooper (Port Vale) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Purkiss with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Craig Davies (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Scott Wiseman (Scunthorpe United).
Foul by Anthony de Freitas (Port Vale).
Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Port Vale. Kjell Knops replaces Nathan Smith because of an injury.
Goal! Scunthorpe United 1, Port Vale 1. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Remie Streete (Port Vale) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Scunthorpe United. Craig Davies draws a foul in the penalty area.
Second Half begins Scunthorpe United 0, Port Vale 1.
First Half ends, Scunthorpe United 0, Port Vale 1.
The Stornoway-registered Louisa sank on 9 April as it lay at anchor in calm seas off Mingulay.
The bodies of two crew members were found. The skipper is still missing and presumed dead. A fourth man survived after swimming ashore.
The wreckage of the boat was brought to Clydebank by barge on Tuesday evening.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said it wanted to establish why water flooded into the boat and whether automatic alarms that should sound when a leak is detected were activated.
Investigators also want to discover why the Louisa's liferaft failed to release and then did not inflate.
The bodies of Chris Morrison, 27, from Harris, and Martin Johnstone, 29, from Halkirk, Caithness, were found following the sinking.
Skipper Paul Alliston, 42, from Lewis, remains missing despite a massive search.
Only Lachlann Armstrong, 27, from Stornoway, Lewis, survived after swimming ashore.
The National Secular Society (NSS) says some groups are holding assemblies and bible clubs in schools in England.
The NSS has written to the Education Secretary Michael Gove calling for national guidance on external visitors, particularly from religious groups.
The government said it had not seen any evidence to support the claims and had not received any complaints.
The report says there has been "a marked increase in the number of parents contacting the National Secular Society with concerns about external visitors to schools exposing their children to unwelcome and wholly inappropriate religious evangelism and proselytisation".
It added: "We have investigated this and found an abundance of material showing that the parents' concerns were not isolated instances."
The report says that in many cases, evangelical Christian organisations offer to provide religious education and school worship.
It claims that the legal obligation on schools to provide religious education and a daily act of worship has provided "a foot in the door" to some organisations with evangelistic intentions.
The report suggests that shortfalls in religious education provision, recently highlighted in a report from Ofsted, are leading head teachers to accept help from external religious groups and adds that some heads are "insufficiently discerning about the external groups they are allowing into their schools".
The letter also asks the Department for Education to ensure that guidance to schools on visits from religious groups "makes clear that schools must not offer opportunities to groups seeking to evangelise".
The NSS says its investigation was prompted after it was contacted by parents, some of whom had themselves written to the schools and to the Department for Education about their concerns.
One parent said he had become aware "quite by chance" of regular visits by an evangelical group to his child's non-religious primary school in Sheffield.
He complains that the group "adheres to a profoundly conservative and avowedly missionary agenda".
Another complained that his child had been told the creation story from Genesis was "factual" during visits to a primary school in the West Midlands from a local minister.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: "Religious education must be clearly delineated as such.
"A line is crossed when religious positions such as creationism are taught as scientific theories for example. Neither are schools places for proselytisation without the explicit and informed consent of parents."
A spokeswoman for the DfE said if parents had concerns about visitors to their child's school they should make a formal complaint to the school.
"State schools cannot teach creationism as scientific fact," added the spokeswoman.
"They must offer a broad and balanced curriculum and meet their obligations under equalities legislation. Schools have a responsibility under law to ensure children are insulated from political activity and campaigning.
"Schools are required to safeguard the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils.
"Ofsted inspections include a focus on this to enable them to identify any inappropriate practice."
Paul Bate of the Association of Christian Teachers and a former head of a faith school said: "Some schools, including faith schools, have a clear statement in their articles prohibiting staff from proselytising within the school.
"Indeed, the faith school where I was head had such a statement within their articles and the RE curriculum was based around the teaching of philosophy, ethics, and giving the students an understanding of all faiths - which included secularism."
Police said the discovery was made in the grounds of Culgruff House Hotel at Crossmichael.
Robert Shaw, 52, was reported missing on Friday, sparking a search involving the Galloway Mountain Rescue Team.
A formal identification has still to take place. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances.
Meanwhile, police are still appealing for information as a search continues for a missing Stranraer man.
Dennis Brough left his home in the town's Garrick Drive last Wednesday.
The 66-year-old is about 6ft tall and slim, with grey hair and a beard.
He was driving a black Landrover Freelander with the licence plate FD05 EBG.
Police said there had only been one unconfirmed sighting of him in Ardwell on the road to the Mull of Galloway last Thursday.
Extensive searches were carried out at the weekend, involving the police dog unit, coastguard and an RAF Sea King helicopter.
Almost every state exists because of violence. Over the centuries world wars, civil wars, revolutions and genocide have helped create nation states across the world. Great empires were built on the violence of superior firepower.
Yet commemorating the violent birth of the modern Irish state raises difficult questions because the legacy of killing is so very recent, and because of the deep divisions which remain on the island.
For Brona Ui Loing, whose grandfather and two great-uncles took part in the Rising, this is a moment for celebration. "I think they were very brave men to do what they did… they wouldn't have been well-armed and I just think the fact that they all marched to Dublin… they are the bravest people I know.
"I don't know if we would have been as brave in our turn if we had been asked to do it."
In the Republic, where the population is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, it is easier to revere the leaders of the 1916 rebellion as founding fathers. For Ulster protestants they have historically represented the old fear of destruction at the hands of Catholics.
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The fact that the rebels rose up without asking the people of Ireland what they felt, and did so in defiance of their moderate comrades, tends to be glossed over in the official remembrance of a modern democratic Ireland.
Yet it is precisely this belief in the right of a self-selecting group to strike on behalf of the Irish people which is still claimed by the republican dissidents who recently murdered prison officer Adrian Ismay in Belfast. For three decades it was used by the Provisional IRA to attempt to provide legitimacy for their campaign of violence.
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The anniversary of the Rising passed without significant attention in the Republic during the years of the Troubles. Fearful of stirring up republican sentiment the Irish state preferred a low-profile approach.
But with the end of any large-scale violence in Northern Ireland it became possible to commemorate without the risk of being seen to offer succour to the IRA.
However the former Irish Prime Minister, John Bruton, argues against what he sees as a "celebratory" tone around the 1916 centennial: "That murder indicates how dangerous it can be to commemorate something without properly understanding that what one is commemorating is the killing of a large number of people in Dublin."
Mr Bruton points out that for every rebel killed in 1916, three civilians died.
"It is important that in remembering and commemorating what happened that we don't glorify or justify it."
Both major political parties in Ireland, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, as well as Sinn Fein, have their roots in the violence of the 20th Century when the 1916 Rising led to a guerrilla war against Britain, a civil war and finally an independent Irish state in 1922. With the anniversary has come a resurgence of debate about whether Ireland would eventually have won independence from Britain without revolution.
Historian Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, of University College Dublin, believes this "what if'' fails to take into account the political climate at the time: "Those who were committed to rebellion in 1916 did not feel they were living in a democracy."
The Ulster unionists were pledging to resist home rule for Ireland by armed force. They formed their own militia and imported weapons and ammunition. The unionists were encouraged by the leader of the Tory party, Bonar Law, who threatened to support an insurrection against the Crown if home rule was pushed through. This extraordinary declaration of disloyalty did not go unnoticed in the south.
The outbreak of war in 1914 also transformed the atmosphere. A looming civil war between unionist and nationalist Ireland was averted. Thousands of men from across the island went to fight against Germany.
The constitutional nationalist leader, John Redmond, whose brother was killed at the Somme, believed supporting the British war effort would help bring about home rule.
But with Britain distracted, the rebels saw an opportunity. "They were very conscious of the might of the British empire and the damage they felt it had done to Ireland," says Professor Ferriter. "They felt justified that this [revolution] would begin the process of Ireland becoming a republic. In the long term they were vindicated in that."
Schools across Ireland have been encouraged to commemorate the rebellion with drama, essays and discussion. All of the country's primary schools have written their own version of the Proclamation of an Irish Republic, signed by the rebel leaders in 1916.
I visited Knockanean school in County Clare where my great-grandfather Patrick Hassett was a pupil in the 19th Century. His story illustrates the complexity of the Irish relationship with Britain. On leaving school, he became an imperial policeman in the Royal Irish Constabulary.
But his son, my grandfather Paddy, was radicalised by the execution of the 1916 leaders and joined the IRA to fight against Britain.
At Knockanean school the children were being encouraged to look to the future while commemorating the past.
Head teacher Jim Curran spoke of the importance of issues like homelessness and unemployment to the generation of 2016. "We have asked them to remember 1916 but also to think about the country they live in now," he says.
That country will spend the next few days reflecting on the meaning of 1916, before moving on to the business of electing a new government after an inconclusive general election.
Ireland will get on with the patient and often undramatic work of building a state that tries to live up to the promise of the 1916 proclamation, to "cherish all the children of the nation equally".
Fordyce's header capped a dominant first half from the hosts which saw visiting goalkeeper Scott Gallacher keep out efforts from Shaun Rooney and twice from Stephen Dobbie.
Gallacher was called upon again to deny Dobbie.
Sons' substitute Calum Gallagher had a second half chance but Queens held on for a win that lifts them up to third.
Rhodes, 26, came on as a substitute to draw Boro level in the 93rd minute of Tuesday's 1-1 draw at MK Dons.
That draw took the Teessiders to the top of the Championship, a point clear of second-placed Hull City.
"When a player goes to a team not winning, everyone expects two or three goals every game," said Karanka.
The Spaniard told BBC Tees: "It's really difficult for him and it's good for him to take the pressure off. I'm really pleased for the whole team because we played until the end."
Scotland international Rhodes is yet to start for Karanka's side despite his arrival, and despite Boro's four-game winless run.
"I thought it was the best option [to keep him on the bench]," Karanka added. "I didn't want to make a lot of changes, I wanted to keep the nucleus of the team."
The protesters had been blocked by police as they tried to march into the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, on Wednesday, resulting in scuffles.
They were demanding union recognition and for fired workers to be re-hired.
The new government has been discussing amending military-era laws allowing police to clamp down on such protests.
The workers had walked for three weeks in searing temperatures from the northern Sagaing Region, where around 100 workers had been fired from a timber factory.
Police Col Zaw Khin Aung said it was "okay to stage protests for their rights in their respective region but we can't afford to let them protest in Nay Pyi Taw area, which is a special area under the president".
A police officer said that 51 of the 71 protesters detained had been charged and taken to nearby Yaminthin Prison after they refused to be split up from their fellow demonstrators.
Regional police head Ko Ko Aung said "around 50" had been charged. He told AFP the authorities had banned the march on the grounds of national security.
Nay Pyi Taw was built and made the administrative capital 10 years ago by the Myanmar's former military rulers.
It is still considered a military stronghold, despite the National League for Democracy's victory at the last elections.
The 35-year-old is accused of paying 20,000 euros ($21,800; £16,800) for the baby girl.
She has been arrested along with the child's biological mother and a Moroccan man who allegedly helped broker the deal.
Surrogacy is illegal in Italy, and attracts prison time and heavy fines.
The "fake" mother is said to have told police she wore a decoy latex belly bought online to trick her friends and family.
Italian press reports said her partner was in prison for drug trafficking, and that she had recently suffered two miscarriages.
The baby's biological mother, a 25-year-old Romanian woman, reportedly fell pregnant after a short relationship with a man from Mali.
When she learned about the baby's race, the Italian woman is said to have realised she would not be able to explain the child's skin colour. After just three days, reports say, she gave the baby back.
Suspicions were first raised in February at the registry office in the city of Latina, south of Rome, when a woman asked how to register a baby that had been born at home.
When nobody returned to register the child, officials got in touch - but are said to have received evasive answers. Fearing something was amiss, they flagged the case up to police.
Investigators found the baby girl in a healthy state with her biological father, who works in Rome.
She is now just over a month old, and has been placed in foster care.
The Family Division of the High Court said the boy should receive care to minimise suffering in his final months.
He was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2012. His parents had argued that doctors could still treat his symptoms.
He is expected to live for three to six months, and specialists said "curative treatment" was no longer possible.
Doctors told the court the boy should have "palliative chemotherapy" to reduce pain, and medication.
But his mother, a former nurse, said she thought the tumour was slow growing, and was worried about the side effects of chemotherapy and a "cocktail of painkillers".
The boy's parents had appealed for their "beautiful" son's "right to life", and his father wept as the judge outlined the decision.
Mr Justice MacDonald said the case was "unbearably sad" and said the youngster's parents were suffering "unimaginable agony".
But the judge said he was satisfied the boy's prognosis was terminal and that pain could become unbearable if not treated.
The treatment put forward by doctors was in the boy's best interests, he added.
The hearing was not open to the public and the judge banned the reporting of anything which might identify the boy, including his age, address or name of hospital authority with responsibility for care.
Mr Justice MacDonald said: "Neither the mother or the father in this case are anything other than loving parents who are simply trying to stay upright in the darkening storm which has engulfed their family."
The DNA of 200,000 people - half of them with cancer and half without - was compared, revealing an individual's inherited risk of the diseases.
British scientists, who led the research, believe it could lead to a DNA screening test within five years.
They also hope it will boost knowledge of how the cancers develop.
The research was led by scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London and funded by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the Wellcome Trust.
The main findings are published in five articles in the journal Nature Genetics.
Study author Prof Doug Easton said: "We're on the verge of being able to use our knowledge of these genetic variations to develop test that could complement breast cancer screening and take us a step closer to having an effective prostate cancer screening programme."
Each of us is born with a genetic hand of cards passed down from our parents.
This is called our genome and is made of three billion pieces of code made of just chemical letters: A, C, T and G.
A single nucleotide polymorphism is a single letter difference in DNA between individuals.
We each have millions of variations and most of these seem benign. This study looked at more than 100,000 common differences found in at least one in 10 people.
By comparing cancer patients with healthy controls the scientists could identify genetic spelling mistakes that occurred repeatedly in the cancer group.
Forty nine new single nucleotide polymorphisms (Snps) were found associated with breast cancer, bringing the total identified to 76.
For prostate cancer, 23 new markers were found, bringing the total to 78. And for ovarian cancer, eight new regions were found, bringing the total to 12.
The scientists looked for common genetic variations - known as single nucleotide polymorphisms (Snps) - linked to the three cancers.
Each alteration raised the risk of cancer by a small amount. However, a small minority of men with lots of the markers could see their risk of prostate cancer increase more than fourfold and for women the breast cancer risk increase threefold.
By contrast, the test can also identify those with a smaller than average risk of developing the cancers.
A woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer is one in eight, but among the 1% with lots of these newly identified genetic variations the risk rises to one in two.
The test could also help the one in 300 woman who carry a faulty gene known as BRCA1 or BRCA2. Two-thirds of them will develop breast cancer before the age of 80 and 45% who carry BRCA1 will get ovarian cancer.
At present the options to reduce their risks are limited - a double mastectomy or having their ovaries removed.
By combining the gene test for BRCA1 and BRCA2 with this extra genetic information, women who have a high number of the newly identified markers could find they have a nearly 100% risk of getting breast cancer.
In contrast, those with the protective versions of the genetic changes could see their risk drop to as low as 20%.
Dr Antonis Antoniou, CRUK senior fellow at the University of Cambridge, said: "Our research puts us on the verge of being able to give women a much more accurate picture of how likely they are to develop breast or ovarian cancer and would help to guide them about the most appropriate type and time of prevention or monitoring options for them."
For men, the lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer is one in eight. But for 1% who carry a significant number of genetic alterations, the risk rises to one in two.
Unlike for breast cancer, there is no screening programme for the disease.
The prostate-specific antigen or PSA test, looks for protein markers in the blood and high levels may be an indicator or prostate cancer. But it is unreliable.
Furthermore, about two-thirds of men who get prostate cancer have a slow-growing "indolent" form of the disease that will not kill them.
Treatment options include prostate removal, radiotherapy and hormone treatment, But for every life saved through treatment for prostate cancer, it is thought that between 12 to 48 men are treated unnecessarily. Many patients opt for "watchful waiting", monitoring the cancer.
Sixteen of the 23 newly identified genetic markers are associated with aggressive forms of the disease so may help clinicians and patients decide on the best form of treatment.
Prof Ros Eeles, from the ICR, said: "These results are the single biggest leap forward in finding the genetic causes of prostate cancer.
"If further studies show such men benefit from regular screening, we could have a big impact on the number of people dying from the disease, which is still far too high."
Prior to his maiden tournament win, US-based Knox was 85th in the standings.
Making his WGC debut as seventh reserve, the 30-year-old from Inverness finished 20 under par in China to lead the field by two shots.
Marc Warren (66) and Richie Ramsay (92) are the other Scots in the current top 100.
Stephen Gallacher, who started the year ranked 34th, is down to 107th place following a miserable season that has included nine missed cuts.
Knox can now look forward to a Masters debut in 2016 and entry into the game's most important events.
Meanwhile, Jordan Spieth is back in the number one spot after finishing in a tie for seventh in Shanghai, with Jason Day second and Rory McIlroy third.
The costumes depicted an Israeli solder and a large-nosed Arab man.
The outfits sparked a backlash on social media ahead of Halloween on Saturday and came at a time of spiralling violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) called the "Sheikh Fagin nose" "racist anti-Arab costumes"
The latex prosthetic nose is described on the website as being "perfect for an Arab Sheik".
Its large, hook-nosed appearance and the use of the name Fagin - referring to a character in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist - appear also to play into anti-Semitic stereotypes.
"Selling merchandise which mocks Arabs, or any other race or ethnicity, must not be tolerated," said Samer Khalaf President of ADC.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) costume was also heavily criticised by many on Twitter.
More than 40 Palestinians have died in unrest in Israel and the Palestinian territories this month, many killed carrying out attacks on Israelis. Nine Israelis have been killed and dozens wounded in stabbings and some gun attacks.
Earlier this year, an outfit inspired by transgender reality star and former athlete Caitlyn Jenner's Vanity Fair cover was condemned as "transphobic" and "deplorable."
Another costume based on famed Zimbabwean lion Cecil, who was shot by an American dentist, was criticised by an animal welfare charity.
In 2013 UK supermarket chains Tesco and Asda - which is owned by Walmart - withdrew outfits for a "mental patient" and for someone from a "psycho ward" after they were criticised for stigmatising people with mental health issues.
The film, which stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, knocked last week's top film Tomorrowland, which debuted with $40.7m (£26.7m), into third place.
Pitch Perfect 2 was at number two and Mad Max: Fury Road was fourth.
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 2015's biggest US film so far - was fifth.
The Marvel comic film has so far taken $427m (£280m) at the US box office.
Dan Fellman, head of domestic distribution for Warner Bros, which distributed San Andreas, said: "Some people felt they'd be a little nervous watching such a disaster hit both Los Angeles and San Francisco, but there was a curiosity factor."
Box office tracker Rentrak said it was also Johnson's biggest debut for a non-sequel as the top-billed actor. The film also features Kylie Minogue, as the sister of one of the key characters, Emma, played by Carla Gugino.
Cameron Crowe's rom-com Aloha, starring starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams and Bill Murray was in sixth place.
Despite its stellar cast the film's reviews have not been particularly positive and it was in the spotlight last year after leaked emails from Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chair Amy Pascal said its script was "ridiculous".
Some native Hawaiian groups opposed the title; while an Asian-American group slated the use of a nearly all-white cast in a film shot in Hawaii.
Rory Bruer, Sony Pictures Entertainment's president of worldwide distribution, said the film did "well enough with women aged 25-34 to overcome the negative buzz", adding that the film, which took $10m (£6.5m), cost about $37m (£24m) to make.
So far this year, US and Canadian box office takings are up nearly 5% at $4.26bn (£2.8bn), while attendance is up more than 4%.
On constituency votes, the ITV/Wales Governance Centre poll puts Labour on 35% (-4), the Conservatives on 23% (no change), Plaid Cymru 20% (+2), UKIP 15% (+2) and Lib Dems 5% (-1).
Analysis suggests Labour would be short of a majority on 27 seats, down three.
It gives the Tories 12 seats (down two), Plaid 10 (down one), UKIP nine, and Lib Dems two (down three).
The analysis, by Prof Roger Scully from Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre, takes into account regional list voting for the 20 of the 60 AMs elected using a form of proportional representation.
That data puts Labour on 34%, Conservatives 23%, Plaid Cymru 18%, UKIP 16% and the Lib Dems and Greens both on 4%.
Were Labour to win 27 seats in Cardiff Bay, it would face a choice between governing as a minority or reaching a deal with one of the other parties.
The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in the summer appears not to have a led to a sustained improvement in the party's poll ratings.
Prof Scully said: "Labour remain some way ahead of the field.
"But we see their support for the devolved election slipping notably since September.
"The main thing to jump out from these findings, however, is that UKIP are currently projected to win nine list seats in the assembly: two in every region of Wales except for South Wales West.
"We should note that these list seat calculations are subject to change on quite small variations in support: with only small changes in public preferences UKIP might be projected to win several fewer seats."
The poll for ITV and the Wales Governance Centre had a sample of 1,005 Welsh adults and was carried out by YouGov from November 30 to December 4 2015.
They will join the previously announced headliners Arcade Fire and Kasabian at the event in Somerset on 25-29 June.
It marks Metallica's debut appearance at Worthy farm and it is the first time a heavy metal band have headlined the event.
Tickets for this year sold out in just one hour and 27 minutes in October.
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis told BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt: "[Metallica] wanted to play for a long, long time and they're one of the most amazing rock bands in the world, everywhere I go people say 'When are Metallica going to play?' I said, 'They will be here one day' and this is their time now.
"We've done it before (with Rage Against the Machine in 1994). People think that we're prone to have Radiohead and Coldplay and Oasis but when we had Jay Z a few years ago, people said he wasn't a Glastonbury act but we have all kinds of music."
"I feel ecstatic," Metallica's Lars Ulrich told Radio 1's Zane Lowe. "We've been waiting for this phone call for years."
The drummer said the band wouldn't choose their set-list until the last minute - but they'd bear in mind that the Glastonbury audience might not be hardcore fans.
"It'll be your friendly neighbourhood Metallica. If nothing else, we'll enjoy it," he added.
The news of Metallica's booking echoes that of the announcement in 2008 that Jay Z was to become the first rapper to fill the coveted Pyramid Stage headline slot.
His involvement was initially met with some scepticism, with Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher saying: "I don't know about it. But I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong."
The rapper won over critics with his exuberant performance, cheekily taking to the stage with a guitar and singing along to Oasis' song Wonderwall.
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Other artists playing this summer include Dolly Parton, De La Soul, Manic Street Preachers and Ed Sheeran.
Hundreds of other acts will play across more than 100 stages at the festival in Somerset.
Metallica were formed in 1981 by singer James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. The current line-up includes longtime guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo.
The band's eponymous fifth album, known as the Black Album, contained the hit singles Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters.
Metallica are also headlining the Sonisphere festival in Knebworth Park between 4-6 July.
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Luisa Pearce from Staplehurst in Kent has been paralysed on her left side since minor surgery on her wrist went wrong.
She said it was "hugely important" for her to show disabled people they could "achieve anything".
The 100-mile, seven-day trek raised funds for her charity Freedom for Wheels, which helps people with the cost of mobility equipment.
The GM wheat has been engineered to use sunlight more efficiently and has boosted greenhouse yields by up to 40%.
Researchers in Hertfordshire now want to see if they can replicate these gains in the field.
Critics say that boosting wheat yields is not an answer to global food shortages.
Several GM trials of crops have taken place in the UK over the past 20 years, often attracting protesters who have attempted to destroy the plants.
Even when trials managed to avoid disruption, they have not always been scientifically successful.
This latest effort aims to see if the spectacular gains in productivity of 20-40% in GM wheat grown in the greenhouse can be reproduced in the open air.
Last Autumn, the scientists at Rothamsted Research submitted an application to the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) seeking permission to carry out small field trials at a secure site near Harpenden between 2017 and 2019.
After an independent risk assessment and a public consultation, that permission has now been granted.
The researchers say they want to test newly developed wheat plants that have been modified to carry a gene from a wild relative called stiff brome.
The Rothamsted team, which is working in collaboration with researchers from the University of Essex and Lancaster University, believes this enables the modified wheat to carry out photosynthesis more efficiently, converting more sunlight and CO2 into grain.
"It makes the plant bigger in the greenhouse, it makes the leaves grow bigger, and that's because you have more of this photosynthesis going on," Dr Malcolm Hawkesford from Rothamsted told BBC News.
"Once you start to produce grain all of that CO2 fixation starts to get targeted into the production of more grain. You end with bigger plants and more grain."
With a rapidly growing global population, food production will need to increase by 70% by 2050 to meet the demand, say researchers.
The problem for wheat is that yields have reached a plateau in recent years and the scientists involved in this new trial say they have gone as far as they can in boosting growth via conventional means.
However, replicating the gains made under glass will not be easy.
"At the moment with traditional methods if you get one percent you are pretty happy," said Dr Hawkesford.
"Anything more than a few percent would be super yielding. I would be happy if we could get 5-10; anything more than that would be absolutely massive."
But the planned planting is not without its critics.
Around 30 green organisations lodged objections to the plan, pointing to concerns about the potential for the GM wheat to escape into the wild, as has repeatedly happened in the US. Campaigners say they are "disappointed" that the trial is now going ahead.
"People aren't starving because photosynthesis isn't efficient enough; people are starving because they are poor," said Liz O'Neill from GM Freeze.
"Techno-fixes like GM wheat suck up public funding that could make a real difference if it was spent on systemic solutions like waste reduction and poverty eradication. Then we could all enjoy food that is produced responsibly, fairly and sustainably."
But supporters of the technology point out that if the GM wheat boosts yields it could allow farmers to grow greater amounts of the crop with fewer inputs such as nitrogen, decreasing emissions of CO2 as well.
Another concern is that the go-ahead for the new trial signals a different approach to GM as the UK faces up to Brexit. In the House of Commons last autumn, farming minister George Eustice indicated that the government was open to re-examining the position after the UK leaves the EU.
"As part of the preparations for EU exit, the government is considering possible future arrangements for the regulation of genetically modified organisms," he said in a written statement.
"The government's general view remains that policy and regulation in this area should be science-based and proportionate."
Both supporters and critics say the new trial does not signal a change in position.
"I don't believe it will make a huge difference to us," said Dr Hawkesford.
"This whole project was planned prior to Brexit. I honestly don't know if it will influence future trials, but at the moment the British government has its policy, we stick to the rules, and I wouldn't say there's any impact I would definitely see about Brexit."
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Entitled We Will Multiply, it is by former Turner Prize-winner Laure Prouvost, who draws on the "everyday and domestic".
The work is part of an exhibition featuring four artists' work at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery.
Each artist was asked to extend and update late British conceptual artist John Latham's "world view".
The tea bags on the radiator reference the period in which French artist Prouvost worked as Latham's studio assistant in the early 2000s.
The pair would drink a lot of tea together and afterwards, Latham would always dry the teabags on a radiator.
In another work, Prouvost has created replicas of eggs, eggshells, milk cartons and vegetables, while Douglas Gordon is encouraging people to play the "sculpture games" as he has exhibited a table tennis table and a billiard table.
Speak runs at the gallery from Thursday until 21 May.
UEFA are making 437 extra tickets available for the Poland game.
Some lifelong supporters missed out when UEFA allocated the tickets on Tuesday.
About 800 extra tickets were later made available. Now more than 400 more have been added.
However, there is no sign yet of more tickets for Northern Ireland's matches against Germany and the Ukraine.
On Wednesday, the Irish Football Association (IFA) announced a portal would be created for Northern Ireland supporters to apply for extra tickets.
The portal, for the match against Poland, is open to supporters on a priority list who were were informed they had missed out on Tuesday.
Northern Ireland are to play Poland, Ukraine and Germany in France in June.
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) announced on Friday that 832 extra tickets had been released by UEFA for Republic of Ireland fans.
FAI chief executive John Delaney said: "We are continually in talks and correspondence with UEFA for more tickets, and this policy has proven successful up to now.
"There are still 2,000 extra tickets which we will draw on to try and satisfy those who have missed out on the current process.
"I'd like to thank UEFA for its work so far in freeing up more tickets, but we, of course, would like more.
"Republic of Ireland supporters will represent one of the biggest groups of supporters at EURO 2016, and accordingly we have a huge fan base to try to satisfy."
Craig Wild, 47, was kicked, stamped on and attacked with knives and a screwdriver in Fox Walk last August.
Alison Sarah Moss, 46, of Fox Walk, Walkley, denied murder but was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court.
Her partner, David Michael Webster, 49, of Leppings Lane, Hillsborough, had pleaded guilty to Mr Wild's murder at a hearing in November.
The court heard how Moss and Webster had been drinking and taking drugs at the house on Fox Walk when they were joined by Mr Wild.
An argument was said to have broken out, before Webster launched a horrific attack on the victim.
Det Ch Insp Dave Stopford, said after being alerted by neighbours police were met "with a horrific sight".
"Mr Wild was found lying on the living room floor, with a blood-stained duvet covering him.
"He was found with over 117 separate injuries caused by multiple weapons; a Stanley knife, kitchen knife and a screwdriver, and also by being punched, kicked and stamped on."
Mr Stopford said Webster was a "dangerous man" who has "shown absolutely no remorse for his actions".
Moss denied any involvement in the murder but forensic evidence on shoes and clothing proved she had participated.
Police said the pair were "both extremely violent individuals who have murdered a defenceless man without any provocation".
Mr Wild's family said: "The impact our dearest Craig's death has had on our family is one of total devastation for all of us who loved him so dearly."
Moss and Webster are to be sentenced on Friday.
More than 160 pupils were given an anatomy lesson by two vets at the July Course at Newmarket in Suffolk.
Its aim was to teach children how the thoroughbred's organs enable it "to gallop at speed and over a sustained distance".
The event was organised by the British Horseracing Authority.
The horse, an eight-year-old gelding called Gee Major, retired after winning three races and lives at the British Racing School in Newmarket.
Newmarket Equine Hospital vets Ben Jacklin and Will Barker described the "remarkable physique of a racehorse" to the children, who attend primary schools in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
The event was organised by the authority as part of its The Horse Comes First campaign, which "raises awareness among children and racegoers of the first class care given to racehorses during and after their racing careers".
Torn-up sick notes were found in the homes of Andreas Lubitz, they say, including one for the day of the crash, which killed 150 passengers and crew.
A German hospital confirmed he had been a patient recently but denied reports he had been treated for depression.
The EU's aviation regulator has urged airlines to adopt new safety rules.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said in future two crew members should be present in the cockpit at all times.
Data from the voice recorder suggests Mr Lubitz purposely started an eight-minute descent into the mountains after locking the pilot out of the flight deck.
There were no survivors when Flight 4U 9525 crashed in a remote mountain valley on Tuesday while en route from Barcelona in Spain to Duesseldorf in Germany.
Prosecutors say there was no evidence of a political or religious motive for his actions and no suicide note has been found.
French police say the search for passenger remains and debris on the mountain slopes could take another two weeks.
A memorial service is being held at a church in central Duesseldorf, attended by the mayor, Tomas Geisel.
Two officers stand watch at the end of a neat, suburban cul-de-sac. International TV crews focus their cameras on Andreas Lubitz's family home. The blinds are down. A candle has been placed on his parents manicured lawn, with an image of hands clasped in prayer.
Neighbours describe him as a "quiet, affable man". They are struggling to accept that the 27-year-old they once knew could be capable of committing mass murder.
Investigators carrying boxes of evidence and a computer have come and gone. With the discovery of a discarded sick note in his Duesseldorf apartment and confirmation that he attended a medical clinic just days before the crash, the suggestion is that this quiet man was hiding something.
That secret may eventually reveal why he took not just his own life but the lives of 149 others.
In a statement (in German), prosecutors said they had seized medical documents from Mr Lubitz's two residences - his Duesseldorf flat and his parents' home north of Frankfurt - which indicated an "existing illness and appropriate medical treatment".
The "fact that, among the documents found, there were sick notes - torn-up, current and for the day of the crash - leads to the provisional assessment that the deceased was hiding his illness from his employer", the report states.
Germanwings confirmed it had not been given a sick note for the day of the crash.
Duesseldorf's University Hospital issued a statement (in German) saying Mr Lubitz had attended the hospital on 10 March and last month.
Adding that it had handed his medical records over to prosecutors, it said reports the co-pilot had been treated there for depression were incorrect.
Germany's Rheinischer Post newspaper, which spoke to the hospital, quoted its own unnamed sources as saying Mr Lubitz had been suffering from a physical, rather than a mental, illness.
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The theory that a mental illness such as depression had affected the co-pilot was suggested by German media, quoting internal aviation authority documents.
They said he had suffered a serious depressive episode while training in 2009.
He reportedly went on to receive treatment for a year and a half and was recommended regular psychological assessment.
Mr Lubitz's employers insisted that he had only been allowed to resume training after his suitability was "re-established".
Speaking just before the EASA issued its advice, Lufthansa announced it would adopt the "rule of two" as soon as possible.
Family members of some of the passengers and crew who died have visited Seyne-les-Alpes, near the crash site.
DNA samples are being provided to allow for identification of victims' remains.
The plane's second "black box", which records flight data, has yet to be found.
"There's not much plane debris left," police spokesman Xavier Vialenc was quoted by AFP news agency as saying. "There's mainly a lot of body parts to pick up."
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Winehouse, 27, was found dead at her home in Camden, north London, in 2011.
The verdict is identical to the first hearing which had to be repeated after the deputy coroner was found to lack the relevant experience.
The deputy coroner had been hired by her husband, senior coroner for inner north London area, but had not been a registered lawyer for five years.
Dr Shirley Radcliffe, St Pancras Coroner, recorded a verdict of misadventure, the same as the original inquest in October 2011. The hearing also heard the same evidence as the first inquest.
The hearing was told the star was more than five times the legal drink-drive limit when she died, having 416mg of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood in her system - the legal driving limit is 80mg.
Dr Radcliffe said the star died from "alcohol toxicity", adding it was "a level of alcohol commonly associated with fatality".
She said Winehouse "voluntarily consumed alcohol" and added "two empty vodka bottles were on the floor" beside her bed when her body was discovered.
In a written statement, Winehouse's GP, Dr Christina Romete, said she saw her patient the night before her death. "She specifically said she did not want to die," said Dr Romete.
The doctor added: "She was genuinely unwilling to follow the advice of doctors, being someone who wanted to do things her own way."
The doctor's statement also revealed Winehouse struggled with an eating disorder, where she made herself sick.
In a written statement, Winehouse's live-in security guard Andrew Morris spoke about the moment he realised she was dead.
"I was upset and shaken," he said. "She's like a sister to me."
Det Insp Les Newman confirmed there were no suspicious circumstances over the death.
The inquest was told the post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as alcohol toxicity and the singer probably suffered a respiratory arrest.
The move to hold another inquest came after an investigation found that Suzanne Greenaway, who oversaw the first inquest, did not have the correct qualifications for the role.
She was appointed in July 2009 by her husband, Andrew Reid after she had worked as a solicitor and barrister in Australia.
But she stepped down in November 2011 when it emerged that she did not have the requisite five years' experience in the Law Society.
Dr Reid resigned from his position last month after the Office for Judicial Complaints launched disciplinary proceedings against him.
Other inquests conducted by Ms Greenaway have also been reheard.
The Competition and Markets Authority identified 642 local areas where it said the merger would hit competition.
Ladbrokes and Gala Coral are the UK's second and third largest retail bookmakers, behind William Hill.
Ladbrokes has about 2,150 outlets in Britain and 77 in Northern Ireland. Coral runs 1,850 shops in Britain.
A merger between Ladbrokes and Gala Coral would make it the UK's largest bookmaker.
However, on Monday, the current market leader, William Hill, was approached by rival gambling companies 888 and Rank Group about a merger.
The sale of up to 400 shops is the same figure suggested by the CMA in May, when it published its provisional findings into the Ladbrokes-Gala Coral deal.
Announcing the final report, Martin Cave, chair of the CMA's inquiry, said: "We've found that the merger between two of the largest bookmakers in the country would reduce competition and choice for customers in a large number of local areas.
"Although online betting has grown substantially in recent years, the evidence we've seen confirms that a significant proportion of customers still choose to bet in shops - and many will continue to do so after the merger. We therefore believe that a sale of shops of this scale is needed to protect these customers.
"It is now for the parties to propose a divestment package and one or more suitable purchasers for the CMA to approve."
Ladbrokes agreed the terms of the all-share merger with Coral in July, and the company's shareholders backed the deal in November.
Gala Coral has been owned by a group of private equity firms, including Apollo Global Management, Cerberus Capital Management, Anchorage Capital Partners and Park Square Capital, since 2010, when it collapsed under £2.5bn of debt.
Under the terms of the deal, those private equity owners will own 48.25% of the new company's shares, with the remainder being held by Ladbrokes shareholders.
The men were part of online communities trying to be the first to find and release the latest films, or produce the best quality illegal copies.
Millions of people downloaded the films causing losses put at more than £5m by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).
The men all admitted conspiracy to defraud in January.
A fifth man was given a two-year suspended jail sentence.
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Sahil Rafiq and Ben Cooper, from Wolverhampton; Reece Baker and Scott Hemming, from Birmingham, and Graeme Reid, from Chesterfield, were sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday.
They illegally released films - including Argo, the Avengers and Skyfall - using several online aliases over a number of years, FACT said.
FACT said Baker was caught red-handed encoding the film Gangster Squad, which had only been released three weeks earlier, when officers raided his home.
Baker also illegally leaked Fast and Furious 6, Man of Steel and Monster University while on bail, FACT stated.
Kieron Sharp, director general of FACT, said the sentencing marked the first time a release group had been criminally prosecuted.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister for Intellectual Property added: "The illegal copying and distribution of films has real consequences for the film industry and consumers."
The men's sentences:
Rafiq, 25, of Warnford Walk, received four years and five months
Baker, 23, of Dalmer Close, Castel Bromwich, received four years and one month
Reid, 41, of Kings Clear Walk, received three years and five months
Cooper, 34, Dilloways Lane, received three years and five months
Hemming, 27, of Perry Common, received a two-year suspended sentence.
The government-commissioned inquiry - led by Labour MP Ann Clwyd - said too many patients found the current approach unresponsive and confusing.
It said it was putting the health service on a year's notice to improve accountability and transparency.
To achieve this, the review has got 12 key organisations to sign up to a series of pledges.
These include:
The review was commissioned by the government after the public inquiry into the Stafford Hospital scandal.
Ms Clwyd was asked to lead it after she broke down in a BBC interview last December while describing the poor care her late husband had received.
She was sent more than 2,500 letters and emails from people describing similar problems and dissatisfaction with the way complaints are handled.
They said they were often unaware of how to make complaints or of the identities of staff they wanted to complain about.
They also said they feared reprisals if they did raise concerns.
The report concluded there had been a "decade of failure" and called for a revolution in complaints handling.
As well as the steps mentioned above, it said relatively simple measures, such as providing patients with paper and a pen beside their beds and displaying the names of staff on duty, could also help.
Ms Clwyd said: "When I made public the circumstances of my own husband's death last year, I was shocked by the deluge of correspondence from people whose experience of hospitals was heart-breaking.
"It made me determined to do my best to get change in the system.
"The days of delay, deny and defend must end and hospitals must become open, learning organisations."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt welcomed the report and said a full response to the Stafford Hospital inquiry and the reports that have followed, which include this one as well as others on healthcare assistants, mortality rates and patient safety, would be made before the end of the year.
He added: "I want to see a complete transformation in hospitals' approach to complaints so that they become valued as vital learning tools."
But patient groups questioned how committed the government really was.
Peter Walsh, of Action Against Medical Accidents, pointed out that the government appeared to be watering down the duty of candour called for after the Stafford Hospital scandal.
The public inquiry had suggested this should become a legally enforceable duty, but latest plans suggest this will only be applied to the most serious cases of harm.
Mr Walsh said: "For all the good commonsense proposals contained in the report, they would be rendered useless if the government restricts the duty of candour in this way."
Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham said: "The NHS has an unfortunate tendency to push complainants away and pull down the shutters. That has to change."
The report comes as the health ombudsman calls for a 24-hour advice service for unhappy patients.
Writing in the BBC News website's Scrubbing Up column, ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor said: "Too often we hear of patients not having the confidence to raise a concern on a hospital ward."
She said patients and carers should be able to access advice on how to raise a concern "24 hours a day, seven days a week", and that "every patient, carer and relative would have the opportunity to raise an issue in person, by email or over the phone".
The RMT union announced the walkouts in a dispute with the firms over plans to remove guards from trains, which would become driver-only-operated (DOO).
Union officials, who confirmed the 24-hour strike on 13 March, say the move will make trains potentially dangerous.
The Office of Road and Rail insists they are safe provided the right equipment and training is given.
As well as walking out on strike, Merseyrail members will also not work any "rest days" from Monday 7 March indefinitely.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said the result "sends out the clearest possible message" that the union "is prepared to stand up and fight for public safety and the guard guarantee".
He said the union's position on DOO "is perfectly clear" - "we will not agree to any introduction of DOO".
Arriva Rail North, which operates Northern trains, provides services across the north of England.
Merseyrail plans to introduce a new fleet of 52 (DOO) trains from 2020 and said none of the permanent guards or guard managers would lose their jobs.
The union said more than 81% of members at Northern and Merseyrail voted for strike action and more than 93% voted for action short of a strike.
A spokesman for Northern said the strike announcement "is a shame" and the firm's "aim is to reach a constructive resolution" and "protect jobs and pay".
A Merseyrail spokeswoman said the firm has "pledged to do everything we can to bring the dispute to a satisfactory and swift conclusion" and is "committed to continuing dialogue with the RMT".
Mr Cash said the union had no option but to strike again following "the abject failure by Southern rail to meet with us".
But, Southern said: "They say they want to talk, but they are hell-bent on further strike misery and causing disruption."
Parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) said news of a further strike on what would be the 30th day of RMT strike action was "clearly disappointing".
"We asked the RMT executive to suspend any further action... so that talks could take place, instead they have chosen to put their members through even more pointless industrial action."
Last week, the drivers' union Aslef met Southern for talks after its members rejected a deal.
It said it was working to ensure there were no more drivers' walkouts, but it still has a mandate to strike.
The BBC understands further discussions are being held with Aslef this week.
The Met Office announced the results after receiving thousands of responses via email, Facebook and Twitter.
It is hoped that naming storms will help raise awareness of severe weather and ensure people protect themselves.
A storm will be named when it is deemed potentially able to cause "substantial" impact on the UK or Ireland.
The full list of names chosen for future selection are: Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond, Eva, Frank, Gertrude, Henry, Imogen, Jake, Katie, Lawrence, Mary, Nigel, Orla, Phil, Rhonda, Steve, Tegan, Vernon and Wendy.
They will be taken from the list, in alphabetical order, alternating between male and female names, meaning the next severe storm will be known as Storm Abigail, followed by Storm Barney.
There is a name for each letter of the alphabet, excluding Q, U, X, Y and Z, which is the same naming convention as used in the US to help maintain consistency for North Atlantic storms.
Experts have found that attaching a name to a weather event makes it easier to follow its progress and simpler to reference on social media.
Severe weather in October 2013 was referred to as the St Jude's storm as it was due to arrive on St Jude's day.
Derrick Ryall, head of the public weather service at the Met Office, said at the time the name search was announced in September: "We have seen how naming storms elsewhere in the world raises awareness of severe weather before it strikes.
"We hope that naming storms in line with the official severe weather warnings here will do the same and ensure everyone can keep themselves, their property and businesses safe and protected at times of severe weather."
Dave Rihoy gave Guernsey, who had a squad of just 12, a 30th minute lead against the Isthmian League Division One South's bottom-of-the-table club.
But Whitstable levelled six minutes before the break before going in front two minutes after the restart.
The hosts got a third 15 minutes later before Ross Allen saw a free-kick hit the bar for Guernsey with 10 to go.
The loss means Guernsey end their third season in the fourth tier of English non-league football in 13th place.
The band were due to play the Wave 105 Night Air on Bournemouth beach on Friday night, as part of the resort's four-day annual air festival.
Concert-goers were told to leave the beach when the sea encroached into the audience area and damaged the stage.
Organisers apologised and blamed "a combination of exceptional wind and sea conditions".
Travis had played earlier in the evening, but with the sea creeping into the audience area and threatening the stage structure, the decision was taken to cancel the Leeds band's headline slot shortly before 22:00 BST.
Festival organisers insisted the tidal conditions "could not be fully anticipated".
"This was caused by direct southerly/south-westerly winds and short period strong waves which added to the forecast high spring tide," a statement said
"This created high levels of water on the beach that had been unprecedented in all the years of staging the event. This decision was taken in the interest of public safety,"
About 5,000 fans were at the event.
Anthony Carrier from Fawley in Hampshire, who was at the show with his son and his friend, said about a quarter of the audience area became covered in water when the announcement was made that the show was ending early.
"I was more concerned about people getting trampled than getting wet," he said.
"For the amount of people, it was the right decision - it was only going to get worse.
"There was a lot of booing but it wasn't unexpected."
The Leeds band posted an apology to fans on Twitter. Lead singer Ricky Wilson said: "Some things can't be predicted.
"Tonight our show in Bournemouth was cancelled - the stage was in danger and they didn't want it falling on you, and they didn't want us on it when it fell."
With winds of up to 49mph expected, all daytime flying displays have been cancelled on Saturday.
More concert performances due to take place later have also been cancelled due to damage to the beach stage areas.
Google claims Symantec has done a poor job of using standard tools, called certificates, that check the identity of thousands of websites.
It will change its Chrome browser to stop recognising some Symantec certificates, causing problems for people who visit sites using them.
Symantec said Google's claims were "exaggerated" and "irresponsible".
The row concerns identity checks known as "security certificates", which underlie the HTTPS system that ensures data is encrypted as it travels to and from a website.
Symantec is one of the biggest issuers of basic security certificates as well as their extended versions, which are supposed to give users more confidence in the security of a site.
Google alleges that Symantec has not done enough to ensure that these basic and extended certificates are being issued correctly. It claims to have evidence that over the past few years 30,000 certificates are suspect.
In a bid to tackle the problem, Google said it would change the way many versions of Chrome display information derived from Symantec certificates. This could mean many users get warnings that sites are insecure or are blocked from visiting them.
In response, Symantec said it "strongly objected" to the way Google had acted, saying its decision was "unexpected".
Its statement added that Google's statements about the way it issues certificates was "exaggerated and misleading". It threw doubt on the claim that 30,000 certificates had been issued incorrectly and said only 127 had been identified as wrongly issued.
Symantec said it had taken "extensive remediation measures" to improve the way it issued certificates and noted that many other certificate issuers had not gone as far.
It queried why it had been "singled out" by Google when other certificate issuers were also at fault.
"We are open to discussing the matter with Google in an effort to resolve the situation in the shared interests of our joint customers and partners," it concluded.
Click on the videos below to hear what they had to say about the strengths and weaknesses of the healthcare service after patients leave the hospital.
Charles Mumbere was detained after government forces raided his palace in the Rwenzururu region on Saturday.
The authorities accuse him of launching a secessionist movement to create a new state, to be called Yiira.
The murder charges relate to the killing of a police officer in March, not to the unrest over the weekend.
King Charles has denied any involvement in the violence.
At least 16 police officers and 46 royal guards were killed in the clashes in Kasese district, according to official figures.
Human rights campaigners are urging an independent investigation into the violence after pictures emerged of bodies dumped with hands tied behind their backs.
The government denies carrying out extrajudicial killings in the region.
Questioned about the raid, Gen Jeje Odong, Uganda's minister for internal affairs, said: "What happened is a situation of self-defence.
"What do you do if I come to you, wanting to pierce you with a knife? Do you allow me to do it? Or you try to protect yourself?"
Analysis: Rachael Akidi, BBC Africa
The Rwenzururu kingdom is around the mountains of Rwenzori, about 340km (210 miles) west of Uganda's capital, Kampala.
Its people, the Bakonzo, straddle both Uganda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tension has been high in the kingdom in recent years, with issues ranging from land disputes, to bitter divisions over plans to divide up Kasese - one of the seven districts in the Rwenzori region.
The king and some of his supporters have been accused of launching a secessionist movement, which authorities blame for a recent spate of attacks on security forces in the area.
Traditional kingdoms, which are barred constitutionally from taking part in national politics, were abolished in 1966 but then restored by President Yoweri Museveni in the 1990s.
President Museveni did not officially recognise the Rwenzururu kingdom until 2009, though this has not brought an end to the periodic unrest.
Before becoming king, Mr Mumbere spent many years living in the US, where he worked in a Pennsylvania nursing home.
On mine, some were fatalistic, others nervously pragmatic - one passenger told me he could not afford to change expensive, long-laid travel plans, however grim the news. Some were more openly apprehensive.
Egypt sees itself as a regional power in the front line of a war against global jihadism and its strong-man President, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, portrays himself as the hammer of political Islamism at home.
Privately many Egyptians appear to worry that might make their country an obvious target for jihadists - the fear being that a long-bubbling Islamist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula might escalate elsewhere in Egypt.
You do not find those fears reflected in the mainstream media, which sees its role in Mr Sisi's Egypt as cheerleading for the state where possible and downplaying criticism when necessary.
But the fears are nonetheless real - most Egyptians firmly support the idea that their country should be a strong regional power but there is a genuine anxiety about the price tag such a role might ultimately carry.
For the relatives of the missing gathered at a Cairo hotel, the absence of concrete information must be almost unendurable.
They now face a very personal and agonising search for answers that cannot really begin until the search for the bulk of the missing wreckage yields results.
The Egyptian air force has now reported finding debris in the Mediterranean somewhere between 125 miles (200km) and 185 miles north of Alexandria.
That is a start, but the task of recovery remains immense - this is a search not just for evidence of what caused the crash but for the bodies of those who died in it.
The performance of Egypt's armed forces and intelligence agencies will be closely scrutinised.
If the loss of flight MS804 turns out to be the result of a terrorist attack, as most Egyptians now assume, it will raise further questions about the quality of security surrounding EgyptAir operations.
A competent and efficient process that quickly identifies who did it and how, may go some way towards restoring that reputational damage.
Alongside the mood of national mourning and a feeling that the grief of the passengers' families is widely shared here, there is also a sense that Egypt is once again the subject of hostile foreign scrutiny and part of the reaction in the media reflects a deeply felt resentment at any criticism.
That has been reflected in part on social media where the Arabic hashtag "I will only fly EgyptAir" was created in the hours after the plane was reported missing.
The defensive tone was also taken up by a television presenter who appeared on screen dressed in an EgyptAir pilot's uniform to decry criticism of the airline.
He was careful to add, though, that he did not want to imply such criticism amounted to a "conspiracy".
Conspiracy theories abound at moments of crisis in Egypt and they are particularly likely to flourish when there is a lag between speculation and concrete official information.
No event creates those circumstances more starkly than the loss of an aircraft at sea, when there is a lag between the sort of speculation and interpretation which floods the internet and the dearth of hard, official information.
There are now signs that the first evidence is being recovered but everything depends on finding the aircraft's black-box flight recorders which should include the details of its final, fatal moments.
Nowhere is that evidence awaited more keenly than here in Egypt. There is sensitivity to outside criticism here but that is is vastly outweighed by a shared sense of shock and grief.
The United Nations, which estimates eight million people live in the 39 districts affected by the earthquake, is helping to co-ordinate rescue efforts.
Many have been left homeless by the disaster and the country is already reported to be running out of water and food. There are also frequent power cuts.
The British organisation, Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters (SARAID) has sent a team of 14 experts with 1.5 tonnes of specialist equipment. This includes an electrical power generator and power tools for cutting through concrete and steel.
They also have their own tents and food supplies, so they will not be a drain on local resources.
But how exactly does such a large and complex search and rescue operation work? Click on the labels in the interactive below for more.
Strong buildings
Video cameras
Listening for survivors
Weak buildings
Local knowledge
Search and rescue
Rescue dogs
Lifting equipment
Shifting rubble
Rescue workers need to be swift to assess where they are most likely to find survivors inside collapsed buildings. Stairwells or the spaces under large concrete beams can provide what rescue workers call 'voids', in which people may have survived.
Video cameras placed on the end of flexible poles can be squeezed through gaps in the rubble to help locate survivors. Using this technique means time is saved as less rubble is shifted unnecessarily. Thermal imaging equipment can also be used to locate survivors as their body heat can warm the rubble around them.
Specialist sound equipment can detect the faintest of noises to within a few metres. Silence on the site is needed while a member of the rescue team bangs three times and hopes to hear a response. Carbon dioxide detectors can be used to find survivors rendered unconscious. They work best in confined spaces where they detect the greater CO2 concentration in the air exhaled by those still breathing.
Many of the buildings in Nepal collapsed in the initial earthquake or the aftershock. Many older neighbourhoods in the capital, Kathmandu, were made up of poorly-constructed brick buildings and these were largely destroyed in the disaster. Fewer, modern structures collapsed.
Local people often know the best locations to begin the search for survivors. After speaking to them rescue workers can quickly select the most promising place to begin their work. Many local people have also joined in the search for survivors.
The co-ordinating agency, usually the UN, and the host country, have to take the difficult decision of when to stop looking for a few remaining trapped people and concentrate resources on looking after the thousands of other survivors. The average time for this switch is between five and seven days, but individuals have been known to survive as long as 13 days, if they have access to water.
Dogs are extremely effective at using their sense of smell to pick up on signs of life that human rescuers cannot. They are also able to cover large areas quickly, speeding up the search and rescue process.
Diggers and hydraulic jacks are among the heavy machinery that rescue workers employ to shift rubble. Large concrete slabs on the outside of buildings can be pulled aside by diggers, enabling rescuers to get a view of any people still trapped inside. Rescue workers are also taking chainsaws and other power tools to cut through wreckage.
Before the heavy-lifting equipment arrives, rescuers use pick axes and shovels to dig through the rubble. Other tools used by rescuers include chainsaws, disc-cutters and rebar cutters - which can be used to tackle the metal bars in reinforced concrete.
Rescue workers need to be swift to assess where they are most likely to find survivors inside collapsed buildings. Stairwells or the spaces under large concrete beams can provide what rescue workers call 'voids', or gaps in which people may have survived.
Video cameras placed on the end of flexible poles can be squeezed through gaps in the rubble to help locate survivors. Using this technique means time is saved as less rubble is shifted unnecessarily. Thermal imaging equipment can also be used to locate survivors as their body heat can warm the rubble around them.
Specialist sound equipment can detect the faintest of noises to within a few metres. Silence on the site is needed while a member of the rescue team bangs three times and hopes to hear a response. Carbon dioxide detectors can be used to find survivors rendered unconscious. They work best in confined spaces where they detect the greater CO2 concentration in the air exhaled by those still breathing.
Many of the buildings in Nepal collapsed in the initial earthquake or the aftershocks. Many older neighbourhoods in the capital, Kathmandu, were made up of poorly-constructed brick buildings and these were largely destroyed in the disaster. Fewer modern structures collapsed.
Local people often know the best locations to begin the search for survivors. After speaking to them rescue workers can quickly select the most promising place to begin their work. Many local people have also joined in the search for survivors.
The co-ordinating agency, usually the UN, and the host country, have to take the difficult decision of when to stop looking for a few remaining trapped people and concentrate resources on looking after the thousands of other survivors. The average time for this switch is between five and seven days, but trapped individuals have been known to survive as long as 13 days, if they have access to water.
Dogs are extremely effective at using their sense of smell to pick up on signs of life that human rescuers cannot. They are also able to cover large areas quickly, speeding up the search and rescue process.
Diggers and hydraulic jacks are among the heavy machinery that rescue workers employ to shift rubble. Large concrete slabs on the outside of buildings can be pulled aside by diggers, enabling rescuers to get a view of any people still trapped inside. Rescue workers are also taking chainsaws and other power tools to cut through wreckage.
Before the heavy-lifting equipment arrives, rescuers use pick axes and shovels to dig through the rubble. Other tools used by rescuers include chainsaws, disc-cutters and rebar cutters - which can be used to tackle the metal bars in reinforced concrete.
Darren Adie, 42, was discovered unconscious at about 18:45 on Tweed Avenue, near its junction with Lawson Street, on Saturday.
He was taken to the town's Victoria Hospital but later died.
Police have renewed their appeal for information. Inquiries so far have established there were people in Tweed Avenue about the time of the stabbing.
Det Ch Insp Raymond Brown, of Police Scotland, said: "I want to thank the community for their cooperation and assistance so far.
"Darren was well known in the Gallatown area and I'm keen to speak to anyone who may have seen him on Saturday in the hours before he died.
"I would also ask anyone who was in the Gallatown area on Saturday and who may have seen something unusual or anyone acting suspiciously to please get in touch with us.
Mr Adie's family said: "Darren was a much loved son, brother and father who will be sorely missed.
"We are grateful for the support of our friends and family."
Clothes and shoes were imported through the UK at fictitiously low values for years to avoid duties, the European Anti-Fraud Office (Olaf) has found.
As a result, investigators say the EU budget has lost millions of pounds in customs duties.
HMRC said it plans to challenge Olaf's claims about lost revenues.
The Olaf investigation found the UK to be a "significant hub" for so-called undervaluation fraud - where importers can profit from evading customs duties and related taxes.
Organised crime groups are using fake invoices to undervalue goods being imported from China - many of which are destined for the black market in other parts of the EU, investigators found.
They say the fraud has cost the EU £1.7bn in lost duties between 2013-16 and now they want the European Commission to recover the money from the UK.
In 2016, according to Olaf, 79.2% of the €817.2m (£709m) losses in customs duties for the EU budget were through UK importation.
Olaf have said the losses to the EU budget are on-going, as this fraud is still happening. Investigators warned HM Revenue and Customs a number of times but they failed to take tough action to curb the problem, it said.
A spokesman said: "Olaf has repeatedly drawn the attention of the UK customs authorities (HMRC) over the last years to the scale of the phenomenon and to the on-going revenue losses.
"As far as Olaf is aware, the UK authorities have not introduced risk profiles and the measures that they have taken do not appear to have curbed this traffic.
"To date, they have not initiated any criminal investigations in relation to these frauds."
He went on to say that it is the taxpayers who "pick up the tab" to compensate for the revenue losses.
But a spokesman for HMRC said: "This is not a bill, it is Olaf's estimate of evaded duty, and not one that is recognised by our experts who will be challenging Olaf on their calculations.
"HMRC has a very strong track record for tackling fraud and rule breaking of all kinds, securing more than £26.6bn last year alone and no one should be in any doubt that we are responding to the threat of fraud.
He added that HMRC is currently handling more than 550 cases relating to potential import fraud.
There they are constantly in the shadow of national politics, and when they finally get their moment in the sun in the local government elections, what does Theresa May go and do but call a snap election.
What about turnout?
One view is that it will be greater than the 39% turnout in the 2012 council elections as more people are switched on to politics.
The other is the Brenda from Bristol "not another one" theory which is that too much is a huge turn-off.
A number of party activists are telling me on the doorstep it is proving more difficult to get voters to focus on local issues.
In other words it could become a proxy or warm-up national vote, and so will be considered a barometer for the big event a month later.
When that has happened in the past there have been some significant casualties, most recently the Liberal Democrats in 2012 when they were punished at the ballot box for entering a coalition with the Conservatives.
Could the same thing happen to Labour?
There has already been plenty of expectation management from senior figures, partly because so many people were surprised by how well they did five years ago. Labour now controls 12 out of the 22 local authorities across Wales.
In the past five years they will have been forced to make unpopular decisions related to cutbacks which they will inevitably get the blame for, despite protestations of passing on Tory cuts dished out by Westminster.
The response from Welsh Labour is to point to renewal in town halls and the fact that a generation of the party's council leaders are in the process of retiring.
The Conservatives are throwing numbers at the contest with more than 600 candidates, including 75 in Cardiff, 71 in Swansea and 50 in Newport.
Look no further than the Vale of Glamorgan as a starting point where it will be considered a bad night for the party if it does not regain control.
Plaid Cymru will look to firm up its leadership in existing counties like Carmarthenshire, and take a big scalp in the valleys like Caerphilly.
It is unclear if Plaid will be in a position to take advantage if it becomes a local election where UK-wide factors play a part.
And the same argument goes for the Liberal Democrats who are hoping the remain argument can once and for all provide the disconnect in the minds of the voters with the coalition with the Tories.
But having said all of that these are local elections, and so there will be, above all, 22 individual battles being fought around the country, each with their own dynamics.
It said that fewer than 50% of emails which it scanned during June were junk - the lowest percentage it had seen in over a decade.
The fall suggests that cyber-thieves are looking to other ways to make money from people going online.
The security firm said legal action against the criminal networks that pipe spam to people had helped to cut junk.
However, it said the fall in spam had been offset by a rise in the amount of malware being made.
In June only 49.7% of the billions of messages monitored by Symantec were spam, it said in its latest monthly threat report. While the amount of spam being sent had been declining for some time, this was the first time since 2003 that it had dipped below 50%, said Ben Nahorney in the report.
Since the report was issued, spam levels have continued to decline further. On 14 July, of the 25 billion messages monitored by Symantec only 46.4% were junk.
It said the decline was caused by action against botnets, networks of hijacked computers that have historically been the route through which spam has been sent.
In the last 10 months, UK police forces have been involved in takedowns of seven separate botnets - many of which funnelled spam to victims. In addition, many European internet providers have joined together to share information about botnet activity to limit their effectiveness.
Symantec said other formerly popular scams, such as phishing for passwords and email with malware attached, also saw a decline in June.
However, Symantec said it had seen a significant rise in the amount of malware variants being produced. In June it caught about 57.6 million individual pieces of malware - almost double what it saw in April.
Ransomware also proved more popular: Symantec's monitoring systems caught almost 500,000 attacks based around this type of malware in June.
"This increase in activity lends more evidence to the idea that, with the continued drops in email-based malicious activity, attackers are simply moving to other areas of the threat landscape," wrote Mr Nahorney.
Andrew Conway, a research analyst at security company Cloudmark, said it was "challenging" to accurately measure global spam levels because many companies did not sample nations where junk mail levels were still very high.
Despite this, he said, successful law enforcement operations had led to steep drops in some types of spam. For instance, he said, action by the US Federal Trade Commission against one spammer resulted in an 80% drop in junk mail peddling diet pills.
Mr Conway added that spammers in China and Eastern Europe still relied on email to tempt people to buy counterfeit goods and bootleg pharmaceuticals.
"We are in a constant arms race," he said. "with spammers continually coming up with new techniques that we have to deal with, and it would be hubris to declare victory."
The 7m-scale model took off from Andhra Pradesh and was expected to fly about 70km (43 miles) into the atmosphere before coming down at sea.
Since Nasa stopped its Space Shuttle programme in 2011, there has been strong international competition to design alternative reusable spacecraft.
Such vehicles could significantly cut the cost of space exploration.
India has been putting substantial research and resources into its space programme.
A Mars orbiter launched in 2013 is its most high-profile space venture to date.
It hopes to launch a full-scale reusable shuttle within a decade.
Monday's launch of the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV-TD) took place at a site at Sriharikota.
The 1.75-tonne craft was not expected to survive the flight but was designed to enable the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) to collect important data on hypersonic speed and autonomous landing.
The model was developed over the past five years at a cost of 1bn rupees ($14m; £9.6m).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the "industrious efforts" of the scientists involved.
Since the US retired its space shuttle programme, private companies, like billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX and Amazon owner Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, have been working towards filling the gap - although their interest is in making traditional rockets re-usable as opposed developing winged vehicles that can make horizontal landings.
Japan, Europe and Russia are also in the testing stages for similar shuttle technology.
The 21-year-old came through Reading's academy and made his debut against MK Dons in the EFL Cup in August.
Kelly played his 12th game this term in Friday's abandonded match with Fulham.
"Liam has great ability in his passing, his movement, his technique and he has done very well ever since we arrived at the club," said boss Jaap Stam.
"Hopefully he can keep his performances up, continue to improve and we can get ourselves an even better player than he already is in the future."
Grace's Big Idea, written by Ross Mackenzie and illustrated by Neil Slorance, explains what the bid hopes to achieve.
It includes a section encouraging children to submit their own idea.
Paisley 2021 bid director Jean Cameron said the plan was to ensure residents' voices were included in the bid.
Ms Cameron said: "From the start of Paisley's bid we said it would be by the people of Paisley for the people of Paisley."
A copy of the book is going to all 14,000 primary pupils in Renfrewshire.
It is part of a drive to engage more than 30,000 people in the conversation around Paisley 2021.
Ms Cameron added: "The bid and related work aims to create a lasting legacy for the Renfrewshire our children will inherit - so it was crucial we captured their views, and Ross's wonderfully-written story is a great way to do that."
Mr Mackenzie- a former winner of the Scottish Children's Book of the Year award - has written the story from the point of view of a young girl who loves to dance.
The character, Grace, finds out about Paisley 2021 from her school teacher and is inspired to learn ballroom dancing in memory of her late grandfather.
The Renfrew-based author said: "I'm very proud to have been able to play a tiny part in the Paisley 2021 bid."
Morgan Ferrier's fifth-minute effort looked like it would be enough for the hosts after the 24-year-old evaded Blaine Hudson to get in behind and tap the ball home.
After that the game became scrappy, with neither side creating many clear-cut chances, although Chester's Ryan Astles was forced into a goal-line clearance after 70 minutes to block a Matthew Paine drive.
Just when it looked like Chester boss Jon McCarthy was staring at a fourth defeat in his first five games, Durrell picked the ball up around halfway, spotted Grant Smith off his line and struck from distance to level things up with seven minutes remaining.
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Match ends, Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 1.
Second Half ends, Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 1.
Substitution, Chester FC. Sam Hughes replaces Kane Richards.
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 1. Elliott Durrell (Chester FC).
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Jordan Chiedozie replaces Morgan Ferrier.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Aaron Kuhl replaces Kenny Davis.
Substitution, Chester FC. Elliott Durrell replaces Jordan Chapell.
Evan Horwood (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 0.
First Half ends, Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 0.
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Chester FC 0. Morgan Ferrier (Boreham Wood).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Eric Dier's free-kick put England ahead - one of his side's 15 shots - but Vasili Berezutski's 92nd-minute header earned Russia a point in Marseille.
Wilshere has called for a more clinical approach against Wales on Thursday.
"If we'd won the game people would be saying we can win this tournament," Wilshere, 24, told BBC Radio 5 live.
"We've got to concentrate on the positives - playing out, keeping the ball, sustaining attacks and really making the opposition work for the ball.
"The standard in training is high, everyone is fighting to play. If we can replicate that again and score goals we will win the game."
Wilshere, a second-half substitute for captain Wayne Rooney on Saturday, believes Roy Hodgson's team is technically better than England sides in previous tournaments.
"That's one thing we've added to our game over the last couple of years," added the Arsenal midfielder.
"When we were attacking down one side we didn't panic, we came out, went through Eric Dier into Rooney and into the pockets.
"We've set a standard now, a high standard from ourselves, and we need to keep that going and hopefully we can take some more chances and win games."
Hodgson and Rooney have appealed directly to fans to "stay out of trouble" after repeated violence marred the start of Euro 2016, leading to a threat of expulsion from Uefa if there are further incidents.
Wilshere added that the players were not letting the threat of a ban affect them.
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Micky Mellon's side showed no signs of a hangover from May's National League play-off heartache as James Norwood and Liam Ridehalgh both went close within the first five minutes.
From there Torquay, who avoided relegation on the final day of last season, restricted Tranmere to half chances and deserved to go in 0-0 at the break.
But Tranmere's hopes of seizing the early initiative in the title race took a blow when Steve McNulty saw red after 55 minutes for a second yellow, before Norwood's red card after 85 minutes left them grateful for a point.
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Match ends, Torquay United 0, Tranmere Rovers 0.
Second Half ends, Torquay United 0, Tranmere Rovers 0.
James Norwood (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the red card.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Andy Cook replaces James Alabi.
Substitution, Torquay United. James Gray replaces Jon-Paul Pittman.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jordan Lee replaces Jake Gosling.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jamie Reid replaces Damon Lathrope.
Sean McGinty (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Ritchie Sutton replaces Ollie Norburn.
Ruairi Keating (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
Second yellow card to Steve McNulty (Tranmere Rovers) for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Torquay United 0, Tranmere Rovers 0.
First Half ends, Torquay United 0, Tranmere Rovers 0.
Steve McNulty (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Damon Lathrope (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The ride was closed after officials got reports that bits had fallen from one of the carriages.
The Theme Park says people on the ride weren't in any danger and have been safely taken off.
The ride only re-opened in March after it was closed following the crash that injured five people in June 2015.
It is now closed again while an investigation into what happened takes place.
Accidents on rollercoasters are extremely rare - the chance of being injured whilst on a ride is one in 24 million.
A large team of ants does the heavy lifting but they lack direction, while a small number of "scouts" intervene and steer for short periods.
They appear to have a mathematically perfect balance between individuality and conformism, the researchers said.
The discovery was made by analysing videos of ants carrying oversized food items, including Cheerios.
Published in the journal Nature Communications, the study used a very common species known as the longhorn crazy ant.
The species' name refers to the way the little creatures dash about, frequently changing direction with apparently aimless abandon.
But the new findings suggest that the level of aimlessness in these ants' behaviour is in fact very finely tuned.
"The group is tuned to be maximally sensitive to the leader ants," said the paper's senior author Dr Ofer Feinerman, a physicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot.
He said the ants seem to have just the right amount of erratic individualism. About 90% of the time, they will "go with the flow" and pull in the same direction as everybody else; the other 10% of the time they live up to their name.
That means that on the whole, each ant transport team works together and avoids a fruitless tug-of-war. But crucially, their erratic streak leaves a degree of instability - and this allows a single ant with new information to join in and change the direction.
"This leader that comes along, she doesn't have to introduce herself, she doesn't have to be stronger than the rest - she just has to pull in the correct direction," Dr Feinerman told BBC News.
"The only communication in the system is the forces that they feel through the object."
So while it is the sheer number of ants on the team that determines how fast the tidbit gets transported, the navigation is supplied by these "scouts".
To test out their model, Dr Feinerman and his colleagues tried the ants in some extreme situations - giving them objects much bigger than anything they would normally shift.
"The prediction that the model gave us is that we can play with this mix of conformism and non-conformism," he said. "If you move something huge, you need many, many more ants. And then the force that each ant feels through the object is much stronger. So... all the ants feel a stronger urge to act as conformists."
Sure enough, when the ants were presented with silicon discs 8cm or even 16cm across, they lost their erratic streak altogether and everybody pushed in the same direction. The discs moved in very smooth, straight lines - but navigating around obstacles became impossible.
Their system works best, Dr Feinerman explained, for medium-sized objects (to an ant) of about 1cm, or "about what they can squeeze through the nest entrance".
So the Cheerios used in the experiment were perfect. And oddly enough, so is cat food - which is how the whole project got started.
"[One of my colleagues] moved to a new apartment at the same time as he joined the lab, and there were ants in his apartment. He saw the cat food moving - they were stealing the cat food.
"He came back with a movie of it the next day. We watched it and we realised it was very interesting… We've been working on it for four years now."
Prof Nigel Franks, who runs the Ant Lab at the University of Bristol, said the study was "a really exquisite piece of work" and a fine example of ideas from physics being applied to biological questions.
"When ants are moving huge objects, one of the things that people have noticed… is how chaotic it can appear, with ants randomly joining a group and then leaving it again," Prof Franks told the BBC.
"What this study shows really beautifully is that those ants that join in briefly can be the informed ones that know which way the object should be going - so they give a little bit of steerage periodically, and keep things more or less on track.
"I think this very quantitative and beautiful approach illuminates a curious bit of natural history that we didn't previously understand."
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Unlike us, that data is here to stay - so what should our loved ones do with it in the event of our deaths?
Iain Twigg was 33 when he passed away.
"I woke up the day after he died and it's a whole different world and there was so much to do," his widow Caroline told me.
Iain had been undergoing successful chemotherapy for a brain tumour. Then suddenly he experienced a seizure and three months later he was gone.
While her parents helped Caroline tackle probate and sort out financial arrangements, there was one legacy that she had to tackle alone.
"Iain wasn't a person who liked the internet or the computer, he complained about how much time people spent on it and yet he still ended up with so many different accounts and passwords and a whole life online," she said.
"Fifty years ago people had a shoebox of photos and letters. If you look online for things for Iain there's thousands of pictures and messages."
Despite her husband's initial ambivalence about the internet, Caroline found comfort in cyberspace.
She set up a website to celebrate Iain's life and through the charity Widowed and Young (WAY) discovered a supportive online community of other women who lost their partners before the age of 50. She also used crowd-funding site Kickstarter to fund writing a book which she created for children to help them deal with grief.
Some people choose to anchor a digital presence to a physical space - their own headstone.
Dorset company QR Memories offers stainless steel QR codes which can be attached to a grave and link through to a web page full of content provided by the person while they were still alive, or by their families.
"It's not always the things we would expect," says managing director Stephen Nimmo of the material uploaded.
"We have got some video from a lady's funeral, the hymns that were sung and an old gentleman in a pub simply singing - seven minutes of him singing this song and that clearly is what defined him."
The firm charges £95 for a code and £95 for an accompanying page, although the code can link to anywhere on the net if preferred.
"QR codes have a strange beauty to them," he adds.
"We often get asked what happens if they become obsolete, what do you do next? We always think about it but they are here to stay in whatever form they might be. The fact they haven't become an overused medium is probably quite a good thing for us, it remains more unique to what we're trying to achieve."
Caroline chose to memorialise Iain's Facebook page, which meant that while his friends could still see his timeline and photos there were no painful reminders around the time of his birthday, for example.
Last year Facebook updated its policy to include nominating a "legacy contact" who can play a more active role in managing someone's page, including writing a pinned post, updating profile photographs and responding to friend requests.
They can also download a copy of the profile - but not read private messages or log in as the account holder themselves.
Alternatively you can just request that the company deletes your account.
If you do nothing, the firm will memorialise your account once notified of your death.
"For a number of years we provided the ability to memorialise an account," said Vanessa Callison-Burch, product manager for Facebook memorialisation..
"What we heard over time was that people really wanted to do more things with the account after someone had passed away.
"We also heard people wanted to be able to plan ahead and decide what they would like to have happen to their own account."
Ms Callison-Burch said that "millions" of people have chosen legacy contacts so far.
Not all tech firms are as flexible - under Twitter's current guidelines an account can only be deleted after notification of a person's death and Apple is notoriously reluctant to provide assistance with tracking down unknown Apple ID passwords.
Caroline was able to guess most of her husband's passwords - they had known each other since school days - but they hadn't ever discussed it.
And they are not alone - a poll recently carried out by UK-based funeral directors CPJ Field of nearly 2,500 adults found that only 14% of them had shared their log-in details.
"Passwords are a big issue," says Caroline.
"If your partner gets run over you're not going to have any warning so this is applicable to everybody - write your passwords down and keep them somewhere accessible."
Some firms like US-based LastPass offer a password management service - you store all your passwords with them under encryption and have a "master key" - a kind of super password that unlocks the rest.
In January this year it introduced an emergency access feature whereby a designated contact can request access to your account and it will be granted after a certain period of time designated by you.
So if somebody requests access, LastPass emails its client and waits for a response. If none arrives in the timeframe stated, emergency access is granted.
But how reliable are these firms?
LastPass has already been breached once and says it remains "vigilant" to future hack attacks.
It has been in business for eight years, but the lifespan of this sort of enterprise is uncertain, warns Dr Wendy Moncur, reader in socio-digital interaction at Dundee University.
"There have been a number of [legacy manager] companies springing up since about 2005," she says.
"What we've been seeing is that some of them last, most of them don't. Some companies are lasting less time than the social media users they aim to serve."
Caroline Twigg also has a more personal warning about digital housekeeping.
"People will find stuff online,' she says.
"I've met people who discovered quite awful secrets after their partner had gone by looking on their computer.
"If you have things you wouldn't want certain people to see, just assume it's all accessible afterwards."
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The 53-year-old four-time major winner had six birdies and an eagle in her bogey-free round on the Creek course at the 13th Beach Golf Links.
Davies, who last won an LPGA title in 2001, leads the rest of the field by two shots.
English pair Holly Clyburn and Melissa Reid are tied for second.
They are joined by Denmark's Nicole Broch Larsen, Germany's Sandra Gal and Australia's Whitney Hillier on six under.
"I've been working on my putting, that's been the weakest part," said Davies, who has won 84 tournaments.
"I drove it well. It was just a really solid day. We were really lucky with the conditions, we hardly had any wind at all."
Scotland's Michele Thomson is tied for 11th on four under, with England's Hannah Burke a further shot back.
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Sir Cliff Richard said the singer's legacy of songs with the group, including Tragedy and Jive Talkin' was "stunningly good".
Lyricist Sir Tim Rice said Gibb, who had cancer, was "a charming man".
"I saw him only a couple of weeks ago," he said. "He wasn't at all well but was putting up a marvellous fight. It's a terrible loss for the music industry."
Robin Gibb formed the Bee Gees with brothers Barry and Maurice. They were among the most successful pop groups and songwriting teams of all time, with hits spanning five decades.
They scored nine US number one singles and five chart-toppers in the UK.
Sir Cliff said: "We are a fraternity of people who sing pop and rock and Robin is another one of us who's gone too soon, too early.
"So the legacy will be what the Bee Gees did, which was stunning, stunningly good stuff - right on a par with the Beatles."
Former Beatle Ringo Starr told the BBC: "Robin will be remembered as a musician and as a singer and part of The Bee Gees. The legacy they'll leave behind is Stayin' Alive, the harmonies and the songs that they've written."
Singer Dionne Warwick, whose biggest hit Heartbreaker was written by the Gibb brothers, said of Robin: "He was wonderful. He was a jokester.
"He had an incredibly witty sense of humour and was fun to be around. All three of them were sensational gentlemen first, just fun loving guys."
She touched upon the family members' close bond, adding: "I think what was most attractive to me was how grounded they were.
"I think a lot of it has to do with their sense of family and being together as a family. That is very important, to be connected. They loved each other very strongly and showed it, and it was a joy."
The trio also penned Islands In The Stream for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, a hit which featured on Rogers' 1983 album Eyes That See In The Dark.
"Robin was a part of something unique," said Rogers in a statement. "The sound of the Bee Gees was so specific and dominating, especially in the 70s - unlike anything that had ever happened before or will ever happen again.
"Mostly, Robin was a good guy who didn't deserve to die this young. We will all miss him for what he was as a person and what he brought to music."
John Travolta, who danced to the Bee Gees' distinctive soundtrack in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, also paid tribute to Gibb on Monday.
He said: "I thought Robin was one of the most wonderful people - gifted, generous and a real friend to everyone he knew. And we'll miss him."
The announcement of Robin Gibbs' death was made by his family on Sunday with "great sadness".
Broadcaster Paul Gambaccini described the singer as "one of the major figures in the history of British music".
"Everyone should be aware that the Bee Gees are second only to Lennon and McCartney as the most successful songwriting unit in British popular music," he said.
Robin Gibb had "one of the best white soul voices ever", Gambaccini said, adding that the group's accomplishments had been "monumental".
"Not only have they written their own number one hits, but they wrote huge hit records for Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Celine Dion, Destiny's Child... the list goes on and on."
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bryan Adams, Duran Duran and Justin Timberlake are among a host of musicians that took to Twitter to pay their respects.
Gibb had battled ill health for several years.
In 2010, he cancelled a series of shows after suffering severe stomach pains while performing in Belgium. He went on to have emergency surgery for a blocked intestine.
His twin brother and band partner Maurice died in 2003 aged 53 following complications from a twisted intestine.
Robin Gibb cancelled a series of shows in Brazil in April 2011, after again suffering from abdominal pains.
Later that year, he was found to have cancer of the colon after having surgery on his bowel for an unrelated condition.
He was later also diagnosed with cancer of the liver, and underwent chemotherapy and surgery.
Last month the singer fell into a coma after contracting pneumonia.
Four weeks ago, he regained consciousness and was said to have been making a positive recovery. But his death was announced at 23:30 BST (22:30 GMT) on Sunday.
Dr Eireann Kerr, 32, had argued that she had been "the victim of a crime" because her drink was spiked with a date rape drug.
The judge who found her guilty said he had no doubt that her drink was spiked but added it was not a defence in law.
Dr Kerr's barrister told Londonderry Magistrates Court that the sentence would be "affirmed."
In April, she was found guilty of two charges of assaulting police officers, disorderly behaviour and resisting a police officer after her arrest in December 2013.
She was given a two-month conditional discharge.
Dr Kerr, of Malborough Park South in Belfast, was working as an anaesthetist at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry at the time of the incident and had been to several pubs in the city while on a staff night out.
She was arrested during the early hours of the morning and assaulted officers in Strand Road police station.
The hospital anaesthetist said she woke up in a police cell the next day with none of her belongings and no idea how she had ended up there.
She claims the convictions have put her medical career at risk.
Dr. Kerr was not present in court when her appeal was withdrawn.
Stephen Ackerman targeted West Ham players and staff including then manager Sam Allardyce and England striker Andy Carroll.
The 48-year-old, of Loughton, Essex, was found guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court of 18 counts of fraud totalling more than £61,000 in October.
Judge David Radford said Ackerman was "utterly deceitful and dishonest".
Ackerman visited West Ham's east London training ground to sell the club's players and staff luxury Christmas hampers, using the pseudonym Mark Kingston in December 2014.
He took payment using a hand-held chip-and-pin credit card device.
The luxury items never materialised and a few weeks later some of the victims noticed unauthorised payments running into the thousands charged to their bank accounts.
They matter was reported to the police and Ackerman was arrested.
He was caught after search warrants were carried out at addresses linked to him in Essex and Hertfordshire.
Judge Radford said Ackerman had "consistently, premeditatedly and shamelessly defrauded others".
He said he was a man with "no scruples whatsoever... telling lie after lie to try to deceive others".
"Your endemic dishonestly is plainly unremitting," he said. "You earn no credit for your remorse, nor any credit for any pleas of guilt."
The judge said "many" of his victims were Premier League footballers, adding: "This was not simply a fraud involving undelivered Christmas hampers and wine or even simply the fraudulent use of a card chip-and-pin device.
"You used the bank account details perhaps in conjunction with others that you had obtained when you visited the West Ham training ground and... obtained sizeable amounts of money from bank accounts."
The court also heard Ackerman had "numerous previous convictions for fraud", with the most recent in 2013.
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A manhunt was launched for Jed Allen, 21, who was suspected of killing his half-sister Derrin Jordon, aged six, his mother Janet Jordon, 48, and her partner Philip Howard, 44.
A post mortem examination confirmed they died from multiple stab wounds.
Their bodies were found in Vicarage Road, Didcot on Saturday. Allen's body was found in Oxford on Monday.
The body found in woodland is yet to be formally identified, but police are satisfied it is Allen.
A statement on behalf of Janet and Derrin's family said: "Janet was a beloved daughter, sister and auntie.
"Dezzy was a breath a fresh air and truly one of a kind.
"For a family to lose someone so young cannot be explained in mere words."
Philip's older brother said his family was in "shock and disbelief".
"My beloved bro and Uncle Philip you'll be missed so much," he said.
A statement from Philip's children said: "Take care of our sister Dezzy up there daddy, take care of Jan too.
"We wish you didn't have to go Daddy, it's our worst nightmare come true."
The search for Allen ended on Monday after a body was found off Marston Ferry Road in Oxford around 17:00 BST.
Police confirmed the 21-year-old was their prime suspect after officers discovered the bodies of Ms Jordon, Mr Howard and Derrin at 20:20 BST on Saturday.
More than 100 police were deployed to search Oxford University Parks where Allen worked as a groundsman.
Detectives believed he had arrived in the city by train from Didcot at 17:45 on Saturday.
Police have reopened Vicarage Road, but a cordon remains in place around the crime scene where officers are expected to remain until Thursday.
The event was run over two legs and Gerard Kinghan won the first race from fellow Kawasaki rider Sheils, with Alastair Kirk third.
Sheils took the victory in race two, coming home ahead of Kirk and Crumlin's Stephen Thompson on a BMW, followed by Kinghan in fourth.
William Dunlop was a double Supersport 600cc winner on his CD Racing Yamaha.
Jamie Patterson finished runner-up in race one and Robert Kennedy second in race two.
Former British 125cc champion Christian Elkin took the chequered flag in the two Supertwins outings.
Female competitor Melissa Kennedy took victory in one of the Moto 3 races.
Sheils secured his third Enkalon Trophy success after victories in 2004 and 2013.
The Irish championship shirt circuit action continues at Kirkistown on Easter Monday, with the Mayor's Trophy the feature event.
Raikkonen was angered that Red Bull's Max Verstappen was not criticised for what the Finn saw as unacceptable defence of fifth place during the race.
A questionable interpretation of qualifying rules also annoyed Ferrari.
"It's pointless to have rules if they don't apply all the time, for all the people," the 2007 world champion said.
Raikkonen felt Verstappen had twice contravened a rule that dictates how drivers can defend a position in a race.
This happened first at Turn Two, when Verstappen moved back to defend the outside line after Raikkonen had tried to switch his attack from from the inside to the outside. Raikkonen hit the Red Bull and damaged his front wing.
Raikkonen said: "For me, he moved once right, I decided to go left but once the other guy moves back, I did everything I could to avoid any contact.
"Once I decided to go somewhere, you cannot just come there. It is good that I managed to somehow half-miss him."
The second incident later in the race was at Turn One, when Raikkonen locked his brakes trying to avoid Verstappen as the Dutchman moved to the outside to defend.
"It was a bit of a similar story, that second thing - obviously I made a move and once I decided to go, it's very hard to back off and try to avoid the other car, once the other car started to move after me.
"I tried to miss him and I just managed to miss him but it was two times that, in my feeling, he wasn't correct.
"But obviously, like I said, the stewards - or the people who decide how things go here, the stewards and some other guys - in many ways, it's a joke with the rules, you know?"
Verstappen said he believed he had been "fair".
"He moved right and then back to left when I was going there," the 18-year-old said. "And he took the front wing off.
"If he's not stopping moving then we'll hit each other. Because I moved first, so he moved after that, once I have decided to go outside and he turns after that wasn't fair."
The rule in question, article 27.6 of the sporting regulations, states: "More than one change of direction to defend a position is not permitted. Any driver moving back towards the racing line, having earlier defended his position off-line, should leave at least one car width between his own car and the edge of the track on the approach to the corner."
Raikkonen and the Ferrari team were also critical of a decision by race stewards not to move drivers who had failed to set a time within 107% of the fastest in first qualifying back down the grid, as defined by the rules.
The stewards said they made the decision because it was in the "exceptional circumstances" of a qualifying session hit by heavy rain and four red-flag stoppages.
"You have the 107% rule and the people who didn't go through first qualifying, they [the stewards] apply it for those cars but not for the rest," Raikkonen said.
"How can you suddenly have the same rule in the same qualifying applied two different ways? If somebody can explain how that works...
"But that's F1 these days, and something must change. It just looks bad to people outside, to you guys, and it's not fair. There's a rule, it should apply exactly the same way every time to everybody."
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The Villa defender claimed it was "accidental" and sent from his phone in his pocket while he was driving.
The 33-year-old's tweet attracted ridicule following Sunday's humiliating 6-0 home defeat which leaves Villa eight points from safety at the bottom of the Premier League.
Lescott also apologised for "the team's lack of commitment".
"I'm not one for tweeting after games whether it's a good, bad or indifferent result," added Lescott. "But I would like to apologise for the performance today, personally and collectively", tweeted Lescott.
Here is how some fans responded:
Barca recovered from going behind to an early Javi Guerra goal as they won for the second time in four league games.
Neymar made up for the absence of the injured Lionel Messi as he was twice fouled and scored from the spot.
He then netted twice in two second-half minutes before Luis Suarez tapped in ahead of Jozabed's late reply.
Relive how Neymar inspired Barcelona to victory here.
Neymar, 23, now has eight goals for the season to make him the leading scorer in La Liga.
The Brazil international could have added even more after missing a number of first-half chances and being denied two further strong penalty claims.
That all happened after former Cardiff striker Guerra had side-footed the visitors in front after 14 minutes from a cross from ex-Manchester United forward Bebe.
Rayo created plenty more chances of their own and finished the game having had more possession than the home side - repeating the feat they managed as the last team to do similar in a league fixture against Barca two years ago.
Barcelona were indebted to goalkeeper Claudio Bravo for making a number of crucial saves early in the second half when they led just 2-1.
But Rayo had conceded six goals on their last two visits to the Nou Camp and the Madrid side were swamped again after Neymar followed up a shot from Suarez to drive the ball into the roof of the net and complete his hat-trick with 20 minutes to go.
He quickly added a fourth from Suarez's pass before returning the favour for the former Liverpool striker to side-foot home his seventh goal of the season as the defending champions' attacking power made up for their on-going defensive deficiencies.
Match ends, Barcelona 5, Rayo Vallecano 2.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 5, Rayo Vallecano 2.
Foul by Patrick Ebert (Rayo Vallecano).
Douglas (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Adrián Embarba (Rayo Vallecano) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jozabed.
Corner, Rayo Vallecano. Conceded by Jeremy Mathieu.
Roberto Trashorras (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Neymar (Barcelona).
Goal! Barcelona 5, Rayo Vallecano 2. Jozabed (Rayo Vallecano) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Lass (Rayo Vallecano) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jozabed.
Corner, Rayo Vallecano. Conceded by Jordi Alba.
Attempt blocked. Javi Guerra (Rayo Vallecano) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Ebert.
Attempt missed. Patrick Ebert (Rayo Vallecano) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Jozabed (Rayo Vallecano) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Patrick Ebert following a set piece situation.
Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Adrián Embarba (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Gerard Piqué (Barcelona).
Substitution, Barcelona. Douglas replaces Dani Alves.
Goal! Barcelona 5, Rayo Vallecano 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar with a cross.
Substitution, Barcelona. Gerard Gumbau replaces Sergio Busquets.
Attempt missed. Jozabed (Rayo Vallecano) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Lass (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Jordi Alba (Barcelona).
Attempt missed. Patrick Ebert (Rayo Vallecano) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Javi Guerra following a fast break.
Offside, Barcelona. Dani Alves tries a through ball, but Luis Suárez is caught offside.
Diego Llorente (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Neymar (Barcelona).
Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Adrián Embarba replaces Bebé.
Goal! Barcelona 4, Rayo Vallecano 1. Neymar (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
Goal! Barcelona 3, Rayo Vallecano 1. Neymar (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neymar.
Foul by Lass (Rayo Vallecano).
Jordi Alba (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Rayo Vallecano. Conceded by Jordi Alba.
Attempt blocked. Lass (Rayo Vallecano) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Ebert with a through ball.
Offside, Rayo Vallecano. Chechu Dorado tries a through ball, but Zé Castro is caught offside.
Corner, Rayo Vallecano. Conceded by Jeremy Mathieu.
Attempt missed. Lass (Rayo Vallecano) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Offside, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic tries a through ball, but Luis Suárez is caught offside.
Foul by Sergi Roberto (Barcelona).
Walls, hoardings, shop shutters and camper vans will be painted live by artists from South America and Europe throughout the weekend.
Upfest, which began in 2008, is centred on Bedminster's North Street.
Some murals will remain until the next Upfest, including huge paintings on the Tobacco Factory venue and the Red Point climbing centre.
Visitors to the festival were able to watch 275 artists from 25 countries painting during live shows over the weekend. Among those taking part are Inkie, My Dog Sighs, Gamma, Lonac and Dutch due Telmo Miel.
As well as walls and vehicles, Upfest has its own 14m (45ft) long version of a New York-style subway train, created in 2012, for artists to decorate.
At the Tobacco Factory Argentinian artist Martin Ron - known for huge surreal paintings in Buenos Aires - was painting a 2,025 sq ft (188 sq m) mural of his girlfriend.
Bristol, the birthplace of Banksy, has an international reputation for its street art.
Gallery owner Stephen Hayles founded Upfest in 2008. Initially held indoors, the next year it spilled out onto the streets with artists painting shutters, sides and end gables of shops and other buildings.
Many of the murals are painted on temporary hoardings but some remain year round and become local landmarks.
Mr Hayles said since Upfest began he has only had to remove two murals where artists "overstepped the mark".
"There was one opposite a school which was showing a bit too much cleavage," he said.
"It's just common sense really."
Tens of thousands attended a Mass in St Peter's Square for the start of the Pope's "revolution of tenderness".
It took place place amid tight security with extra police and soldiers deployed, and a no-fly zone imposed.
Under the year's theme of mercy, the Pope has said priests can absolve women who have had abortions.
During the jubilee celebrations, one of the most important events in the Roman Catholic Church, pilgrims travel to Rome and religious sites around the world.
At the end of the Mass, Francis opened the basilica's Holy Door. He said that by passing through it, Catholics should take on the role of the Good Samaritan.
It is the first time the Holy Door has been opened since the Great Jubilee in the 2000 called for by St John Paul II. It has been bricked up since then.
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, 88, attended Tuesday's event.
Jubilee years are rooted in the Old Testament tradition of freeing slaves and prisoners once every 50 years, a concept that died out within Judaism but was taken up by Pope Boniface VIII for the Catholic Church in 1300.
Pilgrimages to Rome were at the heart of the original jubilee years, and attracted hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to the city, many willing to pay for "indulgences" - the eradication by the Church of the spiritual debt arising from sin.
It was a tradition that not only contributed copious cash to the Vatican's coffers, but also contributed to the theological turmoil that led to the establishment of rival Protestant churches across much of northern Europe.
The last Jubilee was called by St John Paul II to mark the millennium, and this Holy Year of Mercy starts on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December 2015 and will end on the Feast of Christ the King on 20 November 2016.
What is the Catholic Year of Mercy? - by Caroline Wyatt, BBC Religious affairs correspondent
Italian security forces are on high alert following recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California.
Visitors to St Peter's Square had to pass through metal detectors and under go bag and body checks.
Announcing the extraordinary jubilee in March, the Pope said the Holy Door was a "Door of Mercy, through which anyone who enters will experience the love of God who consoles, pardons and instils hope".
For the first time, he has instructed churches and cathedrals to take part in the tradition of the Holy Door, to help Catholics mark the jubilee at home rather than coming to Rome.
Pope Francis has long signalled his wish to change the Church's approach from condemnation of wrongdoing to a Church that is more forgiving and understanding of its flock, our correspondent says.
This extraordinary jubilee year is seen as a practical way of giving expression to that wish.
Pope Francis took many by surprise when he announced in September that, as part of the jubilee, parish priests across the world would be allowed to absolve repentant women who asked for forgiveness for having an abortion, even though Church teaching still terms abortion a grave sin.
Thameslink trains between Farringdon and City Thameslink travel beneath Smithfield market where the museum plans to move to.
Lead curator Alex Werner said the viewing area would allow visitors to see trains run along "some of London's earliest railway tunnels".
The new site is due to open in 2022.
Mr Werner said the museum wanted to use what was already in the area to "uncover the hidden landscape beneath London".
Plans from the 19th Century show the area had a "great Victorian network of railway lines" which was used by workers at the former meat market, he said.
The "lost" River Fleet, which runs beneath Farringdon Road, acted as a water supply for the market as well as a Victorian sewer and the museum hopes to incorporate viewpoints of the water.
"There are lots of stories to tell in relation to just this part of London", Mr Werner said.
Discussions have begun about the proposed move but planning permission for the £250m project has yet to be submitted.
The City of London Corporation and City Hall have pledged £180m towards the project but the museum is looking to raise another £70m to move to its new home.
The 52-year-old Fijian, who is aiming to become the oldest winner in PGA Tour history, shot a seven-under 63.
He is in a five-way tie with Americans Ricky Barnes, Morgan Hoffmann, Kevin Kisner and Brandt Snedeker.
Singh's last tournament win came at the 2008 Deutsche Bank Championship.
Since then, the 34-time PGA Tour winner, who turns 53 next month, has struggled with various health problems which have had an impact on his swing.
But seven birdies and no bogeys at Waialae Country Club gave him hope of reclaiming past glories.
Victory on Sunday would see him beat the record held by Sam Snead, who won the 1965 Greater Greensboro Open at the age of 52 years, 10 months and eight days.
"I feel like I can come out and win any tournament if I play well," he said. "It's been the same way for the past five, six years.
"I just haven't produced the scores I want to produce, but I'm always optimistic about my next day, my next round, my next tournament. Same this year."
The update, released earlier this month, stops many cameras being used for Skype or to broadcast and stream footage.
The cause seems to be a change in the way Windows 10 handles video so it can be used by more than one program at a time.
Microsoft said it was working on a fix but has not given any date for when the patch will be available.
Soon after Windows Update 1607 was distributed in early August, many people started reporting webcam problems to Microsoft via its support site. The trouble affected both webcams connected via USB cables or on the same network and meant either that footage could not be streamed, or that images froze after a while.
The problems even affected webcams working with Skype and Lync - both companies owned by Microsoft.
Comments on the support thread suggest millions of people have been inconvenienced by the bug. Some companies said customers who used webcams for internet banking had complained because they could no longer verify transactions.
Analysis put the blame on changes to the video encoding systems with which Windows 10 works. The update ends support for two widely used encoding systems so it became possible for more than one application to use video as it is being shot. Prior to the update Windows 10 only allowed one application access to a stream.
A Microsoft camera engineer who responded to complaints on the support thread said the company had done "a poor job" of letting people know about the change.
"We dropped the ball on that front, so I'd like to offer my apologies to you all," he said.
He added that Microsoft was working on a way to fix the problem and get webcams working again. The fix is likely to be released in September.
Microsoft has yet to officially comment on the problem.
Changes to the way Microsoft handles updates also seem to have made the problem harder to fix. Prior to update 1607, Windows 10 users could roll-back to a previous version within 30 days of it being installed. The update cut that to 10 days giving people little chance to switch back to the earlier version of Windows 10 under which their webcams worked.
Shyam Saran Negi is a retired teacher in northern Himachal Pradesh state.
He has voted in every single election since 1951-52 - when India held its first general election after gaining independence from British rule.
Indians began voting in a nine-phase election on Monday. Voting will take five weeks, with results due on 16 May.
More than 814 million people are eligible to vote in a poll dominated by corruption and high inflation.
Mr Negi, who lives in the Himalayan village of Kalpa in Kinnaur district, will cast his vote on 7 May, the day voting will be held in all five seats of Himachal Pradesh.
The Election Commission of India has held him up as an example to others, and Google India recently put out a video on Mr Negi - #PledgeToVote tells the "true story of a man who never missed an opportunity to vote".
Election Commission of India
Since the video went up on 24 March, it has been viewed by nearly 1.7 million people around the world.
The short film begins with Mr Negi sipping tea at home, looking out at the spectacular snow covered peaks.
Then, he puts on his coat and cap, picks up his walking stick and begins his journey to the polling centre.
Walking upright and sure-footed on the snow-covered road which winds through apple orchards and pine woods, he arrives at the polling station to a grand welcome by fellow tribespeople before casting his vote.
The film also describes Mr Negi as the country's first voter - it says that independent India's first polling station was set up at Kalpa months before elections were held in the rest of India in February 1952.
"Before the roads got blocked in deep winter, we voted several months ahead of the rest of India on 25 October 1951," Mr Negi says.
"Since then I have voted in every general election and the state assembly elections. On 7 May, I will vote for a record 16th time [in a general election]," he adds.
The video has him saying: "I still remember that day all those years ago. It was snowing heavily as I walked to vote for the first time."
Mr Negi refuses to divulge which party has his support. "I will vote for a party which will sincerely attempt to change the country and provide a good government."
He is not particularly excited by the Nota (None of The Above) option the Election Commission has introduced for the first time in these elections. Nota gives the voter an option to reject all candidates.
"I am not in favour of Nota. Surely things are not so bad that there is nobody to vote for among the candidates," he told the BBC over the phone from his village.
Iowa State Representative Bobby Kauffman, a Republican, has proposed legislation targeting "post-election campus hysteria".
Carol Off, host of the programme As it Happens, asked him to give some examples of where this was happening.
Instead, Mr Kauffman hung up the phone.
The bill would cut funding to Iowa universities that spend tax dollars on grief counselling for students upset about the election.
Mr Kauffman told the Des Moines Register that offending schools would receive a budget cut equal to twice the amount they spent on the services.
"I find this whole hysteria to be incredibly annoying. People have the right to be hysterical … on their own time," he told the newspaper.
The bill, which he nicknamed "suck it up, buttercup," has received widespread media attention.
It would also create new criminal penalties for protestors who shut down state highways.
According to transcripts provided by the Canadian Broadcasting Company, which produces As it Happens, Ms Off's interview with Mr Kauffman started off smoothly, but quickly derailed when Mr Kauffman complained about some schools "coddling" students by bringing in therapy ponies.
Ms Off asked Mr Kauffman to specify which schools were bringing in therapy ponies, but he declined to say.
"My job is to be finding this out. I'm not prepared to name names right now. I'm doing an investigation," Mr Kauffman said.
"I'm not asking you to name names - just where did it happen?" Ms Off asked in a follow-up question.
Instead of answering, Kauffman hung up, ending the interview.
"Maybe I should have been a little less blunt, but it just got under my skin," he told the Register, adding that he had as many as 80 interviews that day and that he told producers beforehand he wouldn't name schools.
As it Happens also airs on National Public Radio in the US.
The portable ultrasound scanner is aimed at better detecting injuries such as bleeding on the brain.
The team is working on the technology with the Ministry of Defence's science and technology laboratory (DSTL).
The device - much smaller than an MRI scanner - would create a 3D model of the brain on location.
It could then be used for swift diagnosis.
The initial aim of the project is to better diagnose head injuries among soldiers, but it could also be used in everyday medical care.
Researchers working on the project said soldiers with unseen head injuries could be overlooked in battlefield situations.
Dr Leila Eadie, a researcher at the Centre for Rural Health at the University of Aberdeen, said: "There is a clear need for this technology.
"Traumatic brain injury is a big problem for the military, especially because it can be difficult to spot in the field and if left untreated, it can have long-term effects.
"Ultrasound is not normally used for imaging the brain, but we hope to prove through further investigations that it is a viable method of making an early diagnosis of head injury whilst in the field."
She added: "Battlefield medics will not have CT or MRI scanners which are bulky and expensive, but they are likely to have ultrasound equipment already, so it is a case of extending the use of the kit they already have."
DSTL capability adviser Neal Smith said: "UK Armed Forces operate in many remote locations and where personnel are injured we need to ensure that all conditions can be rapidly and correctly diagnosed to provide the best possible treatment and care.
"Devices which are lightweight, easy to deploy and easy to use, such as the portable ultrasound scanning support system being developed by the University of Aberdeen, have the potential to enhance our capabilities on operations and enhance patient care."
The findings, from tax-free experts Global Blue, are another illustration of the extent to which the fall in the rouble is curtailing rich Russians' ability to travel and spend.
A 50% fall in the value of the Russian currency means foreign spending is twice as expensive for them.
Some of the shortfall was made up by Hong Kong shoppers, who spent 9% more.
Russians had been among the top five biggest-spending non-EU tourists in the UK, but have now fallen out of the top ten.
Global Blue, which introduced the concept of tax-free shopping 30 years ago, processes 80% of all such spending in the UK.
Non-EU residents can shop and claim back the VAT - worth 20% - on spending above £30 at shops and hotels, basically by filling in a form.
Overall spending was down 3% from 2013 to 2014, although December spending helped make up some ground as it rose 11% to reach a record.
Christmas was becoming an increasingly popular time for non-EU visitors, said Gordon Clark, UK country manager of Global Blue: "2014 was a turning point for how Christmas is a key period for international spend, a trend which we expect to continue.
"Unlike domestic, globe shoppers are not simply drawn by the heavy discounts but also... at a time when the streets are festively decorated to look their best."
With revenue from Chinese tourists up 20% in December, Global Blue says services and the ability to avoid Chinese luxury taxes are another two reasons the UK is attractive to theose shoppers.
It said Middle Eastern nations' spending overall also rose strongly, with December spending by Qatari and Kuwaiti visitors up by 33% and 24%.
Qatari shoppers in fact spend the most per transaction - £1,406 - compared with the average of £633 per transaction.
This year, VisitBritain, which promotes tourism in the UK, is predicting a recovery of 4.5% in spending to £22.2bn.
It says the recent strengthening of the pound is expected to restrain growth, but easier access to the UK for affluent visitors from China should help to retain international spenders.
Peter McDermott, 42, killed 65-year-old Bernard McDermott in a drunken attack at his father's home in Greenock, Inverclyde, on 23 April last year.
He claimed to have been unaware what he was doing but a jury rejected this and convicted him of murder.
At the High Court in Stirling, a judge told McDermott to serve a minimum of 20 years before he can apply for parole.
Lord Uist told father-of-two McDermott: "When you were extremely drunk you argued with your father and went to the kitchen and obtained a knife, despite the attempt by a friend to stop you, and then proceeded to stab your father 26 times as he sat in his chair.
"This was indeed a brutal and callous murder."
The court heard that McDermott had drunk a bottle of fortified wine before going to his father's flat where he consumed vodka.
As a friend looked on, then unsuccessfully tried to disarm him, he collected a nine-inch steak knife from his father's kitchen and began striking him with it.
The friend ran from the flat and rang 999, while McDermott, staggered from the scene of the crime.
While an ambulance crew tried to save his father's life, McDermott walked about Greenock, hid the knife in a nearby park and went to two local pubs.
He was later arrested as he was about to wash the blood from his hands in a public toilet.
The court heard that he asked the arresting officer: "Is he dead yet? He had it coming. He deserved it."
During the eight-day trial, McDermott admitted delivering the fatal blows, but his defence claimed he was suffering from a "dissociative episode", while re-living childhood trauma, and did not realise what he was doing.
McDermott claimed his father was abusive and had beaten and threatened his late mother.
He claimed that on the morning of the incident, his father had chanted the words "Burn, Baby Burn" - a song which evoked memories of his unhappy childhood.
He said he mentally "cut off" on hearing the song, and had no recollection of launching the frenzied attack.
McDermott wept repeatedly while giving and listening to the evidence, and claimed he was "shattered and heartbroken" to have killed a man he insisted he loved.
Jurors, however, did not believe his story and convicted him of murder.
Two women jurors wept when the court was told that McDermott had a lengthy criminal record dating back to 2006.
He had three convictions for possessing offensive weapons, two convictions for possession of a knife, and had been released early from a prison sentence, for possessing a knife, the day before he killed his father.
14 February 2017 Last updated at 17:00 GMT
Thomas Howard and his wife Irene, now aged in their 90s, first met as children living on the same Lancashire street in 1931, and married after World War Two.
By next Tuesday, the OBR has to come up with forecasts of what will happen to the UK economy and the government finances over the next five years.
The Act of Parliament that created the OBR said that its forecasts had to be based on government policies and "may not consider what the effect of any alternative policies would be".
And here you see the problem facing the OBR in predicting what would happen to the economy and the public finances over the next five years.
Government policy is to trigger Article 50 in March 2017, meaning the UK will leave the European Union in March 2019.
The OBR is going to have to predict what will happen to the economy in 2019-20 and 2020-21 without knowing what sort of deal will be done with the EU, so it won't know whether the UK will be part of the single market or the customs union.
The UK government does not officially have a policy on what outcome it would like or what the basis will be for its negotiations, beyond the ambition to get the best possible deal for the UK.
The OBR's charter says: "If necessary, where a long-term policy has not yet been set by the government, the OBR will set out the assumptions it makes in its projections regarding policy transparently."
So, we know the OBR will show its workings, which is good, but how does it choose its assumptions?
There are endless arguments about what would be the best possible deal for the UK.
There are those who argue that we would be better off outside the single market or that we should try to stay within the customs union, but I have yet to see anyone argue that it does not make any difference.
So when the chairman of the OBR, Robert Chote, went to the Treasury and asked what government policy was, and hence on what basis he should prepare his forecasts, I wonder what he was told.
If he was given the official line, then we can expect the OBR forecast to be based on the government's view of best possible deal, which will presumably involve remaining part of the single market while ending freedom of movement, stopping contributing to the EU Budget but still getting a rebate.
And that's not going to be a very realistic forecast.
The first three years of the forecast shouldn't be too difficult - we already have the Bank of England's forecasts for this period.
But the final two years could be controversial. Some commentators, such as Paul Johnson who heads up the Institute for Fiscal Studies, suggested that there might be two forecasts for the last two years, one based on staying in the single market and one based on leaving it, but that may fall foul of the rules against considering alternative policies.
Instead, there could be a single forecast that is the average of those two figures, but then the forecast would be unlikely to be accurate whichever way the negotiations went.
So either the OBR's forecasts will give an insight into the government's aspirations for the coming negotiations that we have not yet seen, or the independent forecaster will have to come up with a forecast based on not knowing what government policy is, which would be odd.
But there's another potential problem. Some members of the Cabinet, including the foreign secretary, have disputed the conclusion of the vast majority of economists (and the Treasury) that leaving the single market would be worse for the economy than staying in it.
The charter of the OBR allows the government to disagree with the OBR's forecast as long as it explains why it has done so in Parliament.
But that would be an extraordinary situation.
So while there may be interesting details of the government's fiscal policy announced in the Autumn Statement, the most interesting part will be contained in what the OBR does or doesn't tell us about the government's plans for our future relationship with the EU.
The Higher Education Careers Service Unit (Hecsu) analysed the destinations of 256,350 new graduates six months after they left university.
Some 7.3% were unemployed in January 2014, down from 8.5% in January 2013 and the lowest level since 2008.
The figures are a "fascinating example" of how quickly the graduate jobs market can change, says Hecsu's Charlie Ball.
The deputy director of research said students should "bear this in mind when deciding which subject to study".
The report says that although new graduates are likely to "bounce around or can't find what they are after immediately", the size of the survey makes it a "reliable snapshot" of how they are faring as a group.
The figures, published jointly with the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services, suggest 70% of new graduates were in employment by January 2014.
The researchers suggest better employment prospects have resulted in fewer graduates in further study - some 12.4% of the total, down from 13% the year before.
Some 5.6% were combining work and study, leaving 7.3% unemployed and 4.7% listed as "other".
The figures also suggest more graduates were in professional and managerial work - 66.3% of new graduates, compared with 64.9% the previous year.
Fewer were working as retail, catering, waiting and bar staff - down to 13% of the total from 13.7% the previous year.
Graduate employment in recession-hit sectors such as science has picked up slightly but many with science and technology degrees still find themselves in other jobs, say the researchers.
The numbers of new graduates employed as science professionals in January 2014 were still quite small, just over 2,000, but the researchers say this represents an increase of almost a quarter (22.4%) on the figures for 2013.
"There are significant increases in employment across all sectors and the turn in fortune is spreading beyond the South East with graduates in cities such as Birmingham and Manchester doing particularly well," said Dr Ball.
"If you are located away from the major cities and are yet to feel the upturn, there's a good chance it will reach you in the months to come, assuming there are no further shocks to the economy - although there are no absolute guarantees."
He said it was encouraging that more graduates were finding work in the science, technology and engineering and construction sectors but cautioned that the story was a complex one "of demand and supply".
"It is vital that students seek careers advice early and take work experience to better inform their decisions and prepare for employment.
Keith Poulton and retired GP Eddie Morris died when their aircraft ran off a runway at Enstone Airfield, near Chipping Norton, on 3 July last year.
An inquest in Oxford heard how the microlight crashed into a trailer full of sheet metal parked nearby.
Coroner Darren Salter said there should be clearer guidance on keeping such areas clear of obstructions.
Dr Morris, 62, from Witney, was piloting the aircraft and accountant Mr Poulton, 59, from Flecknoe, near Rugby, was his passenger.
The father-in-law of Dr Morris, John Osman, said both families had been "devastated" by the loss of the two men.
The inquest heard evidence from Thames Valley Police Sgt Philip Hampton who said he was surprised to find farm machinery parked so close to the operational airstrip.
In a statement he said: "This machinery represents a danger to the users of the runway just because of its location."
Recording a verdict of accident death, Mr Salter said he would write to the Air Accident Investigation Branch and ask for the rules about keeping airfield's clear to be tightened.
The 30-year-old was attacked by two men as he walked along Henry Place at about 01:30 BST on Saturday.
Police said it was "yet another example of how criminal groups seek to control communities through fear and violence".
The man was taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries, which are not life-threatening.
Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA Nichola Mallon said the attack was "extremely worrying" for people in the area.
"Yet again we have had a paramilitary-style shooting," she said.
"It's not for paramilitaries to dispense justice - that's for the police and the courts.
"People in north Belfast are really weary that yet again north Belfast is in the headlines for something so harrowing."
The first minister was giving evidence to MPs on the Welsh Affairs committee, who came to Cardiff to hear evidence about plans for further devolution.
The Conservatives and Plaid Cymru told MPs more AMs would improve scrutiny.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats agreed but said there should be fewer Welsh MPs.
Westminster's Welsh Affairs committee and the assembly's constitutional and legislative affairs committee held separate and joint meetings on Monday examining new powers on offer to Wales.
More say over energy, transport and assembly elections are among the proposals in the draft Wales Bill published in October.
The first minister raised concerns about consent of Westminster ministers needed on Welsh laws.
He said: "The difficulty is that these are new and unnecessary restrictions on the way the assembly exercises its powers on behalf of the people of Wales who elect the assembly that could only cause more conflict.
"That runs the risk of every single bill potentially ending up in the Supreme Court. That is clearly not what anybody wants and needs to be avoided."
Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies told the MPs: "More AMs most probably could do better scrutiny.
"I don't think there's an argument out there yet that has settled on a number."
He added that the way the Wales Bill was drafted meant there would be no extra funding to pay for more AMs, so the assembly would have to pick up the cost.
When asked about the assembly's workload, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said that "somewhere between 80 and 100 for the place to work properly", but added that it should cost no more.
Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams said: "Any increase would lead to a decrease in the number of MPs.
"There is no appetite to spend more money on politicians."
Legal experts and academics have also been giving evidence.
The UK government has rejected claims by Mr Jones and other AMs that a new "reserved powers" model - which names the responsibilities remaining at Westminster - will weaken the assembly's current powers.
Sir Paul Silk, who published two reports on Welsh devolution for the UK government, warned against rushing into fresh legislation.
He told the Welsh Affairs committee he recommended "doing it in a more considered way and doing it right".
The debate about the number of assembly members in future has largely been absent so far in the discussions about the proposals included in the draft Wales bill.
Since the publication last month, the debate has been dominated by political attacks between the Wales Office and politicians in Cardiff Bay, who broadly feel the measures would mean too much power is retained at Westminster.
Now we can expect the hard yards of level-headed analysis of what the proposals would mean for Wales.
With regard to the number of AMs, it was interesting that none of the opposition party leaders suggested retaining the existing 60.
The question is how palatable that will be with the public.
One MP told me that during the course of the general election he knocked on thousands of doors and no-one called for more politicians in that time.
There was also a rare display of unity among the opposition leaders when to varying degrees they all expressed concerns about the proposals.
Midfielder Brown, 31, came out of international retirement for November's 3-0 defeat by England at Wembley.
Gordon Strachan's side host Canada in a friendly on 22 March before welcoming World Cup qualifying opponents Slovenia to Hampden Park four days later.
"Me and Gordon spoke and we will take it from there," said Brown. "It is up to him whether he chooses me or not."
There had been no confirmation whether Brown's return to the Scotland side would continue beyond the meeting with England.
Scotland are fifth in Group F - six points behind leaders England and four behind Slovenia. All six teams in the group have played four matches.
"I enjoyed the last game even though we got beat 3-0," explained Brown, who has 51 caps.
"I am proud to play for my country, I enjoy it and I thought against England we did quite well. The last 20 minutes were always going to be hard but we created chances and could easily have scored goals but it just wasn't our day.
"I have managed to maintain a standard of training and playing at a good level in the last couple of weeks and I don't want my form to dip due to me going away with Scotland.
"But this is huge for me. If I can continue my form until the end of the season it is not too bad a shout but if not, we know what will need to happen."
After the March fixtures, Scotland's next scheduled match is the return meeting with England at Hampden on 10 June.
"If I found out this game is too much for me, that will be it, it will be back to square one and back to retirement again," added Brown
"I think we are going to take it one game at a time and see how it goes."
Luis Suarez put the holders ahead with a run from the halfway line before a cool finish.
Lionel Messi doubled the lead when his fierce effort from outside the area went in off the post.
But Antoine Griezmann gave Atletico hope for next Tuesday's second leg at the Nou Camp with a 59th-minute close-range header.
Alaves and Celta Vigo are the other semi-finalists, with their first leg on Thursday.
Rafiullah Hamidy was detained in Taranto, southern Italy, after Kent Police secured a European arrest warrant.
Mr Hamidy, who is accused of raping a woman in the Northwood Road area of Ramsgate last September, was taken into custody at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old, formerly of High Street, Herne Bay, is due to appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday.
Primus, the Most Rev David Chillingworth, is to retire in July after nine years at the helm.
His departure will take place one month after the Church Synod - its ruling body - holds a vote on whether to allow same-sex marriage within the Church.
Bishop Chillingworth, who supports the concept of gay marriage, denied that he was leaving a "poisoned chalice" for his successor.
If the Scottish Episcopal Church votes in favour of same-sex marriage, the move would leave the Scottish church at odds with the Church of England and most of the 85 million strong Anglican Communion.
US Episcopalians have already been ostracised over their support for gay marriage.
Bishop Chillingworth, who is also Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that clergy in his church who were opposed to same-sex marriage would be able to opt out under a conscience clause.
He said: "Nobody should take for granted what the outcome of that vote will be."
However, the 66-year-old, who has served with the ministry for 41 years, said Scotland has moved on as a society and it was time for the Church to do the same.
When asked if his the vacancy left by his retirement was a poisoned chalice, the Primus said: "I have felt that it was proper to remain in office until we reached the point where that decision was made.
"Getting to that point has involved a lengthy process of conversation and exploration and expression of views and people sharing with one and other right across the life of the church, and I have been with others providing the leadership to make that happen.
"If we can come to a decision in the summer, which makes clear where we are, but also makes clear that in our diversity we remain a unified community of faith, I shall go into retirement content leaving the next generation of leadership to work out what that means in practice."
A public meeting on Thursday passed a motion that residents should be asked whether they want Dover to become a "People's Port".
Dover People's Port Trust (DPPT), set up last year, has begun a £200m bid to purchase the port.
However, Dover Harbour Board (DHB) has said the idea is unrealistic and undeliverable.
Chairman of DPPT, Neil Wiggins, said that it would now waiting for confirmation of the date of the referendum from Dover District Council.
"Once we have that confirmation, the trust will be campaigning vigorously in order to ensure that the maximum number of people in Dover are aware of the People's Port Trust," he said.
Residents have been told they can become members of DPPT for £10.
Funding for the bid, in excess of the contribution from Dover residents, would be raised in the City of London.
DHB, which has run the port as a trust since 1606, asked the government for permission to privatise it in January last year. A decision is still awaited.
Mr Wiggins said a referendum vote in favour of the people's port would not be binding on the government.
But he added: "It would be disappointing if the government were to choose to ignore it.
"The idea of the People's Port of Dover is a totemic emblem of what the Big Society can be."
The People's Port has the backing of Dover's Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke and WWII singer Dame Vera Lynn.
But DHB has said the plan is an unaffordable "political instrument" and is neither a commercial nor a business proposition.
"Despite making statements that the people of Dover would 'own' the port - at a minimal payment of only £10 per head - it is estimated that such ownership could only be achieved if each and every one of the people of Dover, 39,000 in all, contributed over £5,000 per head to the trust," it said in November.
"The reality is that financial institutions would be financing the deal."
Constable Stephen Carroll was murdered in March 2009 during a surge in dissident republican activity.
Just two days before the officer was shot dead, two soldiers on duty at Massereene barracks in Antrim were killed by the Real IRA.
But it was the Continuity IRA which claimed responsibility for the death of the police officer.
The then Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde said the PSNI would not be stopped by dissident republicans.
"It is self evident that the more universal the support for the small disenfranchised and rather ridiculous group that is that dangerous, to realise their whole attempt is futile," he said.
"We will not step back."
It brought the first and deputy first ministers together to share a widow's grief - uniting to condemn the murder.
Speaking shortly after the death, Peter Robinson said it was "a battle of wills between the political class and the evil gunmen".
"The political class will win," he said.
"We are absolutely determined these people will not direct us, will not frame our agenda and will not cause us to retreat from the steps which we believe to be right to take this country forward."
His words were echoed by Martin McGuinness.
"These people are traitors to the island of Ireland, they have betrayed the political desires, hopes and aspirations of all the people who live on this island and they don't deserve to be supported by anyone," he said.
So who was Constable Stephen Carroll?
He was a husband, a father, a grandfather, he liked a laugh, loved sport, lived for his family.
Born in the Republic, raised in England, and settled in Banbridge, he was also a Catholic and a police officer, starting to think about retirement.
His wife Kate described the conversation she had that morning with her husband.
"He said to me that day he was going to work, he said, 'Kate, you know, we've come through a lot, we've come through this and that and wouldn't it be ironic, just with my last year-and-a-half, that something would happen', and it did," she said.
The incident at Pentrefoelas happened at 06:40 BST, close to the spot where a man died in another crash on Wednesday.
North Wales Police said Thursday's collision involved a Citroen Xsara and a VW Golf.
The road was closed for about three hours while investigations were carried out, but has since reopened.
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said they sent two emergency teams to the scene between Pentrefoelas and Cerrigydrudion.
"A woman was taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd for a check-up. A female child was also taken in with minor injuries."
"A male was given a precautionary check at the scene but did not require further treatment."
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The footage, released by Hammersmith and Fulham Council on Wednesday, shows the deluge of debris narrowly missing pedestrians walking along Uxbridge Road in Shepherd's Bush.
No-one is believed to have been hurt in the collapse, which happened at 15:20 GMT on Saturday.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council said on Twitter that "high winds caused a roof to collapse in Shepherd's Bush, sending bricks falling".
Footage courtesy of Hammersmith and Fulham Council
Aberdeen said it had identified savings after weakness in emerging markets drove more cash out of its funds in the first two months of 2014.
The company reported outflows of £3.9bn, largely from its Asian and emerging market equity funds.
Money leaving its funds slowed in March with outflows expected at about £200m.
Its share price was up by about 7.9% at 15:00 on Tuesday.
In a statement, Aberdeen said it secured £4bn in gross new business in the first two months of the year and had a strong pipeline.
Total assets under management at the end of February were £186.5bn.
The update came as Aberdeen confirmed its £550m takeover of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) had been completed.
It leaves the newly-joined Aberdeen company with assets under management - backdated to 28 February - of £324.5bn.
In the trading update, Aberdeen chief executive Martin Gilbert said: "Encouraging inflows to emerging market debt, high yield bonds and property have partly offset net outflows from our Asian and emerging market equity products, and we have seen further growth in the pipeline of new business awarded but not funded at the end of February.
"Conditions in emerging markets remain subdued, and we have therefore identified and are implementing some cost savings, over and above the synergies we expect from the SWIP transaction.
"However, we will not change our long-term approach to investment which has delivered excellent returns to our clients over time and we look forward to building on the additional scale and product diversity that the acquisition of SWIP brings."
Mr Sessions, who wrote to the Senate Intelligence Committee at the weekend, has asked that the hearing be open.
He will face questions about undeclared meetings with Russian officials and the president's firing of the FBI chief.
Media reports last week said Mr Sessions had offered to resign because of tensions with the president.
Mr Trump was angry that the attorney general had recused himself from the FBI's Russia probe, according to US media.
Tuesday's hearing has been scheduled for 14:30 local time (18:30 GMT).
America's top justice official will be the most senior government official to testify before the Senate committee, which is looking into allegations that Russia had tried to meddle in last November's election.
It is one of several congressional panels that, along with a special counsel, is also investigating whether any Trump campaign officials colluded with the alleged Kremlin plot.
The White House has rejected any collusion with Russia, which has denied meddling in the US election.
In his letter on Saturday, Mr Sessions said: "It is important that I have an opportunity to address these matters in the appropriate forum."
He had been due to appear before the Senate and House appropriations subcommittees on Tuesday, but said his deputy would attend those hearings instead.
Mr Sessions removed himself in March from involvement in any probe of alleged Russian election meddling after it emerged he had failed to disclose a meeting he had last year with Moscow's ambassador.
Democrats have questioned why, given his recusal, Mr Sessions was involved in the president's 9 May dismissal of FBI Director James Comey.
"There's a real question of the propriety of the attorney general participating in that in any way, shape or form," Democratic Senator Jack Reed told the Fox News Sunday show.
In testimony last week, Mr Comey suggested Mr Trump had fired him to undermine the Russia inquiry.
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Mr Trump had himself attributed his dismissal of Mr Comey to the Russia investigation.
However, the Republican president has denied trying to impede the probe and said he would be willing to testify under oath about his interactions with Mr Comey.
The former FBI director's testimony provoked scorn over the weekend from his former boss, who dismissed him as a coward.
Mr Trump tweeted on Sunday: "I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very 'cowardly!'"
On Monday, the White House again refused to confirm or deny if Mr Trump had recorded his conversations with Mr Comey, as the president previously seemed to hint.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer told the daily briefing: "The president made clear in the Rose Garden last week he'll have an announcement shortly."
The Secret Service said it had made no recordings in Mr Trump's White House, according to a freedom of information request by the Wall Street Journal.
But it did not rule out the existence of other tapes.
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Maxine Smith, leader of the SNP group on the local authority, said the charge paid by tourists worked well in other parts of Europe and the US.
She told BBC Radio Scotland it could be a few years before such taxation was introduced.
A tourist tax has previously been suggested for Edinburgh.
The SNP group, when it led Highland Council's administration, proposed that visitors staying in hotels, guest houses and bed and breakfasts could be asked for a contribution towards roads maintenance and waste services.
Ms Smith told BBC Radio Scotland the extra charge would not discourage tourists coming to Scotland.
She said: "If you look at what has happened in Europe and the States it doesn't put people off at all.
"In fact, when they know they are going to get better facilities and better attractions they are all for it."
A spokesperson for the Scottish government said: "The Scottish government has no plans for a bed tax or tourism levy."
President Andrzej Duda's office said he approved the legislation on Thursday.
The European Union is investigating if Poland - one of 28 member countries - has breached its standards by passing controversial laws on the Constitutional Court and public media.
The most recent law will expand government access to digital data and loosen restrictions on police spying.
Thousands of Poles have held street protests against the changes, which Amnesty International called "a major blow to human rights".
The conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, which was elected with a majority last October, says the threat of terrorism justifies increased surveillance powers.
Although the government said the bill was amended after a Constitutional Court ruling that it was too vague and without adequate legal controls, Poland's Ombudsman believes parts of the law remain unconstitutional, Reuters news agency reports.
Under a new PiS-sponsored law that came into force last year, a two-thirds majority is now needed to pass constitutional court rulings.
The Polish government has also been given the power to appoint and dismiss the management of public broadcasters, raising concerns about media independence.
European Parliament President Martin Schulz referred to the changes as a "dangerous Putinisation of European politics" - a reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Dennis Gogel, 29, was arrested in 2013 in a sting operation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
He and two others were held over an alleged plot to kill the agent and an alleged DEA informant in Liberia in exchange for $700,000 (£460,000).
They were accused of planning the act on behalf of a drugs cartel.
A US official described them as an "international band of mercenary marksmen".
US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who delivered the sentence on Thursday, said a lengthy prison term was necessary to deter other former soldiers from committing similar crimes.
The judge said she believed Gogel was genuinely remorseful, but did not buy Gogel's claim that he was unaware that killings might be required in his role protecting a drug syndicate.
Gogel left the German army in 2010 and apologised for his actions in court.
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Devon MP Gary Streeter's tweet was in reply to a post by political commentator Paul Mason.
Ex-England footballer Gary Lineker is one of thousands who have replied to the comment.
Mr Streeter told the BBC: "I believe in freedom of speech and expression but I'm asking for a grown up debate rather than people being so jolly rude."
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Mr Streeter tweeted: "This is why i (sic) hate social media. It gives a voice to people who dont (sic) deserve one."
The tweet has had about 3,800 responses so far including one from Lineker who retorted: "This is why I love social media. It gives a voice to people who deserve one."
Mr Streeter was responding to a tweet by Mr Mason which criticised one of his fellow Conservative MPs Johnny Mercer over the public sector pay gap.
"Someone was abusing one of my colleagues," the MP for Devon South West said.
"I am saying people don't deserve a voice if that voice is just to attack and be rude and abusive."
Mr Streeter said that "as an elected representative you want to hear from everyone" but "let's have that conversation in a civil manner".
"There's no such moderation at all on social media you just rip into people and I think it's a very unpleasant part of modern life," he added.
Mr Streeter admitted that he used Twitter "very rarely".
He said: "I'm not sure I want to continue using Twitter.
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BBC Sport NI analysts and former Ulster players Tony McWhirter and Maurice Field assess their prospects of ending their 10-year trophy drought.
T McW: "Charles Piutau speaks for himself in terms of the quality he brings from New Zealand and what he did for Wasps last year while on loan.
"I know there was quite a lot of interest from Wasps with regard to him staying there so Bryn Cunningham and everyone else at Ulster will be relieved he stuck to his agreement.
"Marcell Coetzee is again a proven world class player. He will add a big, big dynamic to the Ulster pack in terms of replacing Nick Williams. He is having a second knee reconstruction so from an Ulster point of view, everyone is hoping he gets fit soon.
"Prop Rodney Ah You has a point to prove after moving from Connacht. With Wiehahn Herbst missing the opening five or six weeks of the season through injury, and Ricky Lutton also out, that should give him a chance to impress and make his name.
MF: "The absence of Coetzee until January is a big blow, but Piutau showed the qualities he has while playing at Wasps and it would be good to get the chance to see him as an attacking full-back.
"The only thing I would question is whether it is a 15 that we needed, or perhaps a 10 or 9 to cover for Paddy (Jackson) or Ruan (Pienaar) may have been preferable.
"With injury problems mounting before the season has even properly begun, strength in depth among the forwards in particular may be an issue.
"If you don't have a strong pack to front up, it doesn't matter if you have seven Charles Piutaus in the back line, because you will never get to see the best of him."
T McW: "It's an interesting one. Andrew Trimble wears his heart on his sleeve, leaves nothing on the pitch and is a crowd favourite. He deserves this chance as he has been at Ulster his whole career and I think it is a job he will grow into.
"I think the dynamic will work well, the trouble is if they are both selected for Ireland.
"Rob Herring has matured as a player and I was really impressed with him last year. His line-out throwing is as good as anyone and he gives you a lot around the park. With Rory coming to the end of his career, the captaincy may be a bit of bait to keep him here as I imagine there is quite a bit of interest from other clubs."
MF: "I find this set-up quite strange as both Andrew and Rob will have aspirations of being involved with Ireland for the periods surrounding the autumn internationals and the Six Nations, with Rob possibly deputising for Rory Best at hooker with Ireland.
"That could rule them both out of half the Pro12 games. I understand that they are both senior leaders in the team but if they are away representing Ireland where does that leave the captaincy?"
T McW: "They have strengthened the squad in some regards. Personally I would have liked them to sign a couple more forwards. The problem is they are allowed two or three marquee signings and the rest have to be Irish qualified.
"The academy is starting to produce, but generally it is the outside backs who come through quickly. It takes another two or three years for the forwards to mature physically and get more game time. If the players aren't out there then there is no point spending the money on them.
"The problem for me is the way that they have started in recent seasons. They have frittered away points that have come back to haunt them at the end of the year, meaning that they have ended up with away semi-finals.
"Les Kiss will be looking for consistency, by winning at home with bonus points and getting a couple of early victories on the road, which will stand them in good stead."
MF: "There is no doubt Ulster have the desire and ambition, although there is a slight question mark over their physicality and a lack of dynamic impact off the bench.
"Our initial starting XV is strong but have Ulster the replacements to come off the bench and make an impact that the other top teams posses.
"Consistency of selection and belief are key, while the future looks bright from a youth point of view with a lot of good young talent coming through."
T McW: "It will be tough. Two French teams and Exeter, who have just got better and better over the last couple of years. Clermont have the best home record in the competition and then Bordeaux, who are the new kids on the block and have been getting better year by year. Ian Madigan going to Bordeaux adds a bit of spice to his competition with Paddy Jackson as two of Ireland's fly-half options.
"They have to make sure that the last home game at home to Bordeaux doesn't become a dead rubber and they still have something to play for. You must win your home games, look to pick up an away win and some bonus points along the way. If you do that, you give yourself a chance.
"If you lose any of your home games, realistically you have no chance.
"The Irish internationals have to continue their good form and drag the Ulster team kicking and screaming forward this year. The Ulster performances have to go up a level if they are to challenge for silverware."
MF: "Progression to the quarter-finals in Europe is going to be a major, major ask but if they stay relatively injury-free, have a bit of luck along the way and get some momentum going, then who knows?
"You would expect to get a good result against Bordeaux in the opener, then it will be a big game at home to Exeter the week after. Clermont have not been beaten in nearly three years in their own stadium so they will be very tough.
"The reality is that the top European clubs all have squads containing 25 to 30 internationals. That is down to pure finance and Ulster can't compete with that."
T McW: "This is Les's first full year. He has had a good six to nine months to get his feet under the table and put his ethos and game plan across. There is always pressure on Ulster as they are seen as a successful side. The problem is that they have been the bridesmaid team for the past number of years.
"Ulster must win the tight games - it's important that they don't lose matches by the odd point here or there.
"If they want to challenge for silverware, realistically they are going to have to finish first or second in the league. That's not going to be easy.
MF: "For Les and the coaching staff, it's all about working with the experienced players and nurturing the young boys coming through.
"Ulster's disciplinary record let them down last season, but Les addressed that.
"It will be his first full season and he is obviously going to come under scrutiny. There is always pressure. If the product fails, then the ticket sales and crowds go down and with that the revenue to bring in players."
T McW: "I can't see there being a massive change so you would expect Glasgow, Leinster and Ulster to be well up there. Munster are the ones everyone will be looking to to turn things round after a disappointing season.
"The Welsh sides have a bit to do bur Cardiff have recruited quite well, so they may be worth watching.
"The big question is whether Connacht can carry on in the same vein as last year and I think they probably can. They haven't had a big turnover in terms of playing personnel, apart from the loss of Aly Muldowney, who has move to Grenoble and will be a big loss."
MF: "You would like to think Ulster have the ability, along with Leinster, and Glasgow, who will want to send Gregor Townsend out on a high before he moves on to become Scotland coach.
"I think Connacht will continue to grow, the Scarlets won't be too far away, and Edinburgh will be in contention too."
Tony McWhirter and Maurice Field were talking to Andy Gray and Richard Petrie.
Marie Rimmer denies assaulting Patricia McLeish at Shettleston Community Centre, Glasgow, on 18 September 2014.
A previous trial of the 68-year-old MP for St Helens South and Whiston collapsed because the word Glasgow was not included on the charge.
The Crown Office re-raised the case, which will be heard in April next year.
The MP also faces a charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by repeatedly approaching volunteers and pointing in the face of Dennis Ashcroft.
She is alleged to have repeatedly approached Ms McLeish in an aggressive manner.
The case against Ms Rimmer called at Glasgow Sheriff Court where she was not present but was represented.
A not guilty plea to the charges was tendered on her behalf and a trial was set for April next year.
Communities Secretary Carl Sargeant said it would help them build on the "very positive start" they had made on new rules which oblige local authorities to prevent homelessness.
The Welsh Government budget sees total funding for day-to-day council spending in 2017/18 rise by £10m to £4.1bn.
Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford said it was a "good settlement" for councils to plan for harder choices ahead.
As promised in October's draft settlement, no council will see its cash funding fall by more than 0.5%, and many authorities will see their first cash increase for three years.
However, the effects of inflation will result in a real terms cut.
The Welsh Local Government Association said it welcomed the fact that some of the "additional pressures" it had identified were "beginning to be addressed", such as an extra £10m for social care.
However, deputy finance spokesman Anthony Hunt said: "The announcement today will still mean that cuts to local public services will continue as we shoulder the heaviest burden under austerity."
He backed calls by the RSPCA for a log of those convicted and disqualified from keeping animals.
The charity said 11 people were prosecuted for breaching a ban in the last three years - and they believe the figure could be higher.
The UK government said it feared a public register could help vigilantism.
But the RSPCA said it would allow pet shops and rehoming centres to carry out a simple background checks on prospective buyers.
Mr Kinnock said he backed the RSPCA's calls following a case in his constituency where a teenager was sent to a young offenders institute after he stole cats from an animal sanctuary to use as "live bait" for his dogs.
It came two weeks after the 18-year-old was sentenced in a youth court for killing a sheep.
Mr Kinnock said: "I think it would be useful to have a register, perhaps something at least that pet shops would have access to, so someone like this would be prevented from having a pet and from buying an animal to keep as a pet in the future."
He said he had written to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to ask why there was not already a register.
"They told me that they don't have a register because they're worried about data protection issues," he said.
"Well, quite frankly, I don't think that's good enough."
He added: "I believe people who abuse animals are, I think, more likely to potentially go on to commit crimes - violent crimes - against a person, against people.
"And so, therefore, it would be very good from a crime prevention point of view to keep a register so that we can have zero tolerance of abusing animals and also as a way of then tracking people who could potentially go on to commit violent crimes against other human beings."
Jenna Satterley told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales she approached politicians with the idea of a register after being shocked by news stories of animals being abused in Wales.
Her petition calling for action has received support from more than 224,000 people.
"Somebody needs to stand up and say something publically and work on getting new laws implemented or old laws updated," she said.
Defra said people convicted of animal cruelty or abuse were already logged on the Police National Computer but added the UK government felt there needed to be better sharing of information on existing databases.
"The government agrees with the police that a publicly available register of animal abusers could facilitate vigilantism," a spokesman said.
"Instead, if a person has concerns about another individual they can approach the police who can check their records on the Police National Computer. The police may then take the most appropriate action.
"We consider that this is the best arrangement."
The mainland benchmark Shanghai Composite finished the day up 1.7% at 2,733.17.
On Monday, the People's Bank of China unexpectedly lowered its Reserve Rate Ratio, cutting the amount of cash the country's lenders must hold in reserve.
The move was designed to boost liquidity and provide more stimulus to China's slowing economy.
It was the first such cut since October and comes after a string of volatile days on the mainland's stock markets.
Fresh economic data out on Tuesday though gave little grounds to reassure investors.
The closely watched Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a gauge for the manufacturing sector, shrank more than expected in February.
The PMI index stood at 49.0, down from 49.4 the previous month. Any reading below 50 indicates a contraction of the sector.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index closed up 1.55% at 19,407.46.
In Japan, shares edged higher despite fresh economic data suggesting the eagerly awaited recovery remains elusive.
The Nikkei 225 index closed 0.4% up at 16,085.51.
Earlier, official data showed that household spending was down 3.1% in January, compared to a year earlier.
Along with disappointing company spending, it suggests that efforts to boost investment and domestic spending have so far failed to take effect.
In Australia, the ASX/200 index closed up 0.85% at 4,922.30, boosted by the country's big lenders and some energy firms.
Commodity giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto rose 2.95% and 2.7% respectively on hopes for a recovery in oil and commodity prices.
Gold mining company Newcrest climbed more than 4.5% on the strengthening price of the precious metal.
The country's central bank left its lending rates on hold on Tuesday, marking the 10th month in a row the cash rate has remained at a record low of 2%.
Shane Oliver, head economist at AMP Capital in Sydney, said the Reserve Bank of Australia continued "to sound less upbeat" on the global economic outlook.
"Our view remains that the RBA will cut interest rates again this year reflecting the risks around the global economy, weaker than expected commodity prices, still subdued growth in Australia ... a more dovish Fed threatening a higher Australian dollar and continued low inflation," he said.
"However, this may not come till May," he added.
In South Korea, the stock market remained closed for a national holiday.
He has told BBC Sport the matter is now over despite not being paid in full.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) however said it "finally managed to raise the funds to pay all his outstanding bonuses on Saturday."
He had been refusing to leave his Accra hotel since the end of the Africa Cup of Nations in early February.
"Thanks to all people of Ghana. Great memories always from this passionate football country," Nus posted on his Twitter feed.
The Spaniard finally returned home from Ghana on Monday.
"All of this was more about having principles and claiming for the right things more than the money itself," he explained.
"I'm just happy to see my family now."
According to the GFA statement there were disagreements over who should settle payments to the hotel where Nus had been staying.
The situation was resolved between and the hotel on Sunday enabling him to return home.
When Nus started his protest in February the GFA had explained "that at the end of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations the entire technical team could not be paid their bonuses on time because of financial difficulties.
"The GFA engaged the staff to explain the difficulties, urging them to go home and be paid later when the money is available.
"Along with head coach Avram Grant, they all agreed and went home but Nus insisted on staying for as long as it takes to receive his money."
Coleman suffered a double break of his right leg during Friday's draw with Wales, and O'Neill said the injury had put a "dampener" on Tuesday's friendly with Iceland, who won 1-0 in Dublin.
"He's getting out tomorrow, I think," said O'Neill after the game on Tuesday.
"Seamus is doing much better. I went to see him again. He's in better spirits."
He added: "It's as much to do with he's still got the family around - his brother, his wife, his mother and the youngster all keeping him pretty busy."
The Republic captain fractured both the tibia and fibula in his leg when he was tackled by Wales defender Neil Taylor, who was sent off.
O'Neill said Coleman's "strong character" increased his chances of making a full recovery.
"If anybody is going to come roaring back from this injury, it will certainly be him," he added.
Coleman was not only the only Republic regular missing from Tuesday's friendly, as O'Neill fielded four debutants against the Euro 2016 quarter-finalists.
Brentford defender John Egan and Aston Villa midfielder Conor Hourihane both started, while O'Neill introduced Preston pair Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle from the bench.
Egan's concession of a free-kick was punished as Bristol City full-back Hordur Magnusson curled in Iceland's winner in the 21st minute.
Despite that, O'Neill praised Egan and his fellow debutants.
"John Egan, I thought, did fine. He got a cut head after a couple of minutes - we bandaged him up - and Hourihane played for the first time," he said.
"Horgan's dribbled between players and he's put in a couple of really great balls. For the length of the time he was on the pitch, that was an excellent contribution."
In Caracas, police used tear gas to prevent demonstrators reaching the offices of the national ombudsman.
Saturday's protest came after a week of anti-government demonstrations.
They were initially sparked by a Supreme Court ruling to curb the powers of the national assembly, a move which was later overturned.
Security police fired tear gas on one major avenue in Caracas while in the city of San Cristobal they shot rubber bullets towards protestors.
Many people carried signs reading "No to dictatorship!" and "Capriles for President".
In the Caracas protest there was a moment of silence in memory of a young man shot dead on Thursday by police during demonstrations.
Mr Capriles has been at the forefront of demands for a recall referendum on President Nicolas Maduro.
A former presidential candidate who has run twice, he is seen as the oppositions's best hope of defeating Mr Maduro in elections scheduled for next year.
The ruling by the Venezuelan comptroller said the ban on Mr Capriles was due to "administrative irregularities" in his role as governor.
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Henrique Capriles is the latest in a series of prominent opposition politicians to be put out of action.
Two years ago, Maria Corina Machado, a former congresswoman was banned from office as was a former mayor, Daniel Ceballos.
In 2015 another prominent opposition leader, Leopoldo Lopez, was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison on charges of inciting violence during anti-government protests in 2014.
Venezuelans are dealing with the effects of a harsh economic crisis that has millions skipping meals, unable to afford soaring prices for basic goods and facing long lines for scarce products.
Mr Maduro's socialist government have said that a US-backed business elite is responsible for Venezuela's economic downturn and that it is trying to organise a coup to impose right-wing rule.
Avon and Somerset Police has received a number of complaints over the secretive street artist's offer.
Applicants from six Bristol constituencies have to send him a ballot paper photo showing a vote against the Tories to get the print.
Police said anyone taking part in the offer could also be prosecuted.
A police spokesman said: "We've received a number of complaints about an offer of a free Banksy print to people living in six Bristol constituencies in exchange for them voting in a certain way in the forthcoming election and we can confirm we're investigating the offer.
"It is a criminal offence under the Representation of the People Act 1983 for any voter to accept or agree to accept a gift or similar in return for voting or refraining from voting.
"Any person participating in an offer to receive a gift is at risk of being prosecuted."
The offer has been made to voters in the Bristol North West, Bristol West, North Somerset, Thornbury, Kingswood and Filton constituencies in and around Banksy's home city.
The artist wrote on his website: "Simply send in a photo of your ballot paper from polling day showing you voted against the Conservative candidate and this complimentary gift will be mailed to you."
The artwork, which he has also put on his Instagram page, reprises his well-known "girl with a balloon" motif, but with a Union Jack in the balloon.
It will be released on 9 June, Banksy said on his website.
A disclaimer states the print was "a souvenir piece" which was not in any way intended to influence voters but was for "amusement purposes only".
Newcastle City Council announced last year that the pool could close as part of a bid to save ??90m from the council's budget for 2013 to 2016.
As part of a lobby against the cuts, more than 100 people filled the pool to its maximum capacity in a 'swim-in' on Saturday afternoon.
They were watched by hundreds of spectators with banners.
Newcastle Amateur Swimming Club, which has 200 members, said closure would leave them without a base.
Louise Graham, head coach at the club, said: "I find it hard to believe that the council is planning to evict the club and all the other pool users.
"If the pool closes, Newcastle will have lost a crucial sporting asset as well as a building of major historic importance in the heart of the city."
The club, created in 1977, has started a social media campaign, Save Newcastle City Swimming Pool and an online petition which has nearly 2,000 signatures.
The council said the combination of the investment needed, plus a nearby alternative pool, led them to propose the closure which is predicted to save ??275,198 in 2013 and ??285,198 in 2014.
More than 171,486 people used the pool in 2011/12.
Newcastle City Pool employs 23 members of staff.
Historic England also discovered the remnants of a Roman military camp and medieval settlements.
Aerial pictures have been made public to mark the Festival of Archaeology.
Discoveries were made in Cumbria, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Yorkshire, Buckinghamshire, Suffolk, West Sussex and West Midlands.
Roman camps were temporary enclosures dug by troops on manoeuvres. The line marking out the buried camp can be seen as different colours in the crops across several fields.
The distinctive playing card shaped enclosure is indicative of a camp and raises the question of whether it could be part of an early Roman military campaign against the local population, Historic England said.
A dry summer in 2015 revealed crop marks in Comberton, which helped experts see the extent of an Iron Age/Roman settlement with ditched enclosures, round houses and trackways.
Crop marks are caused by buried archaeological remains, which hold more moisture than the surrounding undisturbed soil.
Traces of a Second World War air raid shelter in Coventry's Radford Road recreation ground are visible as dark rectangles in the grass, despite being partly demolished after the war.
It is a poignant reminder of the aerial bombardment the city endured during the conflict, the heritage agency said.
Photographs taken last year show five or six circular ditches, which would have surrounded Bronze Age barrows.
They would have been used by the living for ceremonies and as burial sites.
Low winter sunlight revealed details of this Iron Age/Roman settlement in Killington, showing two round houses as well as the remains of medieval ploughing.
The settlement is depicted by the parallel ridges and furrows which shows the area was used for agricultural purposes for centuries.
A dry summer also helped the aerial reconnaissance team to identify a rare and unusual prehistoric site with a central feature thought to be a "henge" - a circular or oval-shaped bank.
The site, which dates back between four and five thousand years, is surrounded by a field system which suggests it was reused as a settlement from the Bronze Age.
It is considered so important it has since been protected as a scheduled monument.
Crop marks in this picture reveal a late medieval farmstead showing the farm's field boundaries and tracks linking it to neighbouring farms.
The farms were abandoned after changes in farming practice but it shows how generations of families lived on the land, experts have said.
This image shows the remains of a lime kiln, which produced quick lime for building and fertiliser.
It also reveals earth-covered ruins of buildings and walls from before the kiln, thought to be a medieval monastic farm called a grange.
Historic England said the elongated capsule shapes in the field were Neolithic long mortuary enclosures, thought to be where the dead were placed before burial.
They are surrounded by natural marks in the ground made in the last Ice Age.
Ben Wragge, 13, was fatally wounded in Thurston, Suffolk, on 1 May 2016.
An inquest into his death was told he was hit in the neck by the gun which had no safety catch, was fitted with a silencer and could fire without the trigger being pulled.
The court heard Ben's friend "did not think he fired the weapon". The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
Ben was fatally struck while playing with a group of boys at a friend's house. They had been to the Thurston spring fair before cycling to the house to see the progress of a shed being built as a "boy cave".
One of his friends had been holding the weapon and focusing on trees at the time of the accident, Det Insp Kevin Hayward, of Suffolk Police, said.
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"He then swung around to hand the weapon over, then felt a shake," Det Insp Hayward said.
"He did not think the weapon was loaded and he did not think he fired the weapon.
"He heard Ben shout 'ow'. He did not think anything had happened until he saw blood."
The inquest heard Ben's friends raised the alarm and told his mother, who tried to revive him by performing CPR. He later died at West Suffolk Hospital.
The air rifle belonged to the father of one of the friends, the court was told.
It was a .22 air rifle which had a telescopic sight and silencer, could be loaded with up to nine pellets without them being visible, had no safety catch and could discharge without the trigger being pulled.
Ben's family told Suffolk senior coroner Dr Peter Dean they want to prevent anyone suffering such a devastating loss and called for laws on gun use to be tightened.
"Following the tragic death of Ben, we very strongly feel that had the law on the licensing, registration and storage of airguns been amended in the past, Ben's death could have been prevented," relative Zoe Wragge said.
Recording a conclusion of accidental death at the inquest in Ipswich, Dr Dean asked that the Home Office review the individual circumstances and the legislation around the use of airguns.
Two teenage boys were initially arrested on suspicion of manslaughter before being told they faced no further action in July 2016.
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It is for the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency and is being held on Wednesday, 22 April.
If you would like to be in the audience at the Scottish Borders Campus at Netherdale in Galashiels, you can apply online.
The email address for applications is [email protected].
Another south of Scotland debate is also planned for the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency.
More details on that - and how to apply to be in the audience - will be available soon.
One of the soldiers was from the Queen's Royal Lancers and the other was from the Royal Engineers. Their next of kin have been informed.
Task Force Helmand spokesman Lt Col James Carr-Smith said the two, who died on Saturday, would be "greatly missed".
The deaths took the number of British military personnel killed in operations in Afghanistan since 2001 to 337.
Lt Col Carr-Smith added: "It is with great sadness I must inform you that a soldier from the Queen's Royal Lancers and a soldier from the Royal Engineers were killed this afternoon west of Lashkar Gah.
"They were attached to the 1st Battalion Scots Guards Battlegroup. The soldiers were part of a ground domination patrol when they were struck by an explosion.
"They will be greatly missed and their sacrifice will not be forgotten. We will remember them."
An MoD spokesman said the deaths were not a result of insurgent activity aiming to disrupt the Afghan parliamentary elections.
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Its travel advice was updated after Florida confirmed four cases of the virus transmitted by local mosquitoes.
Previous US cases have been connected to people who caught the virus abroad.
Zika causes only a mild illness in most people, but the virus has been linked to severe brain defects in newborns.
The US Center for Disease Control does not expect a widespread outbreak of Zika in the country, but says it is preparing for small clusters of infections.
Florida has announced more aggressive mosquito-control efforts, and politicians are keen to assure tourists the state is safe to visit.
Paul Cosford, medical director and director of health protection at Public Health England, said the risk in Florida was considered "moderate", based on the number of cases and control measures in place.
"Pregnant women are advised to consider postponing non-essential travel until after pregnancy.
"Advice to all travellers remains to avoid mosquito bites."
He said Public Health England was monitoring the international situation closely.
The advice from Public Health England is based on a list of countries and territories with current active Zika virus transmission as classified by the European Centre for Disease Control.
Florida is listed as having a moderate risk rating for the Zika virus, along with Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Many more areas, including a number of countries in south and central America and the Caribbean, are categorised as being "high" risk.
In those countries, the advice is for pregnant women to postpone non-essential travel, rather than just considering postponing.
Health Protection Scotland has also updated its advice for travellers following the confirmation of the Zika cases in Florida, while links to Public Health England's guidance are provided on the websites of Public Health Wales and Northern Ireland's Public Health Agency.
In terms of the UK, Professor Cosford said more than 50 cases had been diagnosed since January, but the risk to the UK remained unchanged.
He said a small number of Zika virus infections in travellers returning to the UK was to be expected, but the risk to the wider population was "very low" as the mosquito that spread the virus was not found in the UK.
He added: "If you have recently returned from an area where Zika virus transmissions are currently reported and have a fever or flu-like illness, seek medical attention without delay to exclude malaria and mention your recent travel."
Billy McKay gave the home side the lead early on but a Josh Meekings header salvaged a point for John Hughes' side.
United thought they had won the game late on but Simon Murray saw his effort ruled out for offside.
The boos rang out at the end as Jackie McNamara's men were perhaps unfortunate not to take all three points.
United's struggles continue with their winless run now stretching to six games.
The opening goal arrived early for the hosts. Darko Bodul set up Ryan McGowan down the left and his cross into the box was met by John Rankin.
His effort was blocked on the line but McKay was on hand to knock the ball into the net from close range for McKay's second goal since joining United on loan three weeks ago
It was no more than United deserved after a very strong start.
The lead should have been doubled four minutes later. Bodul was involved again along with Callum Morris who played in Rankin just eight yards out, but his shot was blocked by Owain Fon-Williams in the Inverness goal.
The visitors' keeper was again called into action, beating away a McKay drive from the edge of the 18-yard box.
Hughes' half-time team talk obviously worked as they took control after the restart.
Within the opening minute Ryan Christie was bundled to the ground just outside the box as he threatened the home goal, but no free-kick, said referee Kevin Clancy.
But the Caley pressure paid off when a corner from the right was met by Meekings who was unmarked at the back post and he thundered a header into the roof of the net.
United thought they had grabbed all three points with just four minutes left when substitute Murray knocked the ball into the net from six yards but the flag had already been raised for offside.
"Mr Harper, we really can't afford another four years of you," said New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair.
The economy has been hurt by failing oil prices and Mr Mulcair said the country could be in recession.
But Mr Harper, who has called a parliamentary election for 19 October, said there was reason for optimism.
Highlighting good job-creation figures amid a weak global economy, the prime minister said the other parties would raise taxes and bring Greek-style debt to Canada.
The solution, he said, was a "low-tax proven plan", he said.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, also on stage, said the governing Conservative Party favoured the rich.
Mr Mulcair is currently leading in the polls. His centre-left New Democratic Party recently made big gains in Alberta - traditionally a Conservative party stronghold.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May completed the quartet of debaters and said Mr Harper's record on tackling climate change was a "litany of broken promises".
Mr Trudeau, the son of a former prime minister, benefits from high name recognition but has been criticised by his rivals for his lack of experience.
Mr Harper's centre-right Conservative Party has been in office since 2006 and analysts say he could struggle to form another majority government.
However, the election season will run for 11 weeks and it is thought a long campaign season could benefit the well-funded Conservative Party.
Kal Naismith and Gary Roberts grabbed the goals as Paul Cook's men ensured their advantage over fourth-placed Stevenage remains at six points with just six games remaining.
The contest began in end-to-end fashion before Naismith opened the scoring after 17 minutes. Enda Stevens found space on the byeline and picked out the forward, who powered home an unstoppable half-volley.
Hartlepool continued to match the promotion-chasers and almost levelled when Nathan Thomas rattled a post just after half-time.
Portsmouth were menacing every time they went forward, though, and should have added a second when Roberts sent a diving header over the crossbar from six yards.
The hosts were not so lucky moments later as Nicky Featherstone gifted the ball to Naismith who, having seen an initial effort blocked, crossed for Roberts to fire into the roof of the net.
That appeared to knock the wind out of Hartlepool's sails as Portsmouth saw the game out comfortably.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Hartlepool United 0, Portsmouth 2.
Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 0, Portsmouth 2.
Attempt missed. Nicke Kabamba (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Danny Rose (Portsmouth).
Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Enda Stevens (Portsmouth).
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Carl Magnay replaces Liam Donnelly.
Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Nicky Deverdics.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Nicke Kabamba replaces Kal Naismith.
Foul by Devante Rodney (Hartlepool United).
Matthew Clarke (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Danny Rose (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Rose (Portsmouth).
Foul by Gary Roberts (Portsmouth).
Nicky Featherstone (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Jamal Lowe.
Foul by Devante Rodney (Hartlepool United).
Danny Rose (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Brad Walker (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth).
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Devante Rodney replaces Rhys Oates.
Danny Rose (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicky Featherstone (Hartlepool United).
Attempt missed. Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United).
Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Jamal Lowe (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
Michael Woods (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christian Burgess (Portsmouth).
Foul by Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United).
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Hartlepool United 0, Portsmouth 2. Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kal Naismith.
Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kal Naismith (Portsmouth).
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Danny Rose (Portsmouth).
Rob Summers, from Oregon, said standing on his own was "the most amazing feeling".
He can voluntarily move his toes, hips, knees and ankles and also walk on a treadmill while being supported, according to research in the Lancet.
However, a UK expert said this should not be interpreted as a cure.
Rob was a keen baseball player and in 2006 was part of the team which won the College World Series.
But in that summer he was injured in a hit and run accident and his spinal cord was damaged.
Messages from the brain, which used to travel down the spinal cord, were blocked and he was paralysed.
Doctors surgically implanted 16 electrodes into his spine.
Rob trained daily in trying to stand, walk and move his legs, while electrical pulses were sent to the spinal cord.
Within days he was able to stand independently and eventually he could control his legs and step, with assistance, for short periods of time.
"None of us believed it," said Professor Reggie Edgerton, from the University of California. "I was afraid to believe it."
In most spinal cord injuries only a small amount of the tissue is damaged so many nerve cells remain.
The researchers say these cells pick up signals from the legs and respond automatically. This is what allows a healthy person to stand still or walk without actively thinking about it and it is this process the doctors were trying to tap into.
But after a spinal injury the cells need help, in this case precise electric stimulation.
It mimics a message from the brain to start moving and changes the "mood" of the spinal cord so that it is able to hear the information which is coming in from the legs and respond. Researchers say this, coupled with intensive training, allowed Rob to stand or walk while supported on a treamill.
The researchers admit to having "no idea" about how the brain was also able to gain direct control of the toes, knee and hips.
They speculate that some nerve cells are being reactivated or maybe more of them are being created allowed signals from the brain to pass down the spinal cord.
Rob has also regained other functions such as bladder, bowel and blood pressure control.
He said it had been a "long journey of countless hours of training" which had "completely changed my life".
He added: "For someone who for four years was unable to even move a toe, to have the freedom and ability to stand on my own is the most amazing feeling."
This study has proved that electrical stimulation works in one person. Four more patients are being lined up to further test the treatment.
Professor Geoffrey Raisman, from the Institute of Neurology at UCL, said: "This one case is interesting, and from one of the leading groups in the world. To what extent this procedure could in the future provide a further and sustained improvement cannot be judged on the basis of one patient.
"From the point of view of people currently suffering from spinal cord injury, future trials of this procedure could add one more approach to getting some benefit. It is not and does not claim to be a cure."
Dr Melissa Andrews, from the Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, said that while the study was a "little bit mind blowing" people should not say this is a cure.
She added: "I think people need to read this and say the possibility is out there, but it may not come tomorrow. It's the closest we've ever seen and it's the best hope right now."
Professor Susan Harkema, who was part of the study at the University of Louisville, said: "It is really critical to be clear that it's still in a research realm, but stay tuned we're going to learn a lot more every day."
For Rob he sees his story as a message of hope to people who are paralysed and as for walking again: "I see it as a major possibility."
Peaty - Britain's first male Olympic swimming gold medallist for 28 years - begins his campaign on Tuesday, the opening day of the GB Championships.
Fellow individual Rio medal winners Jazz Carlin and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor will also race in the six-day event.
"I've been training well and I'm ready to swim fast again," said Peaty.
The 22-year-old, who moved with coach Mel Marshall from City of Derby to Loughborough after the Rio Games, has decided against adding the 200m breaststroke event to his schedule this year.
He will instead focus on qualifying for July's World Championships in Budapest in the 50m and 100m - both titles he claimed at the 2015 Worlds in Kazan, Russia.
"People say you have got to defend your titles, but I don't see it like that," he said.
"I am still attacking those titles - every single one - because I am planning to go faster than anyone else."
Carlin, 26, who claimed 400m and 800m freestyle silver medals in Rio behind American Katie Ledecky, considered retirement after the Games but believes she can still make improvements.
"I still have more things that I want to do, more things I want to achieve," she said.
"In Rio it was good to see all of the work pay off, but I'm still finding those small things that can make a big difference and help me go faster."
Carlin will be joined by Olympic team-mate James Guy at her base in Bath for the next Olympic cycle, with the 2015 world champion relocating from his long-term base at Millfield School in Somerset.
Guy, who won silver medals as part of the 4x200m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay teams in Rio, is keen to put the disappointment of missing out on individual honours behind him.
"The move is exactly what I needed, as it's a professional environment that will help me develop," said the 21-year-old, who is adding the 200m butterfly to a busy schedule that includes the 100m event and both the 200m and 400m freestyle distances.
"Now I have that Kazan mindset back and I want to be the best in the world again."
With seasoned international swimmers like Fran Halsall, Michael Jamieson, Keri-Anne Payne and Roberto Pavoni all retiring in recent months, the British Championships will also serve as an opportunity for rising stars to establish themselves as part of the GB team as they build towards the next Olympics in Tokyo 2020.
"Somebody put this baby in a corner," said the Hollywood Reporter's reviewer.
Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes play Baby Houseman and Johnny Castle, the dancing lovers played by Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in the original.
According to Vulture's Jen Chaney, they "don't generate anything close to the Grey-Swayze sizzle factor".
"Nobody's got hungry eyes in this thing," she continues - a reference to the Eric Carmen song that featured in the 1987 version.
According to Variety, the reprise is a "sappy, passionless, schlocky remake... without even the iota of imagination necessary to expand upon the 1987 film".
Its reviewer Sonia Saraiya also pours scorn on "an ill-conceived epilogue that negates most of the power of the preceding narrative".
"Between the bad lip-syncing, the inexplicable addition of musical numbers and the pale imitation of classic moments from the original film, it just doesn't work," was the verdict of IndieWire's critic.
Those sentiments were echoed by TV Guide's Malcolm Venable, who rued that "what was once sexy, sultry and a little subversive has been sanitised and Disney-fied."
One cast member who receives a modicum of praise is Nicole Scherzinger, who plays the role of Johnny's dance partner Penny.
"The Pussycat Dolls singer is no stranger to the dance floor, and it was evident whenever she appeared onscreen," says Entertainment Tonight's Desiree Murphy.
British audiences will be able to make up their own minds when Dirty Dancing airs on Channel 5 on 4 June.
Arthur
Original: Released in 1981, this comedy about a wealthy drunk gave Dudley Moore one of his biggest successes and won John Gielgud an Oscar for his role as his disdainful manservant.
Remake: Released in 2011, this vehicle for divisive comic Russell Brand cast Dame Helen Mirren in the Gielgud role and was dismissed as "a full-on stinker" by The Independent.
Fame
Original: Released in 1980, Alan Parker's portrait of students at New York's High School of Performing Arts won two Oscars for its music and spawned a successful TV series.
Remake: Released in 2009, the 12-rated remake was criticised by the Hollywood Reporter for being "laughably bland and watered-down in its desire to appeal to the widest possible audience".
Footloose
Original: Released in 1984, this story of a rebellious teenager who moves to a town where dancing has been banned made Kevin Bacon a star and spawned two number one hits.
Remake: Released in 2011, Craig Brewer's remake wasn't universally slated but was still accused by Variety of "merely going through the motions."
Ghostbusters
Original: Released in 1984, this vehicle for Saturday Night Live comics Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray became a global phenomenon with a smash hit theme song from Ray Parker Jr.
Remake: Released in 2016, this female-led reboot flopped at the box office despite reasonable reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes declaring: "Ghostbusters does an impressive job of standing on its own as a freewheeling, marvellously cast supernatural comedy - even if it can't help but pale somewhat in comparison with the classic original."
Red Dawn
Original: Released in 1984, this tale of teenagers mounting a resistance against a Soviet invasion of the US tapped into contemporary fears and gave early roles to Dirty Dancing stars Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey.
Remake: Released in 2012, this "doltish" reprise (Total Film) originally cast China as the aggressor but was digitally altered after filming to make North Korea the bad guy.
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Exeter, Huddersfield, Liverpool and Winchester will pilot a system this year where the names of applicants are not seen during admissions.
The aim is to stop "potential bias" about students' race and identity.
Universities Minister Jo Johnson said he backed attempts to "stamp out inequality" in higher education.
The pilot project aims to see if masking the names of applicants will remove any "unconscious bias".
Without identifying names, applications would be considered without knowing the gender of students or any indications of their ethnic background or religion.
The admissions process would use any relevant contextual information about a student - such as whether they were from a low-income family - but the name would be concealed.
Last year, former Prime Minister David Cameron said universities should use name-blind recruitment as a way of promoting social mobility and preventing bias against minorities.
The pilot study will find out how this might be implemented more widely, such as whether the name of the applicant should be known before a decision is taken to offer them a place.
For universities that interview applicants for some courses, they would need to decide when admissions officers would have access to the names.
At present, there are no universities that use "name-blind" admissions.
But other employers have announced similar plans to try to run a recruitment process while concealing much of the information about applicants.
Deloitte said its recruitment process would take place without knowing which university or school that applicants had attended, in a bid for a more diverse workforce.
Universities have been under pressure from the government to make sure that they are open to applicants from all social backgrounds.
Last week, Oxford University announced that this year it would be admitting the highest proportion of students from state schools for more than 40 years.
This week, the Office for Fair Access said that universities would spend £834m on outreach projects and scholarships to support poorer students.
Helen Thorne of the Ucas admissions service said the project would allow UK universities to evaluate any benefits and see how it worked with "existing approaches used to ensure that admissions are fair".
Mr Johnson said: "We are committed to ensuring that everyone with the ability, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to study at our world-class universities. That is why we called on Ucas to conduct this review."
Helena Thurm, 25, from the Altrincham area, suffered serious head injuries in the collision with a Vauxhall Astra in Sale shortly before 18.10 BST.
She was being treated in hospital overnight but died on Tuesday.
Helena's family said she was "a beautiful, kind, caring, intelligent and funny person" who was "at the threshold of adult life".
"Helena liked a challenge and was at the threshold of adult life having finished university. She had been to a job interview on the day of the accident that stole her life," they said.
They said she "was loved by everybody" and "will be sadly missed" by her friends and family.
Constable Paul Hailwood said Greater Manchester Police are "still establishing the exact circumstances" of the collision and want any witnesses or people who may have dash-cam footage to contact them.
Sir Dave Brailsford, the last person to fill the role, left in April 2014 to focus on Team Sky, with head coach Shane Sutton moving into a new role as technical director.
Sutton left 100 days prior to the Rio Olympics amid allegations of sexism, though he denied the "specific claims".
Programmes manager Andy Harrison, who took on Sutton's responsibilities, could be a candidate for the role.
The national governing body has had a testing year, and its headquarters were visited by UK Anti-Doping officials this month as part of an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in the sport.
Despite the upheaval off the track, British cyclists won 33 medals across this summer's Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games, 18 of which were gold.
In a statement, British Cycling said appointing a performance director would enable the team to build on those successes "and provide greater support to performance staff and athletes".
Stephen Park, who manages Britain's Olympic sailing team, has already said he would consider a move to British Cycling, but added he would give consideration to a role at "any of the top sports".
Australian Sutton, 59, has always denied any wrongdoing and should the independent review commissioned to look into the allegations find in his favour, there may be calls for his reinstatement.
Barnaby Cork was out with his family when he was struck outside the Thame Leisure Centre in Oxfordshire.
His father Stefan had dropped off his wife and two other children for swimming lessons on 10 December when it happened.
Barnaby got out of the car and he reversed and hit the youngster, Oxford Coroner's Court heard.
Coroner Darren Salter recorded the cause of death as accidental.
He said: "This is clearly a tragic case... the sad facts of this incident are not in dispute.
"I offer my condolences on the loss of a young boy in these awful circumstances."
The boy's family did not attend the inquest, but Mr Cork gave written evidence and said that he did not see or hear the youngster, as he was shorter than the back window.
In a statement at the time of the boy's death, his family said: "We're truly devastated at the loss of our precious Barnaby. We're absolutely heartbroken.
"There's no words that can even begin to describe the sadness we're experiencing now that Barnaby isn't with us. He was our world."
Mr Cork set up an online fundraising page to raise money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.
It has raised more than £30,000 so far.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it will not pursue a prosecution over the accidental death.
Mr Clarke, 81, retired in June owing to ill health after serving as a councillor in Fife since 1973.
Although a member of the Communist Party, in more recent years Mr Clarke had been sitting as an independent.
Labour took 1,318 votes, beating closest rivals the SNP. The Communist Party candidate secured just 86 votes.
Mr Clarke, who was awarded the Freedom of Fife last month, was originally a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain but later joined the Communist Party of Scotland after the party split in the 1980s.
On his retirement from the council he had said he hoped the Communist movement could pick up strength again in the future.
However, first-preference voting for the Lochs ward saw Labour's candidate Mary Lockhart secure 1,318 votes compared with Lea McLelland of the SNP, who received 1,079 votes.
Scottish Conservative Malcolm McDonald received 270 votes, while Thomas Kirby of the Communist Party of Great Britain received 86 votes.
The turnout was 27.8%.
Three other people were taken to hospital by ambulance following the collision on the A472 Hafodyrynys Road near Pontypool, Torfaen, at 13:45 BST.
The road was closed in both directions between the roundabout at Pontypool and the B4471 at Crumlin.
Following accident investigation work, the road reopened late on Tuesday evening.
The 52-year-old Portuguese has had a career of almost unbroken success, including two titles in his first spell at Chelsea, Champions League wins at Porto and Inter Milan as well as La Liga glory at Real Madrid.
'The Special One' is on his way out after a remarkable decline that saw reigning champions Chelsea plummet to just one point off the relegation places - so where will he go next?
Mourinho was linked with Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 and has rarely spoken in anything other than glowing terms about the Old Trafford club - leading to speculation he would relish the job at some stage.
United manager Louis van Gaal is struggling to win over a sceptical public unhappy with his playing style and his team's recent exit from the Champions League.
If Van Gaal fails to improve matters and Mourinho is available at the end of the season, could he be the perfect replacement?
Mourinho's style is equally pragmatic but he is a guarantee of success, charismatic and would not be afraid of United's worldwide stature.
McNulty's rating: 7/10
Rafael Benitez, an old adversary of Mourinho, is in charge at the Bernabeu but he too has faced criticism of his tactical approach.
His cause was not helped by the 4-0 El Clasico thrashing by Barcelona and the loss to Villarreal that has put Real off the pace in La Liga and the former Liverpool and Chelsea boss under pressure.
Could Mourinho return to Real? He left amid squad acrimony in 2013 but president Florentino Perez remains an admirer and it may be a case of Mourinho feeling he has unfinished business if he ever had the chance to go back.
Managerial positions are always fluid at the Bernabeu - so it is a case of "never say never".
McNulty's rating: 6/10
Mourinho has won titles in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A but Bundesliga success is missing from his CV - and only one club could meet that need.
Bayern Munich may soon find themselves having to fill a Pep Guardiola-sized hole at the Allianz Arena, and few managers in football have the pedigree and personality to match the demands and expectations of a club known as 'FC Hollywood'.
Mourinho is one, and his sudden availability may spark interest from Bayern, though this job looks like it has got Carlo Ancelotti's name on it.
McNulty's rating: 5/10
Mourinho has always stated his intention to sample international coaching later in his career - with all the signs pointing to him eventually taking charge of his home country, Portugal.
But what about England?
Mourinho was right in the frame to succeed Steve McClaren in 2007 but eventually pulled out of contention.
Would the Football Association be tempted to make an approach if Euro 2016 does not go to plan and Roy Hodgson's time is up?
It is an unlikely scenario but if England were seeking a new manager and Mourinho was available, surely the call has to be made?
Unlikely - but an interesting thought.
McNulty's rating: 4/10
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Could it be that Mourinho's abrasive, confrontational style means he is shunned by the big clubs who simply feel his style brings a level of trouble that outweighs the trophies?
No chance. Managers who win trophies - and win them with the regularity Mourinho does - will always be in huge demand. He will probably be fielding calls within days.
McNulty's rating: 2/10
The Treasury bailed out the bank by buying a 72% stake for £45bn, at 502p a share, at the height of the financial crisis in 2008.
Shares in the loss-making lender are now trading at less than half that price at 223p.
Philip Hammond told MPs on Tuesday: "We have to live in the real world."
He added: "Our policy remains to return the bank to private hands as soon as we can achieve fair value for the shares, recognising that fair value could well be below what the previous government paid for them.
"We have to live in the real world and make decisions on the future of our holding in RBS in the best interests of taxpayers."
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Mr Hammond has previously said the government did not expect to offload its stake in RBS until after 2020.
He added: "We are making real progress in realising our holdings in the banking sector.
"We continue the programme sale of our shareholding in Lloyds, which is now down from 43% to less than 2%, and just last month we sold £12bn worth of Bradford & Bingley mortgages in a highly competitive process."
It is understood that the Treasury will only start to sell its shares in RBS when "legacy" issues have been resolved.
Those issues include a potentially huge fine by the US Department of Justice, which is pursuing the bank over the sale of mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis.
In February, RBS posted its ninth consecutive annual loss, with much of the £7bn accounted for by setting aside £5.9bn for fines and legal costs.
The bank has racked up losses of more than £50bn since the government bailout.
Chief executive Ross McEwan said in Feburary he expected RBS to return to profit by the end of 2018.
When one-off charges were stripped out, the core business of the bank was making money, he added.
The European Commission is examining government proposals that aim to spare RBS from being forced to sell off the Williams & Glyn branch network.
The person is one of seven to be rejected by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
The commission does not reveal the names of those who were put forward or its reasons for turning them down.
But it has been revealed that the DUP declined to nominate a substitute when asked to do so.
In response to speculation that he was the person concerned, the former South Antrim MP William McCrea told the Irish News: "I haven't heard of it. I really haven't a clue."
But the BBC understands the DUP's intention is to nominate the former MP, who lost his seat is May, for the House of Lords in the next round of nominations.
Of the other names blocked by the commission, five were nominated by the Conservative party.
The sixth is the former Liberal Democrat minister David Laws who resigned over an expenses scandal in 2010.
Ordnance Survey (OS) said 3,779 of the almost 400,000 routes downloaded by its subscribers in the past year passed through the peak.
The mountain's Pyg track and Pen y Pass also made the top 20, coming seventh and 12th respectively. Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons, Powys was number 11.
The Lake District and Peak District took 16 of the top 20 spots.
The national mapping agency compiled the list by dividing Britain into square kilometres and counting the number of downloaded routes that passed through each square.
The top 20
The hosts were without captain Virat Kohli because of a shoulder injury and he was replaced by Ajinkya Rahane.
Australia reached 144-1 with Smith again in good form and, after being reduced to 208-6, reached 300 thanks to 57 from Matthew Wade.
India, whose debutant spinner Kuldeep Yadav, 22, took 4-68, negotiated one over without loss before the close.
Smith had chosen to bat after winning the toss and, despite opener David Warner being dropped off the first ball and Matthew Renshaw going for one, Australia made a strong start.
India tightened up after lunch and wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav helped bring them back into the game.
However, Smith scored his third ton of the series and 20th of his career before edging a delivery from spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to Rahane at slip.
The venue, near Junction 32 of the M62 at Glasshoughton, will also include a 50-acre country park, shops and restaurants.
Developers Lateral Property Group have said the £135m scheme could create 2,000 jobs.
The plans still have to be approved by the secretary of state before building work can start.
Tigers chairman Jack Fulton previously said the new stadium would provide "the foundations of a bright new future for the club".
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The Welsh region came from 21-7 down to beat Newcastle Falcons 21-26 and make it six wins from six in Pool Two.
Their bonus-point win means they became the first team ever to register the maximum 30 points from the pool stages of a European club competition.
"It won't count for a lot when it comes to the quarter-finals," Tandy said.
Ospreys will go on to face Stade Francais at home in the last eight after the French side beat Harlequins 27-17 in their final group game.
He told BBC Radio Wales: "For the group as a whole, it's been a good stage for all of us. It's a record and it's never been done before but it means nothing now.
"But we go into the last eight which is really pleasing for the squad."
Daniel Temm, Rob Vickers and Chris Harris all scored tries for the Falcons after Rhys Webb crossed on his Ospreys return following a spell out with an ankle injury picked up in Wales' defeat by Australia in November.
But Hanno Dirksen, Sam Davies and Scott Otten replied in the second half for the visitors to seal yet another European victory.
"We've had to rotate the squad around a hell of a lot in this competition and everyone's responded," Tandy continued.
"The first half's probably the worst half we've played in the competition but how the boys battled back was really pleasing.
"Ultimately, coming in at half-time at 21-7 probably didn't reflect the first half but I think ultimately we got what we deserved for not looking after the ball."
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The blaze broke out at the house in Stanley Street, Lowestoft, just after 01:00 BST on Monday.
The victims have been named locally as Andrew McInnes, 60 and William Cooper, 62. One was found in the hallway - and the other was in a bedroom upstairs.
Suffolk Police said the fire was not being treated as suspicious.
Firefighters had to force their way through the front of the house because of the extent of the fire at the back, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service area commander Ian Bowell said.
"When the crews arrived there was quite a serious fire coming from the rear of the property.
"The fire investigation team has been working with the police all day. We do believe the cause of the fire was an electric toaster."
He described the incident as "absolutely tragic".
Neighbour Brenda Durrant said one of the occupants was a wheelchair user and the house was "full of cardboard boxes".
Another neighbour Christine Bates, who knew the men, said: "It was an accident waiting to happen. There was no order in the home with a lot of rubbish piled up."
Cdr Bowell confirmed there was a "lot of stuff in and around most of the rooms and access for crews was quite difficult."
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The avalanche came down close to Valfrejus, not far from the Italian border, where some 50 soldiers were training off-piste.
Search dogs and helicopters immediately began looking for the soldiers.
Last week, two school pupils and a Ukrainian tourist were killed by an avalanche nearby.
A teacher is under investigation for manslaughter after he apparently led his pupils on to a closed ski run shortly before the avalanche in Les Deux Alpes, 124km (80 miles) away from Valfrejus.
Heavy snow has fallen in the Savoie region recently.
About 10 of the military team were immediately found by rescuers - but five had gone into cardiac arrest, and died.
The soldiers were skiing in the Petit Argentier area at a height of 2,200m (7,200ft) when they were caught up in the avalanche shortly before 14:00 (13:00GMT), local reports said.
The soldiers were members of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment based at Saint-Christol in southern France. They had been training at France's national centre for mountain warfare at Modane.
The group was a mixture of veterans and new recruits, lawmaker Julien Aubert told France's BFM television.
The French Foreign Legion was set up in the 19th Century for foreign nationals to serve in the French armed forces, although it is also open to French citizens.
The nationalities of the victims were not immediately known.
All the soldiers taking part in the exercises had avalanche detection kits, and rescuers were on the scene within minutes, reports said.
Two of those found by rescuers were taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia.
"For now the circumstances aren't very clear," Major Herve Pujol from the CRS rescue team told BFM-TV.
"We're still trying to carry out the rescue and trying to count everyone in the area, to know if we still have people there who've been buried."
Police in Lyon are expected to handle the investigation into the accident and Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit the scene on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls said his thoughts were with "the injured, families, brothers in arms".
In 2012, an avalanche swept away five members of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment, killing one, the AFP news agency reported.
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The 31-year-old, who took over in December 2016, is under increasing pressure after the Jambos were knocked out of the League Cup on Saturday.
"Hearts fans would respect it more if someone came out and admitted we've made a mistake," Mackay told BBC Sportsound.
"Look at it from December, it's been a mistake, no-one can question that."
Hearts - who finished fifth in the Scottish Premiership last season - came third in League Cup Group B after a penalty shootout defeat by Dunfermline, following a 2-2 draw at Tynecastle.
That result came in the wake of a 2-1 defeat by League Two Peterhead in the competition last week.
And, with Cathro - in his first head coach role - having overseen a poor run of results last term, Mackay says the club's director of football Craig Levein should act now.
"Hearts need to get back to having a manager running the football team," Mackay, who played for Hearts from 1980 to 1997, added.
"Craig is a stubborn individual. It took him a long time to admit he made a mistake playing 4-6-0 as Scotland manager in the Czech Republic."
Owner Ann Budge and Levein both had to leave their seats in the stands before the Saturday's penalty shootout because of anger from fans around them.
Mackay said: "Ann Budge has come out from the very beginning and said that Craig is in charge of the football department. If you're in charge of the football department then you have to be answerable to what happened on Saturday.
"I didn't like the scenes. I didn't like that it looked like Ann and Craig had to be shepherded away before the penalties, but that is just an impact of the results since (former head coach) Robbie Neilson left the club.
"It's not nice, Ann comes out and faces things, she interacts with the supporters. Craig does a thing at the end of every season with the press, but there has to be more interaction so that supporters have an idea of what's going on behind the scenes, because now we have no idea."
Mackay, who made a club record 737 appearances for Hearts, fears Cathro has lost the dressing room.
"Ian Cathro's point is massive that as a head coach he talks about improving players and the team, and you can do that," said the 53-year-old.
"What he said after yesterday's game was that Dunfermline wanted it more and that comes from the changing room. Allan Johnston and Sandy Clark were able to get more from the Dunfermline players than Ian Cathro and (assistant) Austin MacPhee were able to get from the Hearts players.
"Finishing third in their group with three part-time teams is not good enough for a club of Hearts' stature."
Victoria Cherry, 44, of Fulwood, Lancashire, has not been seen since October 2015.
A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the search of a property in Toronto Street, Bolton, said Greater Manchester Police.
A spokesman said the investigation was being treated as a "non-body murder" and appealed for information.
Det Ch Insp Terry Crompton said: "The focus of our investigation has now changed and we remain keen to speak to anyone who may have any information about what has happened to Victoria.
"I am urging anyone who has any knowledge of Victoria's movements since her disappearance, or any information - no matter how insignificant you feel it may be - to please get in touch."
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In his 152nd and final appearance, before a world-record fee move to New Zealand Warriors, he had helped his side to a success against Warrington that sealed the league and Challenge Cup double, following August's victory against Hull at Wembley.
What made the achievement most special to Tomkins and his team-mates was the backdrop in which it had been won.
Two top-class half-backs Brett Finch and Thomas Leuluai had left the previous winter, as had prolific centre George Carmont, prompting some sections of the media to question whether the club could challenge for honours.
"At the start of this season we were written off to be finishing fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh or whatever it was, because we lost a few players," Tomkins told BBC Sport.
Pat Richards took his tally of points for the Warriors to 2,468 with a try and five goals in his last appearance before returning to Wests Tigers in his native Australia.
Eight seasons at the club produced two Super League titles and two Challenge Cups to add to an NRL Premiership won with Tigers in 2005.
"Pat has been an unbelievable servant for this club and he deserves every single bit of credit, accolade and praise," Sam Tomkins said.
"We've had too many Aussies come and go in Super League, be average and take money from players who probably deserved it more.
"Pat has been a brilliant servant for the club and we are lucky to have had him for eight years."
"To silence those people and win the double is unbelievable."
The loss of such quality players was overcome by some inspired recruitment from Wigan coach Shaun Wane, with the new pairing of Matty Smith from Salford and Hull KR stand-off Blake Green playing starring roles in their success.
Smith picked up the Lance Todd Trophy in the Wembley final for his consummate kicking game, while Green overcame a facial cut, after being caught by a swinging arm from Ben Westwood, to score a thrilling try and collect the Harry Sunderland Trophy in the Super League showpiece.
"What character he showed after having his eye busted after two minutes," Tomkins said.
"You can teach players how to catch and pass and kick but you can't teach character. Without him we wouldn't have won."
In addition to new arrivals the squad has seen the resurgence of home-grown talent, which has provided the backbone to the push for honours.
Michael McIlorum and Logan Tomkins at hooker, Liam Farrell in the back-row and Josh Charnley and Darrell Goulding in the three-quarters have all shone for Wane - who coached many of them at academy level before their step-up to the seniors.
"It's a special occasion to win with your hometown club," Goulding told BBC Sport.
"It's massive to have local lads in the team. You've seen the same thing with Leeds over the years and how well they've done. We've started doing the same over the last couple of years.
"There's players here, and I know I have, who have grown up playing together and there's that bond you have from that.
Man of the match Blake Green capped an impressive 2013 season at Wigan with two team honours to add to personal silverware.
The 27-year-old joined Wigan from Hull KR and has scored nine tries in 24 games, but might have been forced off prematurely when he was caught by a swinging arm from Warrington's Ben Westwood early on in the game.
"I don't remember anything about it," he said.
"I haven't seen it so I can't really comment. I wasn't knocked out but, when I hit the ground I felt a bit of impact on my eye and the doctor wanted me to stay down and make sure I could breathe properly.
"It was just precaution really. There was no way I was coming off. I was glad I stayed out there because it was cool to play an important part of the win for the team.
"It's what you dream about, playing in finals and winning the man of the match. and for it to all fall into place is just surreal."
"There's no-one we'd want to win more for than Shaun. You saw after the game how everyone wanted to go straight to him.
"He means a lot to all the lads, and the players all do to each other and it's a culture we have built into this club."
Reward for winning the Grand Final is a place in the World Club Challenge, against NRL Premiership winners Sydney Roosters.
As a player Wane played in 1987's inaugural final between Wigan and Manly at Central Park, and was assistant to Michael Maguire when the Warriors were beaten by St George Illawara in 2011.
"I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to that," Wane added.
"To play in that sort of competition whether it is in Sydney or here, it will be great. It's a pity it's not against the Souths [Maguire's current side], that would have been interesting but it is great."
Having coped with major squad changes in 2013, Wane will have to do so again as Tomkins is followed out of the club by prolific winger Pat Richards, England prop Lee Mossop and versatile forward Chris Tuson.
Richards and Mossop will head to Wests Tigers and Parramatta Eels for next season, while Tuson crosses the Pennines to join Hull FC.
In return Matt Bowen has come in from North Queensland Cowboys to replace Tomkins, Eddy Pettybourne arrives from Wests Tigers while Sam Hopkins' promise at Championship level with Leigh prompted the Warriors to secure his signature.
"The four lads that are leaving have been outstanding, all of them, and I love them to pieces, but teams move on," Wane said.
"[Sean] O'Loughlin has been loyal, McIlorum too, I'm really pleased not just for the four that are leaving but also the lads that have been here for years."
Wane and Wigan proved their critics wrong in 2013, but with such a drain of talent, they might just find themselves facing the same doubters come the start of the 2014 season.
BBC London has learned that 823 staff took redundancy while 54 left for other reasons such as retirement when the offices closed in 2015.
The TSSA union said it was a waste of money as 325 jobs were reintroduced following a review.
The cost was "significantly less" than the savings that were made, TfL said.
The plan, announced in 2013 by then mayor Boris Johnson, has prompted numerous strikes.
TfL wanted to close the offices to help pay for the 24-hour Night Tube service which is marking one year in operation this Saturday.
When Sadiq Khan became mayor, he ordered London Travelwatch to carry out a review which found that staff were not visible enough and more were needed.
Ben Stevenson from the TSSA, said: "As a union we didn't want anyone to be made redundant as it is one of the most stressful situations anyone can go through."
He said it was right staff were paid what they were legally entitled to but that too many people left the company.
"Our objective was to get as many jobs back as possible to ensure the safety of the public and the service," he added.
TfL said it had always planned to review staffing levels following the ticket office closures.
A TfL spokesperson said: "The one-off voluntary severance costs associated with the closure of ticket offices in 2016 are significantly lower than the hundreds of millions of pounds we will be saving across our business plan from these changes.
"We are now undertaking the biggest overhaul in our history which will save £4bn over the next few years and enable us to deliver a modern, affordable and accessible transport network for all Londoners."
Reporters from around the world were there too, gently questioning some of those who came.
The people of London and visitors to the city came together to remember the people who lost their lives in Wednesday's attack.
The word "solidarity" was heard over and over again.
Candles were laid on the ground and on the steps leading to the National Gallery, then lit in memory of those who died.
German-born Michaela Thomas, who has lived in Poplar for decades, came to take part in the vigil, but her husband did not feel safe enough to join her.
She said she was there because she did not want terrorism to stop her living her life.
Her view was echoed by almost everyone I spoke to around the square.
Sister Petronia, a nun from Hackney, put on her London 2012 Gamesmaker jacket to attend.
"I feel everybody in London is the heart of London beating," she said.
"When something like this happens, those of us who live here feel the pain.
"People want to come together and express solidarity, and express their desire for peace."
At the front of the crowd, Donnelly Devereaux and her daughter Mary-Katherine Caestecker, both from Chicago, waited for the ceremony to begin.
"We're visiting the city and we wanted to come tonight to show our support, particularly as one of the people who died, Kurt Cochran, was from the US," Mrs Devereaux said.
"It's so much more calm here than it would be at home. Everyone's so calm and collected on the tube, and here in the square tonight."
As the bells of St Martin-in-the-Fields chimed, the crowds fell silent.
Even the rumble of the police helicopters dimmed while those gathered here paused to think about yesterday's events.
Some filmed the scene on their phones, some cast glances across the crowds, but the focus was on three candles on the steps leading up to the National Gallery, above which MPs, religious figures and others stood in a line to pay their respects.
As Met Police Acting Commissioner Craig Mackey, Home Secretary Amber Rudd and London Mayor Sadiq Khan addressed the crowds, bursts of applause broke out and people around me cheered when Mr Khan told them: "Londoners will never be cowed by terrorism".
The minute's silence was impeccably observed - no chatter in the crowd, no phones going off, just people bowing their heads and closing their eyes to remember what happened about half a mile away.
The scent of flowers hung in the air from the tributes people had brought with them.
As the bells of St Martin-in-the-Fields chimed quarter past the hour, and a siren could be heard in the distance.
As the ceremony ended people moved across the square to light candles, I spoke to Danny Lyne, a teacher from the East End of London, who came here after work.
"What happened yesterday has been in my head ever since I found out," he said.
"I remember what happened 12 years ago, on 7/7, and this has brought it all back.
"I think it's important to pay respect to those who lost their lives this time, and to give respect to the police - the Met Police in particular don't often get that."
Kim Davies, 60, installed a mosaic clad Jacuzzi and spotlights into Llanwenarth House, near Abergavenny.
Newport Crown Court heard more than 60 changes to the Grade II-listed building were not approved by Brecon Beacons National Park Authority.
Davies initially denied five charges.
Seven-bedroom Llanwenarth House was originally built in 1532 on six-acres (2.4 hectares) of land and has a detached coach house along with an orchard.
Irish poet Cecil Alexander was a guest at ivy-clad Llanwenarth House, near Abergavenny, in 1848 when she penned her paean of praise for landscape and wildlife.
Davies bought Llanwenarth House in 2007 for £675,000 and he spent more than £1m on it which included changing the original timber windows to "modern" ones as well as doors and fireplace.
He changed a bedroom to a bathroom with a "mosaic-clad" jacuzzi, installing in ceiling spotlights, crystal chandeliers and ultra-modern kitchen fittings.
The court also heard Davies also ripped out historic staircases, fireplaces and hearths in his renovation.
The property was marketed for £2.25m in 2011.
Davies changed his plea to admit five counts relating to carrying out unauthorised work under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.
Nicholas Hagan QC, prosecuting, said there was a "deliberate breach of the legislation despite warnings on many occasion" and the costs bill is "significant indeed".
George Carter-Stephenson QC said: "Mr Davies now accepts he must take steps to put the house back in proper order."
Sentencing was adjourned until 15 May.
Fire crews and paramedics were called to Cuthbert Road, Cheadle, at 20:00 GMT on Saturday.
She was taken to Manchester Children's Hospital, where she is being treated for burns to her back, hand and leg.
Several fires started by lit candles have been reported in Greater Manchester during the past two weeks.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said a man "was left homeless" on Friday after a house fire in Bolton.
On Thursday, two people were taken to hospital after a lit candle caused a fire at a flat in Hyde.
In a third fire, the roof of two terraced homes in Moss Side was destroyed in the early hours of 11 December.
The discovery was made during a planned search in County Louth on Saturday.
An underground storage device was also found during the police operation in the Raskeagh and Kilcurry area, close to the border with Northern Ireland.
The items were taken away for further examination.
Chief operations officer Bali Padda will take over in 2017 as the first non-Dane to run the business as it restructures its management.
Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, who has led the family-owned company through a ten year turnaround, will chair the Lego board.
A new entity, the Lego Brand Group, aims to exploit "untapped potential" for the toy cupboard stalwart.
The company said the new entity, also chaired by Mr Knudstorp, would "protect and develop" the Lego brand, including its educational and charitable activities, and oversee its Legoland attractions.
Mr Padda will focus on the core business whilst the new vehicle, the Lego Brand Group, will consider new avenues for the brand.
"It will be exciting," he told the BBC. "It [will be] Lego but as you've never seen before. What does that mean? That is what we have to explore."
Lego is still owned by the family of Kirk Kristiansen, who founded the business in 1932. Family members are expected to take an active role within the new Lego Brand Group.
The company has constructed sturdy foundations under Mr Knudstorp's leadership. But just over a decade ago the structure was more shaky.
The company reached a financial low-point in 2004, as electronic toys swept the market, and the plastic bricks struggled to compete.
"It was tough. We were nearly bankrupt at the time.
"It was not a good situation to be in, but at the same time it was a fantastic challenge," said Mr Padda, who joined Lego from Timberland in 2002.
"We were not focused enough," he admitted. "To a degree we had started to leave the brick behind."
Mr Padda said Lego had focused on "instant gratification", giving children a few ready-made pieces to assemble quickly. The key to the turnaround, he says, was resurrecting the company's "belief in the brick".
The past decade has seen Lego embrace movie tie-ins including Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter, as well as introducing smartphone apps and digital games as well as collaborating on The Lego Movie.
The strategy has led to double digit annual growth. In 2015 the company posted revenues of $5.2bn (£4bn), meaning it the world's second-largest toy company after Mattel, the Barbie and Hotwheels maker.
Mr Padda, who spent his childhood in India playing marbles and cricket, and only really encountered Lego through his own children when he was living in the UK, said he would not veer far from the strategy of his predecessor.
"I've been an integral part of setting the strategy. That strategy continues.
"Where I do wish to focus is how we better prepare ourselves for the future from a leadership capability, capacity point of view," he said.
"The world is being disrupted in many ways. How do we become a lot more agile to face the challenges that will come to us tomorrow? We don't know what they are, but how do we ensure that we are better prepared?"
Austin rose to head home a free-kick in the 87th minute to win an otherwise dour game of few chances.
Southampton have now won at United in the league for the last two seasons.
United and their manager Louis van Gaal were jeered by home fans at full-time after producing just one shot on target in 90 minutes.
They have won just one of their past five home games - and have failed to score in three of those.
United's first-half record in front of goal is even worse. They have now gone eight hours and 26 minutes without scoring in the first 45 minutes of games at Old Trafford.
Van Gaal's side are now five points behind fourth-placed Tottenham, who won 3-1 at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Southampton are now just four points and three league places behind United, having won their past three matches. The win also ends a four-match losing streak away from St Mary's for Ronald Koeman's team.
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Southampton paid QPR just £4m to sign Austin on 16 January - a figure more representative of the length of time left on his contract with the Championship club than his ability.
In the 2014-15 season, the striker scored 18 Premier League goals, then added 10 in 16 Championship matches prior to his move back to the top flight.
And it took him just seven minutes to pick up where he left off as he found space in the box to meet fellow substitute James Ward-Prowse's free-kick and bury a header past David de Gea.
Prior to that, the Saints were comfortable, working hard to disrupt United's rhythm, managing possession well and looking to hit on the break.
They produced the best of what were few chances in the game, but Sadio Mane fluffed a shot from the edge of the box and Shane Long and Victor Wanyama headed wide from successive corners.
United came into the game off the back of two encouraging performances - an improved attacking display at Newcastle and a confidence-boosting win at Liverpool.
But they were unable to build on those, producing a tame 90 minutes strewn with errors and completely lacking in speed of thought or movement.
It made Southampton's containment job an easy one and left them vulnerable to the kind of late sting they had inflicted at Anfield last Sunday.
Van Gaal and his team were booed off at the end of a first half in which Saints keeper Fraser Forster was only tested once - from an optimistic 40-yard shot from Daley Blind - and Wayne Rooney, Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard all shot woefully wide.
The jeers and abuse were far more ferocious at the end of a second half that United began more encouragingly following the introduction of Juan Mata, but quickly faded after Southampton had seen off their initial charge.
The defeat is sure to intensify the pressure on Van Gaal.
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The 64-year-old had suggested last week's win at Liverpool could be "fantastic starting point" for his side in 2016, but he has now led United to their lowest ever Premier League points tally (37) after 23 games.
After the match, the Dutchman admitted that the home supporters were right to boo, adding: "In better or worse we have to stick together.
"You have to meet expectation and expectations are very high, that gives a lot of pressure for the players.
"We are working very hard but we have a lot of injuries. That you cannot change."
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal: "I had a feeling they could score only from a set-play. Our defence in set-plays was weaker because I changed Fellaini and had to change Darmian. Every change was a weakness in defence.
"I wanted to win this game and that's why I changed Cameron Borthwick-Jackson for Adnan Januzaj. That is a risk you take, it was a poor game and we didn't create so much and neither did our opponent."
Southampton manager Ronald Koeman: "We played very good. Our organisation was good, we were very compact, we had good pressing.
"We stayed in the game, controlled the game and you saw more nerves in the Man Utd team and finally we score from a corner kick.
"We showed spirit today, it was an amazing result for the second time here."
Manchester United are away at Championship side Derby in the fourth round of the FA Cup next Friday evening. Southampton's next match is in the league - a tough trip to Arsenal on Tuesday, 2 February.
The 17-year-old has made 11 first-team appearances, nine of them this season.
His only goal so far came on his debut last term, when he scored against Sheffield Wednesday when aged just 16 years 11 months and 15 days.
"I've been in and around the first-team this season and that's my goal, to play regularly for the team," midfielder Dozzell told the club website.
"It was hard when I wasn't involved over the first half of the season but I can see why I wasn't.
"The Championship is a tough league and it's difficult to throw someone of my age into those types of games but I've been working hard in the gym to become bigger and stronger," the England Under-17 international added.
He is the son of former Ipswich forward Jason Dozzell, who remains the youngest goalscorer in the top-flight of English football, having netted on his debut in 1984 aged just 16 years and 57 days.
For these children, and their parents, life can often be difficult and unpredictable.
However, if a particular part of the brain can be pinpointed as the cause of the seizures, brain surgery can be an effective treatment.
Great Ormond Street Hospital in London is currently the main centre in the UK for this type of specialised surgery, but Bristol, Manchester/Liverpool and Birmingham are set to develop similar expertise later this year.
As a result, doctors say they will be able to treat three times as many children with drug-resistant epilepsy in England and Wales - from 125 to around 350 each year by 2015-2016.
Rachel, from Essex, was nearly eight years old when surgeons at Great Ormond Street removed a piece of malformed tissue on the right-hand side of her brain.
Rachel and her family had spent years experimenting with different drugs, trying to control her sudden and distressing seizures which left her physically drained, reclusive and withdrawn.
Her father Nick says it was a relief when doctors said they had identified the root cause of the problem.
"We thought it was amazing. We finally thought we had a way out of it all.
"The surgeons offered us a 70-80% success rate. They set out the risks for us but they were confident, they said 'we can fix this'."
Around 60,000 children in the UK have epilepsy.
While most children with epilepsy enjoy full and active lives, around one-third do not respond to medication and continue to experience seizures.
This can have a major impact on family life, as Rachel's father recalls.
"At the height of it, my wife couldn't go further than 15 minutes from school in case Rachel had a seizure and needed to be sedated or taken home. Even going to the shops became an exercise requiring almost military precision planning," Nick says.
"We had paramedics out to house on numerous occasions, some we even got to know by name. We even got trained in how to administer emergency medication for extreme seizure episodes."
For Rachel it meant that she could be walking along and blank out suddenly, her muscles contorting, arms and legs going rigid, eyes going up into her head.
"It was like she went into shutdown mode," her father remembers.
"She was constantly tired, had no life or energy in her from the combined effect of the medication and the impact of the seizures. She was always picking up bruises and scrapes from where she would fall or hit something when she had a seizure. It was a living nightmare."
Professor Helen Cross, an expert in epilepsy surgery from University College London's Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, says there are many different types of seizures.
"Epilepsy isn't one condition and a person may have more than one type of seizure.
"Those suitable for surgery will have failed on at least two drugs and when we evaluate them, we should see that the seizures are coming from one small bit of the brain."
And what are the risks of surgery on the brain?
"Surgery carries low risk. We wouldn't offer it if it were not going to be of benefit."
But Prof Cross acknowledges that some clinicians still see surgery as a last resort.
"Some feel that surgery is going to lead to more problems - but each individual is different.
"If they know the child is going to be resistant to drugs quite quickly then the earlier we do the surgery the better the outcome.
"That's better than finding out 10 years down the line that surgery could have been an option."
Simon Wigglesworth, chief executive of Epilepsy Action, says there is strong evidence that brain surgery can transform lives.
"IQ and education ability are improved by surgery, and there is evidence that the earlier it's done the better the cognitive outcomes.
"Seizures are horrible things. Surgery can allow children to go into adulthood free of seizures, able to drive, get a job and lead a normal life."
In her early years, Rachel couldn't keep up with her peers and missed out on a lot of school learning and activities, such was the impact of her condition and the medication.
Looking back, her family remembers her being depressed and wanting to sleep all the time.
Since the surgery, in February 2010, Rachel's life has totally transformed.
"It was like she had a personality transplant," Nick says.
"Now she has energy, she's smiling and laughing. The lights are back on in her eyes."
After the surgery Rachel was home within a week. The hospital said they thought she would be back at school in a couple of months but in fact she returned to school within a month.
"She's made up a lot of ground at school, she loves science, history, art, she has a very creative side that we never saw pre-surgery. The teachers are blown away by her," says Nick.
"She now does all the things she liked to do but couldn't always do because of her condition. She rides horses, swims every week and did a mile at Easter.
"To our family, friends and people who know us, it's the closest thing to a modern miracle. We can now start to lead a normal life."
Harrison Townsend's wobbly tooth came out and went missing on the playground at Denbury Primary School, south Devon.
Head teacher Jamie Stone asked the tooth fairy to "forgive him" for not having the tooth to "turn into magic dust".
Mother Jade Townsend was delighted Mr Stone had "kept the magic alive".
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"It's not something you would really get from a head teacher," she said.
"For it to be done by the head master, and in such a quick turn around - it was about 20 minutes from when he did it to when Mr Stone gave him the letter and read it to him to calm him down."
"For a kid it's all magical and it's really important to keep that magic alive for me and my family."
Harrison put the letter under his pillow and woke up to find £1 there in the morning - he has said he is saving up for an alarm clock.
Humanitarian aid would also be delivered by land and sea, he said.
His announcement comes after weeks of authorities rejecting migrant boats and towing them out of Malaysian waters.
Malaysia and Indonesia's foreign ministers are in Myanmar for talks on the migrant crisis. About 7,000 people are believed to be stranded at sea.
Most of the migrants are Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar, but some are Bangladeshis thought to be economic migrants.
Malaysia and Indonesia have said they will temporarily shelter those that land on their territory, but need the international community's help with resettling them. Thailand says it will no longer push back boat people from its territorial waters.
Mr Najib said on his Twitter account that it was "basic human compassion" to provide aid to the hungry and sick. He added that search and rescue by the country's naval and maritime authorities was needed to "prevent loss of life".
Malaysia was among several states in the region that had previously refused to take in the migrants and been towing the boats to other countries' waters, in what observers condemned as a deadly "ping-pong" match.
Malaysia's foreign minister Anifah Aman and Indonesia's Retno Marsudi are holding talks with Myanmar counterpart U Wunna Maung Lwin in the Burmese capital Nay Pyi Taw. The US deputy secretary of state Antony Blinken is also due to meet Burmese officials.
Thursday's meeting is seen by some as a breakthrough, as Myanmar has denied responsibility for the crisis and did not attend a meeting of regional foreign ministers on Wednesday, where the deal to provide temporary shelter and no longer turn back boats was reached.
"We are not ignoring the migrant problem, but... we will not accept the allegations by some that Myanmar is the source of the problem," Zaw Htay, director of Myanmar's presidential office, told AP news agency on Saturday.
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Amnesty International's Asia Pacific Director Richard Bennett said Wednesday's decision to provide shelter helped those who have come ashore, but "does nothing for the thousands still adrift at sea, with diminishing supplies of food and water, or for any more who may follow them".
Thailand has said it will stop towing boats back to sea, something Malaysian and Indonesian navies have also been doing in recent days, but did not sign the agreement to provide shelter, saying it is already struggling to cope with tens of thousands of refugees from Myanmar.
"If we try to please these people [migrants] out of compassion, we might perhaps satisfy them in the near time, but over time this will create more havoc to the country," says an opinion piece on the Malay Mail newspaper website.
Rights activist Marina Mahathir disagrees.
"The Rohingya problem is not going to go away just because we refuse to help them. Saying that they will keep coming if we feed and shelter them is being simplistic," she writes in the Malaysian tabloid The Star.
Most agree, however, that there is no simple solution to the crisis.
"The Rohingya refugee problem, just like the European boat people crisis, is complex and cannot be easily solved by pointing fingers of blame. There is no simple answer, no single quick-fix," suggests the Thai newspaper The Nation.
More than 3,000 have been rescued by locals or come ashore in Indonesia and Malaysia in recent days.
Malaysia and Indonesia have appealed for help from other nations to resettle the migrants within a year.
Myanmar (also known as Burma) sees the Rohingya as migrants from Bangladesh, though many generations have lived there. It restricts their movements and personal lives, and Rohingya have faced persecution from the majority Buddhist population.
The BBC's Jonah Fisher, who is in Sittwe province where many of the migrants are believed to have come from, says unless the root cause is addressed the migration problem will continue.
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Georgina Edmonds, 77, was found dead after being tortured at her home in Brambridge, Eastleigh, in 2008.
Matthew Hamlen, 36, from Bishopstoke, has pleaded not guilty to her murder.
William Mousley QC told Winchester Crown Court the main pillars of evidence against Mr Hamlen would "crumble and fall".
The jury has been shown CCTV footage of a man, said by the prosecution to be Mr Hamlen, wearing a high-vis jacket and attempting to use the victim's debit card at a cash machine on the night she was murdered.
But Mr Mousley said the court would hear from two witnesses who would "cast doubt on the very shaky evidence that Matthew Hamlen was 'ATM man'".
He told the jury the witnesses saw something that did not fit with the prosecution's theory.
The 36-year-old is on trial for murder for a second time after being acquitted of the same crime in 2012.
The trial continues.
Provincial governor Nawzad Hadi said 14 were from the Philippines, three were Iraqis and one was a Palestinian. One victim has not yet been identified.
Dozens of other people were injured in the blaze, at the Capitol Hotel.
An electrical fault in the hotel was the suspected cause of the fire, Mr Hadi added.
A hotel spokesman confirmed to Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw TV that some of those killed were from the Philippines, but said the fire had started in a business next door.
Images posted on social media showed smoke pouring from windows on the top floor of the hotel.
The Kurdistan Region is an autonomous area in the north of Iraq. It has been at the forefront of the campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group, which controls parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
The region experienced an oil-fuelled economic boom in 2003, attracting many foreign workers.
The union's executive committee voted to lend its support to Mr Corbyn, with Andy Burnham as its second preference.
The union, which is Labour's biggest financial backer, supported Ed Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership contest.
The unions will have less influence on this year's contest because the party has moved to a "one member one vote" system for choosing its leader.
But the decision is a big boost for Mr Corbyn, who has been well received at hustings involving trade unions in recent weeks.
Mr Corbyn has been taking part in a leadership hustings in Wales with his three rivals for the job - Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall, all prominent shadow ministers.
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The Islington North MP said: "It is a great honour to receive Unite's nomination, and it underlines that this a serious campaign that has growing momentum.
"The leadership election is about one issue above others: whether we accept another five years of a race to the bottom based on cuts that destroy services and damage living standards, or whether we invest our way to a growth and fairness."
He also thanked other trade unions who have nominated him - Aslef and the BFAWU - and for the endorsement of two unions not affiliated to Labour, the FBU and the RMT.
He added: "Trade unions are a force for good, a force for prosperity and we should listen to them more. For Labour to win again it must show it is on the side of the majority."
Unite said its backing for Mr Corbyn was in recognition that his policies were most closely aligned with those of the union.
Backbench MP Mr Corbyn only made it on to the ballot for the leadership contest thanks to a last minute rush of support from Labour MPs who said they wanted to widen the debate about the party's future, but would not be voting for him as leader.
He told BBC Radio 5's Pienaar's Politics he was "very grateful" to those MPs who had backed him.
And he hit back at the "Tories for Corbyn" campaign, which has reportedly seen supporters of the government signing up as registered Labour supporters for £3, to vote for him because they believe his election would boost the Conservative cause.
"If people do not support the Labour Party and do not wish to vote Labour, either in future elections or have done so in the past, they should not be registering as Labour supporters, it's not an honest thing to do," said the MP.
Unite said it would not be nominating anyone for deputy Labour leader but would be making a recommendation to members to support Tom Watson and Angela Eagle.
The decisions on who to support were taken on Sunday following debate by the union's executive committee, an elected body of 63 men and women from workplaces across the UK.
The infection, which causes symptoms including mild fever, conjunctivitis and headache, has already been found in 21 countries in the Caribbean, North and South America.
It has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains and some countries have advised women not to get pregnant.
No treatment or vaccine is available.
The virus was first detected in 1947 in monkeys in Africa. There have since been small, short-lived outbreaks in people on the continent, parts of Asia and in the Pacific Islands.
But it has spread on a massive scale in the Americas, where transmission was first detected in Brazil in May 2015.
Large numbers of the mosquitoes which carry the virus and a lack of any natural immunity is thought to be helping the infection to spread rapidly.
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Zika is transmitted by the bite of Aedes mosquitoes, which are found in all countries in the region except Canada and Chile.
In a statement, The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the regional office of the WHO, said: "PAHO anticipates that Zika virus will continue to spread and will likely reach all countries and territories of the region where Aedes mosquitoes are found."
PAHO is advising people to protect themselves from the mosquitoes, which also spread dengue fever and chikungunya.
It also confirmed the virus had been detected in semen and there was "one case of possible person-to-person sexual transmission" but further evidence was still needed.
Around 80% of infections do not result in symptoms.
But the biggest concern is the potential impact on babies developing in the womb. There have been around 3,500 reported cases of microcephaly - babies born with tiny brains - in Brazil alone since October.
PAHO warned pregnant women to be "especially careful" and to see their doctor before and after visiting areas affected by the virus.
Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Jamaica last week recommended women delay pregnancies until more was known about the virus.
Although officially PAHO says "any decision to defer pregnancy is an individual one between a woman, her partner and her healthcare provider".
Maria Conceicao Queiroz said there was a sense of fear where she lives near the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro: "Every one is at risk, we're all scared of getting Zika.
"We're surrounded with dirty water, polluted water, but what can we do but put repellent on, to try to keep the mosquitoes away."
Prof Laura Rodrigues, a fellow of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said some data suggested that up to one-in-fifty babies had birth defects in one of the worst hit areas - Pernambuco state in Brazil.
She said: "Until November we knew nothing, this has caught us by surprise and we're trying to learn as fast as we can.
"Wherever there is dengue, there is mosquito, then it will spread and not just in Americas I think there is a very real chance it will spread in Asia."
PAHO advice is to ensure all containers that can hold even small amounts of water should be emptied and cleaned to prevent mosquitoes breeding.
And that people should protect themselves by using insect repellent, covering up and keeping windows and doors closed.
The director general of the WHO, Margaret Chan, said the outbreak was "extremely worrisome".
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Police are treating the attack on Canvey Island, Essex, as murder and have issued a photo of a man they "urgently need to speak to".
Anthony Ayres, 48, is described as 5ft tall, white, and of medium build. Officers warned the public not to approach him and instead to dial 999.
The attack in Fairlop Avenue was reported at 16:55 GMT.
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The injured woman was taken to Royal London Hospital for treatment, but was declared dead later.
The scene of the attack was sealed off for forensic examination.
Police say they are now carrying out house-to-house inquiries.
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A set of 32 of these new massive wind turbines have been turned on at Liverpool Bay, in the Irish Sea.
They use the power of the wind to make electricity to power homes and businesses.
Called the Burbo Bank Extension, the energy windmills are 195m tall and 80m wide.
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The artist designed the house overlooking the Stour estuary at Wrabness and it featured in a Channel 4 programme last week.
Visitors have been driving down the narrow track leading to the house - causing problems for neighbours.
Tony Elliston has made a sign asking people to park at the railway station.
Carlo Guglielmi, Essex county councillor for Tendring Rural West, praised Mr Elliston for "taking the initiative" but added official signs were on their way.
Perry's conceptual holiday home has been built by Fat Architects at the end of a single-vehicle road called Black Boy Lane.
The artist, from Chelmsford, designed the building in homage to "single mums in Dagenham, hairdressers in Colchester and the landscape and history of Essex".
Mr Elliston, who manages Wrabness's community shop and cafe, said there had been a "noticeable rise" in visitors since the Grayson Perry's Dream House television programme.
"I think most people in the village like Grayson's house and we're more than happy to welcome visitors," he said.
"But the narrow track has no turning circle, so neighbours are getting frustrated about people using their driveways and there's congestion when cars are coming from both directions."
Essex Highways agreed to carry out works to relieve the situation in February.
Mr Guglielmi said the council had waited until resurfacing work on the village ring road was completed in the first week of May before putting in signs.
"We do accept clearer signs are needed and a whole lot of signs have been agreed - so I will be chasing the firm appointed by the council to find out when they're due," he said.
Primal Scream and The Charlatans head a line-up of more than 90 acts who are set to perform at the third edition of the Dumfries and Galloway event.
Organisers hope to see a crowd of about 5,000 at the festival near Thornhill.
Co-founder Nick Roberts said the bill had been carefully crafted to showcase emerging talent alongside more established artists.
He said it was about having a "happy balance" between bands with commercial clout and more "underground" acts.
Mr Roberts said the growing reputation of the event had definitely helped it to attract performers he might previously have considered out of reach.
"If you had said to me last year, 'At next year's festival you're going to have Primal Scream and the Charlatans headlining' I would have called you crazy," he said.
"But here we are."
Meanwhile, police have reminded revellers that making or distributing so-called legal highs are now criminal offences due to recent changes in legislation and anyone found with them will be arrested.
Drug sniffer dogs will also be at the site.
The Eco-Expressway is planned to be a 6 mile (10km) adaptation of an existing route into Nottingham.
As well the lane in each direction reserved for electric vehicles, the £6.1m project will also have a cycleway and lane for conventional traffic.
In January Nottingham was one of four successful bids to share £40m of government funding to promote use of electric vehicles.
The city council says this will promote sustainable transport but some campaigners say close monitoring will be needed.
The other successful cities - London, Milton Keynes and Bristol - are all looking to encourage electric cars by providing more charging points, free parking and preferential road schemes.
In Nottingham, a number of electric buses have been ordered to provide services on the Expressway between Gedling, through Colwick and to the eastern side of the city centre.
Nick McDonald, Portfolio Holder for Growth and Transport at the city council, said: "It will provide quicker and cleaner travel and help to improve the city's air quality."
But Bettina Lange, from the Nottinghamshire Campaign for Better Transport, said: "Opening the bus lane to taxis and private electric cars needs monitoring closely.
"If the take-up of electric cars speeds up, and especially if taxi fleets get on to this, it will defeat the purpose because the bus lane will just fill up with other vehicles."
The project is planned to be completed by late 2017.
Tahir Alam was banned from involvement in schools by the Department for Education (DfE) in September 2015.
Officials ruled he had engaged in conduct aimed at undermining fundamental British values.
Mr Alam, the former head of governors for Park View Education Trust, has always denied any wrongdoing.
A specialist tribunal began analysing appeal evidence on Wednesday.
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Lawyers representing the Education Secretary Justine Greening said the ban was "appropriate" and should not be "revoked."
Martin Chamberlain QC said Mr Alam had "espoused a conservative, intolerant and narrow faith-based ideology" and "believed that the practices associated with this ideology should be imposed on state-funded non-faith schools with predominantly Muslim pupils."
Lawyers claim evidence will show:
Under the ban, Mr Alam is prohibited from holding governor roles in all independent schools, academies, free schools, and maintained schools.
Mr Alam argued that investigators had a "pre-conceived agenda" and had reached "unfair or inaccurate" conclusions.
The hearing in London is expected to last several days.
Sujith PV, 26, was killed in February and his mother, Sulojana M, still remembers her son's murder in painful detail.
"They struck him with a pipe, broke his skull and bones, and then hacked him to death in front of my eyes."
Sulojana, her husband and their two sons were sleeping at home in Kannur district when they were woken up by some people.
"Around 20 people surrounded him [PV Sujith], we knew many of them from our neighbourhood, they were all left party supporters," she says.
Mr Sujith was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Hindu nationalist organisation from which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) draws its ideological roots.
Six workers of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were arrested for his murder.
His murder was the latest in the decades-old string of political vendetta killings between the left and the right in some parts of Kerala.
Kerala's Crime Records Bureau estimates that at least 100 people have been murdered and many more injured in political violence in the last 10 years.
Most cases of political crimes have occurred in Kannur and Thalassery in north Kerala's Malabar region.
The issue of political violence has been in focus in recent days as the state has been in the midst of assembly elections - voting was held on Monday and a new government would take over after the votes are counted on Thursday.
"The left rules this area like the Gulag [cruel labour camps in 1930-1950 run by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin] and the RSS is no less dogmatic, bloody and narrow minded, so violence is inevitable," says novelist Paul Zacharia.
The CPI(M) has a strong support base and generations of loyal party workers in the Malabar region.
The region is also important for the BJP's ambitions because it's one of the party's few strongholds in Kerala, which has been traditionally ruled by either Congress-led governments or a coalition of the left parties.
Mr Sujith's parents were supporters of the CPI(M) but when he turned 18, he decided to support the BJP.
The family lived together happily and supported different ideologies in elections, but political parties were obviously not happy with such arrangements.
KP Surendra of the CPI(M) was 27 when he was attacked allegedly by a group of RSS supporters with swords in 1986.
He survived, but deep gashes caused permanent damage to his left foot, leaving him incapable of joining his dream job in the police force.
"The man who led the attack was accused of leading many other such killings, he was also killed a few months later," he says.
Both parties encourage workers to build memorials for killed supporters which are then used to sustain anger and whip up passions.
However, in some cases the politics of revenge has been jettisoned and the families of those killed have decided to take on their rivals in the election arena.
For instance, Rama KK - wife of left leader TP Chandrasekharan who was hacked to death in 2012 by his former CPI(M) colleagues when he broke away from the party and formed his own Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) - contested the recent assembly polls against Communists.
"My son was very agitated and wanted to avenge his father's killing, but with time he understood the futility of this and now he is helping me fight for a different kind of politics in this area," she says.
Many believe that Mr Chandrasekharan's murder was a tipping point in the state politics when young voters started feeling alienated from the CPI(M).
The BJP, which is yet to see any significant electoral success in Kerala, has tried to attract young voters in this week's election by presenting itself as the only force that has been able to challenge the left in its own backyard.
Mr Zacharia says the BJP's claims are not completely unfounded because of the Congress government's "weak response" to cases of political violence.
"Even in areas with Congress legislators, the administration and the police look the other way when such violence happens and this has created distortion in the politics of the region.
"Political violence has, in fact, been normalised in the state," he adds.
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The Ferrari is uncompetitive in the dry, but Alonso built a lead when the race resumed on a wet track after an early stoppage following heavy rain.
It was a remarkable result after Ferrari's struggles at the start of the season - and it was matched by Perez's performance
Perez caught him in the closing stages but ran wide and settled for second.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took third ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber and Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen.
Alonso built a seven-second lead after the race resumed following a stoppage after just six laps caused by a torrential downpour.
But, as the track dried, Perez closed the Spaniard's lead to virtually nothing.
Alonso gained some respite when he switched to dry-weather slick tyres a lap before Perez, which took his lead back up to seven seconds.
After fitting the 'hard' tyres while Alonso chose the 'medium', Perez closed the gap to nothing in 10 laps and was on Alonso's tail at the start of lap 50, with seven to go.
But no sooner had Perez caught the Ferrari than he made a mistake.
He got on to the kerb at Turn 14 and ran wide, and suddenly Alonso's lead was back up to five seconds.
Although Perez closed in again, Alonso now had enough of a cushion to take a 28th career victory - behind only Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell in the all-time list.
Alonso, who is now leading the world championship by five points from Hamilton, said the victory was "a big surprise".
"We were not competitive in Australia or here," he added. "Our goal was to score as many points as possible and we did the job.
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"It is an unbelievable result, a great job from the team. We maximised the potential in our hands, keeping calm in some strange conditions at the beginning with inters and the switching to dry tyres.
"The team deserve this win. It's a tough time for us at the moment, but this is a Sunday we will remember."
Perez said he felt he had missed an opportunity to win.
"I was catching Fernando towards end of the race," he said.
"I knew I had to get him soon because in all the high-speed corners I was losing my front tyres running behind him.
"Then I ran wide in the quick left-hander. I touched the kerb and I went onto the dirty side of the track. It was completely wet and I lost the win."
It was a remarkable result considering Ferrari's struggles with their car - and it was matched by Perez's performance.
The race started on a damp track after a shower of rain, with most drivers on the 'intermediate' tyres with relatively light treads.
But heavy rain started on lap two, and Perez immediately dived into the pits to fit full wet tyres.
It worked to the Mexican's favour. As the leading drivers pitted for wet tyres on laps four and five, he moved up the field and was lying third behind the two McLarens of Hamilton and Button when the race was stopped on lap six - when Alonso was fifth behind Webber.
But the decisive part of the race came after the re-start, as Alonso emerged in second place after all the drivers had stopped to fit intermediate tyres and immediately passed Perez for the lead on lap 16.
He pulled away in relentless fashion, the fastest car on the track for several laps, building what turned out to be a decisive lead of 7.7 seconds on lap 30, before Perez began to come back at him.
Alonso's experience told in the end, but both men celebrated one of the most remarkable and unexpected results in recent F1 history.
Third-placed Lewis Hamilton said: "I think we can be satisfied. First of all congratulations to Fernando and Sergio, they both drove fantastically well and it was very difficult to catch them.
"I can't really complain, I was on the podium for the second race in a row."
Schanberg worked for the Times and won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting the fall of Cambodia to the Khmer Rouge in 1975.
His colleague, Dith Pran, was unable to leave and his four-year ordeal inspired Schanberg's work.
Schanberg died in Poughkeepsie after a heart attack earlier in the week.
His death was confirmed by Charles Kaiser, a friend and former Times reporter, the paper said.
In 1980, Schanberg described his Cambodian colleague's ordeal of torture and starvation at the hands of the Khmer Rouge in a magazine article, and later a book called The Death and Life of Dith Pran.
In 1975, Schanberg and Dith Pran ignored directives from Times editors to evacuate and stayed in Cambodia as almost all Western diplomats and journalists fled.
Both were seized by the Khmer Rouge and threatened with death.
Dith Pran's pleas saved Schanberg's life. The pair took refuge in the French Embassy but Dith Pran was forced to leave and was sent into the countryside.
Two weeks later Schanberg was evacuated by truck to Thailand.
Dith Pran eventually managed to escape to Thailand and died in 2008. It was he who coined the term "killing fields".
The Killing Fields won eight BAFTA Awards and three Academy Awards. Sam Waterston played Schanberg in the movie, with Haing S Ngor, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, in the role of Dith Pran.
The Khmer Rouge was the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, during which it was responsible for one of the worst mass killings of the 20th Century. The genocide claimed the lives of more than a million people - some estimates say up to 2.5 million.
Under the Maoist leader Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge tried to take Cambodia back to the Middle Ages, forcing millions of people from the cities to work on communal farms in the countryside.
But the attempt at social engineering had a terrible cost, and whole families died from execution, starvation, disease and overwork.
The regulator said it wanted to determine if the deal would result in a "substantial lessening of competition".
The two companies agreed the terms of the merger, which will create the UK's biggest asset manager, in March.
If it goes ahead, Aberdeen shareholders will own 33.3% and Standard Life shareholders 66.7% of the merged firm.
The two companies have a combined worldwide workforce of about 9,000 people.
It is expected that about 800 jobs will go in a three-year integration period.
"This is one of a number of regulatory and antitrust approvals being sought as part of the merger process. Approval for the merger has already been granted by competition authorities in the US and Germany," Standard Life said in a statement.
The plan is for the company to be renamed Standard Life Aberdeen plc.
Both companies have agreed on a 16-strong board made up of an equal number of Standard Life and Aberdeen directors.
Standard Life chairman Sir Gerry Grimstone is to be the chairman of the new firm, while Aberdeen's chairman, Simon Troughton, will become deputy chairman.
Keith Skeoch, the Standard Life chief executive, and Aberdeen boss Martin Gilbert will become co-chief executives of the new firm.
A general meeting has been scheduled for June at which shareholders will be asked to approve the merger. The two firms want to conclude the deal by mid-August.
Its fossils indicate that the normal-sized primitive humans who first set foot on the Indonesian island of Flores shrank "rapidly" to become Hobbit-sized.
The remains are of at least one adult and two children, who are all just as small as their descendents.
A paper in the journal Nature details the latest findings.
The Hobbit's discovery in a cave on Flores created a sensation 12 years ago. Just a metre in height (hence the affectionate nickname), it was initially thought they could have been living as recently as 12,000 years ago.
Subsequent analysis has shown they actually existed slightly further back in time, between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago - not that this lessened the fascination with the diminutive species more properly called Homo floresiensis.
And now comes new research from some of the scientists involved in the original discovery that reveals insights on the Hobbit's lineage.
The team presents much older fossils, dating back 700,000 years, unearthed at a site named Mata Menge.
These remains consist of a piece of lower jawbone and several teeth. They are remarkably similar to those of the Hobbit find in 2004 and are thought to belong to the ancestors of floresiensis.
There are also stone tools at the same site which are much older still, suggesting ancient human-like creatures lived on Flores a million years ago. One theory is that these people were another normal-sized species we now refer to as Homo erectus, which was known to live on the island of Java, about 500 km west of Flores.
According to Dr Yousuke Kaifu, from Tokyo's National Museum of Nature and Science, the discovery of the tiny 700,000 year old hobbit ancestor suggests that erectus might have shrunk within the space of just 300,000 years, which is a remarkably short period in evolutionary terms.
"What is truly unexpected is that the size of the finds indicates that Homo floresiensis had already obtained its small size by at least 700,000 years ago."
Dr Gert van den Bergh, from the University of Wollongong's Centre for Archaeological Science, who led the team, said the entire team was surprised at the small size of the adult jawbone.
"We were expecting to find something larger than what we found, something closer to the size of the original founder population, Homo erectus, but it turns out that they were as small if not smaller than Homo floresiensis.
"The rapid evolution seems quite fast but we have no examples of human or primates (shrinking) on other islands to compare it to."
The theory is that erectus shrank to cope with the Island's relatively meagre resources. But the big question is how did it get there. Homo erectus was too primitive to build boats and it was too far for the species to swim from Java to Flores. One possibility, is that individuals were swept across by a giant tidal wave, according to the researchers.
But Prof Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London believes that the evidence for the rapid shrinking theory is circumstantial: "We do not know how large the tool-makers at one million years actually were, since we do not have their fossils yet; and, secondly, we cannot be sure that the evidence at one million years actually represents the first arrival of humans on Flores."
He added: "It is just as likely that the ancestors of (The Hobbit) came from somewhere like Sulawesi, to the North, and we have no evidence so far of who might have been there more than a million years ago."
The researchers acknowledge that their argument is based on scant data: one fragment of a jawbone and a handful of teeth. But Dr Adam Brum of Griffiths University in Australia says the team hopes to gather more fossils to build up a more complete picture.
"We want to know what the very, very first (humans) that set foot on the island were like. That involves finding the fossils that date back to before a million years ago and which go with the stone tools."
Dr van den Bergh added that the discovery of Hobbit-like humans living on Flores 700,000 years ago ruled out the possibility that the discovery in 2004 was of a group of modern humans who had been stunted by illness.
"This find quashes once and for all any doubters that believe Homo floresiensis was merely a sick modern human."
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British pair Thomas Toolis and Kate French came 13th in the mixed relay.
On Saturday, Britain's defending world champion Samantha Murray finished fifth in the women's final.
In the men's event, Jamie Cooke was the highest placed Briton in 22nd. No GB pentathlete has yet qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
The next chance for Britain's pentathletes to qualify comes at the European Championships in Bath in August.
Bartu said having Cooke, Nick Woodbridge and Joseph Choong qualify for the final was good, but the end result was not.
"They just couldn't follow through and they are better than they showed," he told BBC Sport.
"As far as the girls are concerned there's a real sort of disappointment not seeing Kate French - at least - in the finals."
Bartu added: "We have some work to do up to the European Championships in Bath."
Freelance photographer Mike Newman said he spotted "great numbers" of the pods when he was surfing on Long Rock beach in Cornwall.
The objects have reportedly baffled holidaymakers who were concerned they were poisonous.
But marine expert Prof Martin Attrill said they were harmless "sea potatoes".
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More formally known as burrowing sea urchins, Prof Attrill said they were about the size of a tennis ball and were usually covered with little spines.
Prof Attrill, from Plymouth University, said mass strandings of sea potatoes were "not unusual", particularly because they aggregated for breeding, meaning many could wash up together when caught out by a storm.
"There does seem to be a lot of them at the moment, but we have had a couple of pretty strong storms over the last week or two," he said.
Mr Newman said his children thought they were "fun to play with", and he had no concerns that they were poisonous.
"They are quite cute," Prof Attrill added.
The Wales centre, 29, said he was "delighted" to have been selected for his second Lions tour.
But Davies said the priority before then would be helping Scarlets to secure a top four finish in the Pro12.
"You've got to enjoy the moment but make sure your focus goes back to the Scarlets," Davies said.
"Hopefully we can finish off with a good run-in."
Davies, a member of the successful Lions squad which won the Test series against Australia in 2013, is one of 12 Welsh internationals selected for New Zealand.
Scarlets team-mates Liam Williams and Ken Owens are also in the squad but Davies' centre partner Scott Williams missed out.
Davies is disappointed for 26-year-old Williams but backed him to bounce back and said he could be a useful back-up player should injuries affect the Lions squad.
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"I've spoken to Scott since the squad announcement and he seems alright," Davies added.
"He'll cope with it. He's an excellent player and has shown in the past how good a player he is.
"Injuries do happen and you've got to make sure you concentrate on putting yourself in a position that if you're called upon you're ready to go.
"For us as a partnership moving forward with the Scarlets we've got to make sure we're focused on securing a play-off berth in the Pro12.
"We're in such a good position in the league and it would be criminal to let that slip. We're focused on finishing the league strong."
Scarlets colleagues, captain and hooker Owens and back Liam Williams, have been included in their first Lions squad.
Davies said both players deserved their spots in Warren Gatland's 41-man squad,.
"They've shown the form to get into the squad," Davies told BBC Wales Sport.
"They've both had very good seasons. Ken's been outstanding and he's been a great leader for us and Liam's shown great form over the last 18 months, probably longer.
"I'm delighted for them after all the hard work they've put in."
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The traditional sweets, made from flour, ghee and sugar, are often consumed at celebrations and festivals.
The significance of the weight of the sweet is as yet unknown.
The sweet was unveiled as part of a function by a sanitation company which is celebrating Mr Modi's birthday as "Swachhta Diwas" (Cleanliness Day).
This is however not the strangest birthday gift received by the Indian prime minister.
In 2013, before he became prime minister, Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat sang a sultry "happy birthday" to Mr Modi, Marilyn Monroe style.
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Police and army explosives experts cordoned off part of Albert Street on Friday evening.
Paul Markie has since appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court charged with possessing a pistol, a rifle and seven kinds of ammunition.
The 54-year-old made no plea or declaration and the case was continued.
Markie faces nine charges in total, which allege he possessed firearms and ammunition at his home address on Albert Street, the Dighty Burn at Baldovie Road, and at the West Pitkerro Industrial Estate.
He is charged with having a Smith and Wesson 9mm Luger pistol and an Enfield Bolt, from an Enfield type bolt action rifle on April 16 and 17.
He also faces six charges of having ammunition designed or adapted to expand on impact.
Markie, of Dundee, was remanded in custody until a further hearing next week.
The woman was in the stationary car, with her seatbelt on, when it was hit by a van on the A11 at Attleborough, Norfolk, at about 09:50 GMT.
Ch Insp Chris Spinks said: "Her car flipped over on to its roof and clearly she was very, very lucky to only receive minor bruises."
The driver of the Mercedes van was uninjured.
Police have released the photos of the crash on social media in an attempt to encourage people to get out of their vehicles in the event of a break down.
"Had there been anyone in the rear of the car we would have been dealing with a much more serious incident," Mr Spinks said.
The A11 northbound was closed while the car was recovered and the driver was treated.
The council jointly owns the stadium with charity the Alan Higgs Trust.
The Premiership rugby club has previously been linked with a move to the Midlands.
It said it was looking for a new home, but any discussions were confidential and commercially sensitive.
The BBC understands councillors are due to meet in private on Tuesday to discuss the future of the stadium.
The Ricoh's operator Arena Coventry Limited (ACL) said it was unable to comment on matters related solely to its shareholders.
In August, League One side Coventry City agreed a two-year deal with ACL to return to the stadium, following a long-running row over rent.
The Sky Blue Trust supporters' group has previously expressed concerns about the rugby club taking a stake in the ground.
The football club declined to comment, saying it was a matter for the council and the Alan Higgs Trust.
The charity has also refused to comment, and the council declined to confirm a meeting was due to be held next week.
However, in a statement the council said it was "committed to consider all options available to not just protect but also maximise the potential of the Ricoh Arena".
It continued: "It belongs to the people of Coventry and we've always been clear that any decision about its future will be made with the interest of Coventry taxpayers and communities across the city at heart."
It added that any discussions with interested parties would remain confidential.
Wasps have spent the last 12 years at Adams Park, High Wycombe, but have been looking for a new home.
In an earlier statement the club said: "Wasps has made no secret of our desire to find a permanent home which reflects the ambitions of the club."
However, it said ongoing discussions meant it could not comment further.
The club has previously played at the Ricoh, attracting a crowd of more than 21,000 for a Heineken Cup match in 2007.
Any move by Wasps would still require both Premiership and Rugby Football Union approval.
They include gymnastics star Simone Biles and tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams.
The information says which medicines these athletes have been given permission to take because of their health needs.
The medicines can be used because of a rule called Therapeutic Use Exemption, which allows some drugs - which would otherwise be banned - to be used if an athlete needs them for medical reasons that have been checked out by the authorities.
According to the leaked files, Serena Williams was allowed to use medication to treat muscle injuries and gold medal gymnast Simone Biles responded to claims she had taken Ritalin by saying said she had been taking medicine for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) for a long time.
The athletes affected by the hacking haven't broken any sporting rules, as they were given special permission to use the medication.
A group of hackers in Russia, who call themselves "Fancy Bears", managed to access the private files from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) database and made them public.
WADA say that was against the law and condemned the Russian hackers for leaking the confidential files and breaching the athletes' privacy.
Parliament agreed to the pay rise earlier this week in a session that was not televised.
Last month President John Dramani Mahama authorised an increase in MPs' pay.
The BBC's Sammy Darko in Ghana says both rises will be backdated to 2009 - which has caused a public outcry.
Our reporter says news of the pay increase, agreed by MPs for the executive, was slow to emerge because it took place in a closed-door session on Tuesday night.
This has angered Ghana Integrity Initiative which says such decisions should be debated in public.
"We have the right to know because we are tax payers," Vitus Azeem, the head of the anti-corruption group, told Ghana's Citifm radio station.
"If we know what has gone in to arrive at those figures, then we will also be able to make constructive comments on them. But if they hide it from us then that's a problem."
The president's monthly salary has gone up from about $4,240 (£2,640) to $6,357, which is tax free.
The new salary for ministers, who also have benefits such as the use of two cars, a house with staff and an entertainment allowance, will be $4,770.
MPs' salaries have been increased by $2,225 to $3,800 a month.
Our reporter says that while Ghana's executive and MPs earn considerably less than some other African parliamentarians - like those in Kenya who earn nearly $10,000 a month - in comparison to other public officials in Ghana their salary is very high.
He says the monthly minimum wage in Ghana is about $75 and civil servants, such as teachers, earn below $500.
Mr Mahama is the interim head of state following the death of President John Atta Mills in July 2012.
Presidential elections will take place in the West African country in December.
Airline Jet2 said the captain had "no option" but divert to Nantes in order to protect passengers and crew from the "increasingly violent" man on Friday.
He was given a lifetime ban from the airline and handed over to local police on arrival in France.
Jet2 said it had launched an investigation into the incident alongside Police Scotland.
The airline said it was also aiming to recover the costs incurred by the diversion between Reus and Glasgow airports.
It managing director, Phil Ward, said: "This passenger's conduct was absolutely unacceptable.
"We apologise to those customers who had to witness such disruptive and abusive behaviour and for the delay to their journey home."
He said the airline has a "zero tolerance" approach to such anti-social behaviour.
"Passengers should be in no doubt that the consequences of being overly aggressive towards fellow customers and our crew will lead to a divert and subsequent fines and prosecutions," he added.
Officials said the claims were false. The Harmanli centre is home to 3,000 people, mostly Afghan refugees.
Protesters threw stones at riot police, who used water cannon to disperse them.
Some 13,000 migrants are still stranded in Bulgaria, the European Union's poorest country.
In an attempt to prevent illegal crossings, the country built a fence on its border with Turkey and reinforced its border controls.
Residents of the town of Harmanli protested on Sunday, calling for the camp's closure after local media reported on the alleged existence of diseases there.
Authorities then temporarily sealed off the centre to allow health officials investigate, and banned people from leaving the facility.
"An artificially created tension led to this, following misleading reports that the centre is a hearth of infection," Petya Parvanova, head of the Bulgarian Refugee Agency, was quoted by Reuters as saying.
Tensions have been high in Europe, particularly in Greece, where tens of thousands of migrants and refugees remain stranded. Last week, an attack on a camp on the island of Chios forced 150 people to flee.
The lawyer acting against the government said the "political significance" of June's vote was "irrelevant" to the legal battle.
But the government says a Parliamentary vote is not necessary before invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
It is appealing against the High Court ruling it lost last month.
Although the result could complicate the government's triggering of the process for the UK leaving the EU it is not expected to stop Brexit happening.
On Tuesday afternoon it was the turn of Lord Pannick, who is representing lead appellant Gina Miller, to make his case.
He said:
Earlier the government's lawyer, James Eadie QC, said ministers could prepare a "one-line act" if they are forced to consult Parliament before triggering Brexit, and "certainly won't" set out possible arguments and how it intends to negotiate.
"The solution in legal terms is a one-line act," he said, adding: "It may be that would lead to all sorts of Parliamentary complications and possible additions and amendments and so on, but that's the solution."
Read legal correspondent Clive Coleman's full analysis
Mr Eadie, who had been addressing the court since the case began on Monday morning, brought his arguments to a close by summing up why the government thinks it is entitled to use executive powers to trigger Article 50.
He said:
This second day of the Supreme Court Brexit battle was like Men's final day at Wimbledon: two massive hitters, James Eadie for the government and David Pannick for the main claimant, smashing legal balls around the court. Were there any aces?
Lord Pannick was full of rhetorical flourishes. He argued the 1972 Act to join the then EEC had created a "new legal order" that created unique and unprecedented rights that can't be swept away by ministers. Only Parliamentarians, he said, have that right - and ministers had even told them in 2015 that the referendum wasn't necessarily binding.
But Mr Eadie warned that if the Supreme Court did not let ministers have their way, the right to trigger Article 50, the justices could be crossing the line into making law themselves - something they are not there to do.
Lord Pannick continues tomorrow and he will try to batter home an argument that he says is "so obvious, so basic" - that how we leave the EU is a matter for Parliament - not ministers.
The government says it will trigger Article 50 by the end of March, which begins two years of formal Brexit talks.
It has said it will keep its cards close to its chest ahead of the negotiations, and has so far revealed little about what it will demand.
Campaigners, led by Ms Miller and hairdresser Deir Dos Santos, say triggering Article 50 requires Parliamentary approval, and won at the High Court last month.
The government has appealed to the Supreme Court, whose decision is expected in January.
Prime Minister Theresa May was asked about the court case during her visit to Bahrain.
"We wait to hear what the Supreme Court judgement is going to be but I'm clear that what government will be delivering and what Parliament will be delivering is on the will of the British people," she told the BBC.
Also on Tuesday, Lord Keen QC, the UK government's Scottish legal adviser, told the court Holyrood's consent was not needed before Brexit negotiations formally get under way.
The Scottish government believes it should be consulted before talks between the UK and EU begin, and its top law officer will be putting its case later in the week.
But Lord Keen said the Scottish government's argument was "fatally undermined" by powers over foreign affairs being reserved to Westminster.
He said it was plain from the legislation setting up the Scottish Parliament that it had no authority over matters of international relations, such as EU membership.
John Larkin QC, Attorney General for Northern Ireland, agreed with Lord Keen that the triggering of Article 50 by the UK Government fell within the royal prerogative.
The Brexit court case is pitting some of the country's top legal brains against each other.
First up, for the government, was James Eadie, the government's chosen QC, a role known as "Treasury Devil".
According to his chambers, the Cambridge-educated barrister is "the government's silk of choice for its most demanding and significant cases". Appointed to the role in 2009, his appearances acting for the government include during the Leveson inquiry into the press and the 7/7 bombings inquests.
On the other side is Lord Pannick, a member of the same chambers as Mr Eadie, who is a crossbench peer.
Educated at Oxford, he is described as "simply the best advocate of his generation", and acted in many high-profile public law cases. His previous clients include the Queen, and he has acted both for and against the UK government in the European Court of Human Rights.
Kids 'n' Cancer's assets were frozen last month after Mike Hyman was arrested on suspicion of theft.
The BBC has learned of claims he made unexplained withdrawals of up to £5,000 and falsely took credit for funding the treatment of at least two children.
Mr Hyman denied wrongdoing and said he could not comment while on police bail.
Mike Hyman, 69, is founder, trustee and salaried CEO of the Chesterfield-based charity.
Since starting in 2010 it has raised more than £2m for proton therapy, a radiation treatment currently not available in the UK and only in some cases funded by the NHS.
But some transactions have caused concern.
Speaking to Inside Out, the charity's former bookkeeper, Bill Wilson, said a £5,000 withdrawal in 2014 particularly stuck out.
"There was no paperwork to support it, no receipts or anything and £5,000 is the limit of what the Kids 'n' Cancer debit card can take out of an ATM.
"I was told it was a cash grant to two ladies who did not have bank accounts".
The women, Nadine Wilson and Ros Barnes from Leicestershire, who had bank accounts, were taking a child to the US for treatment but both denied ever having received that sum.
Ms Barnes is also the mother of Alex Barnes, who had successful proton treatment in 2008, and his case featured prominently in the charity's publicity.
She said: "I received zero money from Kids 'n' Cancer for Alex's treatment because it didn't exist then.
"I was originally happy for Alex to be the 'poster boy' for the charity because we believe in the treatment and we believed in the charity.
"But it was the people of the East Midlands that donated the money that saved my son."
Brandon Bell also features in Kids 'n' Cancer fundraising efforts but the £200,000 to send him to the US was also raised before the charity was set up.
The BBC requested a list of the 13 children Mr Hyman claims to have fully funded for foreign proton therapy treatment. Kids 'n' Cancer has not provided this.
Mr Wilson has also told the BBC Mr Hyman took frequent charity-funded trips to the US and on one flight he spent £700 without providing receipts.
Accounts also show thousands spent on tickets to the Royal Variety performance, £2,750 in cash withdrawals during the summer of 2015 and a £800 cheque to Mrs June Hyman signed by the couple themselves.
A letter from the Charity Commission to Kids 'n' Cancer's solicitors dated September 2015 detailed concern about "inadequate financial controls which fail to protect the charity's assets".
In a statement via his solicitors Mr Hyman said: "Our client makes it clear that he denies any wrongdoing and will be able to make a full explanation in respect of all questions but not at this time due to the ongoing police investigation."
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Tailin Lyngdoh, who is from Meghalaya state, was wearing the traditional Khasi tribal dress. She had gone to the Delhi Golf Club with her employer.
The staff asked her to leave because they said she looked "like a maid".
The club said the "incident could have been handled better" and are taking disciplinary action against staff.
"We have sought an explanation from the staff and disciplinary action is in process," the club said in a statement.
"An apology has been made to the member who had brought the guest. This has been unconditionally accepted," it added.
Reports said Ms Lyngdoh, who works as a governess for Dr Nivedita Barthakur Sondhi, visited the club on Sunday after they were invited by a member.
"Around 10-15 minutes after we arrived, the manager, Ajit Pal, accompanied by a woman, asked Ms Lyngdoh to leave the table and the room," Dr Sondhi was quoted by the Times of India as saying.
"When I asked them the reason, they said she looks like a maid. I asked them how they concluded that? They said she looks different, dresses like a servant and looks like a Nepalese. That was so humiliating. I wasn't ready to accept such discrimination," she added.
Dr Sondhi said she protested "as they were insulting a traditional dress of an Indian citizen. I also argued that her profession is immaterial as she has been invited as a guest by a member".
The apology came after many took to social media to criticise the club for being insensitive.
Ex-miner Tommy Ward, 80, was found badly injured at his home in Salisbury Road, Maltby, on 1 October. About £30,000 was thought to have been taken.
Mr Ward died five months later at Rotherham Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment.
South Yorkshire Police described it as a "vicious attack on a vulnerable man".
Five people arrested in connection with the attack were later released.
A post-mortem examination following Mr Ward's death in February proved inconclusive. Further tests are due to take place to establish the cause of death.
Det Insp Richard Partridge said: "Exactly six months ago, Tommy Ward was attacked in his own home, robbed and left seriously injured by his cowardly attackers.
"We do still need your help to understand what happened that night Tommy was attacked and I would ask anyone with information to get in touch with us."
A safety deposit box was taken during the break-in and a similar one was found in the Kilnhurst area two weeks after the attack.
Members of the public donated more than £30,000 to replace Mr Ward's lost life savings in an online appeal.
Nichols has moved from its former Dunblane premises to a bigger depot in Stirling, more than doubling its capacity.
The company, which already exclusively supplies Irn-Bru on dispense, has now added Coca-Cola to its range.
It said it had become Coca-Cola's first independent "bag in box" supplier.
Nichols Dispense, which is part of Vimto and Sunkist maker Nichols, focuses on producing and distributing soft drinks for dispensing in pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants.
It has a satellite depot in Aberdeen, in addition to the Stirling premises. A total of 20 people are employed between the two facilities.
Trading director Nick Yates said: "The deal with Coca-Cola only adds to our credibility as the leading supplier in the market and expansion through a bigger depot enables us to capitalise on the significant opportunities for growth."
Footage of the incident at Melbourne's Highpoint shopping centre emerged on Tuesday sparking a social media outcry.
A staff member can be heard saying security are concerned that the boys will shoplift.
Apple said the store manager apologised to the boys, who are all black, and their school principal.
In a statement the firm said: "Inclusion and diversity are among Apple's core values. We believe in equality for everyone, regardless of race, age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.
That applies throughout our company, around the world with no exceptions. We've looked into the details of the situation and we apologise to the customers involved. We will continue to do everything in our power to ensure all our customers are treated the way they should be."
The student who filmed the video, Francis Ose, said on Facebook: "Simply racism - made them apologise tho (sic)."
Another of the boys involved, Mohamed Semra, later said on Facebook that they were satisfied with the response from Apple.
"They apologised, so we're chilling, no need to take it further," he wrote.
The video of the incident has been viewed more than 62,000 times on Facebook and sparked debate across social media.
In it, a staff member can be heard saying: "These guys are … just a bit worried you might steal something".
When the boys protest, the staff member tells them: "End of discussion - I need to ask you to leave our store."
All of the students in the video are in Year 10 and attend Maribyrnong College in Melbourne.
So claims Mauricio Macri, the centre-right politician who became president of Latin America's third largest economy in December.
The US-educated businessman has made it a priority to mend relations with foreign powers and investors after 10 years of combative rhetoric under his leftist predecessors, Nestor Kirchner and his wife (then widow) Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Soon after his swearing-in ceremony, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and French President Francois Hollande travelled to Buenos Aires to expand cooperation.
But President Barack Obama's visit this week to Argentina, just over 100 days into Mr Macri's term, is the most significant.
It is the first visit to the South American country by a US president since 2005.
The trip underlines Mr Macri's determination to reinsert Argentina into the global economy, and his desire to build a mutually beneficial relationship with the US.
Mr Obama also wants to fulfil his longstanding promise to open a new chapter of engagement between Washington and Latin America, one that acknowledges progress made by the region's democracies.
In Buenos Aires, Mr Obama and Mr Macri are expected to increase cooperation in areas such as trade and investment, renewable energy and climate change, and citizen security.
But, what has changed so rapidly in Argentina to make the country a destination for world leaders?
During Nestor Kichner and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's decade in power, Argentina became politically and financially isolated.
The Peronist couple had a belligerent relationship with Washington, whom they accused of "imperialism".
And following Argentina's massive debt default in 2001, they turned their backs on the International Monetary Fund, which they said had been a "destructive" influence on the nation's economy.
They imposed strict capital and currency controls, claiming this would stop multinationals and financial speculators from draining the country of cash, and prevent a devaluation of the Argentine peso against the dollar.
The Kirchners also fought a fierce battle against what they called "vulture funds", foreign investors holding $9bn (£6.25bn) in bonds on which the country defaulted.
These bonds were bought by hedge funds NML and Aurelius Capital Management for a fraction of their face value in the aftermath of Argentina's economic collapse in 2001.
The lengthy dispute - which led Argentina to a second default in 2014 - has restricted the country's access to international credit markets.
However, for millions of Argentines the Kirchners' decade - which was also very strong on social policies - restored the nation's pride.
The economy grew at an 8% rate in the first years.
But then it started to slow down because of its excessive reliance on the domestic market, the lack of foreign investment and credit, and declining global demand and prices of agricultural products, Argentina's main export.
As a consequence, the country was forced to seek investment from faraway nations such as China and Russia.
In his first months as president, pro-business Mr Macri has tried to overturn almost every one of his predecessors' key policies.
One of his first moves was to resume contact with the US and other global powers "to restore the important role Argentina should have in Latin America and the world".
He lifted capital and currency restrictions, and started talks with big international banks to get loans.
Mr Macri's government also began negotiations with the bondholders, offering to pay 75% of their outstanding claims. Some have already accepted.
However, many Argentines think the president's "winds of change" have looked more like a destructive tornado so far, as a number of controversial measures have deeply affected their everyday lives.
In January, the government stopped subsidising utility bills, and electricity prices went up by almost 300%.
And the peso lost about 30% of its value against the dollar in one single day after he decided to lift restrictions on the currency market.
All these decisions have pushed prices up and fuelled fears of hyperinflation.
Mr Macri's administration has also started to cut public spending - which doubled under the Kirchners' administration - by cutting thousands of jobs in government offices.
The opposition has accused the president of carrying out a "political cleansing" by removing civil servants hired by the previous government, and of fuelling unemployment.
In addition, Mr Macri has bypassed Congress, introducing many of these changes by issuing decrees instead, which critics have described as an "authoritarian" move.
The detention of high-profile social leader Milagro Sala on corruption charges in northern Argentina also proved to be controversial. Mrs Salas had very close links with the previous administration.
Mr Macri's ascent to power after a comfortable win in last year's election might have been good news for international markets and creditors, as well as the US and other global powers.
But political and social discontent could become an obstacle to his aim of boosting Argentina's standing in the world.
Reports of Eisner, 75, and his Tornante Investment Group's interest in the League Two club emerged on Monday.
A 70-day negotiation and due diligence period has begun between the parties.
Portsmouth have been a fan-owned club since exiting administration in 2013, with the Pompey Supporters' Trust (PST) owning 48% of its shares.
Eisner, who is also a former President of Paramount Pictures, posted on Twitter: "Exciting times! Looking forward to coming over and meeting you all. Good luck against Newport County on Saturday!!"
Portsmouth are third in League Two, four points inside the automatic promotion places, with eight games remaining this season.
"I think it's great for Pompey fans in general," manager Paul Cook told BBC Radio Solent.
"Our board and everyone involved, to take the club from where it was three and a half years ago to where it is now, speaks volumes for a lot of people.
"I'll concentrate on Newport on Saturday and hope everything goes well on that side."
Portsmouth chief executive Mark Catlin welcomed the news of Eisner's interest, but warned the process is in its early stages.
"I think the buzzwords we've got to use are cautious optimism," he said.
"Michael Eisner will have to prove his worth. He's a real individual with a proven track record of dealing with the public and dealing with them in a very responsible manner.
"He's heavily committed into community charitable causes back in the USA. So, he ticks a lot of boxes and has gone over a lot of hurdles to get to this point."
During negotiations, Eisner is expected to explain his future strategy and plans for the club to all shareholders. Portsmouth will not engage in discussions with any other potential bidder during the 70-day period.
Its board have retained Trevor Birch to advise them during the negotiating process, who will liaise with all of the club's stakeholders.
Birch, a former administrator of the club when it came close to liquidation in 2012, will be key to understanding the club's "community ethos and intricacies of the current fan ownership model", a statement said.
If a proposed deal is negotiated successfully, shareholders will vote on whether to accept it.
A boy and a girl were pulled out of Crosby Marina, near Cambridge Road in Sefton, by a woman and a teenager shortly before 14:30 BST after getting into difficulty paddling.
The pair are in a conscious and stable condition in hospital. They are being kept in overnight for checks.
Police are speaking to witnesses to establish how the children came to be in the water.
The 30-year-old became the youngest-ever top-flight boss in Scotland when he joined the Jambos on a three-and-a-half-year deal this week.
"I think that's the way football is going just now", said Canning.
"It seems to be the thing that young managers are the way ahead. They maybe bring different ideas, fresh ideas."
Canning, 35, admits he doesn't know Cathro "overly well", but insists it's good to see another young coach getting a chance.
"Obviously for him it's a big opportunity and at a huge club and a good club as well," Canning told BBC Scotland. "I don't know much about the way he works or what he does but we'll see how he gets on."
Accies sit eighth in the Scottish Premiership table, having drawn nine of their 15 league matches this season, but Canning says spirits in the squad remain high.
"We're putting ourselves in good positions," he said. "Maybe from there we're trying not to lose a game, or lose a goal, rather than score a second or third and try and win the game.
"That's something we've discussed - if we can maybe be a little bit more positive when we go ahead, it might change the mentality.
"I think the mood's good, because I think the boys know they're performing well and with a little break here or there, we could have had two or three wins from those draws.
"It's a strange league and it's so tight, but our consistency's been pretty good - albeit, picking up single points, but performances have been generally good."
Canning is confident he won't have to supplement his squad during the January transfer window, unless he loses players.
"At the minute squad-wise there's not a lot that I would look to do differently; I think we're reasonably well set," he said. "We've got a lot of good young kids coming through as well.
"If something comes up that we think is interesting or we feel could improve us then we're always looking at that, but they would have to be better than what we have already."
Lutfur Rahman, the ex-Mayor of Tower Hamlets, was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices at an Election Court in April.
Findings included money being given to Bangladeshi or Muslim groups in return for support.
At the High Court two judges declined his application to appeal against the length of the order.
Lord Justice Lloyd and Mr Justice Supperstone did, however, agree he could launch a judicial review relating to the way religious leaders had been persuaded to use influence on voters.
But, they said, even if he succeeded in overturning that, his five-year ban would remain.
A group of four voters took legal action against Mr Rahman in 2015 over a series of allegations of election fraud including ballot paper tampering.
Mr Rahman maintained there was "little, if any" evidence of wrongdoing against him and wanted to challenge rulings Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey had made during the trial.
Some of Mr Mawrey's findings included the use of council money to pay a Bangladeshi language television station which provided supportive coverage.
He concluded evidence at the trial had revealed an "alarming state of affairs" and voided the 2014 mayoral election.
Labour's John Biggs went on to win a new election last June.
Mr Rahman did not comment after the hearing.
One of the four complainants, Azmal Hussain, said: "He's lost. The big point was the corruption. He didn't win on that. We've won again."
Officers put out an urgent appeal to say she had gone missing from the Fairwater area of Cwmbran.
In a message on the force's Facebook page, they said: "The missing young lady has been found safe and well. Thank you all for your assistance."
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The research, published in The Lancet, looked at 24 patients aged between 18 and 50 from three hospitals in Canada.
For 23 patients the treatment greatly reduced the onset of the disease, but in one case a person died.
An MS Society spokeswoman said this type of treatment does "offer hope" but also comes with "significant risks".
Around 100,000 people in the UK have MS, which is an incurable neurological disease.
The condition causes the immune system to attack the lining of nerves in the brain and spinal cord. Most patients are diagnosed in their 20s and 30s.
One existing treatment is for the immune system to be suppressed with chemotherapy and then stem cells are introduced to the patient's bloodstream - this procedure is known as an autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT).
But in this study, Canadian researchers went further - not just suppressing the immune system, but destroying it altogether.
It is then rebuilt with stem cells harvested from the patient's own blood which are at such an early stage, they have not developed the flaws that trigger MS.
The authors said that among the survivors, over a period of up to 13 years, there were no relapses and no new detectable disease activity.
All the patients who took part in the trial had a "poor prognosis" and had previously undergone standard immunosuppressive therapy which had not controlled the MS - which affects around two million people worldwide.
One person died as a result of the strong effects of the chemotherapy, the authors said.
Lead author Dr Mark Freedman admitted there were limitations to the study - such as the small sample size - and there was no control group used for comparison with those who were treated.
He said: "Larger clinical trials will be important to confirm these results.
"Since this is an aggressive treatment, the potential benefits should be weighed against the risks of serious complications associated with HSCT and this treatment should only be offered in specialist centres experienced both in multiple sclerosis treatment and stem cell therapy, or as part of a clinical trial."
Dr Emma Gray, who is head of clinical trials at the MS Society, said: "This type of stem cell transplantation is a rapidly evolving area of MS research that holds a lot of promise for people with certain types of MS.
"This treatment does offer hope, but it's also an aggressive procedure that comes with substantial risks and requires specialist aftercare. If anyone is considering HSCT we'd recommend they speak to their neurologist."
Prof Siddharthan Chandran at the University of Edinburgh described the work as "important and carefully conducted".
"...[It] demonstrates that powerful chemotherapy-based treatment for a selected subset of MS patients with very aggressive disease is effective in preventing further disabling relapses and, in a proportion, appears to render them effectively disease-free," he said.
Meanwhile, Dr Stephen Minger, a stem cell biologist and independent consultant, described the study as "truly impressive".
He said: "It's important to stress that this is a very early study, though with impressive long-term follow-up of treated patients.
"Nevertheless, the clinical results are truly impressive, in some cases close to being curative, though we need longer-term follow-up to know for certain whether the patients continue to do well or if there is a chance of relapse."
In MS the protective layer surrounding nerve fibres in the brain and spinal cord - known as myelin - becomes damaged. The immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin, causing scarring or sclerosis.
The damaged myelin disrupts the nerve signals - rather like the short circuit caused by a frayed electrical cable.
If the process of inflammation and scarring is not treated then eventually the condition can cause permanent neurodegeneration.
Stephen Jackson is accused of 12 charges of assault by beating, one charge of common assault and one of threatening and antisocial behaviour.
It follows reports of incidents between October 2014 and March 2015.
Appearing before magistrates, Mr Jackson, of Dixon Court, in Carlisle pleaded not guilty and will return to the court at date yet to be fixed.
Emergency crews were called to the scene, near Blairingone church and primary school, shortly after 09:00.
The Scottish Ambulance Service said the male driver was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.
The other driver involved suffered minor injuries. Police Scotland are investigating.
Labour's David Winnick told Phil Gormley that Police Scotland's work in places like Sri Lanka was "hypocrisy".
But Mr Gormley said the force was under "significant budgetary pressure" and needed to seek additional income.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Scottish government had "full knowledge" of the contracts, he added.
Mr Gormley was speaking at a Westminster home affairs committee on Tuesday.
He confirmed Police Scotland's international development unit provided training in Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and South Sudan, among others.
The force has been training officers in Sri Lanka for several years, despite concerns being raised by Amnesty International about the country's record on torture, arbitrary arrests and deaths in custody.
Mr Winnick asked him: "Sudan has a notorious record of outright brutality... Isn't there a contradiction of this country [the UK] upholding certain principles, human rights and the rest and an organisation like yours having contracts with governments that are totally in the opposite direction?"
The MP also claimed police in the UAE tortured two Britons arrested on drugs charges.
He added: "If they torture British citizens, one can only imagine what they do to their own citizens."
Police Scotland has provided training on child protection and crash investigation to officers in the UAE's police force.
But Mr Gormley said Police Scotland was trying to improve standards of policing around the globe and told Mr Winnick "no concerns had been expressed" about the countries where they worked.
"Clearly I'm a public servant - there is a political dimension to this that is not part of my role," he said.
"There are relationships with some of those governments that you have described. What we are trying to do when we go out and do training is to raise the standards of policing in those environments."
He also said the income provided by international training work was a vital boost to the force's £1.1bn budget which it receives from the Scottish government.
Mr Gormley said: "We are under significant budgetary pressure and therefore if we can legitimately raise revenue - either in terms of cost recovery from sporting events or through delivery of training domestically or internationally - then we will seek to do it."
The chief constable denied that the deployment of officers overseas used resources needed in Scotland.
"We wouldn't compromise our ability to deliver at home in order to make relatively modest amounts of money abroad," he said.
Mr Gormley was sworn in as chief constable in January.
His appointment followed Sir Stephen House's decision to step down from the post after coming under pressure over the M9 crash, stop and search, and the role of armed officers.
A statement from Police Scotland later said forces had "provided practical capacity-building training for over 20 years to a range of countries".
It said: "Police Scotland recovers the full cost of this training from the Scottish and UK governments to ensure there is no detriment to the citizens of Scotland."
The statement also said the training was not a response to financial challenges faced by Police Scotland.
It said: "There are significant benefits to our officers and staff and the people of Scotland by Police Scotland being engaged in this activity.
"It supports our ambitions to ensure that our reputation is strengthened on the international stage, demonstrates confidence in Scottish policing and that our officers and staff have the necessary skills and experience to police our increasingly multi-cultural communities in Scotland."
Police Scotland said all of the countries it operated in had full diplomatic relations with the UK.
Etienne Capoue had put the Hornets ahead on 56 minutes as the hosts looked in control of the game.
But substitute Michy Batshuayi equalised with his first goal for Chelsea since his £33m move.
Then Costa ran on to substitute Cesc Fabregas' pass and slid the ball under Heurelho Gomes with three minutes left.
The win gives Chelsea boss Antonio Conte a 100% start in the Premier League after Monday's victory against West Ham.
Chelsea seemed to be running out of ideas before Conte made his first change on 71 minutes, with the visitors registering just one shot on target.
But within seven minutes the Italian had rolled the dice and brought on Victor Moses, Batshuayi and Fabregas.
Batshuayi opened his Premier League account just seven minutes after coming on, reacting fastest when Heurelho Gomes spilled Eden Hazard's shot to score.
Fabregas, an unused substitute against West Ham, then found Costa with a perfectly-weighted pass through the Watford defence - and the Spain striker did the rest.
Conte and Walter Mazzarri met seven times in Serie A as managers, with the new Watford boss only coming out on top once - and that was in 2010.
The build-up was dominated by the rivalry between the two Italians and Conte admitted the pair fell out during their time coaching Napoli and Juventus respectively.
And Mazzarri seemed to have his tactics spot on for 80 minutes of the match. His side pressed well and nullified the attacking trio of Pedro, Oscar and Hazard. Wingers Jose Holebas and Nordin Amrabat also caused Chelsea's full-backs plenty of problems.
Despite Chelsea enjoying almost two-thirds of the possession, Watford thoroughly deserved the lead when Capoue controlled Adlene Guedioura's cross with his chest and, with acres of space in the box, rifled a left-foot shot high into the net.
But Conte sparked Chelsea into life with his changes, Watford eventually succumbing to the Blues' relentless pressure.
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There were some suggestions that, for the second match running, Costa was lucky to have been still on the pitch to score the winner.
The 27-year-old had already been booked for dissent after Watford's goal and just 10 minutes later he appeared to dive in the area but referee Jon Moss waved play on.
Against West Ham, Costa escaped a second booking when he caught Hammers keeper Adrian on the shin with a late challenge but went on to score the winner.
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker tweeted: "Costa scores the winner in the first 2 games. Costa lucky to stay on the pitch in the first 2 games."
Speaking after the Watford win, Conte said: "If every game people find something on Diego it is no good for Chelsea, for Diego, it's better to focus on the game and the match.
"For me, the first yellow is no good. I don't accept the idea for a second yellow card for a dive but he does have to avoid the first."
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte: "I'm pleased to see the reaction from my players and this win is very important for us as it gives everyone confidence. I don't know what was wrong in the first half - but I repeat that every game in this league is tough.
"It is wrong to come to Watford and to think it's very simple to win. In the first half I saw a good balance between the teams.
"I think we showed a great intensity in the second half and we pushed them a lot. I'm pleased for the substitutes. They didn't start but they showed great attitude and commitment with Fabregas and Batshuayi making a real impact.
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Watford manager Walter Mazzarri: "I am happy for how we played for 70-80 minutes because we played very well but I am not happy with the result.
"They scored two goals that could have been avoided. We are a team that still has room to grow and there is margin for improvement.
"The new players can help us a lot and they can help us improve as a team. We played very well so the way we played in the first half, we could have scored twice."
Chelsea entertain League One side Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, with Burnley the visitors to Stamford Bridge in the league on Saturday.
Watford will look to bounce back against Gillingham in the League Cup, followed by the visit of Arsenal on Saturday.
Match ends, Watford 1, Chelsea 2.
Second Half ends, Watford 1, Chelsea 2.
Attempt blocked. Victor Moses (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Valon Behrami (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Valon Behrami (Watford).
Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Victor Moses.
Gary Cahill (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Odion Ighalo (Watford).
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Eden Hazard (Chelsea).
Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Substitution, Watford. Juan Zuñiga replaces José Holebas.
Attempt missed. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Victor Moses.
Substitution, Watford. Matej Vydra replaces Adlène Guédioura.
Goal! Watford 1, Chelsea 2. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas with a through ball following a fast break.
Offside, Watford. Nordin Amrabat tries a through ball, but Adlène Guédioura is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Watford. Abdoulaye Doucouré replaces Etienne Capoue because of an injury.
Delay in match Etienne Capoue (Watford) because of an injury.
Goal! Watford 1, Chelsea 1. Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Offside, Chelsea. John Terry tries a through ball, but Branislav Ivanovic is caught offside.
Substitution, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas replaces Nemanja Matic.
Victor Moses (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Etienne Capoue.
Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Oscar.
Attempt missed. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
Substitution, Chelsea. Victor Moses replaces Pedro.
Attempt blocked. Oscar (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
José Holebas (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
Miguel Britos (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Miguel Britos (Watford).
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Valon Behrami.
Attempt blocked. José Holebas (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Michael Barr, 34, was killed in the Sunset House pub on 25 April. Hundreds attended his funeral Mass at St Mary's Church on Thursday morning.
About a dozen people dressed in paramilitary-style uniform led the cortege to the church.
Mr Barr was known to gardaí (Irish police) for involvement with dissident republicanism.
Mr Barr was killed in the same north inner city pub where he worked as a barman.
Two men, described as skinny and wearing masks, entered the pub and fired a number of shots.
They escaped with another man in a Silver Audi that was later found burnt out in Drumcondra.
Detectives investigating the murder had raided Mr Barr's home several days before the fatal shooting.
Gardaí said at the time that they were keeping an open mind about who was responsible for Mr Barr's murder but were not ruling out the possibility that the killing was linked to a feud between two criminal gangs.
Several hundred mourners joined the cortege as it left his father's home in the village of Clady for requiem Mass in Melmount.
Black flags were placed on lampposts along part of the route. The coffin was draped in a tricolour with a black beret and gloves on top.
There was a noticeable PSNI presence in the area with a police helicopter circling overhead. Gardaí also mounted checkpoints over the border in County Donegal.
The aim was "a lasting and fair devolution settlement for Wales". David Cameron (remember him) talked of "an enduring settlement for Wales which works for Wales today, tomorrow and for generations to come".
That was then. On Monday night, the product of those dreams - the Wales Bill - cleared its passage through parliament. How does it measure up to its original lofty aims?
The driving force behind the changes, Stephen Crabb, offered his assessment as MPs concluded their debates: "To be absolutely honest, I do not think that this represents the end of the book on Welsh devolution, but we need a prolonged period in which the Welsh government learn to deploy their powers and use their competencies in a way that benefits the people of Wales."
He added: "It is not the end of the story, but I hope that it is the end of an interesting chapter for Welsh devolution."
Montgomeryshire Conservative MP Glyn Davies broke with convention to speak on the Bill - ministerial aides or parliamentary private secretaries do not usually speak in their bosses' area of responsibility.
He said: "As someone who served as a member of the National Assembly for Wales for eight years before my six years here, almost all of my political life has been dogged - if I can use that word - by Wales Bills of one sort or another.
"I do not know whether I will still be a Member of this Parliament when the next round comes but, as Stephen Crabb said, I am sure that there will be one."
So the Bill may not have succeeded in drawing a line under the constitutional arguments, although MPs did largely find other things to talk about during Welsh Questions in the Commons on Wednesday.
Brexit, inevitably, dominated with MPs raising the future of farming and automotive industries.
Labour raised fears that Brexit could mean higher water prices if the UK government won't protect EIB lower cost loans (Welsh Water having received a loan from the EIB).
Wales Office Minister Guto Bebb told her: "The key point that you must be aware of is that thus far, this government have delivered a degree of protection for EU funding in Wales, and in due course further announcements will be made about further funding support in a Welsh context."
Stephen Crabb raised the impact of Brexit on border and customs controls between the UK and Ireland (or the continuing EU). He asked his successor Alun Cairns to "get really involved" in talks to "protect Welsh interests by minimising checks and delays on trucks that use Welsh ports".
His successor, Alun Cairns told him: "As we negotiate our exit from the European Union, and the special situation between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the Welsh situation is not being ignored.
"At every Joint Ministerial Committee it has been recognised not only by the secretary of state for exiting the European Union [David Davis], but at the Joint Ministerial Committee involving the prime minister."
We can expect it to feature when the JMC next gathers, on Monday, in a meeting Theresa May says she will be attending.
The five-year-old from Blackhall, County Durham, is fighting neuroblastoma and was carried onto the pitch by his hero Jermain Defoe.
A banner organised by Newcastle fans in solidarity against cancer was flown over the stadium but split opinion.
Chants of "there's only one Bradley Lowery" echoed around the stadium.
Proceeds from the match day programme, which has Bradley on its cover, will be donated to a fund in aid of his family.
Rapturous applause welcomed the Sunderland fan who wore a shirt that read "Thank you SAFC and fans".
In the away end, Swansea fans donated money with the Welsh club adding that £1 would also be donated to the fund for every food voucher its fans redeem.
In April, it was confirmed the latest and final round of Bradley's treatment had failed and the family vowed to continue "creating memories".
His mother, Gemma Lowery, said on Facebook on Thursday that the "disease is progressing".
A banner, flown over the Stadium of Light during the first half of the game, which said "United by Cancer - Divided by Leagues" was an attempt at solidarity from local rival football fans from Newcastle.
However, TV presenter and Newcastle United fan Lynsey Hipgrave wrote on Twitter that the banner was "totally distasteful and embarrassing".
But, Mrs Lowery responded to the plans on Facebook and said the banner was "very thoughtful that people to wanted to raise awareness".
Sunderland were relegated in April following 10 years in the top-flight, after they lost 1-0 to Bournemouth.
Local rivals Newcastle United won the Championship on Sunday and have been promoted to the Premier League.
The seamer, 34, has not played since August because of a stress fracture.
He was not included for the two-Test series in Bangladesh, which starts on Thursday. The opening Test in India begins on 9 November.
England captain Alastair Cook said: "He might be ready to do some training, but won't be ready for the first Test."
Anderson, who made his Test debut in 2003, has taken 463 wickets, the sixth highest tally in history.
He sustained the injury against Sri Lanka this summer, and missed the first Test against Pakistan in July.
Although he played in the remaining three Tests of the drawn series and took nine wickets, he aggravated the injury and was unable to play for Lancashire in the final weeks of the domestic season.
"I don't know what's happening. They will be making some decisions over the next seven days or so," said Cook.
"I spoke to him last night and he is training well and in good shape physically."
Durham pace bowler Mark Wood, another absentee in Bangladesh, is likely to miss the India series with an ankle injury.
The federation said in a statement that "elements of the alleged disciplinary violation [had] not materialised" but gave no further details.
It also banned two players for trying to fix results last season.
And a separate criminal trial involving 93 football officials, players and coaches is still going on.
Analysts say the federation's decision may have an impact on the criminal trial because the organisation is advising prosecutors.
Some 22 league matches in the 2010-2011 season were said to have been targeted by match-fixers.
Last year's league champions Fenerbahce were among the teams cleared by the federation.
Fenerbahce were earlier banned from the European Champions League because of their involvement in the scandal, and club president Aziz Yildirim is one of the 93 defendants on trial.
The federation banned Turkish international Ibrahim Akin for three years for allegedly fixing the result of a game when his team, Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi, lost to Fenerbahce 2-0.
Serdar Kulbilge of Ankaragucu was handed a two-year ban for allegedly attempting to fix the result of a game that Fenerbahce won 4-2.
The federation also disciplined eight other officials and players.
Irish take a 35-3 lead into the second leg of their semi-final against Doncaster Knights on Saturday.
"We can't go in at half-time too happy, so we'll look to put our best game on the park yet again," Kennedy said.
The Exiles, who finished top in the regular season, are aiming for an immediate return to the Premiership.
"If you'd offered me that lead at half-time, I'd have bitten your hand off," Kennedy told BBC Radio Berkshire. "But Doncaster are a team that can score a lot of points.
"So we can expect them to come up with some different tactics in the return leg and perhaps run it a bit more with a very dangerous back three."
Irish lost just one game in the regular season and look set to meet runners-up Yorkshire Carnegie, who take an 18-point lead into their second leg with Ealing Trailfinders on Friday, in the two-legged final.
Traffic is being diverted via the A494 Mold road and the A5119 to Northop.
North Wales Police say there are "significant" delays.
The road is likely to remain closed until 12:00 GMT.
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The 21-year-old, who can also play on the wing, is yet to make his Premiership debut but has featured for Bedford on dual-registration terms.
Morris has represented England at under-20 level and helped them win the Junior World Championship in 2014.
"Aaron is a highly-regarded powerful and dynamic full-back," Quins director of rugby John Kingston said.
"He will provide competition across the back three, where we consistently lose players to international representation over the course of the season."
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The open-air events will be staged at a new outdoor amphitheatre on the marina on 22 July as part of the Hull City of Culture celebrations.
Handel's Water Music will be performed three times at Stage@TheDock theatre.
David Pickard, director of the BBC Proms, said: "I thought it was important, most specifically this year, to mark Hull as a City of Culture."
He said the organisers wanted to make a statement about the Proms being for the whole country.
"I was also looking to expand the initiative we took last year of taking some Proms out of the Albert Hall," said Mr Pickard.
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He said he had always wanted to mark the 300th anniversary of Handel's Water Music with "something special".
Hull City Council leader Stephen Brady said: "We are absolutely delighted to have the BBC Proms coming to Hull as part of their 2017 season.
"It is a real honour to have this prestigious event travel out of London for the first time in recent history to our great city during our reign as UK City of Culture 2017.
"The Stage at the Dock will provide a fantastic setting."
The Hull concerts are part of the BBC Prom's new programme called 'Proms at...', which launched in London last year.
This year the annual classical festival at London's Royal Albert Hall will feature music from the Harry Potter films as well as themes from Star Wars, Jaws and Indiana Jones, as part of a concert celebrating the 85th birthday of film composer John Williams.
Explore the full line-up on the BBC Proms website
In 2014, surgeons in Poland announced they had reversed Darek Fidyka's paralysis using cells taken from his nose to repair his spinal cord.
The former fireman says he has noticed a gradual return of feeling and muscle control below his injury.
The surgical team are now launching a search for two more paralysed patients who they will try to help walk again.
Mr Fidyka told me: "I can tell that sensation is coming back and I am getting stronger. A year ago I would not have been able to ride a tricycle. Now I can feel each muscle and each press of the foot on the pedals."
The BBC's Panorama told the remarkable story of Darek Fidyka and the 40-year research programme involving scientists in Britain and Poland.
The medical team are now launching the worldwide search as they are looking for patients with an uncommon type of injury, where the spinal cord has been completely severed, which can happen after a knife injury.
The head of the project, surgeon Dr Pawel Tabakow said: "If we can bridge the gap between two spinal cord stumps then there will be no doubt that our technique works and this will be historic - if we succeed we will have found a cure for paralysis.
"Then we will be able to help other patients with the most common type of injury, caused by a crush or compression."
The Wroclaw Walk Again Project will be conducted in Poland, but patients anywhere in the world aged 16-65 will be able to apply via the team's website, which will be officially launched on 8th March in Wroclaw.
All the treatment will be free, but to be eligible patients must have no feeling or voluntary muscle function below the injury and they must be prepared to spend around three years in Poland.
They will undergo extensive physiotherapy before and especially after the transplant surgery.
The medical team are expecting to be inundated with applications in the months ahead.
They will make an initial shortlist based on patient scans and medical notes and then invite a few potential volunteers for assessment in Poland.
Those selected will undergo the same pioneering surgery that was performed on Darek Fidyka which was published in Cell Transplantation.
Scientists have spent decades searching for a means of enabling the paralysed to walk again. Motorised exoskeletons, which are strapped on the body, bypassing the injury, are now available commercially.
Electrical stimulation techniques use implants to enable patients to flex their lower limbs. But neither method involves repairing the damaged spinal cord.
The approach in Poland aims to reconnect the brain with the lower limbs along the neural superhighway that is the spinal cord, enabling both motor control commands to travel down the body and sensation to travel up.
Darek Fidyka's spinal cord had been almost completely severed as a result of a knife attack, apart from a thin thread of external connective tissue and prior to the transplant, he had no feeling or control below his injury.
Now he has had to re-learn how to control his muscles and interpret sensations. He said: "I realise how important the brain is while cycling, and that thinking is more tiring than the exercise itself."
But the results from one patient, however impressive, would never be sufficient evidence on which to base a new approach to spinal cord injury.
The forthcoming trial in Poland will be crucial if the wider scientific community is to be convinced that a patient's own cells can be used to regenerate their spinal cord.
It is also worth stressing that the patients selected will have to show enormous determination if they are to see the full benefits of the treatment.
In the first of two operations, surgeons will remove one of the patient's olfactory bulbs, which sit above the nasal cavity at the base of the brain, and process the sense of smell.
The bulb contains specialist cells known as olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) which act as a pathway that enables nerve fibres in the olfactory system to continually renew.
In a second operation the patient's OECs will be injected above and below the injury and strips of tissue laid across the gap in the cord.
The team believe the OECs will enable nerve fibres to regenerate across the cord and so repair the damage.
An independent team of assessors led by neurophysiologists from Imperial College London will also be closely involved in monitoring the research.
Peter Ellaway, emeritus professor of physiology, at Imperial said: "I'm excited because this is a novel treatment with a lot of promise."
But he cautioned that even if it works it would take some years to refine and so would not be immediately available for patients.
The treatment in Poland will cost £250,000 per patient and is being funded by a small British charity, the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation (NSIF).
It was founded by chef David Nicholls after his 18-year-old son Daniel was paralysed from the neck down in a swimming accident.
Mr Nicholls said: "I know how important progress is to people living with spinal cord injury and am optimistic that success with the next two patients will result in an announcement that paralysis is curable."
NSIF and the UK Stem Cell Foundation both support the research of Prof Geoff Raisman, chair of neural regeneration at University College London (UCL), who has pioneered the use of OECs to repair the damaged spinal cord and leads the British side of the Walk Again project.
Prof Raisman said: "Darek's latest progress demonstrates the extraordinary power of (neuro) plasticity. But it depends on the patient's own efforts. It is like a baby learning to walk. We cannot teach it how. The progress comes from inside."
Darek underwent his transplant in April 2012, and he still spends five hours a day undergoing physiotherapy.
He can now walk slowly using crutches or a small walking frame, but usually relies on a wheelchair as it is simply quicker and less tiring.
The return of sensation below his injury has brought other benefits like bladder control and the return of sexual function.
Darek was happy to discuss sex and explained that the reawakening of the erogenous zones was a crucial part of his recovery.
He said: "The return of sexual satisfaction - which travels along the spinal cord to the brain - is very important psychologically and is another part of my growing sense of independence."
Mr Mizuki, a household name in Japan, died of multiple organ failure on Monday, according to a statement from his production company.
He had been hospitalised on 11 November after he tripped and hit his head at his home, the company said.
Mr Mizuki is best known for his Gegege no Kitaro series, which helped to bring anime global recognition.
The series, about a young boy fighting monsters based on Japanese folklore, was made into an animated series that ran for several years.
Born in 1922, Mr Mizuki fought in New Guinea during World War II, where he lost his left arm.
He went on to write manga, or comics, based on his experiences of war. His work covered US wartime bombing, the abuse he suffered under commanders, and a biography of Adolf Hitler.
He was named a Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government in 2010.
The latest Fast & Furious film took £18.3m (£12.2m), with Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 in second with $15.5m (£10.3m).
Last weekend Furious 7 became the fastest film to make more than $1bn (£669.5 million) internationally.
The Avengers sequel opened in 44 territories, taking $201.2m (£133.8m).
The latest instalment in Joss Whedon's superhero franchise, starring Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson, opens in the US and Canada on Thursday, as well as dozens more countries and territories.
Furious 7, starring Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker, has now made $1.3 billion globally.
It is also the first film to top the US box office for four weeks since The Hunger Games in March 2012.
Despite mixed reviews, fantasy romance The Age of Adaline opened in third place with $13.4m (£8.9m).
It stars Blake Lively as a woman who is forced to stay 29 years old, along with Harrison Ford and Ellen Burstyn.
Animated alien hit Home was fourth with $8.4m (£5.6m) while social media thriller Unfriended was fifth with $6.2m (£4.1m).
In the UK, Disney has said early figures show Avengers: Age of Ultron dominated the box office over the weekend and is on course to deliver the biggest opening of 2015 so far.
It spent years fighting for its devolution and is committed to matching Ireland's 12.5% by 2018.
When it started lobbying, the UK rate was 28%.
Now it is 20%, with the Chancellor, George Osborne, now pointing to a rate "below 15%" to woo businesses when the UK leaves the EU.
Yes, reductions in the UK make it cheaper for Stormont to implement a cut of its own.
Squeezed on two fronts
But, and perhaps more critically, it lessens the attractiveness and competitiveness of the new Northern Ireland rate.
And if Ireland looks afresh at initiatives to attract foreign companies post-Brexit, Northern Ireland could be squeezed on two fronts.
The executive has already revised downwards the jobs boost of corporation tax.
First it was 58,000 jobs, then 32,000.
Those reductions reflect cuts in the UK rate and going south of 15% would slice many more thousands off the current forecast.
The executive now faces a major challenge with its key economic policy.
In an ongoing case brought by the English Bridge Union, advocate-general Yves Bot said it was a sport because it required mental effort as part of a challenge.
EU law has no definition of sport beyond excluding games of chance.
The comments are not legally binding, but are normally followed by UK judges.
HM Revenue and Customs had refused to reimburse the English Bridge Union for VAT payments on entry fees to tournaments.
A spokesperson for the tax collection agency said: "HMRC is considering the advocate general's opinion and awaits the final decision of the [court]."
EU law requires proof of benefits to physical or mental well-being for a sport to claim VAT exemption.
So-called duplicate bridge, a form of contract bridge, is considered a sport by the tax authorities of Austria, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, but not by Ireland and Sweden.
It is played by pairs of people in fours in clubs, tournaments, and online, and was classified as a sport by the International Olympic Committee in 1998.
In the run-up to the referendum the European Court of Justice faced criticism from Leave campaigners, who said the UK lost most of its cases to the court.
However, the court has backed Britain on cases involving challenges to British welfare rules, and has upheld sanctions on Russia that Britain supports.
The Department of Infrastructure said the talks will focus on "increasing the resilience" of the service.
Thousands of people had their travel plans disrupted after the Manannan ferry suffered damage put at £100,000.
But Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne said it is not feasible for the company to keep a spare vessel "just in case".
He added: "While that would be ideal, very few shipping companies have the ability to provide contingency measures for these scenarios."
The firm said the ferry damage, which was caused by sea debris, was the "worst they have ever seen".
Repairs to the Manaan fast craft disrupted services from Douglas to Liverpool and Belfast between 3 and 10 April.
The company was also criticised by passengers for its communication of the problems.
"The department is currently considering the long-term provision of strategic sea services and part of that work will look at creating greater resilience on our ferry routes," continued Mr Gawne.
"We will also see what can be done at the Sea Terminal and Airport to assist operators by providing accurate and up-to-date information to passengers".
Since 2007, there have been 17 recorded major incidents where Steam Packet vessels have been damaged.
The ferry company said it did not know what caused the latest cancellations but it's not believed fishing gear was responsible.
The 22-year-old suffered a serious knee injury in a friendly last July but returned to play a part in the Millers' final seven Championship games.
He is the first out-of-contract player to commit to Rotherham, who will play in League One next season.
"A fit Clarke-Harris is a handful against anyone," boss Paul Warne told the club's website.
Clarke-Harris has scored nine goals in 60 appearances since joining from Oldham in 2014.
"He's had an unfortunate season and he's been out all year with his knee," Warne added.
"He's done well in a couple of games, but he has a lot more to give and I think he will give a lot more because if he buys into what we're doing in the summer, he'll have to.
"I've always had a pretty open relationship with Jono and he's come on a lot at the end of the season but he's got a hard summer ahead of him."
His words "will be read at the Nobel banquet in Stockholm" on 10 December as he is unable to attend the event, according to the Swedish Academy.
The US musician became the literature laureate in October, but initially failed to acknowledge the award.
He was called "impolite and arrogant" by a member of the academy, who said he failed to return their phone calls.
Two weeks after the award was announced, on 29 October, the singer phoned the academy's permanent secretary, Sara Danius, to say: "I appreciate the honour so much. The news about the Nobel prize left me speechless."
Separately, he told the Telegraph the honour was "hard to believe", adding: "Whoever dreams about something like that?"
The academy has yet to reveal who will deliver Dylan's speech.
Patti Smith will cover his 1962 protest song A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall at the ceremony.
Dylan was awarded the Nobel prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition", the academy said.
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The S-400 Triumph missile systems were earmarked for troops in Crimea last month, Russian media said at the time.
Moscow also announced exercises in Crimea next week to simulate an attack by weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, said this week it had foiled a Ukrainian sabotage mission.
It accused the Ukrainian government in Kiev of trying to send saboteurs into Crimea and reported the deaths of a soldier and a secret police officer in an operation to foil the alleged plot.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow might be forced to cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine if the crisis worsened.
Denying the accusations, Ukraine placed its troops on alert along its de facto border with Crimea, and along its front line with Russian-backed rebels holding parts of Donetsk and Luhansk in the east.
A column of Ukrainian tanks could be seen rolling towards Crimea on Friday.
A statement by Russia's Southern Military District, which incorporates Crimea, said the missiles had been received by an air defence regiment in Crimea.
According to the statement, quoted by Russian news agencies, the missiles were successfully tested on the Kapustin Yar test range in southern Russia.
Russia's Interfax news agency says the missiles are designed to hit airborne targets at a range of up to 400km (249 miles) and ballistic missiles at a range of up to 60km, flying at speeds of up to 4.8km per second.
The missiles are being installed in Crimea to protect Russia's Hmeimim air base in Syria among other things, it adds.
Last November, Russia deployed S-400s at Hmeimim, after Turkey downed a Russian Su-24 bomber.
The Russian defence ministry announced (in Russian) exercises in Crimea and the Volgograd region for 16-19 August to simulate the effect of an enemy attack using WMD.
Radioactive, biological and chemical defence troops will be deployed in the manoeuvres, which will involve the use of Solntsepyok rocket systems in Volgograd, as well as an artificial smoke screen to block any surveillance.
Separately, the ministry said (in Russian) it would be sending an additional 40 aircraft to the Southern Military District this year.
Ukraine's envoy to the UN asked Russia on Thursday to prove its allegations, and said some 40,000 Russian troops were massed on the Crimea-Ukraine border.
His Russian counterpart told the UN Security Council of Moscow's "concern and outrage" at the alleged incursions.
Russian state TV broadcast an apparent confession by a man named as Yevhen Panov, saying he was part of a Ukrainian defence ministry force sent into Crimea "to carry out acts of sabotage".
He said the group also included officers of Ukraine's military intelligence.
Reports in Ukraine say Mr Panov is a former volunteer fighter who has more recently been associated with a charitable organisation called Heroes of Ukraine.
Crimea was annexed by Russia after a majority of its mostly ethnic Russian population voted to secede in an unrecognised referendum on self-determination, held under military occupation.
The annexation was relatively bloodless, in sharp contrast to the ferocious fighting which followed in Donetsk and Luhansk.
The 37-year-old suffered a punctured lung and six broken ribs in a fall from odds-on favourite Charli Parcs in the Adonis Juvenile Hurdle.
"I'm obviously devastated to miss the Festival," Geraghty told At The Races.
"There were so many good horses to look forward to as JP McManus' team all look in particularly good shape."
The Irishman said the evening of the fall had been "pretty rough".
"I've broken ribs individually before but never had six go all at the same time," he added.
"I'll be in hospital for a few more days but once the lung improves my recovery should be straightforward."
The jockey has ridden at least one winner at each of the past 15 stagings of the Cheltenham Festival, and is second on the top Festival jockeys' list on 34 wins, 18 behind Ruby Walsh.
He was due to ride a string of big-name horses owned by McManus, including hurdlers Unowhatimeanharry and Yanworth.
Geraghty needs a drain to remove liquid from a punctured lung, but hopes to be back in time for Aintree in April.
BBC Sport horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght.
After a whole lot of four-legged stars were ruled out of Cheltenham, now a major two-legged casualty.
With major Festival wins on big-name runners like Moscow Flyer, Kicking King, Bobs Worth, Sprinter Sacre, Jezki and More Of That, Geraghty is one of the fixture's most reliable and consistent performers of recent years.
And he's that rarity, a jockey who's lifted all of the fixture's 'Big 4' trophies - the Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, Stayers Hurdle and Gold Cup - more than once.
McManus' number two jockey Mark Walsh is set to be the main beneficiary of Geraghty's misfortune.
Today it's hard to imagine many senior Labour figures got much sleep at all last night.
No doubt lying awake contemplating their humiliating defeat by the Tories who knocked them decisively into third place.
But also having to ask deeper existential questions about whether there is still a place for the Labour party in the Scottish political landscape.
Labour can spend the next few days and weeks asking if it was their polices that voters didn't like.
Was it a mistake to offer to raise income tax for almost every taxpayer in Scotland? Was it their young and inexperienced leader who has only been in the job nine short months? Was Jeremy Corbyn's leadership a factor?
But arguments over their manifesto or personalities are to miss the point. This election was clearly about the constitution.
Scottish politics are still totally dominated by the independence question which was certainly not settled on 18 September 2014 and still seems to take precedence in voters' minds over any other issue. And it's an issue on which Labour cannot win.
"We have to get our story straight on where we stand on independence", is what very depressed Labour figures were telling me on Thursday night. But they had different ideas about what that story should be.
Labour can never form another government in Holyrood or win back many of their Westminster seats unless they appeal to former Labour voters who have now decided they favour an independent Scotland and are currently voting SNP.
But what we learned last night was that if Labour don't take a hard line on their support for the union they haemorrhage votes to the Tories.
Labour tried to reach out to Yes voters by saying that if there was another referendum Labour politicians would be free to campaign on either side.
Kezia Dugdale even suggested in one interview that she might consider voting for independence in the event of a Brexit but then tried to row back from that - whilst also saying that she resolutely opposed the idea of having another referendum and would vigorously campaign for a no vote if there was to be another indyref.
That left space for the Tories to proclaim themselves the only true party of the Union.
They accused Labour of being soft on independence and it seems to have worked. The roughly 10% of voters the Tories seem to have grabbed from Labour are largely unionists who wanted to express their opposition to independence at the ballot box once more.
So where does that leave Labour? If the SNP are the party of independence and the Tories the party of the union, what is the point of the Labour Party? They will continue to argue that they care most about social justice and poverty. But as long as voters remain split over the constitution that may not win back many voters.
One small consolation for Scottish labour leader Kezia Dugdale - it seems unlikely she will face a leadership challenge even despite this terrible result.
Why? Partly because Labour have finally realised changing leaders every time they lose an election hasn't helped.
But mostly because no-one wants the job of Scottish labour leader right now. And who can blame them?
Full-back Shaw, 21, has had his commitment and focus questioned by manager Jose Mourinho.
He has only played 15 times for United this term and has not figured since the 1-1 draw with Bournemouth on 4 March.
"It is all about discipline, dedication and desire," Mills told BBC Radio 5 live's Monday Night Club.
"It appears Luke Shaw isn't giving it his all. He has all the ability in the world but it all comes down to attitude.
"Even if he has been injured, there is no excuse not to keep the weight off or to be as fit as you possibly can be and look like you are making the biggest effort ever. It is your job.
"There is no excuse whatsoever."
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Shaw signed for the club in June 2014 for £27m but was criticised by then manager Louis van Gaal for lacking fitness.
He then broke his leg in two places during a Champions League game in September 2015, which kept him out of the game for almost a year.
In November, he was criticised by Mourinho for missing the Premier League win over Swansea after he said he was not able to play.
He was not part of the squad for Saturday's 0-0 draw against West Brom, despite United having a lengthy injury list.
"I think Mourinho has had enough and thinks he can't let this attitude poison any youngsters or drip feed into others," added Mills.
"Would Sir Alex Ferguson have stood for this? No. Fergie would have just got rid of him. Simple as that.
"Fans and managers will forgive you for missing a goal, for making a mistake or not having the greatest touch, as long as you work hard. That should be mandatory and a prerequisite for any footballer."
Former Republic of Ireland midfielder Andy Townsend told 5 live: "I don't think everybody can be wrong. This is a challenge for Luke Shaw now. He has to respond to this.
"If he wants to err on the side of public sympathy and act like he has been hard done by that is the wrong road.
"Mourinho is saying to him that he is well down the pecking order and if he wants a career at Manchester United then things have got to change."
BBC Sport's Simon Stone:
It is understood Mourinho has not spoken at any great length to the 21-year-old since Shaw was caught talking to a Bournemouth player by his manager during half-time of the recent ill-tempered clash at Old Trafford.
As Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyrone Mings had only just had the altercation that led to them both being banned, maybe there was a reason for Mourinho to be irritated.
But since then he made Shaw train with the United youngsters before his side's Europa League game against FC Rostov and did not pick him on the bench for Saturday's home draw with West Brom.
As Ashley Young started at left-back and Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Axel Tuanzebe and Matthew Willock - the latter two having made one substitute appearance between them - were among the substitutes, it does not say much for Shaw's position in Mourinho's plans.
The player is understood to be disappointment at his treatment, with some of his team-mates apparently feeling the same way, with those close to the former Southampton man privately questioning the wisdom of Mourinho going public with his criticism.
Another England international, Ross Barkley, received criticism from his manager at the weekend following a disappointing display for Everton in their loss at Liverpool.
"It is not too dissimilar to Luke Shaw. Not everybody can be wrong," said Mills. "How many managers have we heard say, 'Ross Barkley needs to learn - when to dribble, when to keep the ball, do things in the right areas.'
"He has worked under a lot of managers and has been out on loan a lot. They have all tarred him with the same brush. At some point the penny has to drop.
"He has gone beyond the point of being a young kid. He is coming into his prime. Something isn't quite there. You have to put ability along with work-rate."
Townsend added: "It is understanding the game, for Ross. His ability is good. He is strong and powerful and can get away from people."
Telecoms provider BT says only 3% of us have made a call from one in the last month, so it is planning to remove more than one thousand boxes this year.
Over the last decade it has taken away more than 33,000 payphones, well over a third of the total.
But some villagers in rural areas are fighting a rearguard action, saying they want their phone boxes back.
Last month, one such box was removed from the village of Pilton in Somerset, which is home to the Glastonbury festival.
BT says it gave the parish council a year's warning. And it left a notice inside the phone box, which it is also obliged to do.
"I understand that BT want to get rid of them because they're redundant, but for our village... it's history," says Sylvie Drake, a local resident.
In days gone by, music fans used to queue down the hill to use the phone box.
But now everyone has a mobile.
"It may have had its time as a means of communication, but it still feels wrong that they could just walk in and take it away," said Louise Butler, who lives a hundred metres from the spot where it used to be.
BT makes no apology for removing such boxes.
Some 33,000 payphones, more than a third of the total, have gone since numbers peaked in 2002.
And 1,000 more will go before the end of 2013.
On average, just one phone call a day is made from each of the 58,500 remaining payphones. In rural areas they are used even less frequently.
"Payphones in towns and cities are really well-used, with about 65,000 calls a day going through them," says Mark Johnson of BT.
"But in rural areas we've got 12,000 payphones that haven't made one call a month in the last 12 months," he told the BBC.
With 70% of payphones losing money, BT cannot afford to maintain such a large network.
It is encouraging communities to buy such phone boxes under its Adopt-a-Kiosk scheme. Communities pay just £1 to buy the box, and they can then use it as an information point, a library, or for storing a defibrillator, a device used by emergency crews to treat heart attack victims.
One of the strongest arguments for keeping phone boxes is that thousands of areas across the UK still have no proper mobile phone signal.
Officially 99.7% of UK homes and offices have mobile phone coverage from at least one service provider.
But the telecoms regulator Ofcom provides a map of so-called "not-spots", which shows that most counties in the UK still have areas where reception is poor.
For that reason the government is currently spending £150m to improve mobile infrastructure.
Some experts believe such investment will finally render payphones redundant.
"Coverage is still a big issue, but that's being addressed by the phone companies, who are committed to a better signal in rural areas," says John McCann, who writes for the website TechRadar.
"That will really see the death of the phone box," he says.
In the meantime he holds up his smartphone outside a red phone box, and does a quick comparison.
"On my phone I can make calls, send text messages, browse the web, check out social media, send emails, and I can play games - whereas that thing over there, it just makes phone calls. So you can really see why it may well be doomed."
But somehow we all just love a red phone box.
Tourists leaving Heathrow will probably buy shortbread in a phone-box shaped tin, exporting this oddity across the globe in a declaration that we Brits are still as self-confident and enduring as a bright red, solid-iron, 1936 industrial masterpiece.
The inhabitants of the Scottish village of Kilmuir showed just such affection for the work of designer Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, when, on hearing their phone box was to be removed, they barricaded their cars around it, to stop a lorry getting anywhere close.
While BT refused to leave the phone mechanism in place, villagers on the Black Isle near Inverness eventually did buy the box for a pound.
The quiet yet determined ladies of Toller Porcorum in Dorset have also fought a spirited campaign with BT to keep their phone box.
There is no mobile signal in the valley, and they argued that, even though few people were actually using the phone box, many walkers relied on it.
BT agreed to leave the phone, although they removed the coin box.
The box itself is now looked after by six members of Toller Porcorum Women's Institute, who have a regular maintenance rota.
They have even placed a vase of flowers inside.
"We dust the phone, take the spiders out, and we kill the flies that like to live there," said Pat Rutherford, a parish councillor who lives nearby.
"At Christmas we put in decorations: lanterns, sparkly things, and tinsel. But we're still battling with BT to keep it," she told the BBC.
Looking to the future, BT says it has development plans for many of its existing phone boxes.
Some of them already carry wi-fi equipment, to create hotspots for customers. Some 450 contain cash machines, and that number will be expanded. The company is also looking at making some of them into parcel delivery/collection points.
But sadly for the villagers of Pilton, BT cannot offer any good news about reinstating phone boxes that have already been removed.
"They were given every opportunity to adopt that kiosk," said Mark Johnson.
"Unfortunately that one has gone," he told the BBC.
"And we don't reinstall them."
The broadcasting watchdog said it had received 20 complaints about the housemate's remarks, aired on Channel 5 on 1 August.
The actor was removed from the Big Brother house a few days later.
The show's producers said they took the decision because he had made "comments capable of causing great offence".
During a conversation about homosexuality, the openly gay star had said: "The worst type though is, I'm afraid to say, the bisexuals... what it is is people not wanting to admit they are gay."
The 67-year-old was warned three times by Big Brother for comments which could cause "widespread offence".
The final one involved a conversation where he said Aids was "a bisexual disease".
After he was removed from the house, Biggins said he was he was "very sorry and very sad".
An Ofcom spokesperson said: "We're investigating whether a contestant's comments about bisexual people were offensive and breached generally accepted standards."
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Rosie Sullivan, 12, won the seven to 12-year-old category of the Song Academy Young Songwriter Competition.
She wrote Runs from the Storm while on a recent family holiday near Ullapool.
Her dad Mike said she has since had to come back to earth with a bump. He told BBC Radio Scotland: "She still has to tidy her room."
Rosie won a recording session at EMI's studios in London.
She told the Good Morning Scotland programme: "I've been singing and humming tunes ever since I was really young.
"I wrote my first song Dollies on the Road when I was three years old. My auntie told me this. I don't remember singing it."
Rosie, who plays guitar, fiddle and piano, wrote her winning song on a trip to the north west Highlands.
She said: "Every year my family and I go to a cottage somewhere outside Ullapool.
"It was really snowy this year and I was looking out the window and I could imagine a small boy running from the storm."
Mr Sullivan said his daughter has loved music since an early age and her primary one teacher had even asked how to stop her singing in class.
He joked: "She's come back from London with a bump. She still has to tidy her room."
In a statement, Bangor said Dawes had failed "to gain his acceptance on the current Pro Licence course, in accordance with Uefa club licensing criteria".
Former Premier League striker Gary Taylor-Fletcher will take temporary charge for the remainder of the season.
Taylor-Fletcher joined the Citizens in February.
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Amina Ali Nkeki was one of 276 schoolgirls taken from a school in Chibok in Nigeria in April 2014.
Some managed to escape but 219 were still missing.
Boko Haram took the girls because they are against children getting an education, like in the UK.
The 19-year-old is now back with her mum.
Some people came together and formed the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, including US First Lady Michelle Obama, the Prime Minister David Cameron and education campaigner Malala Yousafzai.
The Bring Back Our Girls campaigners and relatives of the girls marched in Nigeria to demand more be done to rescue them.
The search for the other girls is continuing but the families still waiting for news say Amina's rescue has given them fresh hope.
Amina was flown to the country's capital, Abuja, for a meeting with the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari.
The Nigerian military's senior spokesman says he's optimistic that all the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Chibok school will be rescued.
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BBC Scotland has collated reaction from those within Scottish football to Wednesday's ruling.
"The board of the Scottish FA notes the judgment of the Supreme Court and wishes to clarify the implications of this final legal decision from a football regulatory perspective.
"In light of the Inner House of the Court of Session decision, the board of the Scottish FA sought external senior counsel opinion to ensure a robust and independent consideration of all implications of today's judgement.
"The board received written advice from Senior Counsel, amplified when the QC attended a full meeting of the board to discuss his conclusions.
"Specifically, Senior Counsel was asked to anticipate whether a determination in favour of HMRC, as announced today, could imply that there had been a breach of the Scottish FA's Disciplinary Rules as they applied at the time of the EBT payments.
"The clear opinion of Senior Counsel is that there is a very limited chance of the Scottish FA succeeding in relation to any complaint regarding this matter and that, even if successful, any sanctions available to a Judicial Panel would also be limited in their scope.
"Accordingly, having had time to consider the opinion from Senior Counsel, and having examined the judgment of the UK Supreme Court, the board has determined that no further disciplinary action should be taken by the Scottish FA at this time."
"The decision runs counter to the legal advice which was consistently provided to Rangers Football Club, that on the basis of the law and legal precedent at the time, the contributions made to the trust were not earnings and should not be taxed as such.
"It should be emphasised that there have been no allegations made by HMRC or any of the courts that the club was involved in tax evasion, which is a criminal offence.
"The decision will be greeted with dismay by the ordinary creditors of the club, many of which are small businesses, who will now receive a much lower distribution in the liquidation of the club, which occurred during the ownership of Craig Whyte, than may otherwise have been the case."
"The board of the SPFL notes today's judgement of the Supreme Court. We will now take time to examine the judgement in detail and to consider any implications for the SPFL."
"We note today's decision by the Supreme Court. Celtic's position on this issue has been consistent - that this has always been a matter for the courts of law and also the Scottish football authorities, whose rules are intended to uphold sporting integrity.
"In 2013, we expressed surprise - shared by many observers and supporters of the game - over the findings of the SPL Commission that no competitive or sporting advantage had resulted. Today's decision only re-affirms that view.
"We are sure now that the footballing authorities in Scotland will wish to review this matter. Celtic awaits the outcome of their review."
A goal down, the nervy Lions never looked like getting the one, vital equaliser they needed to overhaul the Minstermen and sneak to safety.
But, in the dying seconds, a long throw-in by substitute Danny East was met by Lowe, who headed over Nathan Baxter.
Solihull had done York proud by fighting hard for the win. They spurned a chance from the penalty spot before Omari Sterling-James's free-kick put them ahead in the first half.
The tension mounted, and Sterling-James had a shot cleared off the line, but in dramatic fashion Guiseley found 11th-hour salvation.
York's game finished slightly later, leaving an anxious wait but news filtered through about their 2-2 draw, enough to spread relief around Nethermoor Park.
Match report supplied by Press Association.
Match ends, Guiseley 1, Solihull Moors 1.
Second Half ends, Guiseley 1, Solihull Moors 1.
Goal! Guiseley 1, Solihull Moors 1. Danny Lowe (Guiseley).
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Tyrese Shade replaces Omari Sterling-James.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Pearson Mwanyongo replaces Regan Charles-Cook.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Callum Coyle replaces Nortei Nortey.
Substitution, Guiseley. Adam Boyes replaces Michael Rankine.
Substitution, Guiseley. Danny East replaces Kevan Hurst.
Substitution, Guiseley. Jordan Preston replaces Ashley Palmer.
Second Half begins Guiseley 0, Solihull Moors 1.
First Half ends, Guiseley 0, Solihull Moors 1.
Goal! Guiseley 0, Solihull Moors 1. Omari Sterling-James (Solihull Moors).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Oxford took the lead after 18 minutes, with Marvin Johnson's shot from the left-hand side of the box taking a slight deflection on its way post Rochdale goalkeeper Conrad Logan.
The visitors doubled their lead on 29 minutes when Johnson turned provider, superbly backheeling the ball into the path of Rob Hall, who tapped in from close range.
Rochdale were lively at the start of the second half with Ian Henderson threatening, but they were then forced to defend once again when Jimmy McNulty's attempted backpass bobbled over the foot of Logan and behind.
Oxford took full advantage of the gifted opportunity, as the resulting corner from Hall was turned home by Ryan Taylor on 53 minutes.
Logan's afternoon was soon made worse when his poor free-kick went straight to Ryan Ledson, who lobbed into an empty net from around 40 yards out to grab Oxford's final goal on 73 minutes.
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Match ends, Rochdale 0, Oxford United 4.
Second Half ends, Rochdale 0, Oxford United 4.
Attempt missed. Kane Hemmings (Oxford United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Callum Camps (Rochdale).
Joe Rothwell (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ian Henderson (Rochdale).
Chris Maguire (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Niall Canavan.
Attempt missed. Kane Hemmings (Oxford United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Marvin Johnson (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Oxford United. Joe Rothwell replaces John Lundstram.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Harrison McGahey.
Substitution, Oxford United. Kane Hemmings replaces Ryan Taylor.
Substitution, Oxford United. Liam Sercombe replaces Robert Hall.
Goal! Rochdale 0, Oxford United 4. Ryan Ledson (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
Hand ball by Robert Hall (Oxford United).
Ian Henderson (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Chris Maguire (Oxford United).
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Conrad Logan.
Attempt saved. Ryan Taylor (Oxford United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Jamie Allen.
Attempt saved. Peter Vincenti (Rochdale) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Peter Vincenti (Rochdale).
Philip Edwards (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Rochdale. Niall Canavan replaces Jimmy McNulty because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jimmy McNulty (Rochdale) because of an injury.
Harrison McGahey (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Ledson (Oxford United).
Goal! Rochdale 0, Oxford United 3. Ryan Taylor (Oxford United) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Robert Hall following a corner.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Jimmy McNulty.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Curtis Nelson.
Attempt missed. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Cheyenne Dunkley.
Attempt missed. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Curtis Nelson (Oxford United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Harrison McGahey.
Second Half begins Rochdale 0, Oxford United 2.
In a repeat of last year's final, the Gunners were well worth their success.
We're sick of Arsenal winning trophies, but we have got a big one ourselves this year and hopefully we can get more next season."
The holders had to wait until the final eight minutes for the winner - a delightful 20-yard shot into the top far corner of the net from Little.
"We made hard work of it but had that little bit extra and deserved the win," said Arsenal manager Laura Harvey.
"In the end though, it was going to take a moment of quality to win the game and fortunately Kim Little provided that with a great goal.
"We've been disappointed not to win the FA Cup this season, but we've now got two domestic trophies in the bag and we're in the last 16 of the Champions League so it's still been a good year for us."
Three days after the teams had ended the Women's Super League season with a 1-1 draw that confirmed Arsenal as champions and Birmingham as runners-up, Blues again had to settle for second best.
Blues boss David Parker, whose team were this year's FA Cup winners, said: "We had a couple of chances, but Arsenal were the better team.
"We had a game plan that we'd put together, but after working hard and doing well in the first half we never got going in the second half.
"We're sick of Arsenal winning trophies, but we have got a big one ourselves this year and hopefully we can get more next season."
A crowd of 2,535 were at Barnet's Underhill to watch a game controlled for long spells by the Londoners, though Blues had their chances.
City started brightly and almost took the lead after just nine minutes, striker Eni Aluko sending a low cross-shot narrowly wide of the far post.
But as Arsenal began to take control, midfielder Steph Houghton and right-back Alex Scott both had goalbound efforts blocked.
Houghton then had a shot fumbled wide by goalkeeper Rebecca Spencer before striker Kelly Smith hit the bar with a 30-yard free-kick.
An Arsenal goal looked likely but, in a Birmingham breakaway three minutes before half-time, keeper Emma Byrne had to make a fine save from Aluko's angled shot.
The Gunners continued to dominate possession after the break but still had to be aware of their counter-attacking opponents.
They were caught out just after the hour, when striker Rachel Williams chased a long ball out of defence but, after rounding Byrne, shot wide of the post.
Smith went close with another long-range free-kick in the 68th minute, Spencer flinging herself to her left to push the ball past the post.
Five minutes later the Blues keeper had to pick up the pieces after right-back Chelsea Weston had blocked central defender Gilly Flaherty's header on the line.
But Spencer could only watch and hope as a ferocious 20-yard drive by Arsenal captain Katie Chapman thudded against a post.
The goal the Gunners had threatened finally arrived when Little curled a delightful shot into the top far corner.
Having taken a deserved lead, however, they found themselves having to defend in depth as Blues went all out for an equaliser.
But the holders almost snatched a second goal when substitute Gemma Davison's last-minute shot was hooked off the line by Weston.
The match was played in an empty stadium after crowd trouble at Legia's last Champions League home game - a 6-0 defeat by Borussia Dortmund - resulted in a £69,000 fine and stadium ban.
Wales forward Gareth Bale put Real Madrid ahead after 57 seconds, before assisting Karim Benzema to double their lead.
But goals by Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe and Miroslav Radovic drew Warsaw level, before the Polish side took the lead through a superb Thibault Moulin strike.
The celebrations were short-lived though, with Madrid, on Zinedine Zidane's 100th match in charge, cancelling out Warsaw's lead only two minutes later through former Inter midfielder Mateo Kovacic.
The 3-3 draw means Warsaw - who are the first Polish side to make the Champions League group stage for 20 years - will go out after before the knockout phase having claimed only a single point in their first four games.
Dinamo Zagreb and Club Brugge will also exit at the group stage, having recorded four consecutive defeats in the tournament.
The Croatian side lost 4-0 to Sevilla, while the Belgian team lost 1-0 to Porto.
Borussia Dortmund were the only team to secure their last-16 status on Wednesday. A 12th-minute Ramos goal was enough to seal a 1-0 win over Sporting Lisbon.
Meanwhile Monaco top the standings in Group E after a 3-0 victory over CSKA Moscow.
Valere Germain opened the scoring for the Ligue 1 side, while two goals from Radamel Falcao ended Russian hopes of a comeback.
An 84th-minute Lyon equaliser prevented Juventus from cementing their position in the knockout phase and ended Gianluigi Buffon's hopes of keeping a clean sheet in his 100th Champions League appearance for the side.
The Bianconeri went ahead after 12 minutes as Gonzalo Higuain slotted a penalty into the bottom left corner, but a header by Corentin Tolisso denied the Italian side three points and the game ended 1-1.
Leicester maintained their Champions League unbeaten run with a 0-0 draw away at FC Copenhagen, but will have to wait to ensure their position in the last 16. The Foxes are yet to concede in the tournament.
Meanwhile Tottenham's miserable run at Wembley continued with a 1-0 defeat by Bayer Leverkusen at 'home'. Tottenham have won only once at the new Wembley - on their first trip there in the League Cup final against Chelsea in 2008 - and have now lost six consecutive games at the stadium.
Match ends, Legia Warsaw 3, Real Madrid 3.
Second Half ends, Legia Warsaw 3, Real Madrid 3.
Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Gareth Bale with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
Attempt blocked. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Michal Kucharczyk (Legia Warsaw).
Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).
Michal Pazdan (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Michal Kucharczyk (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Hlousek.
Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid).
Guilherme (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Hand ball by Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).
Corner, Legia Warsaw. Conceded by Nacho.
Attempt missed. Guilherme (Legia Warsaw) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Thibault Moulin with a cross following a set piece situation.
Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Tomasz Jodlowiec replaces Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe.
Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid).
Michal Kucharczyk (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Legia Warsaw 3, Real Madrid 3. Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Mariano replaces Álvaro Morata.
Goal! Legia Warsaw 3, Real Madrid 2. Thibault Moulin (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Prijovic.
Offside, Real Madrid. Gareth Bale tries a through ball, but Álvaro Morata is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Aleksandar Prijovic (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe.
Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
Thibault Moulin (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Toni Kroos (Real Madrid).
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Legia Warsaw. Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe tries a through ball, but Aleksandar Prijovic is caught offside.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Fábio Coentrão.
Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Aleksandar Prijovic replaces Miroslav Radovic.
Offside, Legia Warsaw. Guilherme tries a through ball, but Miroslav Radovic is caught offside.
Foul by Fábio Coentrão (Real Madrid).
Guilherme (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Guilherme.
Attempt missed. Miroslav Radovic (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michal Kucharczyk with a cross.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic with a cross.
Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Michal Kucharczyk replaces Nemanja Nikolic.
Attempt missed. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high following a set piece situation.
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
They are seeking reparations for what former colonial power Germany acknowledges was genocide.
The plaintiffs are seeking reparations and the right to representation at talks between Germany and Namibia.
Some 100,000 people are believed to have been killed when Germany crushed an uprising, beginning in 1904.
Namibia and Germany have been in talks about a joint declaration on the massacres, which Germany has recently admitted were genocide, but Herero and Nama descendants have been excluded from the talks.
Unlike with the victims of World War Two atrocities, Germany has also refused to pay reparations to victims, saying it pays millions of dollars of development aid to the country instead.
The dispute relates to a period in the late 19th and early 20th Century, when Germany was the colonial power in Namibia, then called South West Africa.
The suit claims damages on the basis that, as it states:
Studies also suggest that colonial rulers placed captives in concentration camps, and shipped off thousands of heads belonging to the dead to Berlin in an attempt to prove the inferiority of the defeated Africans in now discredited medical experiments.
The plaintiffs say Germany's insistence it is making amends by paying development aid is unsatisfactory.
"There is no assurance that any of the proposed foreign aid by Germany will actually reach or assist the minority indigenous communities that were directly harmed," the plaintiffs' lawyer Ken McCallion said in an email to Reuters news agency.
"There can be no negotiations or settlement about them that is made without them."
The case was lodged with the US District Court in Manhattan under the Alien Tort Statute, a 1979 law often invoked in human rights cases.
The 37-year-old edged out the Belgian by a bike length as Britain's Ian Stannard finished third.
"I broke my arm five weeks ago and missed all the racing," said Hayman. "I raced a race in Spain last week.
"This is my favourite race. It's a race I dream of every year. This year I didn't even dare to dream."
Orica Greenedge rider Hayman was riding in his 15th Paris-Roubaix and is the second Australian to win the race after Stuart O'Grady in 2007.
Pre-race favourites Peter Sagan and Fabian Cancellara were both caught out by crashes and finished well back.
The 257.5km route across northern France, nicknamed the 'Hell of the North', is famous for its cobbled sections.
Team Sky rider Elia Viviani, 27, was taken to Valenciennes hospital after being involved in a crash with a motorbike during the race.
Video footage shows the motorbike crashing into barriers and Viviani before the Italian walks away from his bike clutching his chest.
"He thought he'd anticipated the crash and saw it happen in front of him. He managed to come to a stop on the right by the barrier when the motorbike went into him," said Sky's team doctor Derick Macleod.
"He's got a few bruises and abrasions and he's a bit sore obviously, but we're really thankful he's got no significant injuries."
Result:
1. Mathew Hayman (Aus/Orica) 5:51:53
2. Tom Boonen (Bel/Etixx - Quick-Step) Same time
3. Ian Stannard (GB/Team Sky) Same time
4. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel/LottoNL) Same time
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/Dimension Data) +3 secs
6. Heinrich Haussler (Aus/IAM Cycling) +1 minute
7. Marcel Sieberg (Ger/Lotto) Same time
8. Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat/IAM Cycling) Same time
9. Imanol Erviti (Spa/Movistar) + 1:07 mins
10. Adrien Petit (Fra/Direct Energie) +2:20 mins
Strikes from Sergio Aguero and Kevin de Bruyne twice gave City the lead in Manuel Pellegrini's farewell home game.
But Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez goals mean new boss Pep Guardiola could take charge of a side outside European football's elite club competition.
Arsenal need a point against Aston Villa to clinch their top-four place.
Analysis: Why fifth place is not a disaster for Man City
A draw at home to the already relegated Midlands side would mean Champions League qualification for the 19th successive season for Arsene Wenger's men, who could yet overhaul their local rivals Tottenham for second.
Louis van Gaal's United, currently fifth, two points behind their neighbours with a game in hand, will finish above City if they win at West Ham and at home to Bournemouth, regardless of how Pellegrini's side do at Swansea on the final day.
Relive the dramatic draw at Etihad Stadium
How will Manuel Pellegrini go down in Manchester City history? Domestic underachiever in some eyes, European pioneer in others.
City were well placed to win a second Premier League title in three seasons when the affable Chilean announced on 1 February that he would be replaced by Pep Guardiola at the end of the season.
Since then the Blues have won only six of their 14 league matches, meaning Guardiola could arrive from Bayern Munich without Champions League football to plan for.
Pellegrini has led City to League Cup victory this season and taken them into the Champions League semi-final. But the solemn expression of chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak at the final whistle said everything - finishing fifth is not acceptable for the club's mega-rich Abu Dhabi owners.
Following second-placed Tottenham's 2-1 home defeat by Southampton earlier on Sunday, Arsenal knew victory would move them level with their arch-rivals going into the final weekend.
Arsene Wenger's side were unable to take all three points, but they showed character to fight back twice against top-four rivals City.
The Blues produced a lively attacking performance after being criticised for a laboured display in their narrow second-leg defeat at Real Madrid on Wednesday.
Pellegrini's side deservedly led when Aguero found space to turn and drill in from the edge of the area.
A defensive mix-up between Joe Hart and Gael Clichy conceded the corner from which Giroud equalised with a header, but De Bruyne's run and precise finish edged City back in front.
The home side threatened a third before Arsenal fought back to earn a deserved point through Sanchez's clinical strike from 15 yards.
Despite missing the chance to rein in Spurs, Wenger was satisfied with a point that puts them on the verge of Champions League football.
Only a shock loss against Villa, coupled with City and Manchester United taking maximum points in their remaining games, would see the Gunners finish fifth.
England manager Roy Hodgson was not present at the Etihad, having watched Spurs' 2-1 defeat by Southampton at White Hart Lane instead.
Hodgson will have been concerned to see television pictures of Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck - a trusted member of his squad - limp off midway through the first half with a knee injury.
But, consequently, there was some positive news for Hodgson for Euro 2016.
Manchester-born Welbeck was replaced by midfielder Jack Wilshere, who made only his second substitute appearance of the season after his own 10-month injury absence.
Wilshere, 24, showed signs of his undoubted ability, topping Arsenal's passing accuracy statistics, as well as - perhaps unwisely - launching into a couple of tigerish tackles.
"For me, 70 minutes - playing with high intensity and pressure - was great," he said.
"I don't want the season to end. I feel good and fresh so I will see what happens after that."
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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini:
"We should have won that game, and I think we deserved it. We played very well. Our first 25 minutes were some of the best here this season. But Arsenal's goals were good.
"The effort, speed and character was good, and we were playing against a very good team."
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"I am not disappointed because twice we were losing and twice we came back. It was a game that was very, very intense.
"I was surprised by the intensity of City's start. We expected an intense game but they really came out with strong pressure.
"The good thing is that we absorbed it and we've shown good character today."
Match ends, Manchester City 2, Arsenal 2.
Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Arsenal 2.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gaël Clichy with a cross.
Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Bacary Sagna with a cross.
Offside, Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez tries a through ball, but Laurent Koscielny is caught offside.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal).
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jack Wilshere.
Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal).
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
Substitution, Manchester City. Yaya Touré replaces Fernando.
Substitution, Manchester City. Wilfried Bony replaces Jesús Navas.
Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nacho Monreal (Arsenal).
Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Mohamed Elneny.
Foul by Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City).
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Petr Cech.
Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Gabriel Paulista (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Gabriel Paulista (Arsenal).
Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
Foul by Fernando (Manchester City).
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Manchester City 2, Arsenal 2. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
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The 30-year-old joined from Durham at the end of 2011 and scored four centuries during his time for Kent.
Harmison made six Championship appearances in 2015, scoring 123 against Essex and ending the campaign with a batting average of 27.44.
He has been playing football for non-league side Ashington AFC since the end of the county cricket season.
The Northern League Division One club are managed by Ben's older brother Steve, who took 226 wickets in 63 Test appearances for England.
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The Sharks make six changes, with 23-year-old prop James Flynn starting for the first time this season.
Bath, who need a bonus-point win and fourth-placed Leicester to get nothing at Worcester in order to reach the play-off spots, make four changes..
Luke Charteris, Anthony Watson and Nathan Catt are all absent.
They miss out along with Semesa Rokoduguni, so Matt Banahan, Beno Obano, Dave Attwood and Tom Ellis come in.
With Flynn starting at loose-head prop for Sale, Ross Harrison switches to tight-head.
Andrei Ostrikov returns in the second row with Ben Curry coming in at flanker and captain Josh Beaumont starting.
In the backs, Bryon McGuigan starts on the wing in place of Josh Charnley and Johnny Leota replaces Mark Jennings at inside centre.
Phillips, 34, - who announced his retirement in April - makes his final appearance at scrum-half while Magnus Lund and Peter Stringer are on the bench ahead of their departure from the club at the end of the season.
Bath director of rugby Todd Blackadder told BBC Radio Bristol:
"It would be really nice to make the play-offs but we are relying on someone else. You want your destiny in your own hands.
"But there's a lot of pride at stake for us. Sale are going to want to win too. We are playing for the club and personal pride.
"We have got to raise the bar this summer and set better standards for ourselves."
Sale: Haley, Solomona, James, Leota, McGuigan, MacGinty, Phillips, Flynn, Webber, Harrison, Evans, Ostrikov, B Curry, T Curry, Beaumont (capt).
Replacements: Neild, Pope, Ferreira, Nott, Lund, Stringer, Jennings, Charnley.
Bath: Homer; Banahan, Clark, Tapuai, Brew; Priestland (co-capt), Fotuali'i; Obano, Brooker, Knight, Stooke, Attwood, Ellis, Louw (co-capt), Faletau.
Replacements: Batty, Marfo, Palma-Newport, Garvey, Grant, Cook, Ford, Fruean.
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This poverty has become an issue in the mid-term election race that pits Mary Landrieu, a Democrat who's already been senator for 18 years, against Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy.
Ms Landrieu's supporters insist she has done a lot for poor families. Her opponents say it's not enough and she is just a lackey of President Barack Obama.
In fact, Mr Obama seems to be just as important a figure in this campaign as either of the candidates, and his name isn't even on the ballot.
BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty assesses the victors' display, while former Scotland striker Steve Thompson gives his marks out of 10 for Gordon Strachan's team.
A quiet night but did what he had to do effectively.
Has a licence to cause damage in attack and did so with fierce cross for Daniel Sturridge's goal.
Decent evening despite picking up a booking. Scored England's third headed goal from a corner to kill off Scotland.
Sloppy, too risky and conceded possession in the first half. Vital block from Snodgrass early in the second.
Excellent all-round performance and always willing to lend weight in attack. Provided a fine cross for Adam Lallana's goal.
Disappointing. Unable to exert his influence or act as the base in midfield.
Energetic and improved as the game went on, with Scotland fading in the middle of the park.
Good corner for Gary Cahill's goal did not really sparkle otherwise.
Mixed bag. Subjected to physical attention from the Scots, underlining his threat, but missed an incredible second-half sitter.
England's best performer. Good control, vision and another important England goal, with a very well taken header.
A performance that justified Gareth Southgate's faith with a brilliant instinctive header to break the deadlock.
Did nothing of note.
No chance with goals and had little else to do other than pick the ball out of his net.
A surprise choice but the Derby winger defended well considering he wasn't in his natural position.
Scotland's best player on the night after a long absence from the international scene. Offered a real threat going forward and worked tirelessly.
Played better than in Slovakia and unlucky at first goal after making a good block. Wasted a great chance to equalise, failing to hit the target from a free header.
Given a rare start and did well to keep England's danger men quiet for large periods.
The captain's desire and work rate are never in question but he was too often loose in possession.
Back from his short-lived international retirement but for how long? The Celtic captain gave the midfield energy and aggression as expected.
Largely ineffectual. Didn't get on the ball enough to make a positive impact. Again, a surprise inclusion given his lack of game time at West Brom.
Missed a glorious opportunity to level the game early in the second half, dragging a shot wide from near the penalty spot. Another player guilty of giving the ball away too often.
Provided some threatening set-pieces. Really should have scored not long after James Forrest's miss when he had a good sight at goal.
Led the line well with positive energy in the first half. However, made a poor decision not to play in Robert Snodgrass on a good counter-attack. Tired in the second half as Scotland meekly surrendered.
The game was over when he came on, very difficult to make an impression.
On for the injured Anya. Not given much to do since England were content to keep the ball and didn't pose much of a threat.
Too late to make an impact.
It is expected teachers will need a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification to drive a minibus from 1 January 2018.
Earlier this month, the BBC revealed new restrictions meant many teachers could not continue to drive minibuses.
The Education Authority (EA) said this was due to a DVA legal interpretation.
However, the Department for Infrastructure, which has responsibility for the DVA, has now said that the new interpretation and guidance on the law will not come into effect until at least 1 January.
"The guidance is likely to confirm that paid drivers will no longer be able to drive a minibus on their D1 (not for hire or reward) driving licence, and that some volunteer drivers, undertaking commercial passenger transport activities, may also require a full D or D1 driving licence," it said.
"Given recent concerns as to the impact of these changes on a number of sectors, the department can confirm that the draft guidance will only come into effect on approval by an incoming minister."
"Therefore, at present, those who drive a minibus for an organisation under the small bus permit scheme do not need a full D1 entitlement."
Due to the failure to form an executive there is no infrastructure minister at present.
Some principals have warned the change will have "huge implications" for schools.
They said that they would have to hire cars, taxis and buses to fulfil sports fixtures or take field trips as a result.
Principals also expressed concern that they would have to pay thousands of pounds to train teachers to obtain the driver CPC qualification.
Previously, staff who held a licence that qualified them to drive a car would also have been able to drive a school minibus.
The revised guidance from the DVA will state that teachers must have a D1 licence and a driver's qualification card to do so.
The EA letter to principals, issued in June, stated that if this was not the case there would be serious consequences.
"If this criteria cannot be met, any journey undertaken by staff will not be considered legal and may leave the driver and the employer facing prosecution and penalties," it stated.
"It is imperative that the school at all times and you satisfy yourself that the relevant criteria have been met before authorising employees to drive a minibus."
However, the new guidance from the DVA will only now come into effect on 1 January 2018 and then only if approved by an infrastructure minister.
Therefore teachers, and others in paid employment, who currently drive school minibuses will be able to continue to drive them when the new school year begins in September.
Melanie Woolcock from Porthcawl was given an 81-day sentence by Bridgend magistrates in July 2016 for failing to pay £10 a week towards her debt.
She spent 40 days behind bars before a charity helped secure her release.
In a decision on Wednesday, Mr Justice Lewis ruled she should never have been imprisoned.
Ms Woolcock told BBC News she happened to walk into the prison library and found details of a charity which helps women in prison and contacted them, which helped to secure her release.
She said she has since been approached by university law departments asking her to support efforts to change the law, to stop others ending up in a similar situation.
London's High Court heard Ms Woolcock owed more than £4,700.
She said she was too sick to work and struggled to pay rent and feed herself and her teenage son, so had defaulted on repayments.
She told BBC News she has never committed a crime or had a parking ticket.
"When I came home [from prison], I didn't realise the effect it had on me, I couldn't sleep.
"My son was traumatised in the manner I was taken. I had to leave my son screaming, crying."
She said she was up to date with the payments when she was jailed, but was told she had paid too late.
"I think it's wrong that if you're struggling with a bill that you are sent to a prison full of criminals when I've never committed a crime in my entire life, never had a parking ticket."
A Bridgend county council spokesman said authorities had a legal responsibility to collect unpaid council tax, but offer support and help to anyone who is experiencing difficulty and prosecution is always a last resort.
He added: "We understand that the resident in this case was jailed after failing to meet the requirements of the suspended sentence issued by the magistrates' court.
"Our advice to anyone who is experiencing difficulty paying their council tax is to contact us as early as possible so that we can help and advise them."
The increase is particularly pronounced among middle-age white people who now account for a third of all US suicides.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report did not offer an explanation for the steep rise.
However, other experts have pointed to increased abuse of prescription opiates and the financial downturn that began in 2008 as likely factors.
The report did not break down the suicides by education level or income, but previous studies found rising suicide rates among white people without university degrees.
"This is part of the larger emerging pattern of evidence of the links between poverty, hopelessness and health," Robert D Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard, told the New York Times.
CDC reported on Friday that suicides have increased in the US to a rate of 13 per 100,000 people, the highest since 1986.
Meanwhile, homicides and deaths from ailments like cancer and heart disease have declined.
In the past, suicides have been most common among white people, but the recent increases have been sharp.
The overall suicide rate rose by 24% from 1999 to 2014, according to the CDC. However, the rate increased 43% among white men ages 45 to 64 and 63% for women in the same age-range.
In 2014, more than 14,000 middle-aged white people killed themselves.
That figure is double the combined suicides total for all blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaska Natives.
The suicide rate declined for only two groups: black men and all people over 75.
The DR Congo side were eliminated from Africa's premier club competition on Wednesday, losing 3-1 on aggregate to Wydad Casablanca.
Now they must try to salvage some pride by coming through a play-off to reach the group stage of the second tier competition.
Tunisians Stade Gabesien stand in their way over two legs, to be played on 6-8 May and 17-18 May.
Also dropping down to the Confederation Cup play-offs are the competition's reigning champions Etoile du Sahel. The Tunisians lost on penalties to Enyimba in their Champions League tie, also on Wednesday.
Etoile, the only to win all five Confederation of African Football club competitions, had fought back to win the second leg 3-0 only to fail in the shootout.
TP Mazemebe and Etoile and six other other Champions League round-of-16 losers make up half of the play-off field.
The other eight teams in the draw survived a three-round Confederation Cup elimination process.
Tunisian teams have dominated the 13-year-old competition with CS Sfaxien lifting the trophy three times and Etoile twice. Moroccan clubs have been the second most successful in the Confederation Cup.
Confederation Cup play-offs draw:
MO Bejaia (Algeria) vs Esperance (Tunisia)
Stade Malien (Mali) vs FUS Rabat (Morocco)
Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia) vs CF Mounana (Gabon)
TP Mazembe (DR Congo) vs Stade Gabesien (Tunisia)
Ahli Tripoli (Libya) vs Misr Makassa (Egypt)
El Merreikh (Sudan) vs Kawkab (Morocco)
Young Africans (Tanzania) vs Sagrada Esperanca (Angola)
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) vs Medeama (Ghana)
Ex-President Chen Shui-bian - in prison for corruption - was expected to be freed on medical parole on New Year's Eve.
But heavy holiday traffic meant documents relating to his release were delivered too late to be processed.
The parole request will now be dealt with on Monday.
About 300 supporters of Mr Chen - including his former deputy, Annette Lu - had gathered outside Taichung Prison, expecting his release before the new year began.
Documents relating to Mr Chen's medical parole had left the jail for Taiwan's ministry of justice in the afternoon. They included the recommendation of a medical panel to release the former president.
But because of a traffic jam those papers only arrived at the ministry a few minutes before 6pm, leaving no time for officials to consider them and come to a decision.
A government spokesman said the application to release the former president would now be dealt with first thing on Monday morning, the first day back after the new year break. He denied that officials had dragged their feet in dealing with the case.
Mr Chen, a former lawyer, is serving a 20-year sentence for money laundering and accepting bribes.
He was convicted shortly after stepping down from his second four-year term as Taiwan's president in 2008.
He has been suffering from a series of medical conditions, including depression and Parkinson's disease, and has for some time been trying to convince the authorities to release him on medical grounds. Last year, he tried to kill himself.
Mr Chen's supporters say his prosecution was politically motivated; his former vice-president, Ms Lu, is currently on hunger strike in an effort to draw attention to her former boss's situation.
She was admitted to hospital on New Year's Day suffering from symptoms related to her fast.
The 29-year-old has been discussing his decade at the top level, how rugby league has changed, and where the sport needs to improve, with BBC Radio Merseyside's Phil Kinsella.
"I've got vivid recollections of my first game. We played Huddersfield away. I came off the bench for the grand total of eight minutes.
Super League: 2006
League Leaders' Shield: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Challenge Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 (pictured above with James Roby)
"It wasn't a particularly memorable day because we lost a game that we were expected to win quite comfortably.
"My only disappointment was that we played in a black kit with yellow sponsorship on it. I didn't get to pull on the red 'V' in my first game, but not long afterwards we played London and I managed to do that.
"I grew up in rural Yorkshire, about 30 minutes outside Hull. I played all my rugby in east Hull and then for Hull Kingston Rovers.
"I suppose it was like going away to university but, instead of being eased in with about 2,000 of your peers, Ade Gardner and Paul Wellens were the only lads like myself.
"It wasn't so much moving and being in new surroundings - it was more the day-to-day stuff like cooking and living like an athlete. Getting to grips with that was a challenge.
"I'm really grateful to Ade and Paul. They were integral to me feeling comfortable in those three or four months."
"The game is unrecognisable to the game I played 10 years ago.
"The ruck speed is slower. The play-the-balls were much more unstructured back then. The likes of Keiron Cunningham were given a free rein to dominate games.
I want to see the game do well and I'm confident the World Cup can help
"In my time, we've come full circle a few times. We tried to speed it up, but I think we're in a bit of a slow patch at the moment.
"Also, 10 years ago, you could point to every team and say they were trying to do something different. At the moment, there's an argument that quite a number of teams are doing the same kinds of things.
"I love the game, so I'll watch Batley against Whitehaven in the rain and I'll enjoy it. But as a wider spectacle, I don't think the last few years have been fantastic.
"Parts of it have been great and there are always stand-out moments but, as a whole, we need to be conscious that it's an entertainment industry we're in and we need to entertain people."
"We have quite a tight grip on the game and a lot of people are reluctant to release the game to the next level.
"There are so many people doing great things in the sport. I think it's a mentality switch that needs to change.
"If we can execute the World Cup well - if it looks good on TV, if the coverage is good and we can inspire the next group of young players to play the game - it has done its job.
"What we need to do, on the field and off the field, is come up with something that works and stick with it for a period of time.
"I want to see the game do well and
"As a game, we need to get together - schools, amateur clubs and professional clubs - sort out what we want to achieve and move on from there."
"I'm very excited about
"He's really at the cutting edge in terms of his mentality and the way that he's looking to prepare us to play.
"I'm confident that, under his leadership,
Leader David Parker and Alec Nicol, who chairs the petitions and deputations committee, were the subject of a formal complaint.
The Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland investigated the allegations.
He has now concluded that the actions of both councillors did not amount to a breach of the code of conduct.
The complaint was lodged by Brian McCrow after a meeting of the council's petitions and deputations committee in October last year to discuss a permanent home for the Great Tapestry of Scotland in the Borders.
He alleged Mr Parker had breached the code by failing to treat him with respect.
Mr McCrow also claimed that Mr Nicol had failed to declare an interest.
Both councillors denied any wrongdoing.
Following a review of the allegations, the commissioner concluded that: "In all circumstances the matters raised did not amount to a breach of the code of conduct."
Mr Parker said: "I take the councillors' code of conduct very seriously and behaved entirely appropriately when considering the petition lodged by Mr McCrow.
"The petition was carefully considered and all those involved were treated with courtesy and respect and I am pleased that this matter is closed with the very clear conclusion that I had no case to answer."
Mr Nicol said he worked "very hard" to ensure everyone involved in the petitions and deputations committee was treated "fairly and with respect".
"I am delighted that the commissioner has found no substance to these allegations and concluded that I behaved entirely appropriately in my role as chairman," he added.
Aubameyang, who is contracted with the Bundesliga club until 2020, has been linked with a move to Manchester City.
The two clubs play each other in the International Champions Cup in China on Thursday, but the 27-year-old will not feature as he has flown home to be with his pregnant wife.
"Right now he is our player, he stays our player," said coach Thomas Tuchel.
"I am totally confident [he will stay]. He is a huge personality for us. Right now, I would say he stays but I can't predict the future."
The Gabon international scored 25 league goals for Dortmund last season.
In a recent interview with a German broadcaster, Aubameyang said he would only consider leaving Dortmund for Real Madrid.
Pre-tax profit for the first three months of the year was £793m, down from £1.1bn for the same period last year.
The bank said its so-called non-core divisions lost £815m.
Barclays warned last month that its first quarter would be weaker than last year due to turbulent market conditions and a "particularly strong" March 2015.
Barclays chief executive Jes Staley said the bank had made "good early progress" against its cost cutting and restructuring strategy, which it announced last month.
In March, Barclays said it would split itself into two main core divisions - Barclays UK and Barclays Corporate and International - to meet new banking regulations, which are aimed at preventing ordinary customers suffering from decisions made by investment bankers in the event of another financial crisis.
Profits at these two divisions rose 18%.
But losses at its non-core division, which contains a range of business lines including its European retail operations and some of its Asian banking operations, widened to £815m from £310m a year ago.
The bank plans to have sold off its entire non-core division by the end of next year.
Revenues at its investment bank fell 31% in the quarter, but Mr Staley, who took the helm in December, said the bank had outperformed rivals.
"We think we've picked up significant market share so we're pleased by that.
"We're not satisfied by the level of profitability we have in our corporate and investment bank, but we are encouraged by our relative performance in the first quarter," he said.
The bank also said last month that it would offload most of its stake in its Africa business. In its latest statement, Barclays said it was "continuing to explore opportunities" to reduce its share in the Africa business.
Mr Staley insisted the group's core business was performing well "despite a challenging market environment".
"We continue to target cost reductions in the group and we are on track to meet our 2016 guidance," he added.
Barclays also warned it was "cautious" ahead of the EU referendum vote on 23 June.
It said there had been little improvement so far in the performance of its investment banking division in the second quarter, but said it was "too early" to make any specific comment on its overall performance for the quarter.
Richard Hunter, head of research at Wilson King Investment Management, said the results showed "the potential of a newly streamlined Barclays".
"Stripping out the non-core business, performance at both UK and Corporate & International is showing promise, with the latter being rather less impacted than expected by the volatility of global markets in the first quarter," he added.
Separately, Spanish banking giant Banco Santander, the eurozone's biggest bank, also reported a fall in profits on Wednesday.
The bank said profit dropped 5% to €1.6bn (£1.2bn) in the first three months of the year, mainly due to a fall in the Brazilian Real and sterling. The bank said excluding the impact of exchanging all its earnings into euros, its profits would have risen 8%.
Banco Santander makes about a fifth of its profit in Brazil, its second-biggest market after the UK.
Despite the profit fall, group chairman Ana Botín said the bank's performance was better-than-expected and "gives us confidence that we will continue to deliver".
In the UK, Santander's pre-tax profits rose 13% to £532m in the first quarter of the year, up from £470m a year earlier.
William Beaton, 73, from Devon, admitted wildlife crimes carried out in late May and early June this year.
Beaton was spotted collecting an arctic tern egg on a beach at Furrowend, Shapinsay.
He was later found to be in possession of eggs, including those of rock doves and great skuas, and an extending spoon, used to collect eggs.
'Serious implications'
Beaton was fined at Kirkwall Sheriff Court under Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 legislation.
Gary Aitken, procurator fiscal for wildlife and environment, said: "Scotland is home to a wide range of wild bird species, both rare and common, and all are protected by law.
"It is an offence to intentionally take the egg of any wild bird as it can have serious implications for their conservation and habitat.
"We hope this prosecution will serve as a clear message to others who participate in the illegal practice of collecting wild bird eggs that this type of offending will not be tolerated."
High-speed services between London, the West of England and Wales were affected last week after Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) members walked out.
First Great Western (FGW) said it made a "substantially revised offer" but a sticking point remained - it wants drivers to have control over doors.
RMT is yet to comment on the new offer.
An FGW spokesman said: "We don't believe there are any fundamental differences of opinion between us and the RMT on issues relating to engineering, station and dispatch staff...
"The key issue that remains is that we want the driver to close the doors - which is key to our ability to run the faster, more frequent services customers should expect from a 21st Century railway.
"To think that over 2,000 staff could be asked to take more strike action and further inconvenience our customers when all but one of the issues has been dealt with just doesn't make sense."
According to the union, about 2,000 members of staff went on strike across the FGW network.
In his latest open letter to customers, FGW managing director Mark Hopwood said there could be further strikes.
He wrote: "We have made very clear our commitments on job security and the customer experience.
"There remains, however, the possibility that we will face more strikes and we are training more of our people in more tasks so that we can run as comprehensive a service as possible."
The first Hitachi trains will run on the Great Western main line from 2017 and the East Coast main line from 2018.
The new trains are being introduced under the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) on routes between London Paddington and Oxford, Bristol and South Wales.
The nine-year-old girl is being treated for a broken pelvis and legs after the accident in Linslade, Leighton Buzzard.
She is being cared for at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
The Duke of Cambridge, who recently began a job as a co-pilot for the East Anglian Air Ambulance, was pictured at the crash scene on Tuesday.
The girl was walking along Old Road at about 15.40 BST when a blue Mercedes and a silver Ford KA crashed, knocking her over. A second girl received minor injuries.
Anyone who saw what happened has been asked to contact police.
Striker Dickinson met an Emile Sinclair pass to slot the ball into an empty net early on.
Giuseppe Sole tested goalkeeper Steven Drench with Woking's best chance in first-half stoppage time.
Victory moves Guiseley eight points clear of the relegation places and sees Woking slip to ninth in the table.
It happened around 12:00 on Croft Street near to Greenbank Street.
Police are looking for a man who was wearing a dark grey hooded top and ran down Greenbank Street in the direction of the Croft Street flats carrying the beige handbag.
Officers want anyone who witnessed the robbery to contact them.
A row erupted between senior Welsh Tories after it emerged neither Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies nor Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns were taking part in a BBC Wales leaders' debate.
While Mrs May was criticised for not taking part in the UK debates, three different leaders took part in the ones in Wales, with a party source describing the situation as a shambles.
Don't mention Jeremy
First Minister Carwyn Jones was accused of seeking to airbrush Jeremy Corbyn out of Labour's campaign in Wales after failing to refer to him once when he launched the party's Welsh campaign.
Mr Jones said it was a Welsh event and he was fronting the campaign in Wales.
Pressed in the assembly on Tuesday, he said Mr Corbyn would make "an excellent prime minister".
Who's Natalie?
Paul Nuttall called Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood Natalie twice during an ITV debate, much to her annoyance.
Songs and drugs and rock'n'roll
Ms Wood admitted smoking cannabis in her youth and sang to Catatonia in the Victoria Derbyshire programme's "van share" series.
Devo acrobatics
Many parties were accused of playing fast and loose with what Westminster was and was not responsible for, and confusing voters in the process.
But, to give the party a mention, we will use Lib Dem leader Tim Farron as an example.
He attacked Conservative social care policy while visiting Wales, even though it only applies in England, insisting Tory plans had implications for cross-border farms.
So what has the French presidential election told us that we did not already know?
Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front has only two MPs and Emmanuel Macron's En Marche! (On the move) only emerged as a political movement in April 2016.
And yet one of these two politicians will be the president of France and between them they attracted almost half the vote.
It is a new French revolution that leaves the centre-right Republicans and the Socialist left on the sidelines.
Yes, Mr Macron has served as economy minister in the outgoing Socialist government and was previously the president's protege. But he has never before been elected to a public position, and had to resign from the cabinet as his Socialist colleagues increasingly disowned him and his ideas.
France heads into uncharted waters
We knew Socialist President François Hollande was unpopular but the party's candidate, Benoît Hamon, fell short even of his poll ratings, attracting just 6.35% of the vote.
And yet five years ago it was all so different, with electoral dominance in the National Assembly and Senate as well as the Elysée palace.
Not since 1969 has the left fared so poorly in France.
The seeds of this disaster were sown by the party's own public primary vote for choosing a candidate. A rebel in the party, Mr Hamon won the January vote convincingly, defeating the former prime minister, Manuel Valls.
But because he was a rebel he never had the complete backing of most of the cabinet. Mr Valls even sided with Emmanuel Macron. Voters deserted the party, largely for Mr Macron or far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Never before has the National Front (FN) attracted so many voters.
More than 7.6 million French voters backed Marine Le Pen. The last time her party came anywhere close to that number was in regional elections in 2015, with 6.8 million votes.
But the opinion polls do not augur well for her, even though arguably everything was in place for an optimal outcome.
The Le Pen team have fought for years to "detoxify" the FN brand; for years she was leading the opinion polls, her party won regional and European elections and the two mainstream parties were at a low ebb.
And yet she still lost ground to Emmanuel Macron as the vote approached.
A Harris Interactive poll suggests only 13% of voters believe she is likely to win on 7 May. Is that because her party is seen as a voice of protest, incapable of taking power?
Recent experience from the Brexit referendum in the UK in June 2016 and the Donald Trump presidential victory in the US has told us to be wary of opinion polls and maybe not completely trust them.
People do not always tell pollsters what they really think and some have called into question the methodology used.
What does this mean for Brexit?
But the French election may have restored some faith in the polling organisations, which accurately predicted the decline in support for Marine Le Pen and the rise of Emmanuel Macron. It was only in the days before the vote that the polls showed him pulling ahead, and that was the result that emerged.
They also captured the rise of Jean-Luc Mélenchon - whose popularity swelled after his well-received performance in televised debates.
The centre right were favourites to win. Their candidate, François Fillon, was chosen in a popular vote and things were looking good.
But then came the bombshell allegations that his wife was paid public money for work she did not do and that he had a liking for expensive suits and watches.
The Republicans were caught in a slow-motion car crash but because Mr Fillon had won the primary there was no Plan B. And the only possible alternatives looked little better.
For a start, Mr Fillon refused to go. But veteran Alain Juppé was deemed no better because he had been banned from politics for a decade in an earlier party-funding scandal. And ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has had his own problems with France's judiciary too.
In the end securing almost 20% of the vote was an achievement, but the Republicans never really stood a chance.
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Shop workers had to call the police after a two-metre alligator decided to loiter in the store's doorway.
Rather than cause any bother resisting arrest, the gator calmly wandered back into the nearby woods.
But how hard is the transition? How difficult is it to swap the glare of the camera for the focus of thousands of supporters? BBC Sport Scotland looks at some of the big names who have crossed the Rubicon.
The former winger, who had a previous coaching spell at Dunfermline Athletic, has worked as a pundit covering Scottish football for Sky Sports. He decided to accept Scottish Premiership outfit Dundee's offer of becoming interim boss until the end of the season.
He succeeds Paul Hartley at Dens Park with Dundee second bottom of the table and fighting for their top-flight safety.
"It's not a big risk for me - it's maybe a big risk for the club, a lot of guys will think, because I've not been in a job before," said the 42-year-old.
"This opportunity was just too good to turn down."
"I'm not going to kid anyone on and say, 'it's just going to be easy', because it's not. There's a lot of hard work ahead. The other sides in and around us will have that same mentality. It's a massive job.
"I think most people know the type of person I am, type of character, the standards that I liked to have when I was playing and training - those qualities I would like to think I'll bring to the football club.
"It's my job now to sit with the players and try to get them to understand the requirements that's going to get them that extra yard or that extra wee bit that's going to be enough to see us win games of football."
McCann started his playing career as a winger at Dundee in 1992 and enjoyed stints at Hearts, Rangers, Southampton and Falkirk before ending his career at Dens Park in 2011. He also won 26 caps, scoring three international goals.
Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville was sacked by Valencia in March 2016 after less than four months in charge of the Spanish club.
The 41-year-old, who was part of the England coaching set-up under Roy Hodgson, has returned to his previous role as Sky Sports analyst.
Valencia won three of their 16 league games under the former television pundit, and 10 of 28 games overall.
Neville said he wanted to stay but results had "not been to my standards" or those "required by this club". Neville's management career began with a Champions League loss to Lyon at the Mestalla and it was not until 13 February that Los Che clinched the first of only three league wins.
Cup competitions provided some respite for Neville, with seven wins coming in the Copa del Rey and Europa League.
Neville retired from playing in 2011 after 602 Manchester United appearances and 85 England caps. He won 16 trophies at United and represented his country at five major tournaments.
Former England captain Alan Shearer was in charge of Newcastle for a short spell in 2009, in his only stint in football management to date.
Shearer quit playing in 2006 as Newcastle's record goalscorer before becoming a Match of the Day pundit.
"I've been out of football for over four years and I'm not looking to get back into it," he told the BBC in 2013.
In eight games as manager, he could not prevent the Magpies being relegated from England's top flight.
"I love my job and know I'm lucky to have it. Could I see myself returning to management? Probably not," Shearer told BBC Newcastle.
Born in Gosforth, just three miles from St James' Park, Shearer scored 206 goals in 404 appearances for his boyhood club after joining for a then-world record £15m fee in 1996.
He began his career at Southampton and won the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers in 1995 before moving on to Newcastle.
He was named Magpies manager on a short-term deal in April 2009, with boss Joe Kinnear undergoing triple heart bypass surgery. Shearer took over with the club two points in the relegation zone but one win in eight games saw them drop out of the Premier League, finishing one point behind Hull.
Bellshill-born McCoist was a Rangers player for 15 years as well as playing for St Johnstone, Sunderland, Kilmarnock and Scotland.
After retiring in 2001, McCoist continued to build a burgeoning media career, which included being a team captain on BBC's A Question of Sport.
He returned to football in 2004 as part of Walter Smith's Scotland coaching staff, and he followed Smith to Ibrox as assistant manger in 2007, before stepping up as his successor in summer 2011 while Rangers were still in the Scottish Premier League.
He subsequently led the side from the bottom tier of Scottish football by winning two consecutive league titles.
Expressing his gratitude to the Rangers supporters following his departure, McCoist said: "They were superb and they backed me and my staff.
"They also stood firm when their club was in dire straits and even at the bleakest moments they did not flinch.
"They are the heart and soul of this club and no-one should ever forget that."
McCoist has returned to his football pundit role since his managerial stint at Ibrox.
Cheers broke out as a court dropped charges against the 69 students, who had been in detention for over a year.
However, an estimated 400 political prisoners are still behind bars.
Ms Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, said the release of the remaining prisoners had been delayed by the legal process required.
The delay means they will not be freed until after the end of the Burmese New Year holiday, in 10 days time.
There were emotional scenes as the student activists were released - many were met by tearful parents, and singing and dancing supporters who presented them with flowers.
The students were arrested during protests against educational reforms in March last year.
The families of Myanmar's political prisoners gathered outside prisons and courts on Friday, hoping their loved ones would be freed.
Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won 80% of contested seats in the elections last year, ending decades of military rule.
However, a quarter of parliamentary seats are automatically held by the military, meaning it remains hugely influential.
Ms Suu Kyi was once a political prisoner herself, as were many members of her NLD party.
France's nuclear safety regulator told the BBC the flaw in the steel housing the reactor core at the nuclear plant being built in Normandy is "serious".
He added that unless he was satisfied with the plans to put it right, he could stop the project.
The fault in the French reactor is thought to be a construction fault, not an inherent weakness in the design.
The troubled European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) under construction in France is one of the standard bearers for the next generation of nuclear power plants.
It is of the same design as that planned for Hinkley C in Somerset and its collapse would deliver a major blow to the so called nuclear renaissance.
"It is a serious anomaly affecting a crucial component of the nuclear power plant," said Pierre-Franck Chevet, President of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN).
"We have observed a bad chemical and mechanical characteristic," he said.
ASN has ordered the loss-making French state owned reactor manufacturer Areva to conduct a further round of destructive testing on a similar component which will see the 116 tonne pressure vessel head or lid once earmarked for the planned reactor at Hinkley C destroyed in the process.
A statement from the French state-owned EDF Group which is behind both projects confirmed new tests are planned intended to "provide the safety authority with all the necessary information to demonstrate the safety and quality of the corresponding equipment".
The problem affects the steel making up the dome-like vessel head and bottom of the structure which has to withstand enormous heat and pressure from coolant water circulating around the core of reactor itself. The pressurised water is then pumped to a steam generator which indirectly turns a turbine creating electricity.
Chemical and mechanical tests on the steel completed in late 2014 found "high carbon concentration, leading to lower than expected mechanical toughness" according to ASN.
The 12.7 meter high pressure vessel which without the head weighs 410 tonnes - is designed to contain huge mechanical and thermal shocks.
But Pierre-Franck Chevet says the tests revealed the resilience of the steel was "far below the prescribed value".
French standards require the vessel to withstand shocks of 60 joules but they found values as low as 30, meaning the component is in parts about half as strong as it should be.
Though there were aspects of the material which were good he said: "On this characteristic of the steel we have 50% of what we want."
The flagship project for manufacturers Areva and the French state owned utility EDF is already way behind schedule and the costs has soared from £2.3billion at the time of purchase to nearer £6 billion now.
ASN has said it will not give its verdict until early next year but EDF maintains work will continue in the meantime.
"It could be yes, it could be no it could be yes with certain conditions," Mr Chevet told the BBC.
The completion date for the Flamanville reactor in Normandy has already been shifted from 2012 to 2017 and the latest problem could make that worse. If they have to replace both the base of the reactor as well as the lid it could prove costly.
"If they would have to fabricate a new bottom and head and that is not going to be quick," said Steve Thomas, professor of energy policy at Greenwich University who has written extensively about the EPR delays. "Removing the base would be more time consuming and could be prohibitively expensive."
A spokesperson for the Office for Nuclear Regulation said ASN's British counterpart said the two organisations were liaising closely: "ONR expects that any learning that is identified from Flamanville is applied to the Hinkley Point C project."
The statement said: "If ONR is not convinced that an activity is sufficiently safe, it will not [give] permission for the activity."
In an official statement, EDF Energy which has still to make its final investment decision regarding the reactors to be built at Hinkley in Somerset, said there was plenty of time to learn the lessons.
"The equivalent parts which will be used on Hinkley Point C have not yet been manufactured. The way in which they will be manufactured will ensure they meet all the requirements of the UK regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)," it read.
Pierre Franck Chevet has won respect for his straight talking in an industry once prone to secrecy. "My job is not to reassure the public, my job is to control and regulate nuclear activities" he said, admitting his words were not always appreciated by the utilities.
In a written technical assessment, ASN confirms the two EPR reactors being built in Taishan China were cast at the same forge in Le Creusot in eastern France "using a process similar to that used for the Flamanville EPR reactor pressure vessel".
Mr Chevet will fly to China in the coming weeks to speak to the Chinese regulator there. It could be a tense conversation given the growing interdependence of the two nuclear industries.
The international nuclear consultant Yves Marignac, director of Wise-Paris, who has been critical of the French nuclear programme for many years, said the problem would "raise serious issues of profitability". In a recent analysis of the problems, he wrote: "Economic scenario assessments might show that abandoning the project is cheaper than repair or replacement options, when factors such as the financial costs of further delays, or savings on decommissioning costs if the reactor doesn't go nuclear are included."
He added: "It is serious enough to put the EPR at risk from a technical point of view and it raises big questions about the competence and integrity of the industry."
They were the unlikely couple who inadvertently spawned the era of the super-coach. Like Murray, Lendl knew exactly how it felt to lose your first four Grand Slam finals.
He never said an enormous amount during training sessions but, through honesty and experience, helped Murray convert his extraordinary ability and drive into Grand Slam titles.
Many coaching relationships last significantly less than two and a quarter years - Maria Sharapova and Jimmy Connors chalked up one match together - but the timing of this announcement is not at all ideal.
Dani Vallverdu: Venezuelan is currently part of Murray's coaching staff
Darren Cahill: Worked with Murray on the Adidas development programme
Roger Rasheed: doing a great job with Grigor Dimitrov
Bob Brett: former coach of Boris Becker and Goran Ivanisevic
Mats Wilander: Former grand slam winner
Like Murray, Lendl won his first two Grand Slam titles in his mid-20s but then unearthed the secret of winning six more in the following five years.
His input would have been invaluable to Murray as he adapts to life as a Wimbledon champion and tries to play his way through a mediocre spell of form since September's back surgery.
Lendl's desire is to play more and coach less: too little for the amount of time Murray feels he requires. The eight-time Grand Slam champion will always be a supportive voice - as former coaches Mark Petchey and Miles Maclagan have also been - but will not be on hand to guide Murray through a potentially tricky year.
Murray told me he had "no real explanation" for the way he played when he lost to Milos Raonic in the fourth round in Indian Wells last week. He hinted at a lack of confidence and even bemusement that - despite being match fit - he is unable to rediscover the form of last summer.
His world ranking of six may also start to trouble him soon because as the defending champion in Miami this week, it's likely to fall before it starts to rise.
John McEnroe's tally of seven Grand Slam titles puts him among the all-time greats. He won them all by the age of 25 and admits he then found it hard to find the next gear.
When we chatted in Indian Wells last weekend, he explained what Murray might now be going through.
"[It's tough] to win Wimbledon, the Olympics and the [US] Open in one year basically, and then be able to put that aside and say, all right, now I've got to train even harder because all of a sudden people are going to say 'why can't he win eight Grand Slams?'
"He's got two now so therefore he should win one or two a year and he'd better do it, or else it's considered unacceptable.
"And he just hasn't been able in my mind to get out of that. I wouldn't call it a funk, but just sort of finding that inspiration again."
So who does Murray turn to for help? To Dani Vallverdu, first of all.
The Venezuelan has a low-profile but hugely important role in Murray's team. He is, to all intents and purposes, a full-time travelling coach and a very close friend from their time together at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona.
Vallverdu - with some assistance from Alex Corretja and Darren Cahill - was effectively running the show for the 18 months between Miles Maclagan's departure and Lendl's arrival, and his presence allows Murray time to consider his options carefully.
He is not someone who will be panicked into a hasty and possibly unwise decision, and some on the tour believe that at Murray's age he doesn't need any further additions to his squad.
I think he would benefit from another voice at this pivotal stage of his career: someone not too close to him, yet able to inspire him to greater heights.
Murray once remarked that, early in their relationship, he used to try to impress Lendl in the way you would a new girlfriend, and his results and on-court demeanour were noticeably better when the Czech was present.
Any future coach also should be able to share Murray's sense of humour, and most crucially to understand the very exclusive world he inhabits.
That would not have to be another former Grand Slam champion, although of the few who have not been snapped up, Mats Wilander would be an excellent choice.
Murray has spoken highly in the past of Darren Cahill, who he worked with as part of the Adidas development programme, Roger Rasheed (who now looks to be doing a great job with Grigor Dimitrov) and Bob Brett, the former coach of Boris Becker and Goran Ivanisevic.
An appointment is not urgent, but Murray is well aware that life at the top of professional sport can be brutally short.
The legendary comedy was blocked by councillors in 1980, who slapped it with an X rating.
But the 19-seat Bournemouth Colosseum has screened the film after the authority recently relaxed its stance.
Cinema boss Paul Whitehouse described the historic showing as "a bit of fun".
Mr Whitehouse, who runs the cinema underneath a cafe, laid on a three-course meal as part of the special event.
It is thought to be the first time the Life of Brian has been shown in public in the town since the row over its certificate.
"The council has relaxed its attitude now but in the early 1980s there was a very different view and they felt empowered to judge what the residents should watch," Mr Whitehouse said.
"I remember at the time when it came out people just went to Southampton to see it.
"It doesn't get better for a film than when phrases from it become part of British language."
Dave Harvey, who was at the screening, said: "It is one of my favourite films.
"Monty Python films are iconic comedy from the 60s and 70s and I am looking forward to watching it at the first screening in Bournemouth.
"I didn't realise tonight that I was going to be making local history."
Life of Brian - the story of a man born in a stable next door to Jesus Christ and subsequently mistaken for the Messiah - sparked accusations of blasphemy when it was released.
Bournemouth council's environmental services committee saw the film and decided to raise the certificate from an AA to an X, meaning only those over 18 could see it.
The distributors had said it could only be shown in areas where it had an AA rating.
Train driver Adrian Cox asked the council recently to change its stance so he could put on a private screening for his birthday.
It was only after licensing officers agreed that it could be shown.
Colin Robinson gave the film 9.5 out of 10 and said: "I couldn't understand why they banned such an amusing film.
"It is like reliving my student days.
"It is the freedom that the Monty Python squad gave to life, without any care at all."
Suhaib Majeed, 21, had "Mujahideen Secrets" on his laptop, the jury heard.
Mr Majeed, along with Nathan Cuffy, 26, Nyall Hamlett, 25, and Tarik Hassane, 22, from west London, deny conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts.
It is alleged they were inspired by the Islamic State group and plotted to kill a police officer, soldier or civilian.
The Old Bailey heard that Mr Majeed liaised via Skype, the internet-based communication software, with someone overseas who helped him download the software, which the prosecution said was designed for Islamist terrorists to exchange encrypted messages.
The contact abroad told Mr Majeed to "stay sharp" but unknown to either of them he was already under surveillance by counter-terrorism officers, the court was told.
The prosecution says Mr Majeed and fellow defendant Mr Hassane were in frequent contact about how to cover their tracks using false names and addresses and a variety of SIM cards.
The jury also saw evidence they had set up a code to share new phone numbers but Mr Majeed did not fully understand it, leading to a string of abusive messages from Mr Hassane.
Coded messages were used on Twitter to discuss getting a gun, the court heard.
While Mr Hassane, a medical student, was in Casablanca in Morocco, he exchanged direct messages on the microblogging site with Mr Majeed about sourcing "creps" or "black Huaraches".
Prosecutor Brian Altman QC told jurors that would ordinarily be a reference to a certain brand of Nike trainer, but in their secret language they meant firearms.
Days later, on 25 August 2014, Mr Majeed reported back "I got it", to which Mr Hassane replied "kl" (cool).
Mr Hassane was alleged to have been leading the plot and to have issued instructions to Mr Majeed, who was studying physics at King's College London at the time of his arrest, the court has heard.
Jurors have also heard that by the time three of the gang were arrested in September 2014, they had a gun and ammunition and were discussing buying an untraceable scooter.
Mr Hassane, who was studying in Sudan, returned to the UK to carry on as a "lone wolf terrorist" but was arrested by police in early October 2014, the trial heard.
Using Google Streetview photo-mapping service, he had allegedly identified Shepherd's Bush police station and the Parachute Regiment Territorial Army Barracks at White City as possible targets.
Mr Majeed, Mr Cuffy and Mr Hamlett are also charged with various firearms offences.
The trial continues.
The 76-year-old cookery expert confirmed she had had two auditions for the show which switches to Channel 4 this year.
Leith previously spent 11 years as judge on BBC Two's The Great British Menu.
Channel 4 said it would be announcing the programme's line-up "in due course".
Speaking at a charity event on Tuesday, Leith said she was "certainly one of the runners" to be a judge on the show alongside Paul Hollywood, the only member of the current on-screen team who has chosen to stay with the show.
"I can wish. I can dream," she said. "I've had two auditions with them and lots of meetings.
"So I mean I think I'm close but I know there are two people in the running. One other person.
"Of course I'd love to do it. Who wouldn't want to do it?"
She added: "I've known Mary [Berry] for years and she loved it."
Leith's agent confirmed to the BBC that she was interviewed for a job on the show at the end of last month.
But she said neither she nor Leith had received an offer from the show's producers so far.
The Great British Bake Off has been without one of its judges since Berry, 81, confirmed she would not be following the show to its new home.
Co-hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins also said they would not be "going with the dough", leaving Hollywood as the lone survivor from the BBC's version.
Born in South Africa in 1940, Prudence "Prue" Leith learned to cook at Le Cordon Bleu in London and opened her first restaurant in 1969.
She was made an OBE in 1989, a CBE in 2010 and is the chancellor of Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh.
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Paul Fletcher, who has built or advised on more than 30 new grounds, says athletics was wrongly put before football at the former Olympic Stadium.
He says fans are too far from the pitch at a ground beset by problems since the Hammers moved there this summer.
"Either we go on as we are for the next 30 or 40 years or we knock it down and start again," Fletcher told the BBC.
"Something has to give. If you want to satisfy spectators the only way to get those spectators near that pitch is to knock it down and start again," added the former Burnley striker turned chief executive.
Fletcher, who was behind new stadiums at Bolton, Huddersfield and Coventry, among others, and was commercial director for Wembley Stadium, said he was asked about the development of an Olympic stadium in 2000.
"I said what you must do is design a football stadium that converts to an athletics stadium for two weeks of its lifetime," he said.
"When I build my football stadiums, my number one concern is the spectator.
"What they've done is tried to convert an athletics stadium into a football pitch and, in my opinion, it doesn't work.
"The building was almost built when they started to talk to West Ham."
West Ham won the bid to occupy the Olympic Stadium in March 2013 and played their first game there in August 2016, after 112 years at Upton Park.
However, their move has been marred by fan violence, leading the club to issue a five-point security plan to prevent further disorder.
Hundreds of supporters clashed during the Hammers' EFL Cup tie against Chelsea, with seven arrests made as riot police were deployed inside the stadium.
Vice-chairwoman Karren Brady said the club would ban any fans involved in the violence, while Mark Field MP said the club should be forced to play behind closed doors until the issues are solved.
"Let's face it, there was only going to be one end user and it was only going to be West Ham," Fletcher added.
"Everyone in those days spoke about legacy. The only legacy was going to be as a football stadium and they should have been talking to West Ham and ask them what they want."
Mr Mickelson said he had no desire to benefit from trading in stock that regulators found questionable.
The SEC alleged that gambler William Walters - a friend of Mr Mickelson - had passed on a trading tip to the golfer.
Mr Walters is alleged to have been given tips about Dean Foods stock from its chairman Thomas Davis.
According to the SEC, Mr Davis provided Mr Walters with information on Dean Foods' earnings and plans to spin off a subsidiary called WhiteWave, allowing Mr Walters to net tens of millions of dollars.
The pair used prepaid phones to communicate, and referred to Dean Foods as the "Dallas Cowboys" to try to cover their tracks, the SEC said.
The SEC alleges that in July 2012 Mr Walters urged Mr Mickelson to buy Dean Foods stock, which he did through brokers. Mr Mickelson owed Mr Walters money at the time.
About a week later, Dean Foods stock price jumped 40% after announcements about the WhiteWave spin-off and strong second quarter results.
Mr Mickelson was named as a "relief defendant" in the SEC suit. He is not accused of participating in insider trading, but of receiving money as a result of the scheme.
He will repay the money, plus more than $100,000 interest, the SEC said.
In a statement released through his attorney, Mr Mickelson said he takes "full responsibility" for having become part of the SEC probe.
Mr Mickelson, who has won three Masters golf titles, added that he appreciated that the companies he represents had decided to continue their sponsorship agreements with him.
Clough, 50, played more than 300 games for the Reds over two spells, the first of which came under his father Brian.
He is in his second spell in charge of Burton, returning in December 2015 and guiding the Brewers to promotion to the Championship last season.
Forest sacked previous boss Philippe Montanier on 14 January.
Burton are three places below Forest, who are 19th and five points above the relegation zone, in the Championship.
Forest said they would not comment when contacted by BBC Radio Nottingham, as did Burton when asked for a response by BBC Radio Derby.
Clough referenced the speculation that has linked him with a move to Forest since Montanier's departure at the City Ground in his most recent press conference.
"It's an easy link and a logical one from lots of points of view," Clough told BBC Radio Derby on Wednesday.
"All these sort of allegiances you have and everything, yeah they're strong, but in football people go to rivals all the time.
"It's very difficult when you spent 18 years - I'm just over 50 years old - so a third of my life involved with a certain club [Nottingham Forest]."
Despite his links to Forest, Clough has never managed the club since ending his playing career.
His popularity among supporters dimmed only during spells as manager of traditional rivals Derby County and Sheffield United.
However, he was warmly received when he returned with Burton for the opening game of the EFL season in August, which Forest won 4-3.
Clough may well have been the son of manager Brian during much of his time at Forest, but his contribution definitively ensured there would be no awkwardness within the dressing room or derision from supporters.
Only Grenville Morris has scored more than his 131 goals and was part of a late 1980s generation that made Wembley an almost annual spring stop-off.
He scored twice in the 1989 League Cup final win against Luton, the club's first trophy in just under a decade, while his vision and skill made him the perfect foil to strikers including Lee Chapman, Nigel Jemson and Teddy Sheringham and won him England honours.
When his father left the club at the end of a miserable 1992-93 season which ended in relegation from the top division, Nigel departed to join Liverpool after nine years of service - only to return on loan in an unsuccessful short-term bid to keep Forest in the top flight in 1996-97.
The bongs will sound for the final time at midday on Monday before being disconnected to allow the clock and surrounding tower to be restored.
The Great Bell has sounded on the hour for 157 years.
It last fell silent in 2007 and before that, for major refurbishments between 1983 and 1985.
Parliamentary authorities said stopping Big Ben - the commonly used name for the Palace of Westminster's Elizabeth Tower - would protect workers carrying out the repairs.
It will still sound for important events including New Year's Eve and Remembrance Sunday.
The clock's keeper, Steve Jaggs, said Big Ben falling silent was a "significant milestone" in the project to restore the tower.
"This essential programme of works will safeguard the clock on a long term basis, as well as protecting and preserving its home - the Elizabeth Tower," he added.
The landmark Elizabeth Tower is said to be the most photographed building in the UK.
Scaffolding is up and repair work has already started.
The project's principal architect Adam Watrobski told the BBC the works would install new amenities in the tower, including a lift, toilet and kitchen.
Essential maintenance will also be carried out and the building will be made more energy efficient.
As well as conservation work to the tower, the Great Clock will be dismantled piece-by-piece and its four dials will be cleaned and repaired.
The Ayrton Light, which shines when Parliament is sitting, will also be renovated.
During the repair work, an electric motor will drive the clock hands until the main mechanism has been restored, so it will continue to tell the time.
However, the faces will need to be temporarily covered while the clock is undergoing maintenance.
The wider Parliamentary estate is also in need of repair, and a multi billion-pound programme involving MPs temporarily relocating has been put forward.
Meanwhile BBC Radio 4, which broadcasts the chimes of Big Ben live, has announced it will broadcast a recording when the bells fall silent.
Head of station management Denis Nowlan told the Today programme that various alternatives were considered, including the bells of Nottingham Council House.
"We came very close to using the sound of Nottingham's bells," he said.
However, a spokesperson confirmed: "After considering various options, we've decided that pre-recording Big Ben's chimes offers the most reliable and resilient option whilst the Palace of Westminster carries out its repairs."
Xia has proved to the Premier League and the Football League that he has adequate funds and has passed the owners and directors test.
He flies in on Sunday night to meet Football League chairman Shaun Harvey to tick the final box of approval.
The Football League has to make the final decision because relegated Villa are no longer in the Premier League.
That is deemed to be a formality and after meeting Harvey on Monday morning, Xia is expected to travel from London to Villa Park to meet key staff.
The last piece in the jigsaw will be getting the necessary documents signed by lawyers representing current owner Randy Lerner.
Xia, who will become Villa chairman once the move is ratified, will pay £52m to buy the club with the extra £24m as an overdraft.
There will be a considerable sum available to new manager Roberto di Matteo to buy new players - up to £35m plus any money generated from selling current players.
Di Matteo will be getting the players back early to assess their prospects then taking them to Austria for pre-season training after extending the session out there from four to seven days.
He will make no decision on their futures until he has seen them face-to-face, and then in training.
But the new manager is already planning to be active in the transfer market this week.
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The incident happened in High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea on Friday at about 16:15 GMT.
A 55-year-old man died when a BMW hit traffic lights and they fell on him.
He has been named as Gerald Macey, and was described as a "fun loving character" who dedicated his life to his children and grandson.
A 21-year-old driver of a BMW was arrested and has since been released on police bail pending further enquiries.
Mr Macey's family said in a statement: "Gerald was a much loved and cherished husband, father, bampy, son, brother, brother-in-law and uncle.
"Nobody ever had a bad word to say about him. He was a fun-loving character, always busy and 'on the go'.
"Since losing his wife, Jackie, 12 years ago, Gerald dedicated his life to his children Melanie and Sean, and grandson."
Mr Macey, from Gorseinion, was retired having worked in the construction and coal-mining industries.
The BBC drama picked up five prizes at the event, including best soap and best wedding.
Jessie Wallace was named best actress for her role as Kat Moon, while 10-year-old Maisie Smith, who plays Tiffany Butcher, was voted best young actor.
Emmerdale's Danny Miller also won two awards for his role as Aaron Livesy.
The actor was rewarded with best actor and best dramatic performance.
Coronation Street claimed the outstanding achievement prize for the show's tram crash storyline and live episode, which celebrated the soap's 50th anniversary.
Tamwar Masood and Afia Khan's Muslim marriage ceremony in Albert Square was also awarded the best wedding prize.
While Home and Away won best daytime soap and Waterloo Road was named best drama at the ceremony on Monday night.
The Scots began the final day of the four-day match needing 149 runs to win.
But Grant Bradburn's side could only add 156 runs from 64.2 overs in their second innings, having amassed 133 in their first.
The Dutch posted 210 and 123 runs in their innings and Peter Borren took four wickets. Richie Berrington top-scored for Scotland with 59 runs.
Preston Mommsen and Berrington were undefeated on 18 and 16, respectively, at the end of day three.
But Mommsen could not add to his tally as he was caught by Borren off a delivery by Roelof van der Merwe.
Berrington and Rob Taylor (52) breached the half-century mark for Scotland but Matt Cross's four runs was all the Scots could muster from their last four batsmen.
Michael Rippon had top-scored for the Dutch in their second innings with 37.
Play had been halted with the final group on the 16th hole, with the fourth round still to play on Sunday.
Johnson Wagner and Scott Piercy, both also American, are tied for second on 14 under par in Napa Valley.
Scotland's Laird shot a four-under 68 to draw level with Englishman Casey.
Michael Kim of the United States carded a seven-under-par 65 to share the clubhouse lead with compatriot Brendan Steele on 11 under, while another American, five-time major winner Phil Mickelson, is at nine under.
Starting times for the fourth round have been moved as more rain is forecast on Sunday.
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Azeem Hafeez, the son of Sandwell Council's former deputy leader Mahboob Hussain, will not be charged, police have said.
Mr Hafeez said: "My arrest did not relate to the sale or purchase of any former Sandwell Council properties.
"I'm considering taking legal action."
A West Midlands Police spokeswoman said: "The 30-year-old man who was arrested in connection with an investigation into irregularities regarding the sale of former Sandwell council properties between June 2012 and September 2014 has been released without charge and told no further action will be taken against him.
"He was arrested from an address in Oldbury on 1 April 2015. He was on police bail throughout the intervening period."
The investigation into the sale of the council's former properties continues, the West Midlands force said.
Labour-run Sandwell Council said it would co-operate with the police investigation when it began in October.
In October, Oldbury ward councillor Mr Hussain stood down as chairman of the council's asset management and land disposal committee.
At the time, the council said Mr Hussain's resignation was a neutral act that did not imply any wrongdoing.
In a personal statement, issued last year, Mr Hussain said: "I fully expect the audit service's investigation to clearly show I have followed all the proper rules and procedures."
He has also since resigned from the authority's ruling cabinet, along with former economy chief councillor, Ian Jones.
William Friedkin, who directed the film adaptation of Blatty's novel, broke the news of his death on Twitter.
"William Peter Blatty, dear friend and brother who created The Exorcist passed away yesterday," he wrote.
The Exorcist was published as a novel in 1971, with the hugely successful big screen adaptation - also written by Blatty - following two years later.
Despite a troubled production and a muted launch, the film went on to become one of the highest grossing in history and is considered by critics to be a classic horror movie.
Blatty's widow, Julie Alicia Blatty, told the Associated Press that the writer died on Thursday at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.
The cause of death was multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, she said.
Horror writer Stephen King tweeted: "RIP William Peter Blatty, who wrote the great horror novel of our time. So long, Old Bill."
The Exorcist won Blatty an Oscar for best adapted screenplay and he went on to write and direct the second sequel The Exorcist III.
Blatty also wrote novels such as Elsewhere, Dimiter, The Ninth Configuration and Demons Five, Exorcist Nothing: A Fable.
His film credits include A Shot in the Dark, The Great Bank Robbery and Promise Her Anything.
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The Labour leader told the BBC the way decisions were taken in the party after his re-election had to be opened up.
He also sought to build bridges with MPs critical of him by saying the "vast majority" have no fear of being barred from standing at the next election.
It came as one union leader told MPs to stop "knifing" their leader.
Unite boss Len McCluskey said he believed "only a rump of right wingers" would continue to oppose Mr Corbyn following his re-election and he should be allowed to lead without having "to pluck knives out of his back."
Speaking to the Andrew Marr Show, Mr Corbyn acknowledged there were "differences of opinion" between him and many of his MPs on policy but said there was also a "great deal of unanimity".
He said Labour's growing party membership - which has swelled to more than half a million since the general election - now held greater sway and Labour MPs would be expected to fall into line with its support for a tough message on anti-austerity and public ownership.
But he played down talk that MPs judged to be out of step with the direction of the party could be deselected in the run-up to next general election.
MPs have warned of a purge linked to proposed changes to constituency boundaries in 2020 and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has warned that, if this happened, it could lead to a split in the party similar to the one in the early 1980s.
Mr Corbyn said the relationship between an MP and their constituency was "complex" but added: "Let's have a democratic discussion and, I think, the vast majority of MPs will have no problem whatsoever."
Mr Corbyn said he wanted a less top-down approach to policy making, with more input from grass roots activists and the party conference, which began in Liverpool on Sunday, at the "centre of concluding policy debates".
"There is a lot of thirst for change out there," he said. "People want to see things done differently."
After Mr Corbyn secured 61.8% of the vote to comfortably defeat his challenger Owen Smith, there has been speculation that a number of Labour MPs who resigned from the shadow cabinet in the summer in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership could be willing to return.
Mr McCluskey said the majority of MPs would now be willing to serve under Mr Corbyn and the media should "watch this space".
But former shadow health and education secretaries Heidi Alexander and Tristram Hunt have already ruled out a return to the front bench and Mr Smith has also said he won't serve under his rival.
It is thought a number of MPs are only prepared to return if elections to the shadow cabinet - which were scrapped in 2011 - are reinstated. Labour's ruling National Executive Committee discussed the issue on Saturday but no conclusions were reached.
Amid calls for unity, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry said it was time for opponents of Mr Corbyn to fall in line, telling the BBC News Channel they needed to work for the "greater good" by providing a strong opposition.
She was speaking after Labour peer Lord Mitchell became the first representative to quit the party after Mr Corbyn's re-election.
The businessman, who was ennobled by Tony Blair in 2000, said he was concerned about Mr Corbyn's "lack of leadership qualities" and he would never become prime minister.
The peer also said he was alarmed by the rise of anti-Semitism within sections of the Labour movement and Mr Corbyn's "lukewarm" response to it.
In response, Mr Corbyn said the comments were "unfortunate" and there is "absolute unity in the party of opposing any form of anti-Semitism".
In his first set piece interview since his re-election, Mr Corbyn told Andrew Marr he supported a huge programme of public investment in the economy, funded by extra borrowing and an increase in corporate taxation.
He also called on the government to be more open about the progress of the Brexit negotiations amid confusion about when Article 50 would be triggered.
While supporting the current defence budget, he appeared to cast doubt on plans by MI6 to recruit 1,000 extra staff, saying the security service's proposed expansion wasn't "particularly necessary".
On foreign policy, he said there should be an inquiry into Russian bombing in Syria and also suggested British troops should not be protected from future legal action over alleged abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan - after calls for an end to "vexatious" claims by PM Theresa May.
This, he said, would be a "step too far" as British soldiers had to respect international law.
Conservative Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson suggested that Mr Corbyn did not pose a serious threat to the government, telling Andrew Marr his "left-wing 1970s" economic programme was "extremely dangerous".
Browne stopped champion Ruslan Chagaev to win the title in Russia in March, but tested positive for clenbuterol after the fight.
The WBA has since reinstalled Browne, 37, in the top five of its rankings.
It ordered that he face 43-year-old Puerto Rican Oquendo, the leading contender, within 120 days.
Britain's Tyson Fury is the reigning 'super' champion at heavyweight. He faces a rematch with Ukraine's Wladimir Klitschko for the WBO and WBA belts in Manchester on 29 October.
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Konta, the first British woman for 33 years to play in a Grand Slam semi-final, went down 7-5 6-2 in Melbourne.
"I played against a better player today who earned her right to a Grand Slam final," said the British number one.
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The 24-year-old collects £370,000 in prize money, while her ranking is set to jump from 47 to inside the top 30.
Kerber, 28, goes on to face world number one Serena Williams, who took just 64 minutes to thrash Polish fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0 6-4.
The American, 34, is the defending champion and is chasing a seventh Australian Open and 22nd Grand Slam title.
The Briton made a nervous start and could not stem a flow of errors that kept the pressure off Kerber.
Konta ended the match with 36 unforced errors to the German's 11, having dropped serve five times over an hour and 22 minutes.
She looked every bit the debutante at this level as she slipped 3-0 down, with Kerber - twice a Grand Slam semi-finalist - hardly required to do anything but keep the ball in play in the early stages.
There was real hope for Konta when she found some rhythm and clawed her way back to lead 5-4 in the first set, but Kerber broke again at 5-5 and would lose just two more games.
Konta was upbeat after her loss, insisting: "I don't think I missed an opportunity."
She felt Kerber simply played better, adding there were a lot of positives to take from her straight-set defeat.
"I'm really hungry to keep improving and keep enjoying what I'm doing," she said. "So that's where I'm at.
"I just will go back, keep working hard, keep improving the things that I want to improve and keep enjoying what I'm doing."
Konta's progress over the past 12 months has been described as "phenomenal" by GB Davis Cup captain Leon Smith.
"Jo should be so proud of herself, the way she's played and handled herself," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "Yes, she'll be disappointed today, but she probably can't wait to get going again."
Jo Durie, Britain's last female Grand Slam semi-finalist, and former British number one Greg Rusedski both tweeted praise for Konta.
Rusedski, who reached the US Open final in 1997, wrote: "Great run for @JoKonta91 getting to the semifinals of a GS for the first time. Now into the top 30 in the world. She will only get better."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller:
Johanna Konta says she has learnt to 'feel comfortable being uncomfortable' during her run to the semi-final.
The experience of winning five Grand Slam matches in a row and working through some stressful periods will stand her in great stead.
She will be 28 in the world when the rankings are updated on Monday and has very few points to defend until the grass-court season begins in June, so she has an excellent chance of being seeded for both the French Open and Wimbledon.
She has also earned the right to play in any tournament she chooses to, anywhere in the world.
It has been a phenomenal performance by a player, who before her run to the fourth round of the US Open last September, had only ever won one match in a Grand Slam main draw.
Radwanska was on a 13-match winning run, but she had lost all eight previous meetings with Williams and was again overwhelmed.
Williams was utterly dominant in the first set, her power advantage most obvious as she demolished the 5ft 8in Pole's serve, winning 12 of 16 return points as she took it in 20 minutes.
The American's form fell away in the second set, allowing Radwanska to recover from 3-1 down with four straight games that roused a crowd sympathetic to the Pole's plight.
But Radwanska missed a forehand to drop serve at 4-4 and Williams, despite racking up 13 errors to four in the first set, found three aces in a row on her way to serving out the match.
"I'm really excited to be in another final, it kind of blows my mind right now," said Williams.
Radwanska said it would difficult for anyone to stop Williams.
"If she's playing her best tennis, it's a big difference," she said. "I don't think anyone can really play on that level."
But Kerber responded: "I'm really looking forward to playing Serena in the final. I have nothing to lose and will give it everything."
The Labour leader said that on his 99 previous questions he has been "unclear or dissatisfied with the answer".
But he pressed on with a crowd sourced inquiry from a "Callum" on cuts to the funding of sixth form and further education colleges.
Mr Cameron disputed Mr Corbyn's claims but congratulated him on reaching "100 not out".
The prime minister said that his survival was welcomed across the House of Commons.
Mr Corbyn has attempted to introduce a less confrontational style at the weekly half hour session, and to ask questions sent in by members of the public, since he took over as Labour leader last September.
He is allowed six questions to the prime minister each week, when Parliament is sitting and Mr Cameron is in the country.
BBC analysis shows nearly half of Mr Corbyn's questions have been on welfare or health, with none on immigration.
He asked what is believed to be his first question on the economy at Wednesday's session, saying: "The construction output in Britain has shrunk for two consecutive quarters now, surely this is a matter of concern.
"Isn't this really a bit of a sign that this economic recovery is being constructed on sand?"
The PM said the government wanted "to see every part of our economy growing", but he added: "If you look at our construction plans, because we've got a strong economy we're able to commit to HS2, we're able to commit to the biggest road programme since the 1970s, the largest rail programme since Victorian times, together with huge infrastructure projects in energy and in other areas.
"Those things are only possible because we've got a strong and growing economy."
Mr Cameron warned that Labour would "wreck the country's finances" and put up taxes for low and middle earners.
The Labour leader then accused Mr Cameron of holding back Britain by cutting skills training and investment.
Mr Cameron claimed Labour had created instability in the economy while in government and failed to build enough houses - and disputed Mr Corbyn's figures on apprenticeships, which he claimed had seen a big increase in funding.
In a wide-ranging set of questions, Mr Corbyn also highlighted new figures from children's charities showing council spending on children and young people has been cut by £2bn.
The Labour leader said the reductions came at the same time as Mr Osborne cut corporation tax to the lowest level in the G7.
"Doesn't this demonstrate a wrong choice by the prime minister?" Mr Corbyn asked.
Mr Cameron hit back, accusing Mr Corbyn of making a "political point" instead of acknowledging that corporation tax receipts had increased by 20%, giving the Government more money to spend on services.
A back problem that required surgery ruled the all-rounder out for the 2015 season after his one match, and he had to hand over leadership duties to Steven Croft.
"Mentally, last year was pretty tough knowing I was going to be out for the season after just becoming captain, and all the things that came with it," the 30-year-old told BBC Sport.
"It was a season I was looking forward to massively, as I do every season, but this one had a bit extra to it."
The captaincy came off the back of an impressive 2014, a season in which Smith took more than 50 wickets and was named Lancashire's player of the year.
He spent 13 months out of action in total, handing over the captaincy full-time to Croft - a difficult decision he felt was right for both himself and the club.
"I knew from a personal point of view that I had to make a selfish decision because in order for me to get right I had to focus 100% on myself," he continued. "It was just the right thing to do.
"It was good to watch the lads play but ultimately I wanted to be out there. My wife got pregnant, which certainly gave extra motivation, but I couldn't have done it without a lot of people.
"It's been amazing to be back playing. You certainly put things into perspective and your love of the game and what you play for certainly stands true after you spend a lot of time out."
Smith started out at local team Withnell Fold where his father played, moving to Chorley Cricket Club before being noticed for trials at Lancashire.
After progressing from Lancashire's under-13 team through to their under-19 side, Smith was offered his first professional contract.
"I played most sports growing up - football, golf, tennis, everything you can think of, but cricket was the one I always wanted to do," he said.
"My parents were inspirational and very influential in my upbringing - they drove me everywhere, up and down the country.
"I always admired Ian Thorpe, Brian Lara, Andrew Flintoff. I remember walking into the changing room one day and Andrew Flintoff was stood in front of me, it was a pretty surreal experience.
"For me, winning the Championship in 2011 has been a real highlight and receiving my county cap is certainly a proud moment I'll never forget."
Smith has scored 7,720 career runs and taken 376 wickets across all three forms of the game, and as an all-rounder has had to master both batting and bowling aspects of the sport.
"I think the demands are seen away from the pitch," Smith added. "You have to work hard on keeping both disciplines at top performance to ensure both assets are up to scratch so you can deliver.
"On the pitch it's just a role you're used to because that's your job at the end of the day and it's what you love doing."
Asked what aspect of the game he preferred, Smith replied: "I think I'd rather score a hundred."
One sport that was not present at the recent Rio 2016 Olympics was cricket, so does Smith envisage a future place for his sport there?
"It's a tough one. It'd have to be Twenty20 cricket for time purposes, I don't think you could have a Test match going on," he said.
"It'd be nice to see it in the Olympics, you've got golf in there now which is a bit more mainstream so one day maybe T20 cricket can be in there.
"It'd be nice getting a gold medal wouldn't it?"
With a trip to Liverpool the prize in the third round staff are battling to protect the playing surface.
County have had three home games postponed or abandoned this term.
The club has also received a report outlining a number of recommendations to deal with drainage issues with the pitch.
The English Football League sent a specialist company to the ground to inspect the surface after their home game against Morecambe on was abandoned.
"The experts have produced a report outlining a number of recommendations covering both the short and long term which has been shared with all parties," Newport said in a statement.
"The club has also discussed the findings of the report with the Football League and will be putting a plan together with Rodney Parade to address the recommendations."
Newport County, who share Rodney Parade with Newport Gwent Dragons and Newport RFC, have had had major problems with drainage and saw their last home League Two game against Morecambe abandoned at half-time due to standing water.
The replay with Argyle is to be televised and postponement could have a knock-on effect when it comes to the Anfield fixture which is also scheduled to be shown on TV.
The cover, which has been used previously at Brighton's Amex Stadium, is domed and inflated by air pumps to keep the surface free of rain.
"Club officials have been working closely with the FA and staff to ensure the game goes without any issues," said Newport chairman, Gavin Foxhall.
"The Dome has been at the heart of those discussions given recent problems with the pitch. Our thanks go to all involved."
Newport manager, Graham Westley, said he expected the match to go ahead, but was critical of Newport RFC who own Rodney Parade, for not ensuring drainage was better.
"The powers that be have got some protection in place on the surface," Westley told BBC Wales Sport.
"I don't think anyone's got any doubts that the game will go ahead. But the weather is the weather, you can't control it.
"The surface is a rugby pitch. It's got a rugby pitch's drainage and it fills up with water and it floods. It's not suitable for football.
"It needs better drainage if it's going to house football matches. You would expect the owners of the pitch, if they agree a ten-year deal to host football matches, to have the drainage in place to host football matches."
Newport set up the replay, and the potential money-spinning clash with Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, thanks to a battling 0-0 draw against Plymouth at Home Park.
The match was followed by controversy when Westley attended a press conference whilst Argyle boss, Derek Adams was still speaking to reporters.
Adams apparently then stormed out when he realised Westley was present.
But the Newport boss said as far as he was concerned there were no problems between him and Adams.
"I don't care if he shakes my hand or doesn't shake my hand," added Westley.
"I'm a polite person, I shake every manager's hand.
"If he doesn't want to shake my hand, he does not want to shake my hand, but I'm a gentleman, so I will."
The 32-year-old made 203 appearances during a five-and-a-half-year spell with Luton before joining the Glovers last summer.
The Welshman played 33 times in League Two last term and is the O's first new recruit since appointing Steve Davis as head coach on Monday.
Lawless is their fifth signing since being relegated to the National League.
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Craig Disley and Danny East both went close for the visitors in a largely uneventful first half.
Sam Habergham had to be alert to clear a threatening Grimsby attack after the break, while Sean Marks shot over the bar for the Iron.
Disley went closest in the final minutes, rising to meet Richard Tait's cross, but his header hit the bar.
Grimsby Town manager Paul Hurst told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"It wasn't the prettiest of games. It very rarely is in truth when you come here.
"With the injuries we've picked up as well I'm happy with a clean sheet.
"We're in October, I don't think we've particularly had a bad spell of weather and we were hoping the pitch would be a bit better than it was."
William MacKay, 70, had denied the abuse, which took place in Ross-shire between 1986 and 1994.
He was cleared of rape after a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court but convicted of three counts of sexual abuse and jailed for three-and-a-half years.
The court heard his victim experienced flashbacks and had dream therapy.
That unlocked memories of the abuse of her and another girl that MacKay used to babysit for.
One of his victims was only seven when her ordeal began.
Defence QC Frances McMenamin said that MacKay, who is in poor physical health and suffers from short-term memory loss, continued to deny committing the offences.
However, judge Graham Buchanan sentencing MacKay, who is from Ross-shire, said: "You continue to maintain your innocence of these charges and were acquitted of more serious charges towards these girls at the young ages they were was quite disgraceful.
"A significant custodial sentence is the only appropriate form of disposal."
Judge Buchanan also placed MacKay on the sex offenders register.
The court was told that MacKay was likely to be freed from custody within a matter of weeks after serving the equivalent of 40 months in custody while awaiting trial.
Judge Buchanan was not able to give MacKay, who is considered a medium risk of re-offending, an extended sentence which would include monitoring in the community because the offences were committed before that legislation came into force.
Speaking after the case, Det Insp Andy Logan from the Public Protection Unit said: "MacKay exploited young girls over many years and today he has finally been held accountable for his actions.
"Whenever incidents of sexual abuse are brought to our attention they will be thoroughly and sensitively investigated by specialist officers, who will provide dedicated support, regardless of the passage of time.
"The bravery of MacKay's victims in coming forward has allowed for a robust investigation to be carried out and subsequently MacKay being brought to justice for his deplorable actions."
Industry body Tiga has told Newsbeat the move would give games "the respect they deserve" and offer a boost to British-based companies.
Games are currently classified as software under EU law.
Developers argue a change would allow the UK and other countries to support the industry and create jobs.
"Recognising games as cultural products would untie the red tape which unfairly prevents EU member state governments from supporting their national video game sectors," said Dr Richard Wilson, CEO of Tiga.
Tax breaks were introduced for games companies in March, but only after the European Commission approved the move.
Developers claim that would not have been necessary if games were classified as cultural products.
Dr Wilson added games should be seen as "an art form, as a high-tech, highly-skilled industry, as a force for economic and social good".
The video games industry is worth $93bn (£59bn) worldwide, compared to $15bn for the music industry, and the $88.3bn worldwide film industry, according to Tiga.
Little Big Planet creator Media Molecule is one UK studio backing the call for change.
Rex Crowle, lead creator on the studio's adventure game Tearaway, says the image of the games industry is changing.
"They have so much artistry put into them, they have to be built from scratch.
"There's no way to just find content for games, you can't just point a camera at something.
"It brings together so many talents, from architectural design to audio design to storytelling."
In the past some big publishers have resisted calls to categorise games as cultural products.
Vincent Scheurer, founder and director of Tiga, explained the companies were worried about governments trying to protect companies based in their countries by charging those from abroad.
"They were worried that people were going to start taking their money and start giving it to local games companies."
Many developers say that games, as forms of entertainment, are seen as part of popular culture.
Ollie Clarke, winner of a Bafta breakthrough Brit award in 2013, describes his latest creation LA Cops in this way.
"The game we're producing here is not meant to be art. It's meant to be a well-crafted, really enjoyable escape from a mundane reality.
"If you've had a bad day at work, come home, shoot some bad guys in LA cops, enjoy your life."
He works alongside other small developers in a shared workspace in Leamington Spa.
Steve Stopps set up Arch Creatives after his former employer Blitz Games Studios closed down.
"Finally people in power are realising this too, finally we're not becoming this cultural whipping boy of 'games are evil' or 'games are bad'.
"Being recognised as a serious part of the UK economy is a great step in the right direction."
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The "no parking" lines were discovered on an industrial estate near Truro in Cornwall.
Mark Mitchell, owner of Stylehome, said: "It goes against all common sense to draw lines across the middle of the road."
Cornwall Council said although the lines were "technically correct", it would remove them.
It follows traffic problems around the Threemilestone Industrial Estate due to road closures.
Mark Mitchell said: "It is hard to make this up and, frankly, simply beyond belief."
Other businesses are located past the yellow lines.
Cornwall Council said in a statement that the road had stopped where the double yellow lines were painted until the road was extended in 2013.
But when it was extended, the "traffic order" for the lines was not changed, so the lines remained.
"The yellow lines across the road, whilst appearing to be an unfortunate error, are in fact technically correct," it said.
"However, we recognise that it is highly unlikely that anyone would park a vehicle across the highway at this point, and we will therefore remove the offending section."
Marques Monroe, 20, pleaded guilty to assaulting an employee by brandishing a knife at her at the Caddon Court store on 14 May 2016.
Monroe, who gave his parents' address in Nottingham, stole alcohol and attempted to steal cigarettes.
He was due to be sentenced at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.
The Dow Jones closed up 120.74 points at 18347.67, beating a record set in May 2015.
The S&P 500 pushed up from its record close on Monday climbing 14.98 points to 2152.14, while the Nasdaq rose 34.18 to 5022.82.
Bank shares were on the front foot once again, with Goldman Sachs rising 3.1% and Citigroup climbing 2.7%.
JP Morgan Chase was up 1.5% after announcing it would raise the pay of 18,000 hourly staff in the US, over the next three years.
Low returns on government bonds and positive June jobs data had boosted investors desire to buy stocks.
Amazon shares hit their own record high of $757.34 per share, but fell 0.7% as the company's website suffered glitches during the "Prime Day" shopping event.
Investors were also encouraged by results from aluminium producer Alcoa.
The company reported second-quarter net income of $135m, down from $140m a year earlier, but the fall was not as bad as feared and Alcoa's shares rose 5.4%.
Shares of AMC Entertainment rose 7.3% after the company announced plans to buy London-based Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group - creating the world's largest cinema chain.
American Airlines had a strong day. Its shares shot up 11.2%.
The airline announced a new plan for company credit cards, which it estimates will increase profits by $1.5bn over the next three years.
The purchase is part of a plan to regenerate the site on Dumballs Road, Butetown, with new and affordable housing with private investor Vastint.
Cabinet members made the decision at a meeting near the site on Thursday.
A previous regeneration scheme for the area was deemed by council financiers to be "unaffordable".
In a report for the cabinet, the council's director of economic development Neil Hanratty noted that Dumballs Road had "suffered numerous unsuccessful attempts at redevelopment over the last three decades".
Vastint - part of the same group as IKEA - plans to buy 24 acres (10 hectares) of land.
The council said the company would work with the authority to develop a new planning application for the site.
Cardiff council leader Phil Bale added: "They want to work with us on delivering the Embankment site and will only proceed in partnership with us.
"If this goes ahead it could be the final piece in the jigsaw which would see the east side of the riverbank from the stadium to the Bay completely redeveloped."
Mr Bale said the total spend for the council was around £15m.
Andrew Cobden of Vastint said: "The opportunity to acquire a large land parcel in the centre of a well-established and growing capital city is exciting for Vastint and fits with the planned expansion of activities in the UK."
As well as housing, the developer may provide commercial business space.
Permission already exists for more than 2,000 new homes, 12.5% of which is designated as affordable housing.
Jennifer Cardy, from Northern Ireland, was one of four young girls murdered by Black, who died in jail on Tuesday.
The nine-year-old was abducted, assaulted and killed near her home in Ballinderry, County Antrim.
Police in England are "devastated" that Black died before he could be charged with another girl's murder.
The Devon and Cornwall force said it was five weeks from submitting a file to prosecutors on Black linking him to the 1978 killing of Genette Tate.
She vanished while delivering newspapers in Aylesbeare, east Devon, in 1978. Her body has never been found.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Cardy's parents, Pat and Andy, spoke of how their Christian faith had influenced their attitude to Black.
Mrs Cardy said she wished she could have met Black before his death as she believed he may have been responsible for other unsolved child murders.
"Had I been able to talk, just as a woman to a man, and ask him where did he throw or fling or put the bodies of many more little girls that he killed," she said.
"That hasn't been proved, I know that, but there are many children's murders, little girls' murders with his hallmark."
The Cardy family were informed by police on Tuesday evening that 68-year-old Black had died at Maghaberry high-security prison in County Antrim.
It is believed he died of natural causes.
Black had a history of abducting, abusing and murdering young girls.
In addition to his four murder convictions for killing Jennifer Cardy, Sarah Harper, Susan Maxwell and Caroline Hogg, Black had also been convicted of other attempted abductions and was suspected of other unsolved crimes against children.
Jennifer was nine in August 1981 when Black kidnapped and killed her close to her home in Ballinderry, County Antrim.
BBC NI reporter Gordon Adair's Cardy trial memories:
Rarely, if ever, have I seen an outpouring of emotion like that triggered when the jury foreman at Armagh Crown Court uttered the single word 'guilty' in 2011. Thirty years after her death, justice had finally caught up with Jennifer Cardy's killer.
Jennifer's family, jurors, journalists, and even detectives wept. The only person who showed no emotion was Robert Black.
He sat - as he had done throughout the trial - gazing towards the front of the court. No matter how horrific or distressing the evidence had been, he demonstrated not a single flicker of concern; not for Jennifer, not for her family.
Black never accepted his guilt, never showed any remorse, never apologised. At his sentencing, his barrister took the unusual step of standing up, saying: "I intend to say nothing in mitigation" and sitting back down.
Looking back now on Black's life there is, again, little to be said in mitigation.
Mrs Cardy told BBC News NI that she feels no bitterness towards her daughter's murderer and would have liked to have spoken to him before his death in jail in a bid to change his "wasted" life, that was full of "depravity".
"As Christians, Robert Black could have had what I have and what Andrew has, and our whole family - that is just the beautiful peace of God," she said.
"I have actually prayed for Robert Black that he could come to this and therefore, his life that produced no good could now begin to change. I would have loved that for Robert Black."
Mr Cardy said: "I've often said that he stole the life from our daughter but we would not allow him to steal our lives. We were determined to live on and live on for the family that we had, but the hurt is still there.
"We miss Jennifer but we have to move on, we have to keep going."
The flint artefacts were revealed by the gradual erosion of a footpath at the eastern end of Bradgate Park.
They have now been evaluated to determine who may have been active in the area.
Experts believe the site was used by "hunter-gatherers of a culture termed Creswellian".
The culture is named after Creswell Crags, a limestone gorge with caves once used by ancient ancestors, located on the border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
The remains were investigated by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS).
Lynden Cooper, project officer at ULAS, said: "Rapid climate change c15,000 years ago led to large tracts of new grassland territory becoming accessible to animals such as horse, deer and reindeer.
"A small band of humans, late Magdalenian hunters, also entered this new land of plenty, and within a short period of time had evolved into the Creswellian people.
"Innovative stone tool technology can be seen to reflect new hunting strategies required to cope with ecological changes resulting from the warming climate."
The tools include blades known as Cheddar and Creswell points, and scrapers used to process animal hides.
The university said that while there are about 20 Creswellian cave sites around the UK, Bradgate Park was a "very rare" discovery of an open air site.
ULAS was assisted by Rob Clough, a ranger at Bradgate Park, as well as Graham and Christine Coombes, who found the first flint pieces in 2001.
The site is thought to have been a hunting stand, where hunters intercepted animals such as horse and deer that were passing through the gorge.
Pupils in Dingwall and Inverness aged between 13 and 16, and viewed as at risk of opting out of education, will be involved.
They will mentor nursery children identified as being in need of additional support.
The scheme will be run by UK education project Teens and Toddlers.
Of these, more than 390,000 were aged under 25 - 42% of the total.
The highest number of registrations was on the day Mrs May made her speech, with 147,000 people registering online and 3,364 paper forms being submitted.
There was another surge on the day of the local elections, with 67,600 registering on 4 May.
Although numbers have begun to drop off, there are still significant numbers of voters making sure they can have their say at the ballot box.
A spike in the numbers on 7 April, which saw 84,600 people register, has been attributed to a Facebook reminder that went out to users across the UK.
The deadline to register to vote in the general election is 22 May.
After campaigning to get more people registered in time for the last general election in 2015 and the EU referendum in 2016, the Electoral Commission said the deadline to register was "a significant motivating factor". A spokeswoman added: "A large number of people apply to register in the days immediately before and on the deadline itself."
The biggest group getting their applications in to vote during this surge is young people.
Many of those registering will be people who have turned 18 since the referendum, or students who have moved house.
Rachael Farrington, university student and founder of Voting Counts - a campaign to encourage voters to register - said another factor was that "young people have seen recently examples of how voting really does count, particularly with the EU referendum, and this is encouraging them to get involved".
Jonelle Awomoyi, who is 18 and a Member of the Youth Parliament, echoed that point: "Surprise results like Brexit and Donald Trump have made people who thought politics was boring and for old people reconsider."
She added that in previous elections her contemporaries had complained "all politicians are the same - but with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn as leaders that's clearly not the case".
On the day the general election was called, 57,987 people under 25 registered to vote - more than any other age group. The second largest group was people aged between 25 and 34, with a further 51,341 registering.
The number of new registrations declined the older people got:
The Facebook-related spike on 7 April actually saw the 25-to-34 group with the most registrations - 31,211 people - but this was followed by the under-25s, with 22,138 registrations.
Just 3,175 people 65 or over registered on that day.
Despite the rise in registration among younger people, Emma Hartley, head of campaigns at the Electoral Commission stressed: "It's really important that anyone who is eligible to vote at next month's general election is able to take part.
"if you're not registered to vote where you live by the deadline of 22 May then you won't be able to have your say.
"We know that young people, students and people who have recently house are less likely to be registered. We're urging anyone not yet registered to go online and register as soon as possible."
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It is thought to be one of the largest doses of anti-venom ever administered in Australia.
Matthew Mitchell was bitten on his finger by a funnel-web spider while helping his father clear out a shed.
He suffered multiple seizures, dilated eyes and began frothing at the mouth.
"It sort of clawed onto me and all the legs and everything crawled around my finger and I couldn't get it off," he told Friday's Australian Daily Telegraph.
Matthew's family used his shirt as a tourniquet to curtail the spread of the venom as he was rushed to hospital.
The boy received anti-venom at the hospital, believed to be the highest dose given to a bite victim in living memory, the Telegraph said.
The spider has been captured and taken to the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney, where it is now being used in a venom-milking programme.
The park's general manager Tim Faulkner said Matthew was "as lucky as they get".
February and March are the peak breeding season for many funnel-web species.
Find out more about spiders’ impressive skills - from BBC iWonder
Sources: Australian Museum, US National Library of Medicine
Syal, who is famous for comedy roles on television in Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No.42, becomes a CBE.
One of the pioneers for black footballers in the 1970s, ex-West Bromwich Albion defender Brendon Batson, is among those appointed OBE.
Former chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Matt Baggott, of Solihull, is knighted.
Sir Matt, who retired from the job in September after five years, is honoured for services to policing in the United Kingdom.
He said: "This award is an acknowledgement of the courage, commitment and achievements of my policing colleagues without whose immense efforts I would not have been able to fulfil my responsibilities."
Syal, who is honoured for services to drama and literature, scripted the film Bhaji On the Beach and starred in the radio series Goodness Gracious Me, which later transferred to TV.
She used her experiences growing up in the West Midlands for her first book Anita And Me, which was later adapted for the screen.
Syal, who is married to her screen colleague Sanjeev Bhaskar, also scripted the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Bombay Dreams.
Batson, previously an MBE, receives the OBE for services to football.
The former defender, from Birmingham, worked for the Professional Footballers' Association and has also been an adviser to the Football Association on equality.
Others recognised include ex-Cadbury chairman Sir Adrian Cadbury, of Solihull, who has become a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to business and the community in the UK, particularly Birmingham.
Walsall College principal and chief executive Jatinder Sharma is honoured for services to education while Denise Ellen Moreton, from Wolverhampton, is recognised for services to the Women's Institute Movement in Staffordshire. Both are appointed OBE.
The US state department said 18 entities or individuals would be affected by the new measures.
It said all 18 had supported Iran's ballistic missile programme or the elite Republican Guards Corps.
The statement also criticised Iran's support for the Syrian government and groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas.
"The United States remains deeply concerned about Iran's malign activities across the Middle East, which undermine regional stability, security and prosperity," it added.
"Iran continues to support terrorist groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that threaten Israel and stability in the Middle East. Iran has maintained its steadfast support for the [Syrian] Assad regime, despite Assad's atrocities against his own people."
It also accused Iran of prolonging the conflict in Yemen by providing support for Houthi rebels.
Iran has vowed to retaliate against the new sanctions.
In a statement, its foreign ministry said the sanctions were "one-sided and illegal".
It added: "Iran will reciprocate and will impose sanctions on American individuals and entities who have acted against the Iranian people and other Muslim nations of the region."
The announcement came a day after the Trump administration certified that Tehran was complying with a 2015 deal to limit its nuclear programme.
The White House is required to notify congress every three months on whether Iran is in compliance with the nuclear agreement. President Trump did so very reluctantly because he says Iran is violating the spirit of the deal, but the certification means that broad sanctions relief stays in place for now.
Iran's Republican Guards Corps was set up after the 1979 revolution to defend the country's Islamic system and provide a counterweight to the regular armed forces.
It has since become a major military, political and economic force in Iran, with close ties to the Supreme Leader.
Hales's county colleague James Taylor is also named, after impressing during the one-day series with Australia.
There is no place for Yorkshire's Gary Ballance and Adam Lyth, with the latter dropped after a poor Ashes series.
The three-Test series begins in Abu Dhabi on 13 October.
All-rounder Ben Stokes is rested from the one-day squad, to which batsman Joe Root returns.
Lancashire spinner Stephen Parry and Sussex bowler Chris Jordan are recalled to the T20 squad.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has also announced former England limited-overs captain Paul Collingwood and ex-Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene will join the England management team in consultancy roles.
National selector James Whitaker said Hales, 26, "fully deserved" a chance at the top of the order after scoring 886 runs at an average of 52.11 in the County Championship this season.
"He has scored heavily for Nottinghamshire in first-class cricket and has shown he can play match-winning innings for England in white-ball cricket," said Whitaker.
Left-armer Ansari, 23, who has taken 44 wickets and scored more than 700 runs this season, will provide a third spin option alongside Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid.
Ansari was told he had been selected on Monday, describing the news as "a surprise".
He said: "Going into this season it wasn't on my radar. I just wanted to have a solid, consistent season with Surrey and establish myself a bit more. Things have gone my way and this is what happens when that happens.
"If the conditions prove to be very spin-friendly and I make an impression, then great. I'm there as much as anything to learn and try to develop quickly and if I get my chance, to go out and perform."
Within hours of his call-up, Ansari was forced to leave the field in Surrey's County Championship match against Lancashire and went to hospital after injuring his hand trying to take a catch at cover point.
Taylor, 25, is recalled to the Test set-up after winning the last of his two caps against South Africa in 2012.
The middle-order batsman, who may compete with Jonny Bairstow for a place in the side, enjoyed a prolific ODI series against Australia, scoring 246 runs at an average of 49.20.
"I've been desperate to get back in the Test side for a number of years now and I know that any runs in international cricket are going to count no matter what format, especially against Australia," Taylor told the BBC.
"I knew going in to the UAE there's going to be a lot of spin bowled, and that'll hopefully work in my favour as I love playing spin. Overall, it's worked out nicely and those runs will have made a big impact."
With Lyth dropped after averaging just 12.77 in the Ashes, captain Alastair Cook seems certain to have a seventh opening partner since the retirement of Andrew Strauss, though it is not clear whether Hales, Moeen or even Ansari will be selected.
Former Scotland assistant Collingwood will join the team in November to coach batting and fielding during the limited-overs series in the UAE, and will then link up with England again for the ICC World T20 in March.
He said: "It's an exciting time for English cricket. We've got some great, skilful youngsters coming through.
"Hopefully I can create the confidence in their games that they can go and do it out in the middle without any fear."
Test squad: Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Zafar Ansari (Surrey), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire, wk), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire, wk), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Taylor (Nottinghamshire), Mark Wood (Durham).
ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire, wk), Sam Billings (Kent, wk), Jos Buttler (Lancashire, wk), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), James Taylor (Nottinghamshire), Reece Topley (Essex, to join Hampshire at end of season), David Willey (Northants, to join Yorkshire at end of season), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).
Twenty20 squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Sam Billings (Kent, wk), Jos Buttler (Lancashire, wk), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Stephen Parry (Lancashire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Reece Topley (Essex, to join Hampshire at end of season), James Vince (Hampshire), David Willey (Northants, to join Yorkshire at end of season), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).
Shawn Tyson was found guilty of killing friends James Cooper, 25, and James Kouzaris, 24, in Sarasota, Florida, on 16 April 2011.
An appeal court upheld his conviction but his sentence was thrown out because he was 16 when the crime was committed.
The case was remanded to a lower court for a new sentencing hearing.
In his judgement, Associate Senior Judge James R. Case said Tyson's guilty judgements were affirmed "without discussion".
But his status as a juvenile homicide offender required his sentence to be re-assessed, the judge said.
He referred to a Supreme Court ruling which held that mandatory life terms without parole for juveniles violated a constitutional bar on "cruel and unusual" punishment.
Mr Cooper, from Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire, and Mr Kouzaris, from Northampton, were shot dead when they drunkenly wandered into the Newtown area.
Tyson, who was tried as an adult, was convicted of first-degree murder in March 2012.
William Graham dropped from first to fifth place in a party members' ballot for the South Wales East regional list for the 2016 assembly election.
He said he had "upset too many people" by being pro-devolution and backing projects such as an M4 relief road.
Mr Graham told BBC Wales that Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies was "intrigued" by the result.
Speaking on Good Morning Wales, Mr Graham said he was "a victim of a bit of an orchestrated campaign, to come from first to fifth this time".
"I suppose I've done pretty well to survive the last four elections.
"I think also that I've upset too many people in my party."
Mr Graham said he had campaigned against creating a Welsh assembly in the 1979 and 1997 referendums, but Conservatives were "pragmatic".
"I've certainly come to passionately believe in devolution now [as] the only real way to save the United Kingdom, so that upset the right.
"And on the left, I suppose my championing of many of the infrastructure projects - particularly the motorway solution to the M4, I'm very keen on the circuit of Wales in Ebbw Vale, electrification and the metro - hasn't exactly made me a favourite with the left."
In February, Mr Graham was one of three Conservative AMs "spoken to" by their leader following an argument on Twitter about the party's M4 policy.
Asked if he would remain in the Conservative Party, Mr Graham replied "you bet", saying he would be out canvassing for the Tories on Saturday morning.
The other sitting Tory AM in South Wales East, Mohammad Asghar, topped the poll, with Laura Anne Jones coming second on the list.
She was previously an AM between 2003-07.
The 60 AMs in Cardiff Bay include 20 elected via regional lists, aimed to give a fairer reflection of support for each party.
The gunman fired a number of shots at their vehicle which was parked near at shop on the Monagh Road.
It happened at about 16:15 GMT on Friday. The gunman left the scene on foot.
Det Insp Mary White said police inquiries are "currently ongoing to establish a motive for the shooting".
Sinn Féin MLA for West Belfast, Pat Sheehan, condemned the attack and expressed concern that it was the second gun attack in as many days in the area.
On Thursday, a man was shot in the head in Rossnareen Avenue and remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Mr Sheehan said: "It is too early to state whether these attacks are linked but whoever thinks they can take guns onto the streets and put our communities at risk is wrong."
Plans have been approved for Strathclyde University to create the Sport, Health and Wellbeing building in Cathedral Street.
It will include a six-lane swimming pool, a large gym and specialist academic space for teaching and research.
Construction is due to begin in November, with the building expected to open in the summer of 2018.
The new facility will enable the university's sports clubs to train and compete at the highest levels, as well as providing recreation facilities.
New services include:
Prof Sir Jim McDonald, university principal, said: "At Strathclyde, our students and staff are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we are creating a first-class facility that will provide health and wellbeing benefits for the university community, as well as improving participation in sport more generally.
"This new facility is the latest part of our campus transformation, helping us to continue to attract and retain the very best local and global talent. We are delighted Glasgow City Council has supported our plans, and we look forward to opening this exciting new building."
The Sport, Health and Wellbeing facility and a new teaching building - which is in the planning stage - are the latest in a series of new facilities being created at Strathclyde, bringing the university's investment in its campus to more than £600m this decade.
It follows the opening of the university's £89m Technology and Innovation Centre by the Queen last year.
Secretary of State John Kerry visited Cairo recently to resume the strategic dialogue with Egypt for the first time since 2009.
Shortly beforehand, Washington delivered eight F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, with more to follow in the coming months.
They are part of the US's annual military aid to its important Middle East ally.
A large part of this $1.3bn (£834m) package was suspended after the Egyptian army ousted Islamist former President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
But things took a different turn last March when the Obama administration decided to lift the arms ban.
"This batch of air fighters should have been delivered last year. It is long overdue," said Mohamed Rashad, a retired Egyptian army officer and military analyst.
"The US military assistance is part of the Camp David agreement that Egypt signed with Israel in 1979. As long as the Egyptian government is committed to this agreement, it should receive its due share."
Some interpreted the suspension of arms sales as pressure on the Egyptian authorities to improve their human rights record and engage the now banned Muslim Brotherhood group in the political arena.
But over the past two years little has changed in these areas.
Since Mr Morsi's ousting, the authorities have cracked down heavily on his supporters, as well as on secular political activists.
Thousands have been put behind bars and hundreds have been sentenced to death.
The Muslim Brotherhood has been designated a terrorist group by the Egyptian judiciary.
1955 - Gamal Abdel Nasser, then prime minister, reorients Egypt away from West towards neutrality, buys arms from Communist Czechoslovakia to re-equip army after Western powers refuse to do so on terms acceptable to Egypt.
1956 July - President Nasser nationalises Suez Canal to fund Aswan High Dam, after Britain and US withdraw financing.
1956 October-November - Invasion of Egypt by Britain, France and Israel over nationalisation of Suez Canal fails through US opposition, enhancing President Nasser's standing.
1972 - President Sadat expels Soviet advisers and reorients Egypt towards West, while launching an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to open the economy to market forces and foreign investment.
1977 October - President Sadat visits Israel, beginning process that leads to 1979 peace treaty, return of occupied Sinai Peninsula, and Egypt's suspension from Arab League until 1989. Egypt becomes major beneficiary of US financial aid.
1991 - Egypt joins allied coalition to expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait, benefiting from multilateral loans and debt relief in return, and allowing government to launch another attempt at liberalising economy.
2011 - As protests against President Mubarak mount, US appears torn between supporting its long-time ally and backing demands of protesters for democratic change.
2013 October - US suspends large part of $1.3bn in aid months after army overthrows President Morsi.
Mr Kerry has highlighted the importance of "building trust between the authorities and the public, and enabling those who are critical of official policies to find a means of voicing their dissent peacefully, through participation in a political process".
But critics say Washington has not been serious enough in enforcing the human rights agenda in Egypt.
Egyptian military expert Safwat Al Zayyat says: "The United States has been hesitant in promoting its own values in the Middle East. This is why it might not be as influential as before in the region."
While internal strife is tearing apart many countries in the region, the Egyptian regime remains intact, if divisive.
Some analysts say the US is prioritising security and stability, without taking democracy and human rights totally off the table.
It has lifted many restrictions on Egypt, although "no real progress has been made when it comes to democratic rule in the country," says Steven Cook, a senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, told me that resuming aid is not a reward to Egypt for any specific policies, but rather an encouragement to respond on issues touching on human rights and democracy.
Although Egypt might not be as central to the US perspective on the Arab world as it was three or four decades ago, it is still an important facilitator of US operations in the region.
Strained ties would only complicate US policy. For the time being, lingering differences can be managed through dialogue.
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When we arrive in the early hours of Saturday, along with the largest EU delegation in more than a decade, the lobby is dominated by a table of pink lilies in glorious bloom fronted by Europe's 12-starred blue flag entwined with Iran's tricolour.
By lunchtime, India's flag is jostling for space in the display to welcome its foreign minister. And a Russian flag is at the ready for the imminent arrival of a trade mission from Moscow.
Later in the lobby there is a sudden tinkling on the ivories of an unexpected tune: the American anthem, The Star Spangled Banner.
Welcome to Tehran, three months after sanctions were lifted, and nearly a year after an historic nuclear deal that opened Iran's doors to the world.
Iran nuclear deal: Key points
What lifting sanctions means
But, aside from a small but growing number of American tourists flocking to enjoy Iran's spectacular heritage and hospitality, US businesses and officials are still staying away.
Their engagement in Iran is still blocked by US financial sanctions only the US Congress can lift. There is no sign of that happening.
And that is complicating matters for everybody.
When EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini sweeps into Iran's elegant foreign ministry with a delegation of seven commissioners, she speaks of "turning the page" in Europe's relationship with Iran.
A beaming Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif hails a "new beginning".
But, at that crowded news conference, Iranian journalists keep asking about US banking obstacles frustrating everyone - from individuals trying to make international bank transfers to potential investors seeking finance for deals.
"Europeans have as much of an interest as the Iranians that this issue is solved," Ms Mogherini assures them.
One of the EU's leading sanctions experts tells me European companies should not fear penalties linked to sanctions.
But major European banks and businesses, especially those with any US connections, are wary, still worried they will be unwittingly snared in the remaining web of regulations.
The sanctions linked to charges that Iran is "supporting terrorism", violating human rights, as well as concerns over its ballistic missile programme are still in place.
"Iran and the EU will put pressure on the United States to facilitate the co-operation of non-American banks with Iran," Mr Zarif emphasises.
Ms Mogherini is known to have even raised the issue with President Barack Obama. And a senior EU official says they are in touch with their US counterparts on these issues "on a daily basis".
US officials who played a key role in clinching the historic nuclear accord understand Iran's need to see an economic dividend from the deal.
But they are also adamant that they've kept their commitments under the agreement. They are also under pressure from Republican lawmakers implacably opposed to any opening at all.
Another problem for investors eager to take advantage of an 80m-strong market is knowing who is who in Iran's opaque system.
When Mr Zarif sits down with me and three other journalists travelling with Ms Mogherini's delegation, he emphatically denies reports that more than half of Iran's economy is run by entities linked to "parastatal organisations" including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which is under both EU and US sanctions.
They are known to be involved in industries everywhere from oil to telecoms.
"I do not have exact figures but I can assure you that Iran's economy is huge and these proportions are totally disproportionate to reality," he replies.
"Much smaller than half of the economy?" we press him. "Certainly," he insists.
He says Iran will fulfil its obligations to engage with regulatory institutions on issues such as money laundering and financing of terrorism.
But despite his palpable concern, Mr Zarif does not echo the warning sounded by Iran's Central Bank Chief Valiollah Seif that the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was now in danger.
"The JCPOA is not in jeopardy," he says. But he cautions there is a risk.
"I believe Iranians are very hopeful about the future and see the benefits of engagement," he says. "But, if they do not see change, they will change their mind."
Change of tune?
In most conversations I hear in Tehran, there is this sense that hope still has not run out. "I was very happy when the nuclear deal was reached," says Shaghayegh, a young woman shopping in Tehran's bustling bazaar.
"It's had no effect yet, but I am sure it will gradually bring good things for everyone."
Another woman, Negin, expresses a similar sentiment: "The lifting of sanctions hasn't brought prices down as we hoped but, God willing, we will see results."
And in that hotel lobby I also keep meeting people with two tales to tell.
"I've been here five or six times," Pakistani industrialist Khurrram Sayeed tells me as he proudly holds up a newspaper with a front-page photograph of a large group of potential investors attending a petrochemicals conference.
"But it's all a hoax," he sighs. "Nothing is happening because we can't find the financing. Everything comes down to the US."
An Iranian man sitting nearby turns out to be a tour guide. "I have several groups of American tourists now," he says enthusiastically.
But his positive pitch also turns sour. "Half my European visitors recently cancelled," he adds.
His disappointment is linked to new US visa restrictions which require people who have travelled to certain Middle East countries, including Iran, to obtain visas to enter the US.
Even the pianist in the lobby changes his tune. His rendition of The Star Spangled Banner is soon replaced by something less politically risque - a popular Beatles ballad.
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At a popular hotel in the Iranian capital they are kept busy changing the flags.
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Scott Diver, from Clydebank, was last seen on 17 September by his father at home.
One week on, officers have carried out a "stop and speak" in the West Dunbartonshire town.
They talked to locals near the teenager's home, around Clydebank Shopping Centre and at the bus station on Chalmers Street.
Since Scott's disappearance, police said they had been using an air support unit and search teams to try and find him.
The teenager is described as being 5ft 7in tall, with a slim build, dark hair and blue eyes.
When last seen, he was wearing a navy blue Adidas tracksuit with light blue stripes down the arms and legs, a white t-shirt and navy Adidas training shoes with grey stripes.
Insp John Mullen said, "We are becoming increasingly worried about Scott as he has not made contact with anyone in almost a week.
"We've been carrying out a significant number of enquiries to trace Scott's movements and we are utilising a range of specialist services available to us including the air support unit and search teams.
"I hope that by visiting the areas where Scott was last seen or known to frequent, someone will remember seeing him."
Police have urged anyone with information about the teenager's whereabouts to come forward.
This could explain why part of the heart-shaped region - called Sputnik Planitia - is locked in alignment with Pluto's largest moon Charon.
A viscous ocean beneath the icy crust could have acted as a heavy, irregular mass that rolled Pluto over, so that Sputnik Planitia was facing the moon.
The findings are based on data from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft.
The space probe flew by the dwarf planet in July 2015 and is now headed into the Kuiper Belt, an icy region of the Solar System beyond Neptune's orbit.
Sputnik Planitia is a circular region in the heart's left "ventricle" and is aligned almost exactly opposite Charon. In addition, Pluto and Charon are tidally locked, which results in Pluto and Charon always showing the same face to each other.
"If you were to draw a line from the centre of Pluto's moon Charon through Pluto, it would come out on the other side, almost right through Sputnik Planitia. That line is what we call the tidal axis" said James Keane, from the University of Arizona, co-author of one of a pair of papers published on the subject in Nature journal.
This is strongly suggestive of a particular evolutionary course for Pluto. The researchers contend that Sputnik Planitia formed somewhere else on Pluto and then dragged the entire dwarf planet over - by as much as 60 degrees - relative to its spin axis.
He explained: "If you have a perfectly spherical planet... and you stick a lump of extra mass on the side and let it spin, the planet will re-orient to move that extra mass closer to the equator. For bodies like Pluto that are tidally locked, it will move it toward that tidal axis - the one connecting Pluto and Charon."
Prof Francis Nimmo, from University of California, Santa Cruz, one of the authors of a separate study in Nature, told the BBC's Inside Science radio programme: "There's more mass in Sputnik Planitia than in surrounding regions - so somehow there's extra stuff there."
But there's a problem with this idea, because the feature is thought to be the result of an impact with another object at some point in Pluto's past.
"Sputnik Planitia is a hole in the ground, so there shouldn't be more weight, there should be less weight. If the story is correct, you have to find some way of hiding extra mass underneath the surface of Sputnik Planitia," said Prof Nimmo.
"If you take some of the ice beneath Sputnik Planitia and replace it with water, water is denser than ice... so you'd be adding extra mass. That would help Sputnik Planitia to have more mass overall."
If a massive impact created the basin, it may have also triggered any material - such as a slushy ocean - beneath the surface to push Pluto's thin crust outward, causing a "positive gravitational anomaly" that would have caused the dwarf planet to roll over.
Prof Martin Siegert, from Imperial College London, who was not involved with either study, called the result "fascinating".
"The ocean would be incredibly cold, and hyper saline (I think they said enriched in ammonia), so unlike water on Earth or Europa," he told the BBC News Website.
"It would certainly be an extreme environment! Perhaps the most extreme in the Solar System?"
But James Keane thinks phenomena other than a subsurface ocean could explain the alignment of Sputnik Planitia with Charon.
"Sputnik Planitia is filled with several kilometres of volatile ices. These ices are predominantly things that we think of as gases here on Earth - nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide. On Pluto these are solid, and they behave almost like glaciers do on Earth," he said.
His team's explanation focuses on the nitrogen ice: "Each time Pluto goes around the Sun, a bit of nitrogen accumulates in the heart... once enough ice has piled up, maybe a hundred metres thick, it starts to overwhelm the planet's shape, which dictates the planet's orientation.
"If you have an excess of mass in one spot on the planet, it wants to go to the equator. Eventually, over millions of years, it will drag the whole planet over."
But he added: "It's hard to distinguish between either scenario, so both teams will have to do future work to try to test both hypotheses."
New Horizons, which is about the size of a baby grand piano, was launched on 14 January 2006 from Cape Canaveral in Florida. After its flyby of Pluto, mission scientists identified a second target - an icy Kuiper Belt body called 2014 MU69 - which the probe should reach in 2019.
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Harte, 24, impressed for the county's second XI against Northants last week, scoring 183 off 218 balls as opener.
He can bat anywhere in the top-order, but may replace opener Stephen Cook, who will miss the next two games training with South Africa.
The former MCC Young Cricketer has previously played second XI cricket for Kent, Sussex, Middlesex and Somerset.
Harte, who holds a UK passport, could make his debut in Durham's One-Day Cup match against Nottinghamshire on Thursday.
Durham are fourth in the One-Day Cup North Group, with three wins from five games.
Park View School in Birmingham was investigated amid claims of a Muslim hardliners' plot in several schools.
Its former head teacher and four members of senior staff all deny unacceptable professional conduct.
A tribunal panel, sitting in Coventry, said a pupil could give evidence in private, and other witnesses were granted anonymity.
Its chairman said the panel's ruling came after hearing two witnesses, known as Witness A and Witness B, had previously felt "intimidation" and were concerned about it happening again.
The case is being heard against former head teacher Monsoor "Moz" Hussain; Lindsey Clark, executive head teacher at Park View; Hardeep Saini, former head teacher of sister school Golden Hillock; Razwan Faraz, former deputy head teacher of Nansen Primary; and Arshad Hussain, an assistant head teacher at Park View.
They are accused of agreeing to "the inclusion of an undue amount of religious influence in the education of pupils", at Park View Academy, and in some cases, two other linked schools.
The hearing, which started on Monday, is scheduled to last until December.
In a separate hearing being heard in Solihull, Inamulhaq Anwar, a former Park View teacher who taught sex education, admitted to being part of a WhatsApp group called The Park View Brotherhood.
The group, many of whom were Park View teachers, discussed topics described at the hearing as "conspiracy theories, and its members were anti-Israeli, anti-British Army and homophobic, the hearing was told.
The comments included a discussion about the Boston bombing being organised by the CIA and the necessity for teachers to be "vigilant" in light of the Gay Marriage Act. In other discussions, homosexuals were described as "animals and satanic".
Mr Anwar denied sharing these views and said he had not studied many of the comments in detail.
"It is not possible to look at everything on WhatsApp," he said.
Mr Anwar is said to have agreed with others, on or before 31 March 2014, to the inclusion of an undue amount of religious influence in pupils' education.
Mr Anwar is also accused of breaching recruiting policy.
The A12 was closed northbound in Bucklesham, Suffolk, following a crash between a tractor and a car just after 09:00 BST.
Suffolk Police said the drivers of both vehicles were taken to hospital.
The road was also blocked in Mountnessing, Essex, following a crash involving two cars and a motorbike.
Essex Fire and Rescue Service said three crews were at the scene on the London-bound carriageway, along with an air ambulance.
An Essex Police spokeswoman said the crash happened just before 12:00 BST and four people, whose injuries were not believed to be life threatening, had been taken to hospital.
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Dyke wants to increase the number of home-grown players in top-flight squads from eight to 12.
The plans have received the backing of five former England managers.
Arsenal boss Wenger claims the right to play has to be earned, while West Brom head coach Pulis says the quality of English youth teams is the problem.
Last season, English players accounted for 32% of playing time in the Premier League, compared with almost 70% 20 years ago.
"This trend cannot continue," read a letter signed by former England managers Glenn Hoddle, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Graham Taylor, Steve McClaren and Kevin Keegan.
"The FA and the Premier League are already doing a lot of good work to improve the standards of facilities and coaching at all levels of the game...offering young players unparalleled support and coaching.
"The one thing they are not being offered is the most important of all: opportunity."
McClaren, who is manager of Championship side Derby County, believes the future of English football is already exciting, but says the increase in the home-grown quota can only help.
"I am excited about the players," he said. "They have technique, they have pace and strength. Our Under-21s are very good, also the Under-20s and the senior team has been introducing young players with terrific ability and speed. It is coming. Giving them opportunities, we need to do that more."
McLaren also believes the Championship is a good platform for young English Premier League players to gain experience.
"The Championship is a nursery really where top teams can send their youngsters," he added. "The more we give them the opportunity the better."
Wenger, though, urged caution over whether the proposed reforms will lead to an increase in the quality of English players, suggesting that the England national team was not hugely successful between 1966 and 1996 when there were relatively few foreigners in the domestic league.
"I believe we are in a top-level competition and you earn your right through the quality of your performance rather than your place of birth," he said.
"I think between 16 and 21 the English youth teams, until now, have not performed. So that's the heart of the problem. Let's get better at that level, then if there is a problem integrating these players in the top teams, we have to do something about it."
Pulis added: "I think the Premier League is now not an English League, it's a world league. What we've got to do is produce English players that are as good as any players abroad.
"No disrespect to Greg Dyke but sometimes he says things that football people wouldn't agree with. I certainly don't agree with that."
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Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood, who first played new England striker Harry Kane regularly while he was manager of Tottenham: "I think there were five players who had come through Tottenham's academy and four were on the pitch the other night [for England]. It was something we always pushed but everyone has to be on the same page."
Hull City boss Steve Bruce: "One thing that is staggering is that over the last 20 years we have invested millions in academies, but are we producing enough players? When you look back, where are they? For me personally, we miss children playing football at school."
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew: "You only have to look at the profits we've made to know that if you're in the Premier League, you should be turning a profi. We should be using that profit to develop young British talent. I'm all for that and I think an extra quota of British-based players is a good idea."
QPR boss Chris Ramsey: "It doesn't guarantee the national team will be any better than it is. It does however make the academy systems worth their while in giving players pathways to play in their country of origin."
The survey of 2,033 drivers of these cars by Which? found that 90% of them considered fuel efficiency to be a key factor when buying their car.
Some 90% also thought that environmental impact was important.
VW is reeling from a scandal which saw 1.2 million UK motors, and 11 million globally, fitted with a defeat device.
In the US, this was used to cheat emissions testing.
Letters are being sent to affected drivers in the UK, but this regards potential alterations to the vehicle rather than compensation promises or apologies.
When asked about the potential for compensating customers over lost value to their vehicles, Paul Willis, managing director for Volkswagen's UK operation, told MPs: "I think it is premature to think about that."
Which? executive director Richard Lloyd, said: "Many VW owners tell us they decided to buy their car based on its efficiency and low environmental impact, so it's outrageous that VW are not being clear with their customers about how and when they will be compensated."
Banners calling for David Cameron to quit were carried by protesters as they marched to Trafalgar Square.
The demonstration, organised by the People's Assembly, was also attended by shadow chancellor John McDonnell.
He said that a Labour government would end cuts and "halt the privatisation of our NHS". The government says austerity measures are key to deficit reduction.
Mr McDonnell also pledged that his party would scrap the work capability assessments affecting people with disabilities and target homelessness by building hundreds of thousands of council homes.
The government was "bankrupt" in its political ideas and handling of the economy, he said, and called for Mr Cameron to resign and to "take his party with him".
"On every front now we are seeing the government in disarray - in terms of the economy we are slipping backwards instead of growing," Mr McDonnell said.
Prime Minister David Cameron has previously argued that by making savings over the course of the parliament the government can "prioritise what matters for working families - schools, the NHS and our national security".
Labour's Diane Abbott, a fellow speaker, said that fighting austerity was the "political struggle of our time" and blamed cuts on "forcing people out of work and into zero hours contracts".
Also present at the rally were Len McCluskey, general secretary of the union Unite, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and National Union of Teachers general secretary Christine Blower.
At the beginning of the event, which set off from outside University College London, the National Health Singers sang a song which included the lines "don't let our junior docs be worked around the clock", and "help us keep you safe, don't take our rights away".
Chris Nineham, of Stop The War Coalition, said: "Austerity is not about economic necessity, it is a political choice."
The government has pledged to save £12bn from welfare by the end of Parliament in 2020 but has abandoned planned cuts to disability benefits after Iain Duncan Smith resigned as work and pensions secretary last month over the proposals.
Saints have made a request to Uefa that water breaks are allowed during the game to help the players battle the scorching heat.
Manager Tommy Wright says he will take the extreme heat into consideration when he looks at how to win the game.
"We will alter our tactics," Wright told BBC Scotland. "You certainly won't be able to play a full pressing game for 90 minutes.
"But we don't want to sit back for 90 minutes either. It will be about getting the balance."
Around 150 St Johnstone fans have made the journey from Scotland for the game, taking various routes to get there, including via Moscow and Kiev.
One fan of the Perth side said it took him around 18 hours of travel before he arrived in the Armenian capital but said the trip was well worth it.
"Absolutely! We will see how the football goes on Thursday, but it should be good," he said.
Saints chairman Steve Brown said that, despite the 3000-mile trip, this is a journey that all the fans can enjoy.
"It's a great experience for everyone involved, especially the fans," he said.
"The profile of the club is lifted by actually playing in Europe and we have done reasonably well."
The match is being played in the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium instead of the home side's smaller Alashkert Stadium, which is also in the Armenian capital.
Brown is enjoying the local hospitality - and the sights in Yerevan.
"This is a beautiful city and the people are really friendly," he said.
Although there is prize money from Uefa for reaching the Europa League, St Johnstone are unlikely to make much - if any - cash from this round of the tournament.
The cost of hiring a plane and accommodation is in excess of £70,000, but Brown says he would gladly qualify for the tournament every year.
"It means everything," he added. "Prior to the last four years, we had only qualified for Europe three times in our 130-year history and it's just incredible that we have qualified for the last four years consecutively."
On Monday, a judge-led panel upheld a decision taken in August to block his transfer to house arrest.
The panel also said Pistorius should undergo psychotherapy, but his family said he was already receiving it.
The 28-year-old was sentenced to five years in prison last year for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
High Court Judge Thokozile Masipa found him guilty of culpable homicide, or manslaughter.
The 28-year-old double amputee had hoped to be freed in August after a parole board ruled that he could serve the rest of his five-year prison sentence under house arrest.
But the panel, led by Judge Lucy Mailula, ruled that Justice Minister Michael Masutha had acted correctly when he prevented the release on the grounds that it had been taken prematurely.
At the time of his intervention, Pistorius had been granted parole only six months into his five-year sentence.
Mr Masutha had argued that the law states that an offender can only be considered for parole after serving one-sixth of his sentence, in this case 10 months.
In a statement, the Pistorius family said it was concerned about the "legality" of delaying his release.
"Time has now cured" Mr Masutha's concerns and it could not understand why the panel had referred the case back to the parole board rather than taking a decision, the statement said.
"The failure to give proper - and consistent - effect to the Correctional Services Act flies in the face of administrative justice," it said.
"This experience leaves us with the uncomfortable conclusion that the public, political and media hype that was allowed to develop around Oscar's trial has undermined his right to be treated like any other prisoner - as per the prescripts of the Correctional Services Act."
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Pistorius was "receiving regular and ongoing psychotherapy from not only his own psychologist, but also from prison psychologists and a social worker whose reports formed part of the parole decision process", the family added.
The panel had ruled that Pistorius should "be subjected to psychotherapy in order to address criminogenic factors of the crime he committed", referring to behaviour that leads to criminality.
The psychotherapy should be given "even if the offender is, indeed placed under correctional supervision", it added.
The panel also ruled that the parole board should consider imposing conditions restricting the use of firearms by the athlete.
The double amputee athlete said he mistook Ms Steenkamp for a burglar when he fired multiple shots though a locked door at her in his home on Valentine's Day 2013.
Judge Masipa acquitted him of murder, saying the prosecution had failed to prove the charge.
The prosecution has appealed against this acquittal and the case will be heard next month by some of South Africa's most senior judges.
1291 - Origin of the Swiss confederation when three cantons form an alliance to resist outside control.
1815 - In the wake of the Napoleonic wars, the borders of Switzerland - and the territory's neutrality - are established at the Congress of Vienna.
1848 - Federal constitution defines the political system, providing for a centralised government.
1874 - Revised constitution allows for the exercise of direct democracy by referendum.
1914-18 - Switzerland organises Red Cross units during World War I.
1919-20 - Treaty of Versailles reaffirms Swiss neutrality.
1920 - Joins League of Nations. League's headquarters established in Geneva.
1923 - Customs union with Liechtenstein.
1939-45 - Federal Council issues a declaration of neutrality at start of World War II. Refuses to join United Nations.
1959 - Founder-member of European Free Trade Association (Efta).
Four party government system comes into being in a political agreement know as the "magic formula" which lasts for decades and brings a large measure of political stability.
1963 - Joins Council of Europe.
1967 - Right-wing groups campaign to restrict entry of foreign workers.
1971 - Women granted right to vote in federal elections.
1979 - After referendum, French-speaking part of Bern becomes separate canton of Jura.
1985 - Referendum guarantees women legal equality with men within marriage.
1986 - Referendum opposes UN membership by three to one. Immigrant numbers restricted.
Once known as the "Protestant Rome"
1992 - Switzerland joins World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) but December referendum rejects membership of European Economic Area - a free-trade zone.
1994 - Referendum approves law making racial discrimination and denial of Nazi Holocaust illegal. Laws tightened against drugs traffickers and illegal immigrants.
1995 - Swiss Banking Association announces - after pressure from Jewish groups - it has uncovered dormant pre-1945 bank accounts containing millions of dollars.
1998 August - Swiss banks agree $1.25bn compensation deal with Holocaust survivors and families.
1999 October - General election strengthens right-wing vote. The People's Party (SVP), led by Christoph Blocher, becomes second strongest political force in the country with nearly a quarter of the vote.
2001 March - Voters reject moves to open talks on joining the European Union.
2001 June - Swiss vote narrowly in favour of allowing their soldiers to carry weapons during peacekeeping missions abroad.
2001 September - Parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of United Nations membership, paving the way for a referendum on the issue.
2001 October - Eleven die as huge fire breaks out after crash in Gotthard tunnel.
2001 December - Voters reject proposal to scrap the army.
2002 January - Bankrupt national carrier Swissair relaunched as Swiss.
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2002 March - A narrow majority of Swiss vote in favour of joining the United Nations in a referendum.
Bergier report by independent panel of historians finds that Swiss authorities knew what lay in store for Jewish refugees to whom Swiss borders were closed in 1942. The report also concluded that Switzerland had bolstered the economy of Nazi Germany but not to a degree that prolonged the war.
2002 June - Swiss people vote in referendum to decriminalise abortion which will be allowed in first 12 weeks of pregnancy. A proposal which would have tightened the already strict abortion law is rejected in a separate referendum.
2002 September - Switzerland formally becomes a member of the UN.
2002 November - By narrowest of margins, referendum rejects drastic tightening of asylum laws.
The legend of William Tell shooting an apple placed on his son's head is a central tenet of Swiss patriotism
2003 May - Nine different issues put to referendum. Swiss vote against abolition of nuclear power, new proposals on rights for the disabled and the introduction of car-free Sundays but in favour of army cuts and changes to civil defence.
2003 October - The right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) becomes the biggest force in parliament after winning almost 28% of the vote in general elections.
2003 December - Parliament agrees to grant right-wing Swiss People's Party second post in seven-seat government at the expense of the Christian Democrats, altering the "magic formula" which had brought stability to Swiss politics since 1959.
2004 May - Agreement signed with EU on taxing accounts held in Swiss banks by EU taxpayers.
2004 September - Voters in a referendum reject moves to relax strict naturalisation laws. The result is seen as a victory for the right-wing.
2004 November - Referendum votes in favour of allowing scientific research using stem cells taken from human embryos.
2005 June - Voters in referendum support joining EU Schengen and Dublin agreements and extending rights for same-sex couples.
In the most serious breakdown in Swiss railway history, power failure brings trains to a standstill for several hours.
2005 September - Referendum vote goes in favour of opening job market to workers from the 10 newest European Union countries.
2005 November - Referendum backs five-year ban on use of genetically modified crops.
2006 September - Voters in a national referendum back plans to make their asylum laws among the toughest in the West.
2007 January-May - Ex-directors of Swissair, which collapsed in 2001, are in the dock in Switzerland's biggest corporate trial. They are all cleared.
The Swiss People's Party was accused of racism over its poster targeting foreign criminals
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2007 September - Row over Swiss People's Party's ''kick out the black sheep'' poster aimed at deporting foreigners who commit crimes.
2007 October - Elections. Swiss People's Party (SVP) boosts its standing as the biggest group in parliament, scooping nearly 29% of the vote.
2007 December - Swiss People's Party (SVP) quits the governing coalition after one of its leaders, Christoph Blocher, is forced from his cabinet seat.
2008 June - Voters reject referendum initiative to limit naturalisation of foreigners by allowing Swiss communes to vote on individual cases.
2008 October - Libya cancels all oil deliveries to Switzerland and withdraws assets worth billions of dollars from Swiss banks in response to the arrest of leader Muammar Gaddafi's son, Hannibal. Mr Gaddafi and his wife were detained for assault but the charges were later dropped.
Switzerland unveils a $5.3bn rescue plan for its largest bank, UBS, which was badly hit by the global credit crisis.
2008 December - Swiss People's Party (SVP) rejoins the governing coalition with the election of party member Ueli Maurer to the Federal Council.
Switzerland scraps routine passport controls at all its borders after joining the EU's Schengen Agreement.
2009 January - Swiss economy officially goes into recession.
2009 March - Switzerland's government announces it will relax its rules on banking secrecy to allow Swiss financial institutions to co-operate with international investigations into tax evasion.
Swiss voters backed a ban on minarets in a 2009 referendum
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2009 September - Swiss economy returns to growth.
2009 November - Swiss voters approve referendum initiative banning the construction of minarets.
2010 September - Election of fourth female minister to seven-member Federal Council gives Swiss cabinet majority of women for first time ever.
2010 November - Swiss voters approve referendum initiative on automatically deporting foreigners who have committed serious crimes.
2011 February - Voters in a referendum reject plans for tighter gun controls.
2011 May - In the wake of the crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, Switzerland becomes the first country in Europe to announce plans to phase out nuclear power.
2011 September - The government announces that the Swiss franc is to be pegged to the euro, after Swiss manufacturers warn that the currency's strength is making Swiss exports uncompetitive and risks tipping the country back into recession.
2011 October - Right-wing Swiss People's Party loses ground in parliamentary elections, but remains the largest party.
2012 April - The government re-imposes immigration quotas on workers from central and eastern European Union countries, through a "safeguard clause" in its agreement with the EU on freedom of movement. The EU criticises the decision.
2012 November - The Ecopop environmentalist group collects enough signatures to force a national referendum to cap annual population growth at 0.2%, by drastically restricting immigration.
2013 June - Lower house of parliament refuses to debate bill to allow banks to pass client information to US tax authorities in pursuit of American tax evaders. US has threatened to deny Swiss banks access to dollar markets unless the country complies.
2013 September - Voters reject a proposal to scrap military conscription.
2014 February - A Swiss People's Party proposal to bring back strict quotas for immigration from European Union countries is narrowly passed in a national referendum, invalidating a Swiss-EU agreement on freedom of movement.
2014 November - Voters reject a proposal backed by the environmentalist pressure group Ecopop for net immigration to be limited to a maximum of 0.2% of the population.
2015 January - The Swiss National Bank responds to the steep depreciation of the euro during 2014 by abruptly terminating the pegging of the franc to the euro introduced in 2011. The move causes the franc to soar and prompts warnings of serious damage to Switzerland's struggling tourism and export sectors.
Carrickfergus rider Irwin, 27, who was was sixth in race one, overtook Christian Iddon on the last lap of race two to grab third.
Leon Haslam was victorious in race one ahead of Luke Mossey and Iddon.
Haslam won again in race two, finishing ahead of Josh Brooks and Irwin while Laverty retired from the race.
Laverty was running just off the podium in race one but was shuffled down the order before being passed by Irwin for seventh in the closing laps.
Irwin picked up another spot on the final lap of the race, overtaking Australian rider Brooks to finish sixth.
Laverty suffered mechanical issues in race two, retiring on lap three when in third place.
Irwin came home in the final podium spot after a late charge from sixth place, overtaking James Ellison, Mossey and Iddon in the last two laps as he scored Be Wiser Ducati's only points of the weekend as team mate Shane Byrne was ruled out after crashing in the morning warm-up.
Michael Dunlop made his debut on the Suzuki that he will ride in the upcoming road racing season, taking the chequered flag in 16th and 17th.
There was success for Northern Irish riders in the Supersport race, as North West 200 record holder Alistair Seeley and Andrew Irwin from Carrickfergus finished second and third.
Karen Buckley, 24, from Cork, was seen leaving the Sanctuary nightclub with a man in the early hours of Sunday.
BBC Scotland understands he is Alexander Pacteau, 21 who has been interviewed by police but is not being treated as a suspect.
High Craigton Farm near Milngavie was cordoned as part of the investigation.
Miss Buckley's bag was found in Dawsholm Park, close to Mr Pacteau's home.
Police divers and specialist officers are continuing to carry out a detailed search of the park, which is in the Kelvinside area of the city and is bordered by both the River Kelvin and the Forth and Clyde Canal.
They are being supported by the Police Scotland helicopter, as well as the force's underwater unit, police search dogs and specialist crime division.
Other sites in the area are also being searched, with officers saying they are "gravely concerned" for the wellbeing of Miss Buckley, whose parents have flown to Scotland from their home in Ireland.
Speaking on Wednesday afternoon, Det Supt Jim Kerr said: "Our absolute priority is to find Karen Buckley. We have a team of specialist search officers from the west and east working in the area as well as additional patrols in the west end and north of the city.
"Anyone with any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, should contact 101 or anonymously on Crimestoppers."
Miss Buckley's mother, Marian, told a news conference on Tuesday: "We just want Karen home safely, we are desperate. She is our only daughter, we love her dearly.
"If anybody has any information please come forward, we would dearly appreciate it."
The Help Find Karen Facebook page has attracted nearly 50,000 likes.
Miss Buckley, whose disappearance was said by her father John to be completely out of character, was last seen on CCTV talking to a man who is understood to be Mr Pacteau outside the Sanctuary nightclub in Dumbarton Road.
The pair travelled in his car to his flat in Dorchester Avenue, where Mr Pacteau has told officers that he was intimate with Miss Buckley consensually in the early hours of Sunday.
He has also said she left at 04:00 with the intention of walking back to her own flat in Hill Street, close to the city centre. The two addresses are about four miles apart.
Police have stressed that the man is helping them with their inquiries, but is not a suspect at this stage.
Police have said there has been a good response from the public to appeals for help to trace Miss Buckley, but have urged people to get in touch if they have any information relating to the investigation.
Miss Buckley moved to Glasgow in February and is a first year occupational therapy student at Glasgow Caledonian University. She was previously a nurse at the Princess Alexandria Hospital in Harlow, Essex.
She arrived at the Sanctuary nightclub with friends at about 23:45 on Saturday and at about 01:00 she told them she was going to the toilet. She failed to return and did not take her jacket.
Her friends have said Miss Buckley had had a few drinks, but was not drunk.
She is described as being white and about 5ft to 5ft 2in tall. She has brown eyes and dark hair which had long black curly extensions in it.
When last seen, she was wearing a black jumpsuit with red high-heeled shoes and was carrying a black handbag.
Despite reports to the contrary, Ms Buckley has not been active on social media since her disappearance.
Police are also keen to find out more about a grey car that was seen on the roads between Milngavie and Drymen north of Glasgow between 11:00 and 15:00 on Monday.
Det Supt Kerr said: "The activity of this grey car on the Monday is something that we're a wee bit concerned about. This car has been seen at various locations on these roads and I want to know why."
He added: "We are gravely concerned that Karen has come to some harm, whether that is down to foul play, criminality or she has taken unwell or had an accident is obviously still to be established."
Theranos pioneered new cheap and quick tests, but regulators investigated the firm after ex-employees told a newspaper the tests were unreliable.
Founder Elizabeth Holmes once ranked as America's richest self-made woman.
This summer, Forbes magazine estimated her worth as next to nothing.
In a letter on the company's website, Ms Holmes said the facilities' closures would affect 340 staff, 40% of the workforce.
She said the company's work would continue: "After many months spent assessing our strengths and addressing our weaknesses, we have moved to structure our company around the model best aligned with our core values and mission.
"We will return our undivided attention to our miniLab [portable blood-testing product] platform. Our ultimate goal is to commercialise miniaturised, automated laboratories capable of small-volume sample testing, with an emphasis on vulnerable patient populations, including oncology, paediatrics and intensive care."
It comes after a controversial few years for the Silicon Valley firm, which was launched by Ms Holmes in 2003 and grew to a valuation of $9bn by the summer of 2014.
The firm said that its Edison device could test for conditions such as cancer and cholesterol with just a few drops of blood obtained via a finger-prick, rather than the vials needed through intravenous extraction.
But in October 2015 a report by The Wall Street Journal claimed that the device produced inaccuracies.
This led to an investigation by the US government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which later revoked the company's licence to operate in California and banned Ms Holmes from running a lab for at least two years.
Theranos is appealing some of the CMS's sanctions, but has had other investigations opened against it by bodies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and Food and Drug Administration.
Nikhil Krishnan, a technology industry analyst at CB Insights, said the closures were inevitable after the firm's troubles.
"Once their retail clinic partners stopped their ties with the company and entire batches of tests were deemed faulty, it became increasingly clear that the company would have to exit the direct-to-consumer blood testing market."
He added: "The company has to completely overhaul its image in the medical and scientific communities and work very closely with regulatory bodies to ensure every aspect of its device is sound.
"Even then it's unclear if they will ever be able to fix their reputation."
Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford said he wanted to "kick-start a national debate" on new taxation and was keen to hear from the public and businesses.
The Welsh Government already has powers over stamp duty and landfill tax from 2018, and income tax from 2019.
AMs have discussed new ideas for other taxes and ministers will consider a shortlist in the autumn.
Powers over stamp duty - to be replaced by a Land Transaction Tax - and the tax on landfill sites will take effect in April 2018.
Income tax rates in Wales could be varied from April 2019 as part of a deal with the UK Treasury with Welsh ministers able to cut or raise rates by 10p within each tax band.
Speaking in the assembly, Mr Drakeford told AMs the procedure for creating a new tax was "certainly not straightforward" and required approval from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
"Sometimes you have to begin with the machinery you have, and pretty soon some of its deficiencies may become apparent, and a less cumbersome set of mechanisms may emerge," he said.
Mr Drakeford said several members of the public had already e-mailed him with ideas.
He added he was particularly interested in a levy on vacant land, similar to one which is due to come into force in the Republic of Ireland in 2019.
For the Conservatives, Nick Ramsay said it was important that the public were involved in the process but they should also "have a sense of ownership" of new taxation.
He added: "Any new tax must have the potential to improve the lives of people in Wales."
Several AMs spoke in favour of so-called "green taxes" to protect the environment which included charges on plastic bottles and polystyrene packaging for takeaway foods.
Swansea East AM Mike Hedges also called for a new tax on chewing-gum saying: "A chewing-gum tax could pay for its removal from a whole range of places including people's clothes where it's been attached to the bottom of desks."
Mr Drakeford said the debate on new taxes was now under way and that he would consider the options during the summer recess and come back with a shortlist in the autumn.
Welsh Rugby Union chairman Davies is on the panel to choose the Lions coach for next summer's tour to world champions New Zealand.
"Experience of doing something will stand you in good stead," Davies told BBC Sport.
Wales head coach Gatland led the Lions to a series win in Australia in 2013.
New Zealander Gatland has been named as the leading contender for the job by Lions chief executive John Feehan.
Under Gatland, the Lions secured their first series win for 16 years in Australia in 2013 and famously dropped centre Brian O'Driscoll from a series-clinching third and final Test victory.
Davies, who toured South Africa with the Lions in 1980, says Gatland's previous stint in charge of the Lions proved he was not scared to make big decisions.
"He made some tough calls on that trip," Davies said in an interview with BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"The Brian O'Driscoll thing was world news and he also made a tough call before the tour in not taking Shaun Edwards, who has been his lieutenant from a defensive point of view with Wales and Wasps.
"In terms of making tough decisions I don't think that can be called into question at all."
Davies also revealed the WRU gave Gatland a chance to change his Wales backroom team before Rob Howley and Robin McBryde were given new three-year contracts, which were announced in June.
The duo have helped Wales win three Six Nations titles and reach the World Cup semi-finals in 2011 and quarter-finals in 2015.
"We sat down with Warren to find out where he stood and did he want to refresh the team," Davies said.
"He gave it a lot of thought and he was comfortable with the progress that Rob and Robin McBryde in particular had made in the previous two years and justified their continuation."
Listen to the full interview with Gareth Davies on BBC Radio Wales Sport from 19:00 BST on Friday, 15 July.
Social Bite said 10 homes would be built in Granton to provide a low cost, safe environment for up to 20 people.
The social enterprise said it wanted to create a model to end the "vicious cycle" of homelessness.
Work on the village is expected to begin in early 2017, with the first residents expected to move into their homes by the summer.
Social Bite is working with EDI Group, City of Edinburgh Council and other homelessness charities on the project.
Residents will stay for 12 months each and live in a "managed environment" where they can learn new skills. The site will not be open to people with serious addiction problems.
After a year they will move onto permanent accommodation and be offered employment by Social Bite or the company's partners.
The firm's co-founder Josh Littlejohn said: "The Social Bite Village plan hopes to create a full-circle solution to the issue of homelessness - from housing to support to employment.
"In doing so we hope to alter the course of some of Scotland's most vulnerable people for the better - swapping a destiny of poverty and exclusion for one of compassionate support and inclusion."
All the units being built in the village are transportable and could be moved to another site in the future.
The structures will be based on the modular "NestHouse" developed by Jonathan Avery Tiny House Scotland. Each house is expected to cost about £30,000.
Councillor Joan Griffiths, vice convener of health, social care and housing at City of Edinburgh Council, said: "Tackling homelessness remains a priority for the council and we work closely with our third sector partners to provide services for people who are homeless.
"Josh and the Social Bite team do so much good work for homeless people across the city already and we look forward to working with them on their plans going forward."
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Apple's chief executive Tim Cook met Theresa May at Downing Street and said he thought the UK would be "just fine"' outside the European Union.
The company plans to build a new UK headquarters in London.
His comments came as the US Chamber of Commerce said US firms had been delaying UK investment decisions.
It has thousands of members in the US, including many large multinationals.
Its head of international affairs, Myron Brilliant, told the BBC firms were worried about future trade rules.
He said they thought there could be new regulatory challenges once the UK was no longer in the EU.
However, at his meeting with the prime minister, Mr Cook said:"We're a big believer in the UK - we think you'll be just fine.
"Yes there will be bumps in the road along the way but the UK's going to be fine."
In a statement following the meeting, Apple said: "We are proud that Apple's innovation and growth now supports nearly 300,000 jobs across the UK. "
Apple's new UK headquarters will be in the redeveloped Battersea Power Station. Last year the company said it would move 1,600 staff there in 2021.
Mr Cook described it as a huge headquarters and said the company was "leaving significant space there to expand."
Earlier the US Chamber of Commerce's Mr Brilliant told BBC Radio 5 live's Wake Up To Money: "They're [US firms] worried about what the transition rules are going to look like.
"They're worried about whether there are going to be new regulatory challenges, impediments, and so we're going to see how that plays out over the next two years.
"One also expects that the UK-EU will have a trade agreement. But what we're saying from Washington is that we're going to be vested stakeholders, as we have been in terms of our businesses here."
He added: "Of course, some companies are holding back investment to see how this plays out. That makes sense.
"But there is no question that Europe is an important part of any company's international strategy.
"And so it's not that they're going to pull back from Europe, but they are going to realign their investments, depending on how these negotiations go."
A Mass was celebrated at St John's Roman Catholic Church in Caol before a burial service at Clunes, Achnacarry.
The funeral started at noon, with the congregation singing the hymn Christ Be Beside Me.
Mr Kennedy died at his home in Fort William on 1 June at the age of 55 after suffering a major haemorrhage as a result of his battle with alcoholism.
He had been a Highland MP for 32 years, and led the Lib Dems for more than six years.
The church was packed for the service, which was also relayed through loud speakers to mourners who had gathered outside.
The Mass ended with pipe and fiddle music - Mr Kennedy's late mother and father were both musicians and had played at the church for more than 40 years.
Mourners later followed the hearse carrying Mr Kennedy's body in a slow procession from the entrance the church to the road where it would start its journey to Clunes in the hills, on the shores of Loch Lochy.
People leaving the church gathered outside in the warm sunshine and applauded as the hearse passed.
Two flags - a saltire and a lion rampant - on flagpoles in a garden opposite the church fluttered in a cool breeze.
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The principal celebrant was Monsignor James MacNeil, Administrator of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, while the homily was preached by parish priest Father Roddy McAuley,
The requiem Mass was celebrated at the church where Mr Kennedy's late father and mother, Ian and Mary, were members.
Both of Mr Kennedy's parents - who died in recent years, his father during the general election campaign - were laid to rest at the church.
Fr McAuley said the "much-loved and respected parishioner" would be "sorely missed".
He told the congregation: "Charles Kennedy was a humble man. When Charles's parents died and Charles said a few words in the church, he wouldn't come up here to the lectern but insisted on speaking outside the sanctuary, from the floor.
"In this church, Charles was one of the backbenchers. He didn't always sit in the same pew but he always sat at the back of the church."
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Monsignor MacNeil said the requiem mass would be a "deep moment for the family and for the community in which Charles worshipped - an expression of our faith".
He said he always remembered his encounters with Mr Kennedy, who regularly attended at St John's, and that the local community felt a sense of solidarity in grieving over his loss.
"He was their brother," he said.
Following the service, which lasted more than an hour, a lone piper played Highland Cathedral as the coffin left the church, which sits in the shadow of Ben Nevis.
Hundreds of people, including children from St Columba's RC Primary school, which Mr Kennedy attended as a child, gathered outside as the funeral cortege began its final journey to the private burial at his family's plot in a graveyard at Clunes.
The crowd broke into applause as the hearse was driven past in a final tribute to the former MP.
Under Mr Kennedy's leadership, the Lib Dems won a record 62 seats in 2005 but he resigned eight months after the election after revealing he had been receiving treatment for a long-standing drink problem.
He lost his Ross, Cromarty and Skye seat to the SNP in last month's general election.
Mr Kennedy's ex-wife, Sarah Gurling, and their 10-year-old son, Donald, arrived at around 11:40 as a string ensemble played tunes including The Skye Boat Song.
Senior Lib Dem politicians including Nick Clegg, Danny Alexander, Sir Menzies Campbell, Sir Malcolm Bruce and Michael Moore also attended, along with Scotland's Deputy First Minister John Swinney and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Former Labour spin doctor and close friend Alastair Campbell, who previously described Mr Kennedy as a "lovely man" and "highly talented politician", was among the mourners.
A steady stream of local residents also began arriving from 11:00 to say farewell to the former Ross, Skye and Lochaber MP.
Outside the church, a floral tribute of white roses from Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha carried the message: "The country has lost an extraordinary talent whose character and courage inspired us all."
There is be a memorial service for Mr Kennedy on 18 June at the University of Glasgow, where Inverness-born Mr Kennedy had been a student, union president and later its rector.
Another memorial will be held in London at a later date.
Tributes were paid to Mr Kennedy in the House of Commons last week, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and Labour leader Harriet Harman.
British Cycling has been accused of bullying and sexism towards athletes and is under investigation.
Rowsell Shand said: "My experience of British Cycling did not reflect that."
But, the Briton said she "did not want to dismiss anybody's accusations" and "everybody should be taken seriously".
Last year she said she was "surprised" London 2012 Olympian Jess Varnish claimed British Cycling's technical director Shane Sutton made sexist comments to her.
Rowsell Shand won Olympic gold in the team pursuit in 2012 and 2016 before retiring in March this year aged 28.
"The sport of cycling internationally still has some huge inequalities between men and women - and that is the same across many sports," she told BBC Sport.
"But I think British Cycling is probably one of the best governing bodies in the world at trying to promote equality between men and women.
"We would not have won what we won if we had not had the support from British Cycling so for me I honestly feel that my medal was worth the same as the men's equivalent."
An independent review into the culture at British Cycling was launched last year after ex-riders complained about their treatment.
British Cycling published a 39-point action plan last month to address the draft findings of the investigation and started work on the development of a code of conduct as part of its response.
"No organisation is perfect but I think you should strive for perfection," Rowsell Shand said.
"British Cycling have already done a 39-point plan of areas they want to improve on which I think it very proactive."
However, Rowsell Shand reiterated that her support for British Cycling does not mean that she thinks the accusations are not serious.
"I think if somebody feels that they've been bullied it's very easy for somebody else to think it was just banter, but I think these things should be absolutely taken really seriously," she said.
The opener helped India to 391-4, 86 behind, but became the ninth man to be out one run short of 200 in a Test when he lobbed Adil Rashid to point.
He shared partnerships of 152 with Parthiv Patel (71) and 161 with Karun Nair, who remains on 71.
England worked hard on a docile pitch in Chennai but are set to be under pressure for the rest of the match.
India, who have already won the series, are likely to get up to or beyond England's score on Monday, then look to bowl out the tourists on the fifth day.
Though the surface will probably remain good for batting, India's skilful spinners will prey on an England side prone to collapses and which lost the fourth Test in Mumbai by an innings despite making 400 when they batted first.
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott on Test Match Special:
Will India get a big enough lead to squeeze England? I'm not sure they will. The pitch is in the batsmen's favour, but it's not the sort of pitch you can crash-bang-wallop. England can hold their heads up high.
Ex-England spinner Vic Marks:
Unless England have a very good first session tomorrow morning, they're going to be transported back to a Mumbai-ish situation. The pitch is still blameless, but you sense it is still possible for India to score another 200-250 runs.
If any team is going to win this game, it's India, unless England have an astonishing start. They've often struggled to get wickets on good pitches, their spin attack is nowhere near as good as India's, and even now, you're not even safe with 477 in the first innings.
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew:
The fact is England are tired, they've been away a long time and they will be under pressure in this match.
Right-hander Rahul has had a curious opening to his Test career. In 12 matches, the 24-year-old has fallen for fewer than 25 runs 11 times, yet on the four occasions he has made a score higher than 50, he has gone on to make a century.
Resuming on 30 of India's 60-0, he showed his intent to score, launching debutant left-arm spinner Liam Dawson for two sixes over the leg side as well as playing sweeps, reverse-sweeps and drives through point.
His partnership with stand-in opener Parthiv became India's highest for the first wicket against England in India, but when wickets fell at other end he was happy to settle for a more measured approach.
Rahul's first Test century in India was completed by an overthrow and, after England had a glimmer of a chance at 211-3, he shepherded the occasionally loose Nair to a maiden half-century.
Ending the day as he began, he lofted Moeen Ali over long-on for another six and seemed destined for a double hundred when he inexplicably spooned a very wide delivery from Rashid to Jos Buttler.
"I was so excited about that one run I forgot to take my time," Rahul said. "I felt I rushed into the shot.
"It's more disappointing to get out to a ball like that - it hurts even more. It was just unfortunate that the pressure of getting a double hundred got to me.
"I am happy at the end of the day - 199 has helped my team - but missing out on a double hurts."
This was a long day in the dirt for England, but their efforts did not dim on a pitch offering nothing for the pace bowlers and from which their spinners extracted only slow turn.
While their first success came through a Parthiv error that saw a leading edge off Moeen held at cover, the removal of prolific pair Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli was down to probing work from Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes.
First Stokes induced a loose prod from Pujara that was held at slip by Alastair Cook, then Broad, switching between over and round the wicket, drew captain Kohli into a needless drive that was caught by Keaton Jennings at short cover.
At that point, England were still 266 ahead, but their next chance did not come until the second new ball, when Jake Ball took the edge of Nair, on 34, only for a diving Cook to parry the catch at first slip.
Of the spinners, Dawson was the most accurate, but a day in which England barely struck the pads and hardly appealed - they did not call for a review until the 102nd over of the innings - was a chastening introduction to Test cricket.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes told BBC Sport: "We've literally tried everything in this series but they always seem to put on a big partnership, which really does hurt us.
"We got a wicket at the end of the day, which always gives you a bit of a gee up. Both batsmen have to start again tomorrow so it would be nice to knock them over and then get into the tail.
"Rahul played really, really well. He took his time and calculated his runs. I thought it was brilliant bit of bowling from Adil Rashid to throw up a slow, wide one when he was on 199."
It means the Derry club have completed a remarkable treble of provincial football, hurling and camogie titles.
Slaughtneil saw off a determined second-half fight back by the Down champions to secure the Ulster crown for the second time in three years.
"There was pressure on us, and to get over the line is unbelievable," said dual star Chrissy McKaigue.
"It is hard to put it into words, it has been an unbelievable year.
"We knew we might not have this opportunity again, so we wanted to do it so badly.
"We have high standards and high expectations, and we knew Kilcoo would represent an incredible task."
Kilcoo manager Paul McIver said his players were devastated to have come so close to a first provincial crown.
"The boys have put in so much effort over the last five years, and to come within a kick of the ball to win the Ulster is hard for us.
"We were in a good position but those last five minutes before half-time were gut-wrenching and we found ourselves four points behind.
"But this club will be back - they deserve their Ulster Championship. We will be top of the pile at some stage."
The sides were locked on five points each in the first half, but the Derry champions landed points through Christopher Bradley, Chrissy McKaigue, Shane McGuigan and Cormac O'Doherty to be 0-9 to 0-5 up at the interval.
Kilcoo, Down winners for five years in a row, replied with three on the bounce by Ceilin Doherty, Daragh O'Hanlon and Martin Devlin to reduce the deficit to just one.
Mickey Moran's Slaughtneil, though, kept their noses in front to clinch a second provincial triumph in three years.
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England were knocked out of Euro 2016 at the last-16 stage after a shock 2-1 defeat by Iceland on Monday.
Manager Roy Hodgson resigned immediately after the game in Nice.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, ex-England striker Lineker, 55, backed Glenn Hoddle to succeed Hodgson.
England's conquerors Iceland - with a population of just 330,000 - were among the lowest-ranked teams in France at 34th in the world.
England started the finals with a 1-1 draw against Russia before beating Wales 2-1 and drawing 0-0 with Slovakia in their final Group B game - results that left them in second place and in a tougher half of the draw.
"There's a degree of a lack of mental strength which maybe comes from a lack of success in recent tournaments and the pressure that comes on the England team.
"But don't you think for one minute that there is more pressure on the England team than there is on the Spanish team, the German team, the Italian team. The expectancy in those countries is higher than it is in our country. We tend to be quite realistic because we're quite used to failure.
"Perhaps we're not quite used to it on this scale. I'm sure once it started to go wrong and they got behind, you could sense nobody seemed to know what to do. There was no real game plan, no plan B.
"I always thought this tournament was a bit early for this lot because they're very young and a bit inexperienced.
"Hopefully this doesn't damage them too much mentally and they'll turn it around in the future because we have got some good young players coming through.
"They need to know on the pitch exactly what their jobs are, what they're supposed to do in certain circumstances and I'm not sure that was the case. It's like an actor. An actor can be as good as he likes but he still needs a really good director.
"Mental strength really comes from confidence. It comes from winning and that's the same in all sports. I don't think there's anything in our national DNA that makes us bottlers or chokers. I don't think that's the point because we're so successful in other sports."
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Hodgson faced heavy criticism following the goalless draw against Slovakia for making six changes to the side that had beaten Wales, despite knowing a victory would mean England topped the group.
He was also criticised for the tactic of having Tottenham striker Harry Kane take corners during the tournament and starting Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling against Iceland. England scored just four goals in the tournament despite averaging 63% possession.
"Look at the game before [Italy's 2-0 win over Spain] - Italy went out there and they had a real game plan.
"You could see the coach on the sidelines orchestrating everything, they played a pressing game for a while, then they sat for a while.
"You could see that every single player on that pitch knew exactly what his job was at any given time and the positions they should be in. the organisation and the game plan was obvious and it worked.
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"You couldn't really see that with England. It seemed a little bit slapdash, a little bit scattergun. I think they caught England by surprise by playing quite high up the pitch. We just didn't know how to exploit it.
"There were plans and then there were changes. It kind of worked against Wales - in the second half he went for it then and you give him credit for that because he turned it round. I'm not quite sure he ever really had a great deal of faith in the 4-3-3.
"Roy is traditionally a 4-4-2 guy, he has been all of his career. He's kind of changed and, understandably at times, tried different things.
"We didn't really have the players to change the system. We haven't got any wingers - we've only got Raheem Sterling, who is bang out of form and confidence.
"He didn't give himself those alternatives by picking five or six central strikers.
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"We've always been a bit tactically behind and it's unquestionable that we've always been technically behind. There will always be exceptions to the rule - and we are teaching our young players better now - but it's only really in the academies where we get any decent coaching.
"We are getting technical footballers. If you look at our under-21s, under-19s and under-17s, they play the same kind of football that we see the Spanish players, Italian players playing, keeping the ball on the floor.
"Gradually that influx of young talent will come through in our first team. Hopefully they will improve our performances over time because we can compete technically."
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Hodgson and FA chief executive Martin Glenn both dismissed suggestions that England players lacked passion against Iceland.
"We have some decent players, you can't just say they're all useless - that's nonsense. You can't say they don't care, we saw how much they care against Wales.
"That's always been a myth - there's no passion. Our problem is there's too much passion, we care too much. We get a little bit tense - we're not technically good enough, tactically sound enough.
"Everyone thinks the players have so much money they don't care, they are not focused - but why does that not apply to Italians or Germans or Spanish? They earn fortunes and it does not affect them, so why does it affect us?
"The players who are truly successful are never there for money, they play for passion, joy and love of football - and to be successful.
"I can't tell you how much it will have hurt those players. It was the worst possible nightmare, total humiliation to a country the size of Leicester.
"It is not about effort - it has never been with England - but sometimes it matters too much and that encumbers our performance."
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Martin Glenn, a former CEO of United Biscuits, was appointed chief executive of the FA last May. He said on Tuesday he was "not a football expert" and would be drawing on experienced figures in the game to help an FA three-man panel select the next England manager.
FA technical director Dan Ashworth and board member and ex-Manchester United chief executive David Gill will sit on the panel with Glenn.
The 54-year-old, who has also worked for Cadbury Schweppes, Mars and Deloitte, was a non-executive director at Leicester City from 2002 to 2006.
"Martin Glenn is not a football expert and neither is [FA chairman] Greg Dyke, no-one at the FA has been for a long time with the exception of Trevor Brooking. We don't really have football people there, but Martin is an intelligent man, I know him very well. He is the kind of person who will seek advice from people that are football people.
"It is an advantage if you have played the game at this level. If not, it is hard to realise what it feels like, how it is to play in these matches, to play against the very best, to compete to win games and lose games and understand the tactical nuances of football."
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Glenn has not ruled out appointing a foreign manager as Hodgson's successor and the FA says it has an interim plan - likely to mean giving the job to England Under-21 boss Gareth Southgate on a temporary basis - if a permanent manager is not found before England's World Cup qualifying campaign starts in September.
"There is no-one particularly obvious out there. You could take a punt with someone that's played at the top.
"Alan Shearer volunteered his services, he is a passionate man and understands the game - but he doesn't think for a minute they will consider him.
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"You could go down the route of a foreigner, but that has not worked before. We were really unlucky with Fabio Capello - Italians are so good at tactics and we found the one who probably wasn't, according to the players that I have spoken to who played under him.
"If you go English, it is really difficult. There are two or three in the top flight, Sam Allardyce, Eddie Howe and Alan Pardew - but they have not won the trophies you would anticipate.
"Do you go back to perhaps Glenn Hoddle? He was one of England's best coaches.
"Hoddle has been out of the game for a while, but he understands the game technically. He is the kind of guy who understands how to get over to players how to play in various systems.
"Gareth Southgate has come through and done well with the under-21s. Maybe someone with experience with Southgate like Hoddle?"
Lineker was speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Mark Chapman. You can listen to the interview here.
A Citroën Picasso and a motorbike collided at the junction of Maple Terrace and Cambridge Street in Newcastle, Northumbria Police said.
Paul Callan, 21, also known as "Stan", of Charlotte Close, Newcastle, later died.
Officers are appealing for witnesses for anyone who saw an "off-road" type motorcycle driven in the area at about 13:00 on 1 December.
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Warren Gatland's British and Irish Lions experience puts him in a good position to lead them again, according to selector Gareth Davies.
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Scotland's first village for homeless people is to be built in Edinburgh next year.
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It's been another busy week in the world of entertainment.
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Technology giant Apple is "very optimistic" about the UK's future post-Brexit, its boss has told the prime minister.
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The funeral service for former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy has been held near his home in the Highlands.
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Two-time Olympic champion Joanna Rowsell Shand says British Cycling is "one of the best" governing bodies in the world at promoting equality despite the organisation's ongoing crisis.
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India's KL Rahul struck a brilliant 199 to make England toil on day three of the fifth and final Test.
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Slaughtneil beat Kilcoo 0-12 to 0-9 in Sunday's Ulster Club Football Championship final.
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Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker says England "lack mental strength" and are "not technically good enough" to be successful in major tournament football.
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A motorcyclist has died after a crash in Newcastle.
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Up to 10cm (4in) of snow could fall on the highest ground.
The warning - from 18:00 on Friday to 10:00 on Saturday - covers parts of Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, the Borders and the Lothians.
The Met Office said slippery conditions were likely with transport disruption possible on higher level routes.
It said some snow was possible at lower levels although it would tend to melt as temperatures rose on Saturday morning and rain moved in.
Striker Bony, who has signed a four-year contract, scored 31 goals in 30 league appearances last season.
West Ham also made an offer for the 24-year-old Ivory Coast international but Swansea won the race for his signature with a higher bid.
He said: "I've wanted to play in the Premier League for a long time."
Bony becomes Swansea's seventh permanent summer signing.
The Premier League club have also recruited Jonjo Shelvey from Liverpool, Alejandro Pozuelo and Jose Canas from Real Betis, Jordi Amat from Espanyol, Gregor Zabret from NK Domzale and Alex Gogic from Olympiakos.
Midfielder Jonathan de Guzman has also rejoined the club on a season-long loan from Villarreal.
The investment in the squad is a show of support for manager Michael Laudrup, who had said the Liberty Stadium outfit would have to strengthen for the 2013-14 campaign to build on last season's success.
Swansea won the Capital One Cup - beating Liverpool and Chelsea on the way to lifting the trophy - to qualify for the Europa League and finished ninth in the Premier League table.
Bony's arrival - in a deal that could rise depending on add-ons - is intended to take some of the pressure for goals off Swansea's Spanish attacker Michu, who scored 22 times for the club last season.
The pacy and powerful Bony was named Dutch footballer of the year for 2012-13 and had spells at Issia Wazi, in his homeland, and Sparta Prague before joining Vitesse Arnhem in January 2011.
He spent a brief period on trial at Liverpool in 2007 but failed to earn a contract.
The study, by the Royal Academy of Engineering, says 100,000 Stem graduates are needed a year just to maintain the status quo.
It argues the UK is already slipping down the international innovation league tables.
The UK has dropped to eighth globally in the number of US patents registered.
The report estimates 830,000 graduate-level Stem experts and 450,000 technicians will be needed by 2020.
In the UK some 23,000 engineers are graduating every year. But India is producing eight times as many, and China 20 times as many.
The report warns overall that the current pool of science, technology and engineering experts are already "stretched thin" and ageing rapidly. The median age of chartered engineers rises by 10 years for every 14 that pass.
UK firms are already having to recruit experts from abroad.
The report adds that the requirement for 100,000 Stem graduates per year between 2012 and 2020 will not be met by newly graduating students alone, and calls for Stem experts to be trained through other routes.
"With only circa 90,000 Stem graduates each year (including international students who presently cannot obtain visas to work in the UK after graduation) and knowing from earlier analysis of Hesa [Higher Education Statistics Agency] data that a proportion of Stem graduates choose non science occupations (26% of engineering graduates for example) there are clearly too few UK Stem graduates to meet the need," it says.
Prof Matthew Harrison, director of engineering and education at the Royal Academy of Engineering, said the shortage of Stem graduates was getting worse.
"In the last 10 years the general wage premium for graduates has been dropping, but over the same period the graduate premium for engineering has been going up.
"Engineering firms are crying out for engineers. They can't get the people they need. Although they have been very very vocal about the subject it has not translated into public policy yet."
A Department for Business, Innovation and Skills spokesman said it was working closely with industry and continue to look at various ways to support engineering at all levels, including engagement in schools, apprenticeships and postgraduate training.
"We have recently committed £3m to create up to 500 additional aeronautical engineers at masters level over the next three years, co-funded with industry," he said.
Stephen Rodgers and his wife, Alison, planned their special day around the historic match.
The couple arranged for the game to be played on a big screen at their reception and had their first dance after the half time whistle.
Following Northern Ireland's 3-1 win, the newly-weds are considering travelling to France for their honeymoon to see the team play in Euro 2016.
Speaking to the BBC, Stephen said, "The wedding went as well as the match did. It was a great result for me, for my wife, and for Northern Ireland.
"Before we even had the dessert we were singing, 'We're not Brazil we're Northern Ireland'.
"We've never been to France so it would be something different, and something we'll look at," he said, adding it would be a great way to spend their honeymoon.
The team's success will see Northern Ireland make their first major tournament appearance since 1986.
Officials said Mohammed Afzal Guru, who had been on death row since 2002, was executed at Tihar jail near Delhi.
Afzal Guru had always denied plotting the attack, which left 14 dead.
India has stepped up security and announced a curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir, where news of the execution was expected to spark unrest.
Executions are very rare in India - Afzal Guru's was only the second since 2004, after Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving attacker from the 2008 Mumbai attack was executed in November.
"This is only about the law taking its course," Home Secretary RK Singh said.
Hundreds of police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in towns and cities across Indian-administered Kashmir to try to contain any unrest sparked by the execution.
Claimed in its entirety by both India and Pakistan, Kashmir has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years and two wars have been fought over it.
The December 2001 attack was one of the most controversial incidents in recent Indian history, correspondents say.
Five rebels stormed India's parliament in Delhi on 13 December 2001, killing a gardener and eight policemen before they were shot dead by security forces.
India blamed the attack on the Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group, which it said was backed by Pakistan.
Pakistan denied involvement in the attack but relations between the two countries nosedived as their armies massed about a million troops along the border.
Afzal Guru, a former fruit seller, was one of two men sentenced to death for helping to plan the attack, although the sentence of Shaukat Hussain was later reduced on appeal to 10 years in jail.
Guru was found guilty of arranging weapons for the attackers and of membership of Jaish-e-Mohammed, both of which he denied.
Two other people accused in the case, SAR Geelani and Afsan Guru, were acquitted due to a lack of evidence.
Afzal Guru's appeal was first refused by the Supreme Court and then the president.
The Intergenerational Foundation says the number of areas dominated by over-50s has risen sevenfold since 1991 as young people move into the cities.
It means different generations live increasingly separate lives, it adds.
The government said housebuilding was an "absolute priority".
The foundation, which aims to protect the rights of younger generations in policy-making, analysed segregation by age in local areas in England and Wales.
It used small-area population estimates from the last three Census years - 1991, 2001, 2011 - plus data from 2014, to investigate how age-segregation has changed over time.
The think tank also considered data from the Office for National Statistics on rural-urban classification from 2011.
It said: "Segregation is usually a consequence of housing-related issues."
It called for:
Angus Hanton, co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation, said: "We are drifting towards a two-tier society where the young are ghettoised, paying high rents in city centres to older landlords living it up in rural and suburban bliss."
He said "age segregation" had increased most dramatically among young adults during a period when they had become much more likely to rent housing instead of getting on the property ladder.
This suggested that it was being driven by the problems in the UK housing market, he said.
Developed in partnership with finance firm Legal and General, the report warns that such trends could have consequences for the economy - such as higher unemployment and families struggling to look after each other.
It cites the examples of Cardiff and Brighton, where young people are becoming increasingly concentrated in city centres and are much more likely to become renters rather than owner-occupiers.
It says: "Suburbs and outlying settlements are ageing because young people can't afford to move to them in the way they once did.
"Meanwhile, the flow of young people towards the big cities, and away from rural areas, appears to be intensifying, threatening to undermine the future viability of rural communities."
Leeds, Nottingham, Sheffield and Southampton are also identified as age segregation hotspots where more than 30% of young adults, and 25% of retirees, would have to redress the balance across the generations.
Mr Hanton said that now only 5% of people living in the same area as someone over 18 are over 65, compared to 15% in 1991.
This was weakening the bonds between the generations and leads to a lack of understanding of each other, he said.
Nigel Wilson, chief executive of Legal and General, said: "We have created an inter-generationally unfair society.
"We need to take bold steps to reverse the negative trends of the last 30 years."
The Department for Communities and Local Government said: "Building the homes that communities need is an absolute priority for the government and we have delivered nearly 900,000 since the end of 2009.
"We've also set out the largest housebuilding programme since the 1970s, doubling the housing budget so we can build a million extra homes."
Corey Robinson, 18, from Neath, died at the scene at Llandarcy in May. Two passengers were injured.
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided no charges will be brought.
Mr Robinson was driving a white 63-registered Vauxhall Corsa which collided with the nearside barrier.
His family issued a statement via police at the time saying they felt as though their hearts had been "ripped out".
A former pupil of Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive, Mr Robinson was a construction engineer and a keen sportsman.
Sir Stephen House, 57, said the time was right to take up new challenges after 35 years as a police officer.
He has been under severe pressure over the three days it took his officers to respond to a fatal crash on the M9.
He has also been criticised over armed officers being put on routine patrol and his force's policies on stopping and searching juveniles.
Sir Stephen had previously indicated he was likely to stand down when his four-year contract expired in September of next year.
Confirming the details of his departure at a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) in Stirling, he outlined some of the successes of Police Scotland, including the new national approach to domestic abuse and sexual attack.
He added: "As the leader of a national organisation that provides a vital public service 24 hours every day of the year, there can never be a convenient time to move on, but after nearly 35 years as a police officer and the last nine as a chief constable in Scotland, I believe the time is right for me to take up a new challenge and thereby allow the process to recruit my successor to begin.
"Much has been achieved since the creation of Police Scotland and I firmly believe that Scotland is better served for it. Not only in managing the changes brought about by reform and substantial financial cuts, but most importantly in the public service we provide."
He acknowledged: "There remains a lot to do, but knowing as I do the quality of our officers and staff, I am confident that the challenges will be met.
"The dedication and commitment of our people is truly outstanding and I know will serve Scotland well in the future under a new chief constable."
Paying tribute to the chief constable, SPA chairman Vic Emery said he firmly believed that Sir Stephen had been "the right individual at the right time" to lead Police Scotland through the "combined challenges of major reorganisation, fundamental reform, and reduced funding".
He added: "Sometimes the public don't always see the real person behind the public profile. Steve has always been a constable first, and a chief officer second."
Sir Stephen, who was previously the chief constable of Strathclyde Police, oversaw the complex amalgamation in 2013 of Scotland's eight regional police forces into the single national force, which is the second largest in the UK.
Since then, he has overseen successes such as the policing of last year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
But he was criticised over his decision to allow armed officers to attend routine incidents, as well as the force's policy on stopping and searching juveniles.
The force is also under pressure over its response to the M9 crash in July in which John Yuill and his partner Lamara Bell died after it took three days for officers to respond to reports of their car leaving the road near Stirling.
When Sir Stephen House was appointed the first chief constable of the new Police Service of Scotland he was credited with being the best candidate because of his "impressive track record of leadership, partnership working and delivery".
Those were the words of the then Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who believed Sir Stephen would make "an outstanding" chief constable.
Before the 57-year-old took on the role in October 2012 - seven months before Police Scotland came into being - he already had an impressive CV of public service both north and south of the border.
Sir Stephen's police career began 34 years ago when he joined Sussex Police.
He was a uniform officer between 1981 and 1988, initially working for Sussex and then later transferring to Northamptonshire Police followed by West Yorkshire Police.
Sir Stephen's first taste of high command came in 1998 when he joined Staffordshire Police as an assistant chief constable, initially in territorial policing and later in crime and operations.
After three years in that job he joined the Metropolitan Police Service as a deputy assistant commissioner.
Despite what he described as his "estuary English" accent, Sir Stephen is Scottish, having been born in Glasgow.
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Police Scotland officers are being investigated by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner over the death of Sheku Bayoh, who died in police custody after being arrested following an incident in Kirkcaldy on 3 May.
And there have also been reports that Police Scotland was one of two unnamed UK forces accused by a watchdog of spying on journalists and their sources.
Sir Stephen had faced calls to resign from opposition politicians in the wake of the controversies, but Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has always insisted she had full confidence in him.
Responding to his announcement, Ms Sturgeon thanked Sir Stephen for his "years of dedicated service" with both Strathclyde Police and Police Scotland.
She said: "Strong policing has ensured recorded crime is at a 40-year low. Sir Stephen provided leadership at a crucial time and his strong focus on tackling violent crime made a major contribution to that achievement.
"Reform of policing in Scotland was absolutely vital to sustain the policing upon which Scotland's communities depend and Sir Stephen's contribution to that was invaluable."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie, who has been a fierce critic of the single force, said Sir Stephen's departure would not by itself solve the "deep-rooted problems" in Police Scotland and that the force needed a "fresh start".
He added: "Ultimately the SNP government must accept responsibility for this chaos. They rammed through the centralisation of our police service despite warnings. They set up the toothless Scottish Police Authority. They appointed the chief constable."
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said Sir Stephen was "bowing to the inevitable" by resigning, and said it was "essential that his replacement is up to the task of tackling the problems that have afflicted the single force since its inception".
Scottish Labour's justice spokesman, Graeme Pearson - who was formerly a senior police officer - said the process of reforming Police Scotland "can begin now if the SNP government are willing to take responsibility for their mistakes".
But the Scottish Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, said Sir Stephen had made a "monumental contribution" to policing.
The federation's chairman, Brian Docherty, said: "He has delivered the most significant public sector restructuring in a generation against a background of a brutal austerity agenda.
"He has delivered some very impressive policing results on crimes of violence, particularly domestic violence. I have little doubt that history will prove to be kinder to Sir Stephen than the current commentary which at times has been vindictive and deeply personal.
"Many people feared that a single police service could be susceptible to political interference and those who have called for the head of the chief constable as some form of trophy need to consider that."
Niven Rennie, president of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents, said on Twitter that the first chief constable of Police Scotland "was always going to be on a hiding to nothing".
He also said that critics of the force should "recognise the great achievements of Police Scotland in its formative years not concentrate on the mistakes."
Mr Rennie said Sir Stephen's decision would give the force a chance to rebuild on a "crazy" two years, and that he believed a "change in style will help".
Martin Bell, the brother of M9 crash victim Lamara Bell, said: "It's over to the government now to see what changes they will bring in.
"We have no faith in Police Scotland at all and no faith that we will see real change as a result of Sir Stephen standing down.
"What happened to Lamara really can't happen again. They need to stop making cuts to emergency services and put as much funding into them as they possibly can."
The Northern Territory News is famous for its lurid front-page stories featuring UFOs, horny ghosts and especially crocodiles.
Ahead of this Saturday's election, the paper hung pictures of Australia's two main political leaders on poles baited with fish guts.
These were dangled into the enclosure that houses Burt, a 5.1m crocodile.
Burt momentarily latched on to Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, but after a moment of cold-blooded deliberation decided Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would win the election.
"The bookies suggest he's onto a winner," said Matt Williams, the newspaper's editor.
"Burt's brain may only be the size of a walnut but he's one smart beast."
Burt resides at the Crocosaurus Cove wildlife park and played a starring role in the classic Australian film Crocodile Dundee.
He is the latest in a long line of "psychic" animals, the most famous of which was Paul the octopus, who correctly selected the outcome of seven of Germany's 2010 World Cup matches.
The lioness jumped through the open window of the couple's car and started mauling the woman, assistant park manager Scott Simpson said.
Paramedics were called to the scene but she died from her injuries, while the man is still receiving treatment.
The popular Lion Park is 30km (19 miles) north of Johannesburg.
The park's rules forbid visitors from driving through the lion enclosure with their windows down, reports the BBC's Milton Nkosi from Johannesburg.
Park rangers chased the lioness away after the attack, and it is not clear whether the animal will now have to be put down, our correspondent adds.
Local media are reporting that the woman's death marks the third incident in the past four months at the park.
Milton Nkosi, BBC News, Johannesburg
This afternoon's attack in the Lion Park came as a shock not only to the tourists and staff there but to me too.
I am a frequent visitor to the park. It's a great place to take the family and I've taken my own kids there for as long as I can remember.
We also take international visitors who want to have a feel of the African wildlife experience without having to drive for hundreds of kilometres into the bush.
The park's location near to Johannesburg makes it an easy destination for many tourists who are in town for a short time attending a conference or business meetings.
The lions are kept in large fenced-off enclosures which visitors can drive through themselves.
The official South African tourism website describes the park as a "hybrid between a zoo and a game reserve", while the Lion Park's website says "super close-up animal views" are guaranteed. Cheetahs, spotted hyenas and giraffe are also in the park.
The Lion Park is one of the region's most popular destinations, attracting tourists from around the world.
Previous high-profile visitors have reportedly included Colombian singer Shakira, Hollywood actress Natalie Portman, as well as the entire German football team before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
"I am here to admit that I am HIV positive," he said.
The former star of sitcom Two And A Half Men appeared on NBC's Today show, ending days of intense media speculation.
Sheen revealed to Matt Lauer he had paid "enough to take it into the millions" to keep people from going public about his illness.
"I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths," he said, adding he was diagnosed four years ago.
He said when he revealed his HIV status to friends "the truth became treason", leading to "blackmail and extortion and a circle of deceit".
"I trusted them, they were in my inner circle and thought they could be helpful. My trust turned to their treason," he said, adding a prostitute took a picture of his medication and threatened to sell it to newspapers.
"I think I release myself from this prison today," he said.
He admitted that his use of drink and drugs was a "bad decision" but said it was "impossible" that he would have passed HIV on to anyone else.
The actor said he does not know how he contracted the virus but stressed he does not feel any stigma attached to the illness.
Speaking about the time prior to his diagnosis, he said: "It started with a series of cluster headaches and sweating - I was hospitalised. I thought I had a brain tumour - after tests they said this was the situation. It's a hard three letters to absorb."
Sheen appeared with his doctor, Robert Huizenga, who said his daily medication has suppressed the virus and he is "absolutely healthy".
"Charlie has an undetectable level of the virus in his blood," he said.
When asked to respond to rumours Sheen has Aids, Dr Huizenga said: "Charlie does not have Aids - that's when the virus suppresses the immune system. He is healthy."
Sheen said he is taking prescribed drugs daily and despite his erratic tendencies, has never missed a day's medication.
He said he is no longer taking recreational drugs but admitted he still "drinks a bit".
Dr Huizenga said he did have concerns Sheen might omit to take his medication.
"We're petrified about him, we're so, so anxious that if he was overly depressed or abusing substances he'd forget to take a pill, but he's managed to take his medication," he said.
When asked if he would stop drinking, Sheen responded by saying: "Perhaps the freedom of today might lead to that as well."
Sheen said his "personal disbelief and shame and anger" at the initial diagnosis "led to a descent into substance abuse and fathomless drinking".
But now he feels he has "the responsibility to better myself and help a lot of other people. With what we're doing today, others may come up and say, 'Thanks Charlie, thanks for kicking the door open'."
He said he hoped the media pressure would ease now.
"You can never predict how the media will roll with something," he said. "I hope it's a lot more forgiving and supportive than a lot of the garbage I've read over the past few days - that I knew I had Aids and was intentionally spreading it.
"It's as far from the truth as can be."
There are many different ways that you might catch HIV, but the main ones are having unprotected sex or sharing needles or syringes.
HIV is transmitted via blood, not saliva, but it is possible to catch HIV through unprotected oral sex (although the risk is much lower than with vaginal or anal sex).
Once infected, the virus attacks the person's immune system, making them more prone to other infections and diseases.
There is no cure for HIV, but there are treatments that mean people with the virus can live a long and healthy life.
The best way to prevent HIV is to use a condom for sex and to never share needles or other injecting equipment.
The actor rose to fame in the 80s with hit films including Platoon and Wall Street and, in 2011, was the highest-paid actor on TV thanks to his sitcom role.
But he has frequently struggled with drink and drug abuse.
The star, who played a hedonistic bachelor in Two And A Half Men, was fired from the show in 2011 after a downward spiral in his personal life, often played out in public.
Production had been suspended after he entered rehabilitation for reported drug and alcohol abuse.
The actor - the youngest son of West Wing star Martin Sheen and brother of actor Emilio Estevez - has also had a colourful personal life and has been married three times.
Sheen's first daughter, Cassandra was born to his former high school girlfriend.
His first marriage, to Donna Peele, ended after a year. His second marriage was to former Bond girl Denise Richards, with whom he has two daughters. They divorced in 2006 and he married Brooke Mueller, with whom he has twin sons.
He was then due to marry adult film star Scottine Ross, but the wedding was called off.
The actor said he had told Richards and Mueller and his oldest daughter about his diagnosis.
Maguire, who shared 10th spot after Saturday's third round, still had the consolation of winning the Smyth Salver for finishing top amateur.
The 21-year-old Cavan woman's next event will be when she represents Ireland at the Olympics in Rio.
Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn earned a three-shot victory at Woburn.
Jutanugarn regrouped from a back nine wobble as she double bogeyed the 13th to finish three ahead of her playing partner, South Korean Lee Mirim.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro announced that the frontier would be opened on Saturday.
During the first stage only pedestrians will be allowed to cross in five places along the 2,200km (1,370 miles) border.
Mr Maduro shut the border on security grounds. Many Colombians were expelled, and bilateral trade has since fallen.
The two presidents said that the five crossings would be open daily from 08:00 to 20:00 local time (13:00-01:00 GMT).
Venezuelans cross border
Growing discontent on the streets
Women push past border controls
President Maduro said improvements in bilateral relations and security had enabled Venezuela and Colombia to take a number of decisions, including the reopening of the border.
He said the measures would be "well received by our peoples", Telesur television network reports.
Meanwhile, President Santos was quoted as saying that "it will be a provisional opening as we learn and adjust our decisions every step of the way".
Colombia and Venezuela also agreed to work towards the full reopening of the border, saying they needed first to reach separate agreements on security, commerce and energy.
Mr Maduro ordered the border to be closed in August 2015 after former Colombian paramilitaries attacked a Venezuelan military patrol and wounded three soldiers.
In July, Venezuela twice opened the border to allow people to cross over to shop for basic foods and medicines. Nearly 200,000 people entered Colombia.
Many basic goods are in short supply in Venezuela because of a severe economic crisis in the country.
Venezuela has suffered severe shortages for months as a result of the falling price of oil which is the country's prime source of income.
The victim was found injured in Doyle Gardens, Kensal Green, just before 15:30 GMT on Monday.
Ambulance crews treated the boy at the scene and took him to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Metropolitan Police murder detectives have yet to release the boy's identity but said his next of kin had been informed. No arrests have been made but witnesses are being sought.
Capital City Academy in Willesden has confirmed the stabbed teenager was a pupil at the school.
A friend of the victim, who did not want to be named, told BBC London Radio: "He was one of the most loved people in the whole of our school.
"I gave him hug and said, 'Get home safely', and then I come out of school and I see that he's stabbed.
"There's all these teenagers out here running with knives and guns. What's the point? Where does it lead us?"
Piracy news site TorrentFreak says brands including Omega, Fossil and Cartier are sending cease-and-desist notices to websites offering their watch-face designs for download.
Many smartwatches offer users the chance to customise the design.
One watch-face website said it acted swiftly to remove copyrighted designs.
Smartwatches are available from a range of firms including Samsung, Sony and LG. Next year Apple will launch a version.
According to TorrentFreak, Richemont - the company behind brands such as Cartier IWC and Panerai - has lodged notices against watch-face sites citing breaches of its trademark rights. In some cases, TorrentFreak reports, it is giving sites 24 hours to remove infringing content.
"We prefer to never comment on trademark protection issues," Richemont told the BBC.
Swatch-owned Omega, also highlighted by TorrentFreak as requesting take-downs, did not respond to requests for comment either.
Sites such as Facerepo offer users the chance to download a traditional face on to their smartwatches.
It describes itself as "a repository of watch-faces for Android Wear devices" but goes on to say that "all faces hosted on the site are the property of the original content creator".
It told TorrentFreak that it acts quickly to remove watch-faces that are infringing copyright.
"Although some of the replica faces we've received take-downs for are very cool-looking and represent significant artistic talent on the part of the designer, we believe that owners of copyrights or trademarks have the right to defend their brand," it told the news site.
Last week, Apple released its WatchKit developer tools, allowing developers to begin creating apps for the Apple Watch.
Currently those tools do not support the creation of custom watch-face designs.
1) Greece remains on the edge of default. Its revised budget deficit numbers on 3 October (8.5% deficit in 2011) were expected, but they mean any disbursement of the 8bn euro tranche by the Troika has to be done using the fig leaf of "we have plans to close the gap next year").
2) Italy's problems are equally strategic: its rating was downgraded last night by Moody's, citing three reasons:
a. Stress in the eurozone because of Greece
b. Low growth
c. Implementation risks due to political uncertainties - viz, the country is ruled by what traders in the City of London technically term "a muppet".
3) Dexia, the Belgian bank that has lent out money to the tune of 150% of Belgian GDP, is in trouble: it is set to be broken up, today or tomorrow, and its toxic debts placed in a "bad bank", similar to what happened with Northern Rock, which will then be quarantined by the French and Belgian governments.
4) The EU finance ministers met yesterday. They discussed a big recapitalisation plan for the EU banks - yes, those very banks that passed all the stress tests designed by the EU. However, there is a gap between what is needed to happen and what is actually happening. The French - whose banks are most exposed to Greece - are not prepared to move yet.
5) The International Monetary Fund has just waded in calling for the very thing the EU leaders are still mulling over: an urgent bank recapitalisation plan.
6) What are the obstacles?
a. First, the EFSF is not yet ratified. They need it to be ratified by Malta and the Netherlands.
b. Second, the EFSF is not big enough: the discussions at the IMF two weekends ago centred around the idea of a $2tn expansion of the Facility using "leverage". However, everybody immediately rowed back from this and there is some frustration in IMF, European Commission and UK government circles about the lack of specificity and urgency of such proposals (the German government is openly against).
7) What are the variables?
a. There is clearly a danger of a third European credit crunch. This graph of credit insurance costs for major European banks is signalling we may be in bigger trouble than 2008.
b. As in 2008 the form of the crunch is not simply "banks not lending to banks" but non-EU banks taking their money out of the EU banking system. There is circumstantial, anecdotal and direct briefing evidence that this is going on - though not yet critical.
c. There is also the danger of a bank run in any of the countries where savers might believe the government is not going to guarantee all their deposits: hence the move to guarantee by Belgium yesterday. Obviously the Greek government cannot bail out its own banks, and there has been a slow leakage of deposits out of the banks there - 12% in the year to August.
d. The Greek political situation: Greek politicians - cast adrift from any contact with their electors - are busily signing up to all kinds of job cuts and new taxes, but it's doubtful that they can execute this.
e. The sovereign debt crisis is also ticking away in the corner: Moody's warned it may downgrade other countries soon, which will raise the cost of borrowing for them and for their banks.
8) What is the fundamental problem? The problem is there are actually three problems - each interlinked but with separate "laws of motion":
a. There is the sovereign debt problem of busted countries - Greece, Portugal and Ireland
b. There is distress in the banking system both for banks exposed to a potential Greek default and the more long-term fear of a euro breakup
c. Growth is declining, in part because of the uncertainty, in part because the global round of stimulus after 2008 has run out.
d. The IMF and US government believe there is a fourth problem: that austerity measures are exacerbating problems a-thru-c.
9) Is there a circuit breaker? It is certainly one of those moments where we need one. But it should be remembered that, at a similar moment in 1933, the world powers failed to find one, despite Keynes famous warning that: "Our plan must be spectacular, so as to change the grey complexion of men's minds. It must apply to all countries and to all simultaneously." The result was Depression.
10) What market people believe needs to happen is a solution similar to the US TARP in 2008 - where part nationalisation, the quarantining of bad loans on the government's balance sheet, combined with $700bn spent buying bad debts stabilised the US banks until the two big ones had to be part nationalised a few weeks later.
11) The form this will probably take in Europe is that France, Germany and Benelux refinance their own banks, while the EFSF, in current or expanded form, gets pumped into the Italian banks and the Spanish cajas. You would have to combine this with some immediate market suppressive measures: like banning short selling, banning credit default swaps or introducing an immediate Tobin Tax for countries prepared to sign up (say my sources).
12) In all circumstances, most EU politicians are coming round to some form of Greek default and the failure to disburse the 8bn euros looks more and more like the EU leaving itself the option of using this tranche to trigger the event, if it can get to the end of next week with some kind of Tarp plan in place.
13) But make no mistake: whenever the markets plunge it is because traders are taking a seasoned and reasonably well-informed view that the politicians are going to fail; that events will overwhelm them, and that there'll be disorderly defaults/exits from the eurozone. And as I have said before, a southern-European exit from the eurozone takes down north European banks that look quite healthy on sovereign exposure.
President Ashraf Ghani said the assault near the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif had been contrary to all human values and Islamic teachings.
Insurgents targeted those leaving Friday prayers at the base's mosque and others in a canteen, the army said.
Some of the survivors suggested the attackers had had inside help.
One of the injured soldiers said: "When an attacker enters the base, why was he not challenged? There is not just one barrier or security gate, there are seven or eight."
The Taliban in a statement said it had carried out the attack, one of the deadliest on a military site in a country that has seen numerous insurgent attacks.
The fighters, dressed in Afghan military uniforms and driving military vehicles, made their way into the compound before opening fire, the army said.
At least 10 Taliban militants were also killed in the fighting and one attacker was detained.
The Afghan defence ministry did not release exact figures for Friday's attack, only saying more than 100 soldiers had died or been injured.
But other officials, speaking anonymously, said the death toll was at least 140.
"Three months ago I sent my son to the army, I have not seen him since then," one father told AFP news agency. "And today, they give me his remains."
President Ghani flew to the area on Saturday and visited wounded troops.
The base at Mazar-e-Sharif is home to the Afghan National Army's 209th Corps, responsible for providing security to most of northern Afghanistan, including Kunduz province - which has seen heavy recent fighting.
Several German and other foreign soldiers are reported to be garrisoned there.
Meanwhile, the US military command in Afghanistan said that Taliban commander Quari Tayib had been killed in a coalition air strike.
It said that Tayib was "once known as the shadow Taliban governor of Takhar province" in the north-east, and was killed along with eight other Taliban fighters in the strike on 17 April.
It is the most complete skeleton ever discovered for one of these menacing beasts, and represents a new species.
Scientists have even been able to reconstruct the shape of its inner ear.
This offers clues about the animal's hearing, which was probably lower than that of modern birds and suggests they used low-pitched calls to communicate.
The find is reported in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Argentinian palaeontologists made the discovery in the cliffs of La Estafeta beach, not far from the popular tourist city of Mar del Plata.
Federico Degrange, one of the study's authors, said dealing with the tide had presented a challenge.
"The sea can actually take the fossil and destroy it in the sea. It's a nice place to work, but you have to be fast," he told BBC News.
Terror birds, or "phorusrhacids", were the top predators on the South American land mass in the era following the dinosaurs' extinction some 65 million years ago.
The flightless beasts stood up to 3m tall, boasting long legs and devastating hooked beaks. A previous study of this weaponry suggested that the birds could have despatched their prey with a single blow, before setting to work on its flesh.
"They evolved very unique forms, with huge skulls, huge beaks with hooks, and long hindlimbs," said Dr Degrange, a terror bird specialist who works at the National University of Cordoba.
"They lost their ability to fly and they developed very unusual predatory capabilities that were not present in any comparable animals."
The newly discovered species is dubbed Llallawavis scagliali ("Scaglia's Magnificent Bird") after the study's senior author Fernando Scaglia.
It stood about 1.2m tall and probably weighed 18kg, making it a medium-sized addition to the terror bird family. And it lived towards the end of that family's long period of dominance, some 3.5 million years ago.
This means it probably ate mammals or other birds; pretty much anything smaller than itself, Dr Degrange suggested.
Perhaps most intriguing among the well-preserved details of the fossil is its skull, which allowed the researchers to make some educated guesses about the animal's sensory capabilities - and even its voice.
"A very interesting thing is that we could reconstruct the shape of the inner ear," Dr Degrange said.
Based on comparisons with living species, these measurements suggested that the ears of terror birds like Llallawavis were most sensitive to low-pitched sounds.
"We are able to say that terror birds had low frequency sensitivity - so it seems reasonable to suggest that they also produced low-frequency sounds."
Again, by comparing their anatomy with birds that are alive today, you might imagine that they sounded something like an ostrich or an emu, Dr Degrange said.
"But it's not possible to say for sure."
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Timothy Dattels, a Blackberry board member, will head a new committee that will consider different business models, including partnerships.
It wants to increase sales of its Blackberry 10 model, seen as crucial to the future of the company.
"We believe that now is the right time to explore strategic alternatives," said Mr Dattels.
By Leo KelionTechnology reporter
Blackberry's problem isn't that its new smartphones are no good, but rather that it took so long to get them to market.
When the firm announced it was buying QNX Software Systems back in April 2010, it made clear that the purchase was designed to help it update its operating system.
By that point, Apple's iOS and Google's Android had already started to eat into its market share, but the Canadians still accounted for about one in five smartphones shipped.
However, repeated delays meant it wasn't able to start selling BB10 handsets until the end of January this year. Although reviews praised the OS for its unified messaging hub and virtual keyboard, neither were seen as "killer features", and perhaps more crucially, its app marketplace is less well-stocked.
The result is that Blackberry is able to offer devices that make appealing upgrades to its loyal followers, but consumers and firms who have already switched platforms and other purchasers might see little reason to pick the 'berry.
"During the past year, management and the board have been focused on launching the Blackberry 10 platform and BES 10, establishing a strong financial position and evaluating the best approach to delivering long-term value for customers and shareholders."
Prem Watsa, chairman of Blackberry's largest shareholder, Fairfax Financial, resigned from the board as the formation of the committee was announced. Mr Watsa said he wanted to avoid any potential conflict of interest.
"I continue to be a strong supporter of the company, the board and management as they move forward through this process, and Fairfax Financial has no current intention of selling its shares," he said.
The company has struggled in recent years to regain market share lost to Apple and users of Google's Android operating system.
"It's quite surprising to see a statement like this made publically," said Francisco Jeronimo from the technology research firm IDC.
"Everyone knows that they've been struggling and looking at their options. It's clear that they haven't been able to find anyone who wants to buy or form a partnership.
"Blackberry has very strong assets and is one of the most recognised portfolios in the industry.
"The question now is how much they're asking and what's on offer."
Shares in the company closed up more than 10% at $10.78.
The company dropped its Research in Motion name in January 2013 and rebranded as Blackberry, to coincide with the launch of the Blackberry 10 model.
In its most recent quarter, Blackberry lost $84m (£54m) and expects to lose more money in the three months to the end of August.
This story has been amended to reflect the fact that Blackberry's second quarter finishes at the end of August.
Major Peake is currently on a six-month tour in space as a crewman on the ISS.
The spaceman said the Scottish capital looked like it was enjoying some good weather - but some people replied that it was a bit cold on the ground.
Major Peake's wife Rebecca grew up in Comrie, Perthshire. His shot of Edinburgh comes the day after he ran a space marathon.
Major Peake ran the distance of the London race on a treadmill on the ISS - in three hours and 35 minutes.
The 53-year-old, who resigned as the RFU's director of professional rugby in April, succeeds Zac Toumazi.
He will begin his new role at Hove in January 2017.
"He has exceptional experience, both playing and administering sport, which will be of great help to our cricket management delivering success," said Sussex chairman Jim May.
"Rob will be joining us at an important moment and he fully believes in our strategy of increasing the quantity and quality of participation in the recreational game."
Andrew made his England debut in 1985 against Romania, and become a key member of the side that won three Grand Slams and reached the 1991 World Cup final.
After helping England to the semi-finals of the 1995 World Cup, he moved from Wasps to Newcastle, where he won the Premiership title at the first attempt in 1998.
After 10 years with the Falcons he left to join the RFU as elite rugby director, a role he held for five years before becoming rugby operations director and director of professional rugby.
He was also an accomplished cricketer, winning two Blues while at Cambridge University and scoring a first-class hundred against Nottinghamshire in 1984.
He also made a handful of appearances for Yorkshire's second team.
"I am looking forward to working with everyone connected with Sussex to help create success in professional cricket, recreational cricket and community programmes and ensuring that Hove remains a very special cricket ground," said Andrew.
"I will be focussing on driving forward the strategy over the next few years and helping write the next chapter in the rich history of cricket in Sussex.
"These are exciting times for Sussex cricket and cricket in general, and I can't wait to get started."
Tom Jackson, 30, of Congleton, Cheshire was injured when he tried to help Mia Ayliffe-Chung, 21, in the attack at a hostel in Queensland on Tuesday.
His father Les Jackson also praised the work of medical staff caring for him.
Frenchman Smail Ayad, 29, has been charged with murdering Miss Ayliffe-Chung, from Wirksworth in Derbyshire.
In a statement, Les Jackson said: "There are many and varied reasons why we are, and always will be, immensely proud of Tom.
"His actions in response to this horrific attack only add to that sense of pride.
"As a family we have been comforted by the help and support offered by our friends and family at home and in Australia, who have been wonderful."
Mr Jackson said the family were "in awe" of the medical and support staff at Townsville Hospital in Queensland, where his son is being treated.
He said they were "providing the greatest care Tom could hope to receive".
He added: "Our hearts go out to Mia and her family and friends at this dreadful time."
The attack took place at the Shelley's Backpackers accommodation in Home Hill at about 23:15 local time on Tuesday.
A 46-year-old local man, named by a friend as Grant Scholz, who ran the hostel, also suffered non-life threatening injuries in the attacks.
Miss Ayliffe-Chung's friend Chris Porter, from Kent, reportedly damaged both ankles when he jumped from a second-storey window to flee the knifeman.
Mr Ayad has been charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, one count of serious animal cruelty and 12 counts of serious assault.
He did not appear in court on Friday but was remanded in custody as "he had caused a disturbance" . His case was adjourned until 28 October.
Jim Murphy has just vowed to stay on as the Scottish Labour leader to start the "fightback". But Labour in Scotland has promised before to listen and learn after 2007 and 2011 when they lost in the Holyrood Parliament in Scotland. Could they recover?
With hardly an MP, and activists tired and defeated, Scottish Labour may not just need to lick its wounds and follow through that cliche of "learning the lessons". They need something else, more drastic, much, much, more drastic.
And there is very little comfort for the Labour Party elsewhere.
If anything, the emerging evidence is that the night looks worse for them than our exit poll predicted five hours ago. Tessa Jowell has said it is not yet the moment to talk about a new leader for the Labour Party. But there are reports that there will be demands for Ed Miliband to go as soon as later on Friday.
Labour candidate John Mann, shall we say a critical friend of his own party, has said the leadership was warned repeatedly about what might happen. A source in the Labour Party has just texted me to say, "the leadership contest starts tomorrow".
Another Labour source has told me, "they want Ed M gone by Monday and a blood-letting leadership battle asap".
The Blues sit second in the table - one point ahead of Manchester City who have one game in hand - after goals from Demba Ba and Willian completed a 2-0 victory at Anfield.
I'm a bit confused with what the media thinks about defensive displays
"We are not in it," said Mourinho, whose side have two games remaining. "The champions will be Liverpool or City. We have nothing to celebrate."
The Portuguese added: "Today was an important three points and we need one more to finish third."
Third place ensures the Champions League semi-finalists, who finish their league campaign with a home game against Norwich and a visit to Cardiff, would not have to play any qualifying matches in Europe's elite club competition next season.
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The Blues, who face Atletico Madrid in the second-leg of their last-four Champions League tie on Wednesday, arrived at Anfield amid speculation Mourinho would rest players and play a weakened team, despite the magnitude of the fixture.
Defeat would have ended Chelsea's hopes of winning the title they last claimed in 2010, but late goals in each half ensured they are still contenders, despite Mourinho's reluctance to admit so.
"Now we can say we have won both matches against the champions," added Mourinho, whose side have beaten Liverpool and Manchester City twice this season.
"The team that deserved it more won. Obviously many people would be expecting us to come here and lose three, four or five nil like others. Many people thought it was impossible to get this result."
Mourinho gave 20-year-old Czech Tomas Kalas a debut in central defence against the Reds and praised "a giant" performance from Demba Ba in attack.
The Portuguese, whose side have claimed 16 points from 18 against the Premier League's top four sides this season, denied his team time-wasted on Merseyside and disagreed with the notion they used defensive tactics.
"I'm a bit confused with what the media thinks about defensive displays," said Mourinho, a winner of league titles in four countries.
"When a team defends well you call it a defensive display. When they defend bad and concede two or three goals, you don't consider it a defensive display and sometimes they are.
"My team played brilliantly, every player was magnificent. No mistakes."
President Enrique Pena Nieto said he wanted to avoid "any doubts about the legitimacy and transparency" of the bidding process.
Mexico has forged closer links with China, while Mr Nieto is going to Beijing on a state visit next week.
The tender for the 130-mile rail link is being re-opened.
Mexico's communications and transport ministry said the new auction would start from mid-November and be open for about six months.
The contract was scrapped after lawmakers accused the government of favouring China Railway Construction Corp (CRCC).
Rival bids by Germany's Siemens, Canada's Bombardier and France's Alstom were considered.
According to reports, the three had asked for more time to prepare their submissions, but the requests were denied. Japan's Mitsubishi also expressed an interest.
But only CRCC and its Mexican partners had submitted a bid proposal by the 15 October deadline for the link between Mexico City and Queretaro.
It is possible that CRCC could be eligible for compensation because its contract has been withdrawn, government officials admitted.
Construction of the rail line, part of the government's plan to bolster the economy, was due to start in December, with services running from 2017.
Mexico would become the first Latin American nation to have a bullet train after Brazil and Argentina postponed their own high-speed rail projects.
"The president wants this project which is so important for Mexico to not be questioned, to have absolute clarity," Transportation Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said.
"We expect more participation from train makers in the new tender," he said, adding that CRCC could still take part.
Bishop of Down and Connor Noel Treanor addressed the current refugee crisis in Europe in a statement at Sunday Mass.
He said "our countries must put in place an adequate humanitarian response for those who have reached our European shores and borders".
Meanwhile, the Pope urged all Catholic parishes to take in a refugee family.
In his weekly address, Pope Francis said the two parishes in the Vatican would lead by example.
Speaking in Italian to crowds of pilgrims in St Peter's Square on Sunday morning, the Pope said: "I appeal to the parishes, the religious communities, the monasteries and sanctuaries of all Europe to show the true meaning of the gospel and take in one family of refugees."
In Northern Ireland, Bishop Treanor's statement was delivered at the Mater Dei Church in Crumlin, County Antrim.
He said that in responding to the needs of the refugees, political leaders needed the public to show "unequivocal civic generosity".
"This is where the gospel challenges each one of us as Christians," he said.
"This moment in our national and European history, germinating with so much loss of life, human trafficking, destruction of families, suffering, hunger, tragedy and loss of all kinds, demands that as individual persons and as a state and society, we do not surrender to what Pope Francis referred to as 'the globalisation of indifference'."
Bishop Treanor said that the "initial wave of good will" shown towards refugees must be followed by "sustained programmes and civic initiatives designed to integrate these new neighbours".
The crisis has seen hundreds of thousands of people risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea over the past few months in a bid to reach Europe.
The EU's response to the crisis has been under ever greater scrutiny after pictures of a drowned three-year-old Syrian boy, washed up on a Turkish beach, were published around the world.
Alan Kurdi from Kobane in Syria died alongside his mother and five-year-old brother in a failed bid to reach the Greek island of Kos.
On Saturday, about 300 protesters attended a demonstration outside the European Commission office in Belfast, demanding more help for refugees.
She revealed she has received abuse after "massive things happen" in the news, from 11 September 2001 onwards.
"I've had things thrown at me and [been] pushed and shoved," she said.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, she said: "I feel like that's just become a part of my life now. I expect it. Absolutely I expect it."
Nadiya, 31, continued: "I expect to be shoved or pushed or verbally abused because that happens. It's been happening for years."
Asked by host Kirsty Young how she reacted, she said she did not retaliate.
"I feel like there's a dignity in silence, and I think if I retaliate to negativity with negativity, then we've evened out," she said.
"And I don't need to even that out because if somebody's being negative, I need to be the better person.
"Because I've got young children, the one thing I don't want my kids to do is have a negative attitude to living in the UK because, yes, there are those negative people, but they are the minority."
She added: "I love being British and I love living here and this is my home and it always will be.
"Regardless of all the other things that define me, this is my home. And I want my kids to be proud of that, and I don't want my kids to grow up with a chip on their shoulder.
"So I live as positively as I can and all those things that do happen to me, hey, it happens but it happens to other people too and we deal with it."
Fifteen million people watched Nadiya triumph on the BBC One baking show last October, and by January she had been named by Debrett's as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK.
"I was slightly shocked by that but felt really, really proud," she said of her inclusion on the Debrett's list.
"I've spent most of my adult existence trying to raise good children and just being a good role model for them, and it's suddenly become so much more than that.
"I feel like if I continue to be a good role model for my kids, that's what's really important because I feel like that will resonate with everyone."
Nadiya said she was aware of the impact her Bake Off appearance and victory had on some viewers.
At the end of the contest's finale, she declared: "I'm never going to put boundaries on myself ever again. I'm never going to say I can't do it. I'm never going to say 'maybe'. I'm never going to say 'I don't think I can'. I can and I will."
Speaking on Desert Island Discs, she reflected: "I remember watching that final back and looking around and everyone around me was blubbering - my family, everyone that was watching it with me, they were all crying.
"I know when I said those words why I said them. And I remember the following day I went out and I met a lady - and I'll never forget it.
"This lady was with her child, maybe eight or nine months old, and said 'I watched your final and I had been scared to leave the house because I've had my baby and I've been really afraid to leave with the baby, and I watched the final and I've finally left with the baby and this is the first thing I've done outside of the house without anybody.'
"So for me I'd realised what had happened at that point, and ever since coming off Bake Off, everybody seems to talk about that last bit, and how they felt the same emotions or in some way related to those words."
Her Desert Island Discs choices ranged from Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross's The Best Things In Life Are Free to Pachelbel's Canon In D Major. Her chosen luxury item was Marmite.
Desert Island Discs featuring Nadiya Hussain is on BBC Radio 4 at 11:15 BST and will then be available online.
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Previously vehicles had been allowed to park for free for up to 10 minutes and the fee was only applied for a stay of between 10 and 30 minutes.
But all vehicles will now be charged £2.50 for up to 30 minutes. Marshals will be on hand to assist drivers.
The move has been criticised by taxi firms which will have to pay for every time their cars visit. The airport said the charge will affect a "minority".
United Taxis said it carried out an average of between 60 to 80 drop-offs and picks-ups at the airport a day, which will incur a new daily cost of between £150 to £200.
Ian Barber, director of United Taxis, warned his firm may have to add the cost to the price of customers' fares.
He also raised concerns that the move may lead to private vehicles blocking the roads outside the airport while dropping passengers off so they can avoid the charge.
The airport said signs informing drivers of the changes have been put up in prominent places and travel agents have been told to inform passengers in advance.
The move comes after a new £45m departures terminal designed to cope with three million passengers a year opened at Bournemouth in June 2010.
However, during most of the winter months only one flight a day left the airport.
Rob Goldsmith, managing director, said most passengers left their cars at the airport while they were away, paying on-site parking charges "among the cheapest in southern England".
He admitted some passengers will be "disappointed" but said he hoped they will understand it was a "commercial decision" brought about by the economic downturn.
A number of other airports across the UK have also introduced a drop-off charge, including Edinburgh, Newcastle and East Midlands Airport.
Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group's (CCG) chief officer Katherine Sheerin and chief finance officer Tom Jackson have both left their posts.
In June, the CCG's deputy chairwoman Prof Maureen Williams quit after a committee she chaired was criticised for making decisions on pay increases.
The CCG has made no further comment.
Ms Sheerin, who has worked for the CCG for five years, said after 25 years in Liverpool, she had "decided it is the right time to move on", while Mr Jackson said that following his colleague's resignation, "I too have decided to stand down".
The government ordered a review into the CCG in March after Rosie Cooper, the Labour MP for West Lancashire, raised concerns about pay increases for governing body members between 2013-14 and 2014-15.
Most of the pay rises related to the 2014-15 financial year, when chairman Dr Nadim Fazlani's salary rose from approximately £105,000 to £155,000.
The review said the remuneration committee, of which Prof Williams was chairwoman, had "acted outside its terms of reference" by making decisions on pay increases, rather than making recommendations.
It also highlighted conflicts of interest, particularly in the CCG's first year of operation in 2013-14, which "were not managed robustly with a lack of independent advice and scrutiny of decisions".
The shortlist for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, to be presented in November, consists of all 12 winners.
The judges said: "The initial impression is of immensity, boldly signalling the building's presence as an important place of learning. The palette and form of the building are deliberately restrained to generate something of skill, clarity and elegance, on the grandest scale."
"This house is more than a match for the challenge of its dramatic site," the RIAS judges said.
"Uncompromisingly rectilinear, its interior gains maximum benefit from the extraordinary views which it commands. In keeping with the exposed rock faces which embrace the building, its materials are robust."
"Bringing together museum, art galleries, meeting rooms and a café, alongside the world's first Andrew Carnegie Library, the building is arranged around an internal "street"," the judges said.
"This elegantly and legibly connects all of its facilities."
The judges said: "This is a substantial healthcare hub, serving a large area, bringing together NHS and council services with four GP practices.
"The brick-clad exterior of the building, softened by timber accents, draws visitors into the welcoming atrium."
"There are very few sites which combine proximity to a major conurbation with coastal views of this quality," the judges said.
"Although set between a busy road and a public beach, this new home is simultaneously public and private, polite and deceptively large."
The judge said: "This adapted former shepherd's cottage keeps faith with its original character.
"New red roofs echo the historic corrugated metal which features throughout the Highlands. A thing of gentle diligence, this new home enhances this remote little corner of Scotland."
"This shared English and Gaelic language campus brings together two schools on one site yet allows each to maintain its own distinct identity," the judges said.
"Scale, form and materials respond to the historic tenemental character of the area."
"Set within the listed walls of the A-Listed Bruntsfield Tower, these new buildings retain the historic campus quality of the school," the judges said.
"The new development embraces the 'full education journey' from nursery to secondary within attractive, flexible new facilities."
"In the 1930s, two adjoining townhouses were adapted to provide large floorplate apartments," the judges said.
"While respecting the Georgian character of its spaces, bold design moves and the reconfiguration of the layout create a contemporary dwelling of real impact."
The RIAS judging panel said: "On an elevation, commanding long views over the agricultural landscape, this cluster of separate spaces reflects the way that historic farm buildings developed over decades past.
"The zinc cladding reflects the light and cloud patterns of its setting."
"This urban-edge site is bounded on three sides by busy roads, rising significantly front to back," the judges said.
"Self-contained around an upper level courtyard, this robustly sculptural building enhances the locale. Entrance and shared social spaces open to the street."
"Described as the 'creative engine room' for the National Theatre, the existing structural frame was retained and re-clad to reinforce the industrial aesthetic," the judges said.
"A restrained internal palette houses a double-height atrium/social space, rehearsal spaces, offices and meeting rooms."
Junead Ahmed Khan is accused of plotting to run over a serviceman, possibly from an US air base in East Anglia, and then kill him with a knife.
Mr Khan was also charged, along with his uncle Shazib Ahmed Khan, 22, both from Luton, over attempting to join Islamic State in Syria.
Both men were remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 10 August.
The men appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with being involved in preparation with the intention to commit acts of terrorism, dating between 1 August 2014 and 10 May 2015.
The additional count faced by Junead Khan dates between 10 May 2015 and 14 July 2015.
It is alleged Junead Khan - a delivery driver for TRG Logistics in Luton - planned to stage a car accident and then kill a US serviceman, a method of attack that has echoes of the murder of Lee Rigby two years ago.
The two men, of Marlow Avenue, were arrested a week ago in an operation involving officers from the national counter-terrorism network, and have been held at Southwark Police Station.
Another man, in his 30s, was also detained. He was released without charge on Monday night.
Searches were carried out at two addresses in the Luton area.
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The machine uses high-frequency sound waves instead of heat to dry laundry.
As well as speeding up the drying process, it is expected to use up to 70% less energy than conventional dryers.
The dryer has been developed by scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, in partnership with General Electric.
The inner lining of the drum of the machine is fitted with small sheets that convert an electric signal into vibrations.
These are at a high enough frequency that they can shake the water out of clothes, in the form of a cold mist.
The water is driven into the outer part of the drum, where it flows down to a collection tank.
According to the US Department of Energy, which supported the project, standard clothes dryers take an average of 50 minutes to dry a medium-sized load.
The prototype model can dry the same amount of laundry in about 20 minutes.
The research has been driven in part by the fact that the basic technology used in clothes dryers - heating the air to evaporate water out of clothes - has not changed in decades.
"We have seen breakthroughs like injecting bubbles into washing machines to wash the clothes more effectively," commented Jane Westgarth, a senior analyst at Mintel.
Another advantage of the ultrasonic technology is that it appears to generate far less lint.
Most of the lint created in conventional tumble dryers is the result of tiny fibres being dislodged from clothes by the hot air stream.
As well as causing extra wear on the fabric, the heat can fade clothes over time.
The Home Office funding is to extend the probe, known as Operation Grange, between April and September this year.
Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal in May 2007 aged three.
The extra funding has been earmarked for operational costs.
Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, have vowed to "never give up" hope of finding their daughter.
Since 2011, the Metropolitan Police has been assisting with the search for clues about what happened to the toddler, with officers visiting the holiday resort in 2014.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "Following an application from the Metropolitan Police for Special Grant funding, the Home Office has confirmed £85,000 in operational costs for Operation Grange for the period 1 April until September 2017.
"As with all applications, the resources required are reviewed regularly and careful consideration is given before any new funding is allocated."
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To date a total of £11.1m has been spent on Operation Grange.
Met Police said: "The investigation is ongoing. We are not prepared to discuss any lines of inquiry while the investigation is ongoing."
There is one person who was near the area where Madeleine went missing who police want to speak to, the Sunday Express reported.
The paper said there has been an international search to find the person.
Permanent Secretary Sir Derek Jones has held the job since October 2012.
He emailed staff to say he would leave after ensuring that "a new first minister and cabinet hit the ground running".
The Welsh Government said arrangements for the appointment of a successor would be finalised "in due course".
In the email, Sir Derek said: "Although we'll continue to be busy, I hope the next few weeks will give us all the opportunity to find time for a bit of reflection on the huge amount that's been achieved and what we can do to prepare for the all-consuming early months of the new Assembly term."
He added: "But, before that begins, I wanted to let you know about my own personal plans, which are to step down from the role of Permanent Secretary at the end of the year.
"By that time we will have helped a new First Minister and Cabinet to hit the ground running and the new Programme for Government will be well under way.
"There will also be sufficient time for a competition to appoint my successor.
"You will hear more from me about all this in the coming months."
Five bronze medals are guaranteed in the boxing with Lauren Price the first Welsh female boxer to medal.
Sean McGoldrick, Ashley Williams, Joe Cordina and Nathan Thorley are also guaranteed bronze.
Gold medal hope Robert Weale lost in his attempt to defend his singles lawn bowls title.
The 51-year-old has won six medals at previous Games, including singles gold at Delhi 2010, but lost 21-11 to Australia's Aron Sherriff.
Another Welsh defending champion lost in a preliminary round, as Dai Greene failed to reach the 400m hurdles final.
Reigning Commonwealth boxing champion McGoldrick won his bantamweight quarter-final.
He claimed a split points decision over South Africa's Ayabonga Sonjica to proceed to the semi-finals and guarantee at least a bronze medal.
Fellow boxers Williams, Cordina, Thorley and Price also secured bronze after winning their quarter-final bouts.
But Charlene Jones lost a split decision against India's Laishram Devi in the lightweight division.
Delhi gold medallist Greene trailed in fifth in his race after a build-up wrecked by injury.
Greene recently won on his return to competition after three hernia operations last year.
"I knew I was playing catch-up from a few months ago and to be honest I didn't expect to be here four months ago," said Greene.
Bowler Weale had got his campaign back on course with a 21-18 win over Dalton Tagelagi, but he failed to overcome Sherriff.
Wales women's pairs are through to the lawn bowls quarter-finals after beating the Cook Islands 14-13 and drawing with England 15-15.
The triples team narrowly lost to South Africa 14-13 but followed that up with a 14-13 win against New Zealand to qualify for the semi-finals.
In the athletics stadium, Brett Morse has qualified for the discus final. His throw of 59.85 metres was well below his personal best, but it was enough to get him through.
And Joe Thomas lines up in the semi-finals of the 800m.
Clinton Purnell finished seventh in the artistic gymnastics men's individual all-around final.
Wales' bronze-medal winning artistic gymnasts Georgina Hockenhull and Lizzie Beddoe finished sixth and eighth in the women's individual final.
Gerald O'Hara, from Beech Road in Limavady, was convicted of a total of eight counts of indecent assault earlier this year.
The crimes took place over a seven-year period between August 1980 and August 1987.
One of the victims was 13 or 14, the other between 10 and 17. Both women have waived their right to anonymity.
One of the nieces was assaulted as she was babysitting in the defendant's home.
The court heard how the girl had been asleep in the bedroom with the youngest child when the child started crying.
Mr O'Hara came into the room and rocked the child's cot as he abused the girl. She was said to be 13 to 14-years-old when the assault happened.
O'Hara was also convicted of seven counts of indecent assault on the other niece when she was aged between 10 and 17-years-old.
The court was told that he assaulted her when she was standing at the kitchen sink, he assaulted her in the bathroom and he assaulted her when she was in a coal bunker.
One of the women told the court: "He always looked up and smiled at her as he abused her" and that "she just prayed for it to be over".
O'Hara was sentenced to nine years, seven of which will be served in custody with a further two years on probation.
He was also put on the sex offenders register and is the subject of a sexual offences prevention order for five years.
The Arab League, dominated by Sunni Muslim countries, said the decision had been near unanimous.
Hezbollah is a key political and military force in Lebanon, and is involved in the conflict in Syria.
Its support for President Bashar al-Assad has long pitted it against Gulf states backing rebels.
Correspondents say the move by the Arab League, in the wake of the decision by the Saudi-led Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), will intensify pressure on Hezbollah.
The move aligns the 22-member organisation firmly behind Saudi Arabia and the bloc of six GCC states.
Tensions between Saudi Arabia in particular and Hezbollah have intensified recently as the Saudis have clashed more openly with Hezbollah's main backer, Iran.
The decision on Hezbollah came at a meeting of foreign ministers of the 22 Arab League members in Cairo.
Lebanon and Iraq had not supported the decision, having expressed "reservations", a statement said.
BBC regional analyst Sebastian Usher says this is the latest broadside in Saudi Arabia's campaign against Hezbollah, which is backed by its main regional rival, Iran.
Where once such battles were rhetorical or covert, the Saudis have recently adopted a far more openly aggressive stance against its enemies, he says.
For years, Hezbollah and the Saudis have supported opposing sides in Syria - the Shia movement on the battlefield, Riyadh by proxy.
But they now confront each other to some extent in Yemen, too, and in Gulf states that claim to have broken up Hezbollah plots.
Lebanon may be collateral damage in this confrontation, our analyst adds, with the Saudis withdrawing billions of dollars in promised military aid and telling their citizens to leave.
The Arab League and GCC decision to classify Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation bring them into line with the United States and the European Union - although the latter has only blacklisted the group's military wing.
Makemake is only 870 miles wide, much smaller than planet Earth, and its newly discovered moon is just 100 miles across.
The team who found the moon says it was hard to spot because of how bright Makemake is.
The mini planet is part of the Kuiper belt, an area beyond Neptune that also includes Pluto.
Makemake was previously thought not to have a moon, unlike the other dwarf planets near it. Now it's no longer the odd one out.
For the time being, Nasa has called the new moon MK2. Hopefully it will be given a more memorable name in the future.
The legal amendment would give it a "significantly enhanced" role in regulating the lucrative market.
London currently processes most of the trade in this financial sector, providing thousands of jobs.
The ECB's proposal comes shortly after the European Commission published a draft law to give it the power to move euro clearing business out of London.
Clearing is where a third party organisation acts as a middleman for buyers and sellers of financial contracts tied to the underlying value of a share, index, currency or bond.
Trillions of euros are handled through clearing houses every year, mostly through London.
The ECB said the amendment would give it "clear legal competence" in the area of central clearing, which is currently dominated by London firms.
Under the proposal, the ECB and its national central banks would monitor risks that could affect monetary policy, the operation of payment systems and the stability of the euro.
Analysis: BBC economics correspondent Andrew Walker
Outside the financial world, clearing houses are a little known but important part of the "financial infrastructure" to use the phrase that appears in the key piece of EU legislation.
The European Commission has already called closer supervision for euro clearing that takes place outside the EU and the ECB's proposed rule change would give it the power to take on that role.
For the firms that use these clearing houses, the ECB's watchful eye is something they could live with.
What they don't want is a requirement to have euro denominated business decamp out of London.
They have to put money up front to use these facilities and they can use it more efficiently that if it's not dispersed in many different places.
Daniel Hodson of the Financial Services Negotiation Forum told the BBC that at the moment the ECB did not have sovereignty over euro clearing in London, as its UK regulator - the Bank of England - is responsible.
However, there are "substantial" arrangements in place with the ECB that are "very similar" to those in place with US regulators for dollar clearing, he said.
"There is no economic reason for changing this well-developed and thought out established framework, adapted as appropriate post-Brexit," he said.
"There is a strong argument that to try to move substantial amounts of London based euro clearing business into the eurozone would actually create more systemic risk than it would offset," he added.
The move comes after the European Commission put forward reforms that would impose stricter supervision of the euro derivatives market and could force operators to leave London as a result of Brexit.
At the moment London is the world leader for clearing all types of currency-denominated derivatives including the euro.
The Scotland lock has been forced to have further surgery for the broken forearm he picked up in October's European Challenge Cup game with Lyon.
Edinburgh said in a statement: "Grant has, unfortunately, fallen into a percentage of people who can have a delayed healing response."
Gilchrist picked up his injury shortly after being named Scotland captain.
New national coach Vern Cotter had earmarked the 24-year-old to lead the squad in the autumn Tests against Argentina, New Zealand and Tonga.
But Gilchrist did not feature in any of the games because of his injury.
The decision for revision surgery was taken after consultation with upper limb specialist Mr Doug Campbell at Spire Hospital Leeds," added Edinburgh's statement.
"Following a period of rest, Grant will continue his rehabilitation under the care of the Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland medical teams."
In a speech in Leeds, he said Conservative plans for a northern powerhouse were a "cruel deception".
But a senior councillor said the MP was "ignoring" what Labour was doing.
Mr Corbyn also said David Cameron should apologise for the treatment of miners in the North of England in the 1980s.
He called for an inquiry into the violent clashes at Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire during the 1984-85 strike.
Meanwhile, rival Andy Burnham has pledged to cut the cost of rail travel for part-time workers with season tickets, saying they should only pay for the days they travel rather than the whole week.
Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall are the other two candidates in the contest. Ballot papers will be sent out on 14 August, with the result to be announced at a special conference on 12 September.
Mr Corbyn is the only candidate calling for a major increase in public spending to support economic growth and job creation but his plans have been criticised as "starry-eyed" by shadow chancellor Chris Leslie, who says they are not economically credible and will end up hurting the poor.
As he continues to come under attack from those on the right of the party, Mr Corbyn - who has the most support from constituency parties and unions - is setting out details of how he would "fundamentally shift" the UK's economic base towards increased public investment and away from further austerity.
In a campaign event in Leeds, he unveiled his vision for the north of England, which he says has been informed by the views of more than 1,000 Labour supporters.
He wants an overhaul of existing Local Economic Partnerships and new investment institutions "rooted" in the north.
He is calling for "fully funded" bus services under local control, the rollout of superfast broadband in towns and rural areas, a big increase in affordable housing and a reprioritisation of arts funding towards the north.
"It is in the long-term interest of the UK to rebuild a resilient industrial base and, with its people, energy, land and water, the north of England is the place to lead this," he said.
He said local economic partnerships created under the coalition government were too often at the whim of central government and lacked the "scope, capacity and scale" to spearhead the investment required.
They should be superseded by "new investment institutions rooted in the Northern economy to ensure deep regeneration".
He also attacked Conservative plans for elected mayors in Greater Manchester and other metro regions, arguing that it was wrong for them to be imposed without public approval via a referendum.
He added: "There is a lack of faith in the Conservatives' Northern powerhouse agenda which combines power cuts for rail electrification with the devolution of crude cuts.
"Despite this, the need for reindustrialising the north of England and providing the investment and freedom to innovate and prioritise has never been stronger."
But Sir Richard Leese, the Labour leader of Manchester Council who has backed Chancellor George Osborne's plans to devolve NHS and social care budgets to combined authorities in the region, tweeted: "Corbyn completely ignores what Labour in the north is doing."
And the Centre for Cities think-tank said the focus should be on attracting jobs in knowledge-intensive, global industries to a region which, with the exception of Manchester and Leeds, was falling behind in that regard.
"Our research shows that the most successful cities are those that do not simply replicate the past or try to revive old industries, but instead reinvent themselves by investing in and attracting highly skilled people and jobs across different sectors," said its chief executive Alexandra Jones.
Laying out more of his policies, Mr Burnham has pledged to help the millions of part-time workers in the UK by reviewing the cost of childcare, extending flexible working and job shares and cutting the cost of rail travel for those working part-time.
"We need to tackle the inequalities that stifle growth and productivity by preventing women from reaching their full potential in the workplace," he said.
Keith Millard, 27, from Doncaster, was spotted by officers on the A1 at Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire on 14 September.
They found six-month-old twins in car seats, a girl, aged one, between them and a boy, aged two, in the footwell.
Millard was jailed for 20 weeks after admitting dangerous driving and driving without insurance.
Millard's black Mercedes was spotted by officers carrying out speed checks on the busy dual carriageway.
He was stopped later on the A14, at about 21:35 BST, when the vehicle "slowed to about 90mph (145 km/h) due to heavy traffic, allowing officers to catch up", a Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said.
Millard, of Moss Road, who also had a female passenger with him, told officers he was trying to get to Dover in time to board the last ferry to Germany after missing a vessel in Hull.
Investigations revealed the Mercedes was Millard's father's, and he was not insured to drive it.
Millard, who admitted the offences at a hearing at Peterborough Crown Court on 17 June, was banned from driving for three years and will have to sit a further test to get his licence back.
Sgt Gordon Murray said: "It is shocking to think of the danger that Millard put these young children in.
"Not only would any collision, or loss of control at such speeds have potentially tragic consequences for both the driver and other road users, but the effect on unrestrained toddlers would almost certainly have been fatal.
"It is only through sheer luck that no-one was injured or killed by his driving."
Joy and Dave Gaynton have run the shop, in Uley, near Dursley, for more than 10 years but plan to retire next June.
The couple said they had already put the business on the market three years running, but failed to find a buyer.
Villagers have voted to set up a steering committee to look at the possibility of a community-run shop if a new owner cannot be found.
Parish councillor Janet Wood said it was fundamental to life in Uley.
"It's where we get all the village information, posters are put up and apart from buying goods, it's just a very important social centre," she said.
"It would be very difficult for people to manage [without it] and it's always the older people, the younger people, people without cars who take the hit."
Mrs Gaynton said: "I really wanted to sell it as an ongoing concern because it's a big part of Uley and as I've invested so much time and effort into it myself, it would be sad to see it go.
"My husband retires from teaching in a few years' time and my parents are getting older. My children have left the nest so it's time to move on for us."
The 20-year-old made his first-team debut for the Scottish Premiership club in August 2013 and has made 25 appearances for the Edinburgh outfit.
But he has been mainly on the bench this season.
Oliver, who has signed a one-year contract, told Hearts' website: "I'm now looking forward to my new challenge and playing regular football."
Hearts signed fellow striker Gavin Reilly from Queens this summer.
The document, conducted by the country's Central Statistics Office (CSO), will be used for a wide range of purposes, including the development of public services.
It is also regarded as an important historical record, coming 100 years after the Rising.
Enumerators will begin delivering census forms on Thursday.
Launched by Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Enda Kenny, the census will be unchanged from the last one carried out five years ago, other than one question recognising the legal status of same sex marriages.
The CSO says that because of the recession, there was no budget available to carry out a public consultation, which may have resulted in new questions.
The last census in 2011 recorded the population as 4,588,252.
The new census will show the net increase or decrease in population over five years.
A senior statistician with the office said every person in the Republic of Ireland on 24 April must, by law, be entered on a census form.
Pádraig Dalton, Director General of the CSO, noted the extent of the work involved in making the census happen.
"Counting every single person in the state on a single night is no easy task," he said.
"As you can imagine, an enormous amount of work has already gone into this census to get us here today."
Mr Dalton described it as "a traditional census" in which forms will be delivered by hand to every household in the country over the next five weeks, and then collected in person.
Traveller rights group Pavee Point has published an information section for travellers and members of the Roma community on its website.
An information video in the Romani language is available on the website to encourage Roma people to complete the form and mark their ethnic group.
A traveller specific video and information leaflet has also been produced.
The last Census in 2011 registered approximately 26,000 travellers, whereas the All Ireland Traveller Health Study carried out in 2010 by traveller researchers registered 36,000 travellers in the Republic.
There are also a record 700m monthly active users.
Koum says the organisation is "humbled and excited" by the amount of users it now has.
But the numbers are so huge that they are almost impossible to understand - so let's break them down into something a bit more straightforward.
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The lawyers said the payout, one of the biggest of its kind, reflected the seriousness of the case.
Camden Ellis, 2, Curren Collas, 2, and 23-month-old Ted McGee were crushed after Malm drawers from Ikea toppled onto them.
Ikea confirmed a "tentative settlement" had been reached.
"The settlement is not yet approved by the court and it would be inappropriate for us to comment on it at this time," the Swedish furniture firm said in a statement.
In June, Ikea issued a recall for millions of Malm chests of drawers in North America.
Initially, the company had warned customers to use wall mounts with them, but the third death in February prompted the recall.
Lawyers at Feldman Shepherd said the $50m would be split evenly between the families.
They added that, as part of the settlement, Ikea had also agreed to make three separate $50,000 donations to hospitals in memories of the children and a $100,000 contribution to a charity focused on child safety.
"This is one of the biggest recoveries in a child death case, a reflection in part of the seriousness of what happened," Alan Feldman, a partner at the law firm, told the BBC.
"Three toddlers were crushed to death in three entirely preventable accidents," he added.
Camden Ellis, from Washington State, was found trapped under a three-drawer Malm in June 2014, the law firm said.
Curren Collas, from Pennsylvania, was crushed by a six-drawer Malm in February 2015, and Theodore McGee was killed by the same sized chest a year later.
Under the settlement, Ikea has agreed to only sell chests in the US that meet or exceed the national voluntary safety standard for clothing storage units, the law firm said.
It added that Ikea would also spend more to raise awareness of the problem, including TV adverts, internet and digital communications and in-store warnings.
The deaths prompted the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to launch an education campaign about the risk of falling chests of drawers.
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The concerts were aimed at helping Africa's most populous country to revive its jazz industry.
Nigeria has produced some of Africa's best jazz musicians in the past.
Grammy award-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum told the BBC that US and Nigerian music influence each other to make today's jazz music.
Labour AMs jeered ex-orthopaedic surgeon Altaf Hussain as he raised the issue at First Minister's Questions.
He said: "Many newly-qualified doctors in England refuse to come to Wales because they don't want their children educated here - that is a fact."
First Minster Carwyn Jones called the claim "absolutely extraordinary".
Mr Hussain argued the "state of our education" was "one of the major barriers to recruitment of doctors".
Mr Jones replied: "I utterly reject the idea, and that the message from the Conservative Party to medics should be don't come to Wales because of the education system.
"Where is their Welshness, where is their loyalty to Wales?"
"We have no difficulty in recruiting doctors in Wales," he added.
Adult education charity, Niace, says, in its annual survey, that fewer than a third of 55- to 64-year-olds are involved in any learning.
Many people in this age group do not have any digital skills, it says.
It argues that as people have to work longer, many will lack the skills required to stay in employment.
The National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education surveys about 6,000 UK adults every year.
It revealed that large sections of society, including those from lower socio-economic groups, are less likely to take part in any form of learning.
Niace chief executive David Hughes said the way participation in learning declines as people get older is "pretty worrying" against the backdrop of an ageing society and an expectation that people are going to have to work longer.
The charity said skills gaps and shortages were threatening the long-term future already, and cited figures suggesting a quarter of the UK population would be over 65 by 2050.
Mr Hughes said: "We are pretty worried about the digital area of learning, if you look at the number of people who never got any digital skills, it's dominated by older people.
"Any low numbers of participation are worrying, then you start thinking about the technological changes in the workplace and about the people in that age group not being able to even access government services online."
He added: "Our current economic challenges combined with an ageing population mean people will have extended working lives, learning throughout, which has never been more important."
The charity also called for funding to be protected for English and maths courses, and English courses for speakers of other languages.
And it called for Britain's low-paid workers to be supported through a new career advancement service.
Two are members of Mexico's secret service who were based at the prison. The others were control room employees who should have monitored his cell.
They are accused of not raising the alarm once Guzman had escaped.
Guzman escaped in July through a tunnel in his cell that ran 1.5km to a building outside the prison walls.
Guzman's Sinaloa cartel is responsible for much of Mexico's trafficking of drugs to the US.
At least three other people have already been charged in relation to the escape.
The latest charges allege that the four officials did not follow protocols and alert their superiors. Prosecutors add that all the necessary systems needed to sound the alarm were fully functioning.
Guzman's son may have provided a clue as to where the drug lord is hiding.
Alfredo Guzman tweeted: " I am doing fine here, you already know with whom."
Attached to this was a picture appearing to show his father disguised, with Costa Rica tagged as its location.
However, there has been speculation that the location was set deliberately as a decoy.
After his escape in July, Guzman took to Twitter to taunt the police and insult Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
Mr Pena Nieto has promised that all those who had participated in the escape will be punished with "the full weight of the law".
Two prison officials and the prison's warden have already been fired in response to the escape.
A July poll in the newspaper Reforma said 88% of Mexicans believed the escape was an inside job, and 65% blamed the authorities' incompetence rather than Guzman's cunning.
One point of controversy has been whether the Mexican government should have agreed to a US request to extradite Guzman on the basis that American prisons would have been harder for Guzman to break out of.
First arrested in Guatemala in 1993, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman spent nearly a decade in another maximum-security Mexican jail before escaping, reportedly in a laundry basket.
He was on the run for 13 years before being held again in 2014 after a series of high-profile arrests of associates and covert surveillance by the US authorities.
He had been tracked by a special unit of trusted Mexican Marines to a series of safe houses.
He was finally found with his family at a seaside condominium in a resort town, Mazatlan.
1820 - Britain and local rulers sign a treaty to combat piracy along the Gulf coast. From this, and later agreements, the area becomes known as the Trucial Coast.
1892 - Deal between the Trucial States and Britain gives Britain control over foreign affairs and each emirate control over internal affairs.
1948 - Sheikh Saqr Bin-Muhammad al-Qasimi becomes Ruler of Ras al-Khaymah.
1950s - Oil is discovered.
1952 - The seven emirates form a Trucial Council.
1962 - Oil is exported for the first time from Abu Dhabi.
1966 August - Sheikh Zayed Bin-Sultan Al Nuhayyan takes over as Ruler of Abu Dhabi.
1968 - As independence looms, Bahrain and Qatar join the Trucial States. Differences cause the union to crumble in 1971.
1971 November - Iran occupies the islands of Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa.
1971 December - After independence from Britain, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujayrah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaywayn come together as the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sheikh Zayed Bin-Sultan Al Nuhayyan presides over the federation.
1971 - UAE joins the Arab League.
1972 - Ras al-Khaymah joins the federation.
1972 January - Sheikh Sultan Bin-Muhammad al-Qasimi becomes Ruler of Sharjah.
1972 February - Federal National Council (FNC) is created; it is a 40 member consultative body appointed by the seven rulers.
1974 September - Sheikh Hamad Bin-Muhammad Bin-Hamad al-Sharqi becomes Ruler of Fujayrah.
1981 February - Sheikh Rashid Bin-Ahmad al-Mualla becomes Ruler of Umm al-Qaywayn.
1981 May - UAE is a founding member of the Gulf Cooperation Council; its first summit is held in Abu Dhabi.
1981 September - Sheikh Humayd Bin-Rashid al-Nuaymi becomes Ruler of Ajman.
1986 October - Sheikh Zayed Bin-Sultan Al Nuhayyan is re-elected as UAE president - his fourth term.
1987 June - Attempted coup in Sharjah. Sheikh Sultan Bin-Muhammad al-Qasimi abdicates in favour of his brother after admitting financial mismanagement but is reinstated by the Supreme Council of Rulers.
1990 October - Sheikh Rashid Bin-Said Al Maktum dies and is succeeded by his son Sheikh Maktum Bin-Rashid Al Maktum as ruler of Dubai and UAE vice-president.
1991 - UAE forces join the allies against Iraq after the invasion of Kuwait.
1991 July - Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) collapses. Abu Dhabi's ruling family owns a 77.4% share.
1992 Iran angers the UAE by saying visitors to Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb must have Iranian visas.
1993 December - Abu Dhabi sues BCCI's executives for damages.
1994 June - 11 of the 12 former BCCI executives accused of fraud are given jail sentences and ordered to pay compensation.
1996 - Iran fuels the dispute over Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb by building an airport on Abu Musa and a power station on Greater Tunb.
1996 June - Two BCCI executives are cleared of fraud charges on appeal.
1998 - UAE restores diplomatic relations with Iraq; they were severed at the outbreak of the 1991 Gulf War.
1999 November - Gulf Cooperation Council backs the UAE in its dispute with Iran over Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa .
2001 June - President Sheikh Zayed pardons 6,000 prisoners.
2001 November - Government orders banks to freeze the assets of 62 organisations and individuals suspected by the US of funding terrorism.
2004 November - UAE President Sheikh Zayed Bin-Sultan Al Nahyan dies and is succeeded by his son, Sheikh Khalifa.
2005 December - Sheikh Khalifa announces plans for the UAE's first elections. Half of the members of the consultative Federal National Council will be elected by a limited number of citizens.
2006 January - Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum, UAE PM and vice-president and ruler of Dubai, dies during a visit to Australia. He is succeeded by his brother, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
2006 March - Political storm in the US forces state-owned Dubai Ports World to relinquish control of terminals at six major American ports. Critics of the ports deal feared an increased risk of terrorist attack, saying the UAE was home to two of the 9/11 hijackers.
2006 March-June - Economic changes announced. They include bringing the days of the official weekend into line with Western nations, introducing laws to reduce the dependence on foreign workers and allowing labourers to form trade unions.
2006 16 December - First-ever national elections. A small number of hand-picked voters choose half of the members of the Federal National Council - an advisory body.
2007 April - UAE unveils a national development strategy aimed at making it a world leader.
2007 September - Dubai and Qatar become the two biggest shareholders of the London Stock Exchange, the world's third largest stock exchange.
2008 January - France and the UAE sign a deal allowing France to set up a permanent military base in the UAE's largest emirate, Abu Dhabi.
2008 July - The UAE cancels the entire debt owed to it by Iraq - a sum of almost $7bn.
2009 February - Dubai sold $10bn in bonds to the UAE in order to ease liquidity problems.
2009 March - Sulim Yamadayev, a rival of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, dies after an apparent assassination in Dubai.
2009 May - The UAE withdraws from plans for Gulf monetary union, dealing a blow to further economic integration in the region.
2009 November/December - Government-owned investment arm Dubai World requests a moratorium on debt repayments, prompting fears it might default on billions of dollars of debt held abroad. Abu Dhabi gives Dubai a $10bn handout - $4.1bn to bail out Dubai World.
2010 January - Burj Khalifa tower opens in Dubai as the world's tallest building and man-made structure.
Palestinian militant leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh is killed in a Dubai hotel, in a hit widely blamed on Israel.
2011 March - UAE joins international military operation in Libya.
2011 April - Five activists who signed an online petition calling for reforms are imprisoned. They are pardoned and released in November.
2012 April - The UAE recalls its ambassador to Iran after the Iranian president visits a Gulf island, Abu Musa, claimed by both countries.
A member of the ruling family in Ras al-Khaimah is put under house arrest after calling for political openness.
2012 July - The UAE begins operating a key overland oil pipeline which bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has repeatedly threatened to close the strait at the mouth of the Gulf, a vital oil-trade route.
2012 November - Mindful of protests in nearby Bahrain, the UAE outlaws online mockery of its own government or attempts to organise public protests through social media. Since March it has detained more that 60 activists without charge - some of them supporters of the Islah Islamic group, which is aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood elsewhere in Arab countries.
2013 July - Sixty eight alleged members of Al-Islah are jailed on charges of planning to overthrow the government.
2013 November - Trial in UAE of Egyptians and Emiratis accused of starting a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is outlawed in the Gulf state.
2014 January - Sheikh Kalifa, president of the UAE Federal Council and Abu Dhabi's ruler, undergoes surgery after suffering a stroke.
2014 March - Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain withdraw their ambassadors to Qatar in protest at what they say is its interference in their internal affairs.
2014 July - The UAE announces plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to Mars in what would be the first space probe by an Arab or Islamic country.
2014 August - UAE intervenes in Libya, targetting Islamist militants with air strikes, US officials report.
2014 September - The UAE and four other Arab states take part in US-led air strikes on Islamic State militants in Syria.
2014 November - Amnesty International accuses UAE of carrying out an unprecedented clampdown on dissent since 2011.
UAE publishes its list ''terrorist organisations'', including dozens of Islamist groups and charities.
2014 March - The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain temporarily withdraw their ambassadors from Qatar after alleging that it has been meddling in their internal affairs.
2015 March - The UAE and four other GCC states take part in Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Pell, 23, joined Eastleigh in January after his contract was cancelled by AFC Wimbledon.
He joined Wimbledon from Hereford in January 2013 and made 65 appearances in total for the club.
"I am pleased to bring Harry in because he was one of our first thoughts this summer," said Cheltenham manager Gary Johnson.
Pell started his professional career with Bristol Rovers and also had a spell at Cambridge United.
Piotr Kulinski, 32, was stabbed to death outside his home in the Harraby area of the city in October.
Sylwester Kawalec, 23, and Piotr Zygner, 30, both of Currock Road, Carlisle, were given minimum sentences of 22 years and 28 years respectively.
Judge Paul Batty QC described their actions as a "murderous attack on a defenceless man".
Mr Kulinksi was stabbed seven times early on a Sunday morning.
Cumbria Police said he had previously lived with one of the defendants and was scared for his family after an earlier incident when he had been assaulted and threatened.
Zygner's girlfriend Pauline Mucha, also of Currock Road, was jailed for seven years for manslaughter and four years for perverting the course of justice.
The 26-year-old, who drove the men away from the scene, was found guilty of manslaughter but cleared of murder.
She admitted perverting the course of justice along with Kawalec. Zygner denied the same charge, but was found guilty at Carlisle Crown Court.
Det Ch Insp Paul Duhig, who led the investigation, said: "Mr Kulinski was murdered by people he had known for a considerable period, in some cases many years.
"He previously lived with one of the defendants but their relationship deteriorated and he had been in dispute with them for some time.
"The actions of Zygner, Kawalec and Mucha demonstrated how this was a premeditated attack.
"No-one goes to an address at 6am on a Sunday morning for a social visit. These three people went to that address with the intention of attacking Mr Kulinski."
Three other men were jailed for their roles after the killing.
Artur Skoczen, 30, and Artur Woszczyna, 44, both of Carlisle, were also found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Skoczen, from Ashman Close, was jailed for five years and Wosczyna, of Beveley Rise, was sentenced to 10 years.
Adam Karpuk admitted conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The 23-year-old, of Summerhill, Carlisle, was jailed for three years and four months.
Mr Duhig added: "I would like to thank the members of the Polish community who contacted us during the investigation about the events that led up to this incident.
"We want to protect all members of the community and will not tolerate people taking the law into their own hands and threatening or assaulting residents in Cumbria."
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef was out, stripped too of his role as interior minister. In came Mohammed bin Salman, the king's 31-year old son, who was elevated from his previous position as deputy crown prince to become heir to the throne.
The announcement was short and to the point, but the implications are enormous.
Mohammed bin Salman's appointment represents the climax of a leadership revolution that began when the late King Abdullah was succeeded by King Salman in January 2015.
One of the first actions of the new monarch was to appoint his young son Mohammed as deputy crown prince, second in line for the throne.
This new team swept aside many of the traditional leadership practices. Moribund state institutions were either scrapped or merged into leaner and more efficient bodies. The whole government decision-making process was streamlined.
Indeed, so dramatic was the reshaping of the leadership that many of the reins of power ended up in the hands of the deputy crown prince. He became defence minister, as well as the key strategist for the Saudi economy and the all-important oil sector. All the while, the powers of Mohammed bin Nayef 's interior ministry were being eroded and brought under the royal court's umbrella.
Overnight, the long-established modus operandi of the House of Saud had changed. The traditional time-consuming custom of princes being consulted in private to seek consensus before major decisions were made was thrown out of the window. The king and his son decided what needed to happen, and decided quickly.
This had an impact on both domestic and regional policies. At home, the new leadership believed that a broad economic reform programme was needed. Within months, with considerable input from international consultants, Mohammed bin Salman launched Vision 2030, an extremely ambitious plan to end, as he put it, the kingdom's addiction to oil. Aside from phasing out Saudi Arabia's dependence on oil revenue, it envisages a vastly increased role for the private sector and the creation of new jobs for young Saudis.
In the broader Middle East, King Salman and his son decided that Saudi Arabia should adopt a regional superpower role to block what they regarded as Iranian meddling in predominantly Sunni Muslim Arab states.
In that context, Mohammed bin Salman in March 2015 out of the blue launched a military campaign in Yemen.
With the support of other Gulf states the aim was to crush a Shia Houthi rebellion. What was intended to be a swift and decisive campaign has turned into a war that neither side seems likely to win, resulting in widespread civilian suffering and attracting negative publicity for the kingdom.
Most recently Saudis were taken by surprise when the kingdom joined the United Arab Emirates in imposing a blockade on Qatar. The Doha leadership's friendship with Iran was one of the factors behind the move. Again, how this crisis will be ended is far from clear.
So Mohammed bin Salman certainly faces challenges, but they appear not to worry him. He is, undoubtedly, energetic and determined, although his critics say he's impulsive and can be reckless.
Whatever view Saudis may take they face the prospect of a young man possibly being on the throne for three or four decades - a far cry from the tradition of men in their 70s or 80s ascending to the throne.
On the positive side, then, Saudis should look forward to a long period of internal stability, without constant and unsettling speculation over the succession. On the other hand, with strong personal and public support from President Trump, Mohammed bin Salman is likely to intensify the kingdom's campaign against Iran and perceived Iranian attempts to stir up Shia communities in Arab countries. This doesn't augur well for Gulf stability.
As part of his regional strategy, Mohammed bin Salman is likely to increase efforts to bring the other five members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) under the Saudi wing - the Qatar blockade is designed to have this effect.
How the senior princes in the House of Saud view all these policies remains to be seen. Not all believe that the young crown prince is the right man for the job - he didn't receive unanimous backing from the royal Allegiance Council. Three of its 34 princes held back from supporting him.
In private, one hears concerns about his ability to end the war in Yemen, deal with mounting youth unemployment, and so on.
But such details won't worry a man who is likely to bring a much more presidential style to the monarchy than any king before him. For Arab presidents tend to get their way.
Gerald Butt is a Middle East analyst and regional adviser to Oxford Analytica, a consultancy firm
Dyfed-Powys Police said a large number of visitors at Storey Arms were expected over the weekend.
In one weekend in January 2015, 115 fines totalling £6,000 were handed out to people parked illegally in the area.
Sgt Owen Dillion said: "There will be a police presence around the Storey Arms area as we endeavour to ensure people are parking responsibly."
Police said last year's illegally-parked vehicles caused problems for emergency service vehicles which were trying to get to a nearby crash.
As well as the usual walkers, the Fan Dance, a 15-mile (24km) race over Pen Y Fan, is being held this weekend.
Sgt Dillion added: "The area is a National Park and much of the Storey Arms section of the A470 is a clearway which means that roadside parking is not permitted.
"The parking issues we experienced last January created associated risks for pedestrians moving to and from their vehicles, in addition to potential conservation issues caused by damage to roadside verges."
Signings confirmed in September, October, November and December can be found on previous transfers pages.
Most expensive signing: Manchester City's £28m purchase of Swansea's Ivory Coast striker Wilfried Bony.
Busiest clubs: Cheltenham Town have signed nine players.
Busiest Premier League club: Crystal Palace have signed six players.
Transfers organised into Premier League, Football League and Scottish Premiership by the buying club, then listed in alphabetical order by the player's surname. Prominent global transfers will also be included.
Football League
Tom Aldred [Accrington - Blackpool] Loan
Ryan Hall [Rotherham - Luton] Free
Global
Seydou Doumbia [CSKA Moscow - Roma] £10.8m
Premier League
Pape Souare [Lille - Crystal Palace] Undisclosed
Jack Cork [Southampton - Swansea] Undisclosed
Sadiq El Fitouri [Salford City - Manchester United] Undisclosed
Stephen Hendrie [Hamilton - West Ham] Compensation **
Scott Sinclair [Manchester City - Aston Villa] Loan
Football League
Ben Amos [Manchester United - Bolton] Loan
George Evans [Manchester City - Scunthorpe] Loan
Lee Fowler [Nuneaton - Crawley] Loan
Jason Holt [Hearts - Sheffield United] Loan
Jack Hunt [Crystal Palace - Rotherham] Loan
Jake Kean [Blackburn - Oldham] Loan
Kenneth McEvoy [Tottenham - Colchester] Loan
Billy Mckay [Inverness - Wigan] Undisclosed
Dean Morgan [Woking - Crawley] Undisclosed
Tom Naylor [Derby - Burton] Loan
Jason Pearce [Leeds - Wigan] Undisclosed
Jay Spearing [Bolton - Blackburn] Loan
Miles Storey [Swindon - Newport] Loan
Drew Talbot [Chesterfield - Plymouth] Loan
Kevin van Veen [FC Oss - Scunthorpe] Undisclosed
Scottish Premiership
Raffaele De Vita [unattached - Ross County]
Stephen McGinn [Sheffield United - Dundee] Loan
Louis Laing [Nottingham Forest - Motherwell] Loan
Ruben Palazuelos [unattached - Ross County]
Lucas Tagliapietra [Milsami Orhei - Hamilton] Free
Global
Adrian Colunga [Brighton - Granada] Loan
Mattia Destro [Roma - AC Milan] Loan
Kaspars Gorkss [Colchester - Ergotelis] Free
Ivica Olic [Wolfsburg - Hamburg] Undisclosed
George Tucudean [Charlton - Steaua Bucharest] Loan
Premier League
Shola Ameobi [Gaziantep - Crystal Palace] Free
Jordon Mutch [QPR - Crystal Palace] Undisclosed
Football League
Fergus Bell [Mansfield - Yeovil] Free
Billy Bodin [unattached - Northampton]
Richard Brindley [Rotherham - Oxford] Loan
Abdenasser El Khayati [Kozakken Boys - Burton] Undisclosed
Iain Hume [Kerala Blasters - Tranmere] Free
Christophe Lepoint [KAA Gent - Charlton] Undisclosed
Aaron Mclean [Bradford - Peterborough] Loan
Josh Passley [Fulham - Portsmouth] Loan
Dominic Samuel [Reading - Coventry] Loan
Kaiyne Woolery [Bolton - Notts County] Loan
Scottish Premiership
Anthony Straker [York - Motherwell] Loan
James Dayton [Oldham - St Mirren] Loan
Ryan Finnie [unattached - Partick Thistle]
Global
Ivan Ramis [Wigan - Levante] Free
Premier League
Callum McManaman [Wigan - West Brom] around £4.75m
Gabriel Paulista [Villarreal - Arsenal] £11.2m
Football League
Durrell Berry [Torquay - Cheltenham] Free
Adam Dugdale [Crewe - Tranmere] Free
Adam Forshaw [Wigan - Middlesbrough] Undisclosed
Jamie Harney [West Ham - Colchester] Free
Uche Ikpeazu [Watford - Doncaster] Loan
Mikael Mandron [Sunderland - Shrewsbury] Loan
Stuart O'Keefe [Crystal Palace - Cardiff] Undisclosed
Josh Thompson [Colchester - Tranmere] Free
Scottish Premiership
Callum Booth [Hibernian - Partick Thistle] Loan
Football League
Byron Harrison [Cheltenham - Chesterfield] Undisclosed
Ricky Holmes [Portsmouth - Northampton] Free
Tom Newey [Oxford - Northampton] Free
Rochinha [Benfica - Bolton] Loan
Joe Rothwell [Manchester United - Blackpool] Loan
Scottish Premiership
Darvydas Sernas [Wigry Suwalki - Ross County] Undisclosed
Global
Joel Campbell [Arsenal - Villarreal] Loan
Samuel Eto'o [Everton - Sampdoria] Undisclosed
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa [Newcastle - Roma] £5.5m
Football League
Joe Anyon [unattached - Scunthorpe]
Chris Herd [Aston Villa - Wigan] Loan
Jos Hooiveld [Southampton - Millwall] Loan
Adam Le Fondre [Cardiff - Bolton] Loan
Granddi Ngoyi [Palermo - Leeds] Loan
Global
Martin Paterson [Huddersfield - Orlando City] Loan
Lucas Silva [Cruzeiro - Real Madrid] Reported £9.7m
Scottish Premiership
Graham Shinnie [Inverness - Aberdeen] Free**
Global
Shaun Maloney [Wigan - Chicago Fire] Undisclosed
Football League
John Brayford [Cardiff - Sheffield United] Undisclosed
Sean Maguire [West Ham - Accrington] Loan
Lee Peltier [Huddersfield - Cardiff] Undisclosed
Jazz Richards [Swansea - Fulham] Loan
Joe Skarz [Rotherham - Oxford] Free
Scottish Premiership
Graham Shinnie [Inverness - Aberdeen] Free*
Football League
Sol Bamba [Palermo - Leeds] Loan
Paul Coutts [Derby - Sheffield United] Undisclosed
Scott Dutton [Wolves - Crawley] Loan
Kieron Freeman [Derby - Sheffield United] Free
Daniel Johnson [Aston Villa - Preston] Undisclosed
Jamie Jones [Preston - Coventry] Loan
Beram Kayal [Celtic - Brighton] Undisclosed
Dean Morgan [Woking - Crawley] Loan
Vujadin Savic [Unattached - Watford] Free
Ben Watson [Wigan - Watford] Undisclosed
Charlie Wyke [Middlesbrough - Carlisle] Undisclosed
Scottish Premiership
Ryan McGowan [Shandong Luneng Taishan - Dundee United] Free
Global
Royston Drenthe [Reading - Kayseri Erciyesspor] Undisclosed
Premier League
Kyle Naughton [Tottenham - Swansea City] £5m
Football League
Dominic Ball [Tottenham - Cambridge] Loan
Malvind Benning [Walsall - York] Loan
Matthew Briggs [Millwall - Colchester] Loan
Nathaniel Chalobah [Chelsea - Reading] Loan
Devante Cole [Manchester City - MK Dons] Loan
Luke Daniels [West Brom - Scunthorpe] Undisclosed
Neal Eardley [Birmingham - Leyton Orient] Loan
Andrew Halliday [Middlesbrough - Bradford] Free
Will Keane [Manchester United - Sheffield Wednesday] Loan
Niall Maher [Bolton - Blackpool] Loan
Jacob Mellis [Blackpool - Oldham] Loan
Chris Porter [Sheffield United - Colchester] Free
Craig Tanner [Reading - AFC Wimbledon] Loan
Jure Travner [FC Baku - Reading] Free
Scottish Premiership
Marcus Fraser [Unattached - Ross County]
Global
Andrea Coda [Udinese - Sampdoria] Loan
Luis Muriel [Udinese - Sampdoria] Loan
Martin Odegaard [Stromgodset - Real Madrid] Undisclosed - reported £2.3m
Premier League
Krystian Bielik [Legia Warsaw - Arsenal] Undisclosed - reported £2.4m
Football League
David Edgar [Birmingham - Huddersfield] Loan
Bobby Reid [Bristol City - Plymouth] Loan
Football League
Balint Bajner [Ipswich - Notts County] Free
Leon Best [Blackburn - Brighton] Loan
Ryan Brunt [Bristol Rovers - Plymouth]
Paddy Kenny [Bolton - Ipswich] Free
Chris Long [Everton - Brentford] Loan
David McAllister [Shrewsbury - Stevenage] Free
Jack Marriott [Ipswich - Colchester] Loan
Jennison Myrie-Williams [Scunthorpe - Tranmere] Loan
Emile Sinclair [Northampton - York] Free
Milos Veljkovic [Tottenham - Charlton] Loan
Global
Romuald Boco [Chesterfield - Bharat FC] Free
Football League
Lloyd Dyer [Watford - Birmingham] Loan
Keith Southern [Fleetwood - Shrewsbury] Loan
Hayden White [Bolton - Notts County] Loan
Global
Sebastian Giovinco [Juventus - Toronto] Undisclosed **
Medo Kamara [Bolton - Maccabi Haifa] Loan
Montell Moore [Brentford - FC Midtjylland] Loan
Football League
Connor Randall [Liverpool - Shrewsbury] Loan
Liam Shephard [Swansea - Yeovil] Loan
Global
Suso [Liverpool - AC Milan] Undisclosed
Premier League
Jermain Defoe [Toronto - Sunderland] Undisclosed
Andrej Kramaric [FC Rijeka - Leicester] £9m
Football League
Raul Albentosa [Eibar - Derby] Undisclosed
Stephen Bywater [Millwall - Doncaster] Free
Jonson Clarke-Harris [Rotherham - MK Dons] Loan
Diego Fabbrini [Watford - Millwall] Loan
Zeki Fryers [Crystal Palace - Rotherham] Loan
Bradley Garmston [West Brom - Gillingham] Loan
Jake Gray [Crystal Palace - Cheltenham] Loan
Ryan Hedges [Swansea - Leyton Orient] Loan
Olly Lee [Birmingham - Plymouth] Loan
Jamie McAllister [Kerala Blasters - Exeter] Free
Alfie Potter [Oxford - AFC Wimbledon] Free
Lewis Price [Crystal Palace - Crawley] Loan
Freddie Sears [Colchester - Ipswich] Undisclosed
Scottish Premiership
Gary Mackay-Steven [Dundee United - Celtic] Free **
Global
Jozy Altidore [Sunderland - Toronto] Undisclosed
Football League
Adam Barrett [Gillingham - Southend] Free
Jake Cassidy [Wolves - Southend] Loan
David Connolly [Portsmouth - AFC Wimbledon] Free
Billy Daniels [Coventry - Notts County] Undisclosed
Anthony Griffith [Shrewsbury - Carlisle] Free
Scott Loach [Rotherham - Peterborough] Loan
Liam McAlinden [Wolves - Fleetwood] Loan
Paul McCallum [West Ham - Portsmouth] Loan
Conor Sammon [Derby - Rotherham] Loan
George Saville [Wolves - Bristol City] Loan
Josh Scowen [Wycombe - Barnsley] Undisclosed
James Tavernier [Wigan - Bristol City] Loan
Gozie Ugwu [Unattached - Yeovil] Free
Stephen Warnock [Leeds - Derby] Undisclosed
Anthony Wordsworth [Ipswich - Crawley] Loan
Scottish Premiership
Henri Anier [Erzgebirge Aue - Dundee United] Undisclosed
Cameron Burgess [Fulham - Ross County]
Global
Javi Guerra [Cardiff - Malaga] Loan
Premier League
Wilfried Bony [Swansea - Manchester City] £28m
Football League
Benik Afobe [Arsenal - Wolves] Undisclosed
Jamar Loza [Norwich - Yeovil] Loan
Joe Riley [Bolton - Bury] Free
Scottish Premiership
Yoann Arquin [Unattached - St Mirren]
Premier League
Carles Gil [Valencia - Aston Villa] £3.2m
Yaya Sanogo [Arsenal - Crystal Palace] Loan
Football League
Matty Blair [Fleetwood - Mansfield] Free
Will Hayhurst [Preston - Notts County] Free
Cameron McGeechan [Norwich - Cambridge] Loan
Lee Molyneux [Crewe - Tranmere] Free
Reuben Noble-Lazarus [Barnsley - Rochdale] Free
Evandro Rachoni de Lima [Unattached - Crawley] Free
Rob Taylor [Mansfield - Tranmere] Undisclosed
Scottish Premiership
George Hunter [Spartans - St Johnstone]
Global
Oussama Assaidi [Liverpool - Al Ahli Club] Undisclosed
Bjorn Sigurdarson [Wolves - FC Copenhagen] Loan
Football League
Febian Brandy [Rotherham - Rochdale] Free
Shaun Cummings [Reading - Millwall] Undisclosed
Ryan Harley [Swindon - Exeter] Free
Sam Johnstone [Manchester United - Preston] Loan
Isak Ssewankambo [NAC Breda - Derby] Free
Kwame Thomas [Derby - Notts County] Loan
Danny Ward [Huddersfield - Rotherham] Undisclosed
Global
Kevin Foley [Wolves - FC Copenhagen] Free
Matija Nastasic [Man City - Schalke] Loan
Football League
Gary Gardner [Aston Villa - Nottingham Forest] Loan
Joe Pigott [Charlton - Southend] Loan
Courtney Senior [Brentford - Wycombe] Loan
Alex Wynter [Crystal Palace - Colchester] Undisclosed
Matt Young [Sheffield Wednesday - Carlisle] Loan
Global
Xherdan Shaqiri [Bayern Munich - Inter Milan] Undisclosed
Football League
Blair Anderson [Basford United - Crawley] Undisclosed
Marcus Bean [Colchester - Wycombe] Free
Jordan Clarke [Coventry - Scunthorpe] Undisclosed
Tom Flanagan [MK Dons - Plymouth] Loan
David Ferguson [Sunderland - Blackpool] Undisclosed
Adam Hammill [Huddersfield - Rotherham] Loan
Alex Henshall [Ipswich - Blackpool] Loan
Tomas Kalas [Chelsea - Middlesbrough] Loan
Miguel Layun [Granada - Watford] Undisclosed
John Lundstram [Everton - Leyton Orient] Loan
Stefan Maierhofer [SC Wiener Neustadt - Millwall] Free
Aaron Martin [Yeovil - Coventry] Free
Frank Nouble [Ipswich - Coventry] Free
Connor Oliver [Sunderland - Blackpool] Undisclosed
Michael Raynes [Oxford - Mansfield] Free
Alex Revell [Rotherham - Cardiff] Undisclosed
Alefe Santos [Derby - Notts County] Loan
Saer Sene [New York Red Bulls - Blackpool] Free
Adam Smith [Leicester - Mansfield] Loan
Danny Ward [Huddersfield - Rotherham] Loan
Darren Ward [Swindon - Crawley] Loan
Joe Widdowson [Bury - Dagenham & Redbridge] Free
Global
Marcello Trotta [Fulham - Avellino] Undisclosed
Premier League
Michael Keane [Manchester United - Burnley] Undisclosed (to go through later this month)
Football League
Lewis Baker [Chelsea - Sheffield Wednesday] Loan
Jack Barmby [Leicester - Rotherham] Loan
Joel Byrom [Preston - Northampton] Free
Rory Donnelly [Swansea - Tranmere] Loan
Callum Elder [Leicester - Mansfield] Loan
Grant Hall [Tottenham - Blackpool] Loan
Tom Hopper [Leicester - Scunthorpe] Loan
Noel Hunt [Leeds - Ipswich] Free
Jermaine Hylton [Redditch - Swindon] Free
Steve Jennings [Port Vale - Tranmere] Free
Todd Kane [Chelsea - Nottingham Forest] Loan
Milan Lalkovic [FK Mlada Boleslav - Barnsley] Free
Matt Macey [Arsenal - Accrington] Loan
John Marquis [Millwall - Gillingham] Loan
Stefan Maletic [Achilles '92 - Burton] Undisclosed
Josh Morris [Blackburn - Fleetwood] Loan
Jacob Murphy [Norwich - Scunthorpe] Loan
Adedeji Oshilaja [Cardiff - AFC Wimbledon] Loan
Ben Pearson [Manchester United - Barnsley] Loan
Liam Ridgewell [Portland Timbers - Wigan] Loan
Jon Stead [Huddersfield - Bradford] Loan
Matt Tubbs [Bournemouth - Portsmouth] Free
George Waring [Stoke - Barnsley] Loan
Global
Etien Velikonja [Cardiff - Lierse] Loan
Premier League
Victor Valdes [Unattached - Manchester United] Free
Philipp Wollscheid [Bayer Leverkusen - Stoke] Loan
Football League
Junior Brown [Oxford - Mansfield] Free
Scott Malone [Millwall - Cardiff] Undisclosed
Jake Reeves [Swindon - AFC Wimbledon] Free
Paul Robinson [Millwall - Portsmouth] Free
Ricky Ravenhill [Northampton - Mansfield] Free
Jayden Stockley [Bournemouth - Luton] Loan
Jason Taylor [Cheltenham - Northampton] Free
Freddie Veseli [Ipswich - Port Vale] Free
Global
Steven Gerrard [Liverpool - LA Galaxy] Free **
Oriol Riera [Wigan - Deportivo La Coruna] Loan
Premier League
Mark Schwarzer [Chelsea - Leicester] Free
Mauro Zarate [West Ham - QPR] Loan
Football League
Andy Butler [Sheffield United - Doncaster] Undisclosed
Tom Conlon [Peterborough - Stevenage] Undisclosed
Marko Dmitrovic [Ujpest - Charlton] Undisclosed
Alex Nicholls [Northampton - Exeter] Free
David Noble [Oldham - Exeter] Free
Nick Pope [Charlton - Bury] Loan
Michael Richens [Peterborough - Stevenage] Undisclosed
Anthony Stewart [Wycombe - Crewe] Undisclosed
Tony Watt [Standard Liege - Charlton] Undisclosed
Josh Wright [Millwall - Leyton Orient] Free
Scottish Premiership
Franck Dja Djedje [Free agent - Hibernian] Undisclosed
Football League
Neil Etheridge [Oldham - Charlton] Free
Jordan Graham [Aston Villa - Wolves] Undisclosed
Dan Harding [Nottingham Forest - Millwall] Loan
Ashley Hunter [Ilkeston - Fleetwood] Undisclosed
Billy Kee [Scunthorpe - Mansfield] Loan
Bobby Olejnik [Peterborough - York] Loan
Global
Hatem Ben Arfa [Newcastle United - Nice] Free
Lukas Podolski [Arsenal - Inter Milan] Loan
Scottish Premiership
Kostadin Gadzhalov [Dobrudzha Dobrich - Dundee] Free
Simon Murray [Arbroath - Dundee United] £50,000
Premier League
Doneil Henry [Apollon Limassol - West Ham] Undisclosed
Football League
Mani Dieseruvwe [Sheffield Wednesday - Chesterfield] Loan
Scott Harrison [Sunderland - Hartlepool] Loan
Alex Kiwomya [Chelsea - Barnsley] Loan
Mason Springthorpe [Everton - Fleetwood] Loan
John Swift [Chelsea - Swindon] Loan
Scottish Premiership
Alex Harris [Hibernian - Dundee] Loan
Martin Boyle [Hibernian - Dundee] Loan
Lee Lynch [Limerick - Hamilton] Free
Premier League
Matt Grimes [Exeter - Swansea] £1.75m*
Football League
Darren Bent [Aston Villa - Derby] Loan*
Rakish Bingham [Mansfield - Hartlepool] Loan*
Greg Halford [Nottingham Forest - Brighton] Loan*
[Portsmouth - Northampton] Loan*
[Yeovil - Northampton] Loan*
Scott Shearer [Crewe - Burton] Loan*
Aaron Tshibola [Reading - Hartlepool] Loan*
Scottish Premiership
Craig Curran [Unattached - Ross County]
Football League
Seamus Conneely [Unattached - Accrington]
Jack Dunn [Liverpool - Cheltenham] Loan*
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake [Unattached - Preston]
Hallam Hope [Everton - Bury] Undisclosed*
Lloyd Jones [Liverpool - Cheltenham] Loan*
Kevin Stewart [Liverpool - Cheltenham] Loan*
Ryan Shotton [Stoke - Derby] Undisclosed*
Jason Taylor [Cheltenham - Northampton] Loan*
* To go through on 3 January
** To go through at end of season
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Following on from their 23-10 Challenge Cup win in April, they again restricted Leigh to two tries, from Daniel Mortimer and Atelea Vea.
But Rovers ran in three themselves from the experienced Shaun Lunt, who got two, and winger Ryan Shaw.
Jamie Ellis kicked four goals for Rovers, as did Leigh's Josh Drinkwater.
Both sides had won their opening game in The Qualifiers, but only Rovers and Warrington, who beat Catalans Dragons, now have 100 per cent records.
Leigh coach Neil Jukes:
"Ultimately it was a game of inches - both teams competed high and kicked pretty well. Nobody gave each other an inch.
"There was a clear knock-on in the build-up to Lunt's second try and even though it went to the screen they (the video ref) didn't even look at it.
"In a game of that magnitude, you can't get those things wrong. It's a tough competition. Losing has not made it impossible. It has just added pressure on the next few games."
Hull KR coach Tim Sheens:
"To win two out of two and one against a Super League side certainly helps, there's no doubt about that. Leigh completed at a very high rate and they battered us in the middle.
"We got lucky on the play the ball for Lunt's try on the try-line. And we hung in right till the end. We were not as clever as them with our kicking options but we managed to keep turning their fellahs around.
"We will enjoy the win but it means nothing if we don't come out with the right attitude next week. London at home will be a tough game again."
Leigh: McNally; Dawson, Fleming, Langi, Higson; Mortimer, Drinkwater; Hansen, Higham, Maria, Vea, Paterson, Burr.
Replacements: Hood, Richards, Tickle, Stewart.
Hull KR: Moss; Carney, Blair, Hefernan, Shaw; Marsh, Ellis; Scruton, Lawler, Jewitt, Addy, Clarkson, Kavanagh.
Replacements: Lunt, Greenwood, Atkin, Masoe.
Referee: Jack Smith (RFL).
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Hull KR recorded a second straight victory in The Qualifiers as they won at Leigh Sports Village for the second time this season.
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Diver Tom Daley is one of Britain's top medal hopefuls at the Games.
He is no stranger to Olympic glory, having won a bronze medal in London four years ago.
But Tom's been speaking to the BBC about his quest to win gold at this summer's Olympics.
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The 2016 Olympic Games kick off on 5 August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Didier Deschamps' side ran amok to underline their pre-tournament billing as favourites.
Olivier Giroud answered some of his critics with the opening two goals and his Arsenal team-mate Laurent Koscielny headed a third before the break.
Substitutions mercifully broke up the second-half rhythm, allowing the Scots to escape with their dignity intact.
The reality is that this performance and result are no indication in helping to answer that question, but the tournament hosts certainly appear to have the quality to do so.
Their midfield options are mouth-watering - the trio of N'Golo Kante, Paul Pogba and Blaise Matuidi look masterful, oozing power and athleticism.
Giroud has been booed by French supporters and criticised by local media in the build-up to the Euros, but a crafty back-heel and an alert close-range rebound earned him a standing ovation from the Metz public.
Kingsley Coman, Dimitri Payet, Antoine Griezmann and Anthony Martial were also given game time as Deschamps examined his options before Friday's competitive bow against Romania in Paris.
Questions have been asked about the strength of their defence, but Scotland offered no test of that.
Gordon Strachan lamented his side's inability to pass and control the ball in Sunday's 1-0 defeat by Italy and there was little to be pleased about on this occasion either.
They were afforded more possession than against the Italians, but rarely used it purposefully and once again failed to muster a shot on target.
Goalkeeper David Marshall, as he did six days ago, kept the damage to a minimum with a host of splendid saves and will be difficult to displace when the World Cup qualifiers begin in September.
Another small crumb of comfort for the Scotland coach will be an assured display from young Swansea full-back Stephen Kingsley when he came on in the second half, with Rangers winger Barrie McKay also making his senior international debut from the bench.
Pogba ran the show in imperious fashion and twice came within inches of adding a fourth goal, first striking the post with a fierce free-kick before curling another on to the roof of the net.
Match ends, France 3, Scotland 0.
Second Half ends, France 3, Scotland 0.
Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (France) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bacary Sagna with a cross.
Corner, France. Conceded by Ikechi Anya.
Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces N'Golo Kanté.
Attempt missed. Steven Naismith (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Barrie McKay.
Foul by Antoine Griezmann (France).
Ikechi Anya (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Scotland. Barrie McKay replaces James McArthur.
Substitution, France. Lucas Digne replaces Patrice Evra.
Attempt missed. Yohan Cabaye (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Charlie Mulgrew (Scotland).
Foul by Antoine Griezmann (France).
Stephen Kingsley (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hugo Lloris (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Naismith (Scotland).
Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Patrice Evra.
Attempt saved. Yohan Cabaye (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James McArthur (Scotland).
Substitution, France. Yohan Cabaye replaces Blaise Matuidi.
Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
Substitution, Scotland. Stephen Kingsley replaces Robert Snodgrass.
Attempt missed. Anthony Martial (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Blaise Matuidi with a cross.
Attempt saved. Adil Rami (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Paul Pogba (France) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
Substitution, France. André-Pierre Gignac replaces Olivier Giroud.
Blaise Matuidi (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James McArthur (Scotland).
Corner, France. Conceded by David Marshall.
Corner, France. Conceded by James McArthur.
Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Blaise Matuidi.
Substitution, Scotland. Steven Naismith replaces Steven Fletcher.
Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (France).
James McArthur (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Steven Fletcher (Scotland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ikechi Anya with a cross.
Attempt missed. Adil Rami (France) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross following a corner.
She is visiting Action for Children centres in Torfaen and Caerphilly.
The duchess took over the role of royal patron from the Queen in December.
Sir Tony Hawkhead, the charity's chief executive, said he was "thrilled" to introduce her "to the specialised work we do with families".
The duchess visited Torfaen Multi-disciplinary Intervention Service (MIST), a child and adolescent mental health project, where she enjoyed an impromptu game of pool with teenagers who use the service.
Craig, 15, who became her team-mate, said: "She was talking about how MIST helps us and stuff with life and school. She was really interested in what we were talking about."
Asked what he thought of her pool skills he pulled a face and said: "She was dreadful."
Children's services manager Jenny Welham said the visit was "important" for the families helped by the project.
"It's a celebration of the hard work that they've achieved and the changes that they've made in their lives," she said.
"Lots of our children come from very difficult backgrounds so to have the duchess come and celebrate with them the changes they've made, is really important."
Later, the duchess was given flowers by Ypapanti, eight, and Chloe, 10, and told them "both George and Charlotte would have loved to have met you".
Chloe said she had always wanted to meet a member of the royal family and had managed to get "five hugs" from the duchess.
The duchess went on to visit the Caerphilly Family Intervention Team, which works with children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, problems with family relationships and those who have or who are likely to self-harm.
She also sat in on a private family therapy session and take part in a round-table discussion to learn more about the issues children and families face and the support Action for Children provides.
Sir Tony said: "We are very grateful to Her Royal Highness for her continued interest in the vital work we do, not just in Wales, but at our 600 services across the UK."
Yorkshire posted 180-5, which included a 31-ball 42 from debutant Sarfraz Ahmed and 34 from Adam Lyth.
Billy Godleman (67) and Wayne Madsen (47) led their chase as Gary Wilson hit the winning runs with two balls left.
Elsewhere, South Group leaders Glamorgan lost in their rain-disrupted match against Gloucestershire.
Having lost just three times in their past 12 outings coming into the game, Yorkshire posed a tough challenge for Derbyshire at Headingley.
But, in a thrilling finale going into the final over, Wilson hit the winning four to finish on an unbeaten 33 from 16 balls as Derbyshire recorded their sixth T20 Blast win this season.
Gloucestershire sealed a dramatic T20 Blast victory by five runs thanks to DLS, as rain played havoc with play against Glamorgan in Cardiff.
Thisara Perera had bowled Jacques Rudolph in the last ball of the fifth over to leave the Welsh county on 32-2 before the rain fell.
Earlier, Phil Mustard hit 57 for the visitors but Michael Hogan claimed a career-best 5-17 to limit Gloucestershire to 150-9.
It means Glamorgan have had four games washed out this season and they are now just a point ahead of Hampshire, while Gloucestershire move up to fourth.
Hampshire ensured a fifth win from their past seven away games as they easily beat Middlesex in front of 20,000 at Lord's.
Without overseas players Brendon McCullum and Tim Southee and England's Dawid Malan, Toby Roland-Jones and Steven Finn, Stevie Eskinazi was the only star of the hosts' innings as they struggled against Hampshire's bowling attack.
Eskinazi hit five fours and one six for his 43 before he was bowled by Mason Crane and the hosts quickly fell to 136 all out, five balls shy of 20 overs.
Rilee Rossouw fired 60 from 47 balls as the visitors made easy work of reaching their target as they posted 137-4 on a balmy north London summer's evening.
Rossouw's half-century was not the only pick of the action at the home of cricket on Thursday though.
Fourteen overs into Hampshire's innings, a fox ran onto the field. Much like the visitors, the staff at Lord's made quick work of the chase.
Northants and Lancashire faced each other in a repeat of the 2015 T20 Blast final, but this time it was Northants who came out on top.
Fresh from their agonising final-ball defeat by Birmingham Bears on Tuesday, Richard Levi hit a tremendous 71 for Northants, which included five fours and three sixes.
Adam Rossington added 29 while captain Alex Wakely posted an unbeaten 35 to set the visitors a target of 159.
Ryan McLaren, aided by Dane Vilas (40), hit a superb 77 to give Lancashire hope of a successful chase - but it was not enough.
Requiring 26 from the final over, McLaren hit two successive sixes before he was caught by Rob Keogh off Rory Kleinveldt (3-16) and the Red Rose finished 11 runs short on 147-9.
With just one win from eight matches, Sussex were rooted to the foot of the T20 Blast South Group table going into their game against Surrey.
However, the south coast county stormed to victory with a huge 6.3 overs to spare in Hove.
Surrey posted 148-8 with Moises Henriques - playing his first Surrey match since breaking his jaw after a collision with team-mate Rory Burns in 2015 - top scoring with 41 but Tymal Mils (3-20) was the pick of the hosts' bowling attack.
Chris Nash hit nine fours and three sixes for his 64 to put on 120 for the first wicket with Stiaan van Zyl (52) as the hosts made easy work of their chase.
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If you've got an image in your mind of cheery fish mongers bowing and wishing you the Japanese equivalent of "top of the morning", forget it.
You get pushed and shoved, told "you're in the way!" At every step you're nearly run down by a three-wheeled electric cart careening through the tiny alleyways.
The message is clear - if you don't work here you're not really welcome.
Nor is Tsukiji any sort of architectural gem. Anyone expecting a Japanese version of Istanbul's Grand Bazaar is going to be disappointed.
Tsukiji is a sprawling collection of corrugated iron sheds put up in the aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake. It's old, rundown, dirty and overcrowded.
But you don't come here for architecture. You come for the fish and in this Tsukiji really is like nowhere else.
Every fish you've ever heard of is traded here, and many you haven't. There are giant spider crabs from Russia, scallops and sea urchin, squid and octopus, oysters and crayfish, salmon roe and sea cucumber.
But what Tsukiji is really famous for is tuna. More giant Pacific and Atlantic bluefin tuna are traded here than anywhere else in the world.
The action starts a little after 4am. In a long refrigerated hall, hundreds of shiny black and silver tuna are laid out in neat rows.
Some are 1.5m (5ft) long and weigh over 200kg (441lbs). Men in blue overalls and wellington boots are bending over, pulling open the gills and peering inside. These are the wholesalers who have licences to bid in the morning auctions.
At 5am the auction bells start ringing. The auctioneers step on to small wooden stools and the bidding begins.
The pace is frenetic. Six auctions are going at once. One auctioneer shouts, two others chant and the nearest sounds like he is singing.
There are maybe 1,000 tuna laid out here, but it's all over in a matter of minutes. The 200kg monsters are hauled away on handcarts by their new owners.
At his shop, deep in the bowels of the market, Toichiro Iida is waiting as one of the huge tuna is hauled in.
Now the real work begins.
First the fish is carefully washed and scrubbed. A muscular young man picks up a terrifying-looking knife called a 'Maguro-Bocho'.
The blade is 1.5m long and extremely sharp. Still, it takes all his strength and the help of a colleague to cut through the fish. After each cut, the meat is carefully wiped clean with a white cloth.
The final delicate jointing is done by Iida-san himself. His customers call in their orders - 2kg for this one, 5kg another. Some customers turn up to watch in person.
"Our customers trust me," Iida-san tells me.
"My eyes, my skill to find the fish which they like. If they come here I want to explain how it is, where it was caught, how it was caught, what it will taste like."
Carefully Iida-San takes another knife - this one the size of a samurai sword. In one smooth movement slices through the meat. Each joint is again carefully wiped with another fresh white cloth.
Finally the meat is gift-wrapped in dark green tissue paper, packed in ice, and dispatched to the customer. By lunchtime it will be served at the most expensive sushi restaurants in nearby Ginza.
Iida-san's family has been doing this for eight generations. In the 1850s, when the shoguns still ruled Japan, his forebears had a shop in the old fish market near Nihonbashi bridge.
That was destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. In 1935, his grandfather moved to the new Tsukiji market.
Now they have been told to move again, across Tokyo Bay to an artificial island that used to be home to a chemical plant. The new market is beautiful, with vast white air-conditioned halls.
But no one is happy. For Iida-San, it's too far from his customers.
"I don't want to move. Ginza has 200 sushi shops. That culture was made by this place because we are close. It's only a 10-minute walk from there to this market," he says.
The new site is also contaminated. The old chemical plant seriously polluted ground water beneath the new market. It was supposed to have been cleaned up.
But Tokyo's recently elected governor, Yuriko Koike, ordered new tests. Those have found benzene levels 79 times higher than government safety limits.
"I find myself with a renewed sense of surprise at how things have turned out," the chairman of the Tsukiji Market Association, Hiroyasu Ito, told the Kyodo news agency.
That's a bit of Japanese understatement. The site of the new market was supposed to have been covered with a thick layer of clean soil before construction began. Now it turns out that was never done.
Some fish wholesalers say they suspect the old Tokyo administration may have altered data in the original ground water tests in order to get the market move approved.
For the traders, it means more waiting and more uncertainty.
On the day I visit Tsukiji, it's supposed to be the last New Year auction ever to be held here. There's always excitement for the first big auction of the year, mainly because of the antics of one man.
Kiyoshi Kimura is the president of Japan's most successful sushi chain. Each January the rotund figure of Mr Kimura can be seen pushing the bids to astonishing levels.
In 2013 he paid over $1.7m (£1.4m) for a single 222kg bluefin. This year the bidding is a little more modest. He manages to net a 212kg fish for just 74 million yen ($652,000, £538,000).
At that price Mr Kimura is making a massive loss on every piece of sushi from the fish. Of course, it's a publicity stunt. His astronomic bids gain him headlines across Japan and around the world.
For some watching from the sidelines, Mr Kimura's annual stunt is in poor taste.
The world's appetite for bluefin tuna is running far ahead of the fish's ability to reproduce. Latest estimates suggest that since the 1960s stocks of Atlantic bluefin have fallen by over 95%.
The Pacific bluefin was thought to be in better shape, but recent surveys suggest it too is in deep trouble.
Attempts have been made in the United Nations to impose a temporary ban on catching Atlantic bluefin to allow the stocks to recover. But Japan and its allies have blocked them.
Toichiro Iida has seen the effect.
"When I started working in this market every day at the auction we had maybe 5,000 frozen tuna and 2,000 to 2,500 fresh tuna.
But now we have 1,000 or less frozen tuna each day, and fresh tuna is 200 or 100 or less. We don't have enough fish to sell to our customers."
I ask him if he now fears for the future of his business.
"Yes," he says, nodding his head vigorously. "I think maybe it's going to be like what happened to the whale."
The global media giant reported profits of $1.6bn (£1.05bn) for the period between July and September compared with $1.5bn at the same time last year.
Television revenue has climbed, despite Americans dropping cable subscriptions in favour of on-demand providers such as Netflix.
Revenue for Disney's parks and resorts reached $4.4bn.
The company attributed the growth to increased visitor numbers at parks in the US and Disneyland Paris.
The company's television channels also saw a rise in revenue, which climbed 12%.
Investors had been concerned because audiences have been abandoning traditional television, but in the event profits from cable TV increased by $381m for the quarter to $1.7bn.
Analysts had been watching to see what Disney would say about the number of ESPN subscribers, which were down last quarter.
Disney said subscribers had increased in this quarter and attributed the growth to the new ESPN affiliate channel, SEC Network, which launched in August 2014.
The sports network makes up 40% of Disney's revenue.
Last month ESPN announced it was cutting 300 employees or 4% of its global workforce.
The film arm of Disney came in flat bringing in $1.8bn in revenue during the quarter.
The company is expecting a marked increase in this area next quarter when it releases the latest film in the Star Wars series.
"The next focus for investors is how much Star Wars is going to bring in," said Martin Pyykkonen senior research analyst at Rosenblatt Securities.
"There has been a lot of hype, pre-order ticket sales have been high and there will be a lot of merchandise that flows from that," he said.
From Wednesday, passengers on Easyjet flights from Turkey and Egypt to the UK must put large electronic devices, including e-readers, in the hold.
The airline said passengers would face extra security checks and advised them to arrive early at their airport.
The government is set to face an urgent question on the issue in the Commons.
The ban, announced by the UK government on Tuesday, applies to certain direct flights to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.
The ban applies to any device larger than 16cm long, 9.3cm wide or 1.5cm deep. It includes smart phones, but most fall inside these limits.
The government has not given a start-date for the ban, but says affected airlines are "in the process of implementing it".
Other UK carriers affected include British Airways, Jet2.com, Monarch, Thomas Cook and Thomson.
Overseas airlines affected are Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airways, Atlas-Global Airlines, Middle East Airlines, EgyptAir, Royal Jordanian, Tunis Air and Saudia.
The ban follows a similar move in the US, where officials say bombs could be hidden in a series of devices.
Somalia has not had a functioning government for more than two decades. Since the collapse of the state in 1991, the country has become a haven for pirates and al-Qaeda affiliated militants, who have seized the attention of the world.
The Somali community in the UK as well as other Western countries has become linked to these scourges, so it comes as a breath of fresh air to have a Somali-born Brit bring such joy to many British households who might have previously had other opinions about Somali people.
I am particularly hopeful that the "Mo Farah effect" can bring Somalis and the different communities here in Britain closer together, to truly appreciate the human aspirations and commonalities we share as part of this melting pot known as Great Britain.
I was in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for the past two weeks so I unfortunately missed the chance of catching any of the Games live, but I made sure I watched on every TV at my disposal and I wasn't the only one.
At every big screen one couldn't escape from the roaring crowd, all vying to see Mo in action.
People adore him in Mogadishu, and rightly so.
It is his birthplace and most of the local youngsters feel that sense of connection with him.
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While mingling with local people, I noticed the amazing ability of one person to be able to transcend disparities and bring together people who had been separated and turned against each other by power, greed and clan animosity, despite being many miles away.
Mogadishu is a city divided by tumultuous conflict, with most people separated by their political or religious views, but for the brief moments that Mo was on TV, everyone came together, united as Somalis.
And the same was true of Somali-inhabited territories elsewhere in East Africa.
On my way to the UK, I had the chance to make a pit-stop in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, where I visited Eastleigh - a densely populated neighbourhood where nearly all residents are ethnic Somalis.
Here too, Mo Farah was a superhero. Young children were cheerfully shaping the "Mobot" - Mo's signature victory sign.
Similar celebrations were taking place online on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Somalis were overwhelmed with joy and Mo reciprocated their support by expressing his sense of appreciation for all Somalis, irrespective of where in Somalia they came from or which clan they belonged to.
This, I think, has further lifted the reverence the Somali people had for him.
He chose to appreciate the bigger picture in a deeply divided society and as a result has perhaps created a sense of unity that has long been missing in the Somali community.
Additionally, he has remained true to his religious beliefs, giving a Muslim prayer after each win and thanking Allah for his victory.
This will no doubt restore confidence in the Somali youth, who often grapple with finding a balance between their Western upbringing, Somali roots and Muslim faith.
I am optimistic that his win will shed light on a different kind of role model Somalis can look up to and aspire to emulate, and maybe we might be lucky enough to see more Somali-British youngsters competing in the next Olympics.
He is already an inspiration to Somali Olympians Zamzam Mohamed Farah and Mohamed Hassan Mohamed, who competed in the London Olympics representing Somalia.
They both cited Mo, saying they have tried to emulate him since they caught sight of him in the last Olympics in China.
Mo's display of his faith portrays to the rest of Britain that Somalis can remain true to their beliefs while fully integrating with the wider society, which will hopefully counter-balance the common association of Muslims with fundamentalism.
It is precisely for these reasons that I think Mo will remain dearly cherished by all Somalis both inside the country and in the diaspora and I hope his effect will stretch wide enough for all of them to unite once again.
It is understood that Barra McGrory QC will stay in office until the autumn.
He became the first Catholic to hold the post when he was appointed in November 2011.
In recent months he has been in the eye of a political storm for prosecuting former soldiers for killings during Northern Ireland's Troubles.
His appointment five-and-a-half years ago ruffled the feathers of some unionist politicians.
As one of Northern Ireland's best known criminal lawyers he had represented Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and other senior republicans.
Mr McGrory pointed out that he had also represented loyalist paramilitaries, unionist politicians and former police officers.
He has been strongly criticised by a number of Conservative Party MPs and the Democratic Unionist Party in recent months for decisions to prosecute former soldiers.
They claimed that cases involving soldiers were being unfairly prioritised.
There were even calls for him to be sacked.
Earlier this year, he told the BBC that those who accused him of treating former soldiers unfairly had insulted him and his office.
Mr McGrory said he was mystified by the claims that he did not act impartially when he brought charges against a small number of ex-soldiers.
His decision to leave the post is expected to be announced at a staff meeting on Wednesday morning.
It is understood he plans to return to his private legal practice.
Sources have said that his decision is not connected to the criticism he has faced in recent months.
The authors say that consumer demand in Europe and the US for beef, leather and timber is driving these losses.
The vast majority of this illegal deforestation for commercial agriculture took place in Brazil and Indonesia.
The authors say the practice is spreading rapidly in Asia and Africa.
The research has been carried out by Forest Trends, a US based, non-governmental organisation that includes environmentalists, industry and the financial sector.
Their report focuses on the question of illegality. While the cutting down of tropical forests has been an issue of global concern for several decades, knowing what's legal and illegal has been much more difficult to ascertain.
This new study argues that in the first 12 years of this century, 49% of tropical deforestation was due to illegal conversion for commercial agriculture.
The authors say consumer demand in the EU and elsewhere for agricultural commodities is the main driver for these clearances that have seen more than 200,000 sq km of forest laid bare.
The report values this trade in commodities including timber, leather, beef, soy and palm oil at $61bn a year.
"I think it will come as a shock to a lot of people, even to people who work on deforestation," lead author Sam Lawson told BBC News.
"People are often blind to the illegalities or don't see them for what they are in terms of the scale."
Much of these forest clearances are illegal, but governments don't have the capacity to enforce their own law. Licences and permits to cut the trees are often acquired through corruption.
This can have significant, sometimes deadly implications for the indigenous communities that live in these forests.
In recent days in Peru, four indigenous campaigners were murdered for their opposition to illegal land clearances.
In Brazil, where large amounts of this type of deforestation have taken place, the authorities are making strenuous efforts to tackle the problem.
One reason they have had success is they have started to hit the corporations involved, in their pockets - blocking access to credit for example, for companies involved in illegal clearing.
The authors believe that consumer countries like the European Union could be doing much more to tackle the problem.
"At the moment EU is giving large amounts of money to these tropical countries to reduce deforestation while at the same time it is shooting itself in the foot by importing all these dodgy products from illegal clearances," said Sam Lawson.
"It needs to close that vicious circle, it needs to stop importing these products as a first step."
The research team believe that the example of tropical timber could be a role model for tackling beef, leather and palm oil from illegal sources.
Back in the 1980s, there were attempts to ban these imports but these floundered. There were also certification schemes that met a similar fate.
Ultimately, according to the researchers, countries realised that the only thing that would work were strong regulations and not voluntary actions.
"In the EU we now have laws saying that companies have to do due diligence on their timber to make sure it was legally produced," said Sam Lawson.
"What is needed is equivalent legislation regarding these commodities including palm oil, soy and beef."
The biggest concern right now for campaigners is the spread of illegal deforestation to new countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
They point to Papua New Guinea where millions of hectares of forest have been licensed for deforestation in recent years. A parliamentary inquiry found that 90% of these licences were issued by corrupt or fraudulent means.
All these land clearances are making a significant contribution to global warming.
The report estimates that in the period 2000-2012, carbon dioxide equivalent to a quarter of the EU's annual total was emitted every year.
Developed countries have embarked on an ambitious programme to pay developing nations to stop cutting down the trees. But Sam Lawson thinks this is doomed to failure.
"It is pointless paying a government to change its policies when these governments are incapable of implementing and enforcing their policies in the first place."
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Emmanuel-Thomas' free-kick six minutes from time eased the Gills away from the drop zone and into mid-table, where they are now above the Saddlers.
Gillingham went ahead in just the second minute, Cody McDonald looping home a close-range header after Walsall's defence made a mess of clearing Bradley Dack's low cross.
Walsall profited from similarly poor Gills defending to level on nine minutes, Jason McCarthy charging down Baily Cargill's clearance before sliding a cool finish between goalkeeper Stuart Nelson's legs.
Billy Knott whistled a 25-yarder just over on the half-hour for the Gills before Walsall came close to going ahead right on half-time but Franck Moussa's deflected shot was cleared off the line by Cargill.
Walsall pushed Gillingham back for most of the second half but did not really work Nelson, with their best effort, an Erhun Oztumer sighter, whistling a couple of feet wide.
And Gillingham snatched the points on 84 minutes as Emmanuel-Thomas drilled in a low 20-yard free-kick that took a nick off unwitting centre-half Max Ehmer.
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The two male and one female calves are under observation, officials said.
During floods, hundreds of animals in the park move to the adjacent hills of Karbi Anglong for safety.
Kaziranga is one of the world's most important wildlife parks and is home to the highly endangered one-horned rhino, elephants, swamp deer and tigers.
Earlier a herd of elephants was photographed swimming through the flooded park and crossing a national highway for drier higher ground.
Officials had also rescued seven hog deer from the floods, they said.
"There's only love for it. From the moment it was in our drive, the postman, delivery men, everyone was commenting on it," says Steve, 51, who lives in Worcester and works for a fire alarm company.
"The neighbours love it - at least they tell me they do."
After 10 years of wanting one of the iconic red kiosks, he managed to secure it for £1,500 in September.
It was something of a bargain. The oldest red phone boxes can sell for upwards of £15,000 when fully restored.
From Germany to Japan, collectors buy the disused phone booths and either restore them or create new uses, from cocktail cabinets to secret entrances to a child's playroom.
Premier League footballers and rock musicians are also among the buyers. Sharon Osbourne even bought a black phone box that once stood near the Tower of London for husband Ozzy.
On the streets, the spread of mobile phones has left phone boxes in terminal decline. BT is consulting on plans to decommission another 14,000, although most of them will be the more modern stainless steel boxes because many red booths are protected.
With thousands listed as architecturally significant structures, sellers say that demand still outstrips supply.
The most common type of red kiosk - designed by Battersea Power Station architect, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, and known by aficionados as the K6 - turned 80 in October.
"There are certain objects that people see as quintessentially British. The red phone box is certainly one of them," says Hamish Wood, who works at the National Telephone Kiosk Collection at Avoncroft Museum.
They were ubiquitous for decades, and for many people are as recognisable as London's Tower Bridge, he says.
Steve agrees they're a valuable item. "The K6 was only ever built to last 50 years," he says. "I started thinking they're becoming more and more of a collector's item and prices are being driven up."
Yet when it arrived, there was a problem. The phone box, which weighs 750kg - almost twice as heavy as an Aga cooker - had to be lifted over the house into the garden.
The kiosk itself was £850 because of its dilapidated condition, but hiring the crane operator cost £650. "It's the quickest £650 I've ever spent."
It was worth it, he says. Visitors are so keen to see it that they don't take their jackets off, they go straight to the garden.
Most of the second-hand phone boxes are now used as garden features, according to Richard Parker, managing director of X2Connect, which works with BT to refurbish and sell discontinued phone boxes.
Among some of the wackier reports are of a box being re-purposed as a poolside shower in Sydney or as a lift down to someone's wine cellar.
"A Swedish company purchased two of them for staff to use for private mobile calls. It was going back to the old use," Mr Parker says.
The exact number of second-hand K6s in circulation is uncertain, but sellers say it's only a small percentage of the 60,000 on the streets at their peak.
People buy them for their appeal as a "design icon", but also for the nostalgia, says Christian Lewis, restorations manager at Unicorn Restorations, a major seller of the boxes.
"We have had customers purchase telephone boxes or particular types of payphones as they reminded them of making calls to their girlfriend, who is now their wife," he says.
Some older customers hear the "ticking" sound of the old coin box and are taken back to their childhood, he adds.
They were "landmarks", agrees Steve, who grew up in Birmingham. "You would meet your friends there, or shelter from the rain in one of them. When I was a teenager, that was our mobile phone."
But it's unlikely the thousands of steel and glass boxes left increasingly obsolete by mobiles will capture the imagination of collectors in the same way.
"I doubt people will get so sentimental over a modern payphone," Mr Lewis says.
His Nissan Micra left the A89 at the Dechmont roundabout in Livingston at 13:55 on Sunday 22 January.
The 87-year-old driver was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with serious injuries but Police Scotland said he later died.
Officers are investigating the crash and wish to speak to anyone with information.
Con Martin Smith, of Police Scotland, said: "Sadly this collision resulted in the death of the elderly male driver and our investigation has been ongoing since 22 January to determine exactly what happened.
"We would ask that any other motorists or members of the public who can assist with our inquiries contact police immediately."
The proposal requires the government to receive a court order to access telecom companies' records.
The NSA is understood to collect daily call records from specific telecom firms and to keep them for five years.
The plan follows widespread anger after leaks revealed the full extent of US surveillance operations.
"I believe this approach will best ensure that we have the information we need to meet our intelligence needs while enhancing public confidence in the manner in which the information is collected and held," Mr Obama said in a statement on Thursday.
Under the new proposal, the government will reportedly only seek specific records that telecom companies possess.
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The government must gain approval from a secret surveillance court - proving there is a reasonable suspicion that a phone number is connected to a terrorist - in order to access the record.
An agency may conduct a search without prior approval in cases of emergency, though it remains unclear what constitutes an emergency under the proposal.
The telecom companies will be required to search for specific numbers of a limited time period.
The government previously had the ability to search for numbers only distantly linked to a suspicious number, but would now be limited to accessing only a specific number and direct contacts.
Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have revealed the US collects massive amounts of electronic data from communications of private individuals around the world, and has snooped on foreign leaders.
In a speech in January, President Obama said it was necessary for the US to continue collecting large amounts of data, but that civil liberties must be respected.
The Obama administration has said it plans to renew the current NSA programme for at least another 90 days until Congress passes the new bill.
New legislation has also been developed separately by leaders of the House intelligence committee that would allow the NSA to issue subpoenas for specific phone records without prior judicial approval, the New York Times reports.
Human resources manager Xavier Broseta and senior official Pierre Plissonnier had to clamber over a fence, while several others were injured.
The men were taking part in talks about plans for 2,900 job losses when hundreds of workers stormed into Air France headquarters at Roissy.
Pilots had earlier rejected an offer to work longer hours.
Parent firm Air France-KLM said it would take legal action over the protesters' "aggregated violence".
The airline later confirmed the job losses as part of a big restructuring plan dubbed "Perform 2020" that also involved several routes to India and south-east Asia being cut in 2017.
The measures include cutting 1,700 ground staff, 900 cabin crew, and 300 pilots, as well as a 10% reduction in its long-haul business, a reduction in the size of the aircraft fleet and an increase in pilots' working hours.
Air France said the restructuring would see the airline's costs reduced by €1.8bn (£1.3bn) over two years.
Chief Executive Frederic Gagey had already left the works council meeting when the room near Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, was interrupted less than an hour after it had begun.
Several hundred demonstrators were reported to have entered the building shortly after four unions announced they were going on strike.
The company said it would aim for "voluntary departures" but said compulsory redundancies could not be ruled out.
One union official said Mr Broseta had "narrowly escaped being lynched". Security guards helped him flee the protesters by climbing over a fence, but not before his jacket and shirt were ripped from his back.
The airline's human resources manager later told a news conference that "what we saw this morning is not the image of the company's employees".
Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he was outraged by the violence and, along with Economics Minister Emmanuel Macron, added his support to the Air France management. The French government owns a 17.6% stake in the company.
Profits at the airline have been hit in part by strikes by pilots, who have been protesting over the expansion of its budget subsidiary, Transavia.
Air France cut 5,500 jobs between 2012 and 2014 in response to stiff competition from low-cost competition in Europe.
The company, which employs 52,000 staff, has said that it faced "the impossibility of reaching an agreement to implement the productivity measures to restore long-term profitability".
The company added that it "considered it essential to introduce an alternative plan" and had unanimously agreed to mandate Air France KLM and Air France Management to carry this out.
The 22-year-old was found near to the Old Horns pub on Queslett Road in Great Barr, West Midlands, in the early hours of Christmas Day.
He was taken to hospital along with a 20-year-old man. They were both in a stable condition, police said.
Det Con Rich Stanley said two families had their Christmas Day "ruined" by the attack.
Both men are believed to live locally.
The area was cordoned off for forensic examination and CCTV from the area is being reviewed, the spokesman said.
Anyone with information is asked to call police.
John Goldup, the former deputy chief inspector and national director of social care, apologised for the organisation's failure.
He said: "We did not get it right on child sexual exploitation in Rotherham... and I apologise for that."
About 1,400 children were abused in the town from 1997 to 2013 a report found.
Appearing before the Communities and Local Government Committee, Mr Goldup said: "Inspection up to the latter part of 2012 did not have the focus on child sexual exploitation that it would have and should have had if we had known and understood then what we understand now.
"What Ofsted would and should have focussed on is, giving that it [sexual exploitation] is happening, how effectively is the local authority working to try and disrupt and interrupt it to protect the children that were being raped and abused."
He said it was not until events in late 2012, including the publication of a report in the Times newspaper highlighting the issue in Rotherham, that Ofsted fully understood the problem.
He said: "Our understanding of child sexual exploitation was limited. We knew it happened, we knew it was wicked and hugely damaging to children but it was widely perceived as a localised issue."
However, he said that it was when Ofsted first directly went in to do a social care inspection in Rotherham in 2009 that the authority was exposed as a failing authority.
"I think that does also say something about the strength and the robustness of Ofsted inspection then and subsequently, but I absolutely accept that we didn't have the focus on child sexual exploitation that we certainly would and should have now."
Mr Goldup told the committee that, until 2012, Ofsted operated under a framework which focused on the danger of child abuse within homes, rather than exploitation by adults outside the care setting.
Committee member Simon Danczuk, Labour MP for Rochdale, said Ofsted inspectors should have been aware of previous child exploitation scandals in places like Derby, where nine men were convicted of systematically grooming and sexually abusing teenage girls.
"You guys are paid to be on top of this subject," Mr Danczuk said.
"It's your profession to know that this type of abuse goes on, to think 'It's happened in Derby, it could happen in other parts of the country, perhaps we should design a framework that tries to get to the detail of this'.
"But you took to 2012 to accept that the rape of children might be occurring outside the home. I don't get it."
He went on to claim that inspectors failed to react to social workers dismissing exploitation as a "lifestyle choice" of the teenage girls and boys in their care.
However, Mr Goldup said: "If they had encountered that attitude from a single social worker, they would have followed that up like a pitbull in the inspection."
In November, the Communities and Local Government Committee criticised Ofsted for "failing to protect children in Rotherham" and announced plans to call the watchdog in to face questions.
Last month Debbie Jones, Ofsted's director of social care, appeared before the committee and admitted that its inspections of children's services in Rotherham was "not good enough".
Ms Jones said: "We at Ofsted feel that what we have done is not good enough. Of course we're sorry - we're sorry along with, I'm sure, everybody else who has been in front of this committee."
She also acknowledged that past inspection frameworks had lacked focus.
The Brimmon Oak in Newtown - around which a new bypass will be built after a petition attracted 5,000 signatures - finished runner up to an even older oak from Poland.
It was named the UK's Tree of the Year in December.
Ancient tree campaigner Rob McBride, who attended the award ceremony in Brussels, said it was "amazing news".
The Brimmon Oak received about 16,200 votes, some 1,400 fewer than Poland's Josef Oak, in the results announced on Tuesday. The Lime Tree at Lipka, Czech Republic, came third with about 14,800 votes.
The plan for six wind turbines at Cam Burn, near Coleraine, was voted down at a council meeting in September.
But now Mark H Durkan has told the council he has decided to approve it.
And the timing means it got planning permission just before an important deadline that affects such developments.
It had to have approval by 30 October 2015 to qualify for subsidies before Northern Ireland's renewable scheme was closed to on-shore wind.
Those opposed to the proposal had raised concerns about its visual impact on the landscape, proximity to homes and potential environmental implications.
There had been 524 letters of objection.
Supporters had pointed to the construction benefits, that it would reduce carbon emissions by more than 320,000 tonnes over 25 years, and generate power for 6,482 homes.
There had been 896 letters of support.
Mr Durkan told the assembly he had called in the decision "due to the particular difficulties" arising from the closure of the on-shore wind farm scheme.
In an answer to a written assembly question by TUV leader Jim Alister, he said he had "also noted the potential economic and environmental contribution from this project".
The current minimum target is for Northern Ireland to generate 40% of its energy from renewables by 2020.
Northern Ireland currently produces 19.76% of its energy requirements from renewable sources, mostly on-shore wind.
Cam Burn wind farm is being built by Oxford-based TCI Renewables, which develops projects across the UK and North America.
It has around 20 in Northern Ireland, some of which are at the planning stage. Existing schemes include single turbines and wind farms.
Network Rail, which manages Britain's track system, said the longer evenings and extended school holidays "spell danger" for young people.
Over the past 10 years almost 170 young people have been killed after trespassing on the railway.
Figures show there were almost 600 incidents of under-25s trespassing in August 2015; twice as many as December.
Some 72% of all trespassers killed over the past 10 years were hit by a train.
A further 17% were electrocuted, while others fell from structures or trains.
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Taking a short cut was the motivation for 42% of trespass incidents, with 19% due to thrill-seeking.
Graham Hopkins, of Network Rail, urged parents to warn children against taking a short cut over rail lines or playing on the tracks, saying it was "not only illegal. It is also dangerous."
British Transport Police said its officers patrolled areas of track prone to trespassers and put up safety posters.
But it warned that its staff had to cover 10,000 miles of track country-wide and "cannot tackle this issue alone".
Network Rail has also contacted Nintendo and app developers over "safety concerns" regarding Pokemon Go being playable close to live train tracks.
The BBC understands gamers have been walking onto the tracks at Birmingham New Street station.
Katie Francis, 12, of Oklahoma City, said the secret of her success is asking everyone she meets to buy a box.
Not one to rest on her laurels, Katie has now set a new target of 20,000 boxes by 30 March - the seven-week cookie season has been extended by a week because of recent wintry weather.
The previous record was about 18,000 boxes, set in the 1980s.
Katie, who has been invited on to network television shows to discuss her feat, was also the Girl Scouts' top seller last year when she shifted 12,428 boxes of cookies.
The sixth-grader told local TV station KOCO: "There are three ingredients to the cookie sale. It takes lots of time, commitment and asking everybody I see."
Her troop receives a share of the proceeds from the fundraiser and said it intended to donate to breast cancer research.
It is not the first time a business-savvy Girl Scout has made headlines recently.
Last month, a 13-year-old in San Francisco made the shrewd decision to set up her cookie stall outside a medical marijuana dispensary.
Supervised by her mother, she sold 117 boxes in just two hours.
If certain safeguards are put in place SNP MPs are set to abstain in the vote.
This would counter a sizeable rebellion expected by Conservative MPs, who have reservations about the proposed plans.
The Enterprise Bill, through which the government plans to bring in the changes, will be debated by MPs on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The government wants to allow local councils in England and Wales to decide whether larger stores should be able to stay open longer than the current six hours on a Sunday.
Ministers say the move - first announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his July 2015 Budget, with a consultation that followed - would benefit "struggling high streets".
But opponents question if this would actually be the case, pointing out that under the existing law, smaller traders are allowed to open for longer.
It is understood the SNP will not block the measures provided higher Sunday pay rates in Scotland are protected and other safeguards for employees are introduced.
The party had initially said it would vote against the changes amid fears it could drive down Scottish workers' wages.
A source said: "We may now abstain if we're confident our concerns have been met."
Conservative rebels say they believe they could still defeat the measure without SNP support, but it would require more than 40 Tory MPs to vote against the government.
It is thought the government may also seek to amend the legislation to limit the extension of Sunday trading to "tourist zones", which would address the concerns of a sizeable number of potential Conservative rebels.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the prospect of the SNP co-operating with the government would inevitably be seized on by Labour ahead of the upcoming Scottish elections in May.
In England and Wales, small shops - up to 280 sq m, or 3,000 sq ft in size - can open when they want to but on Sundays, larger stores are restricted to six hours between 10:00 and 18:00. Retailers can be fined up to £50,000 if they break the rules.
There are no trading restrictions in Scotland, while in Northern Ireland shops can open for up to five hours between 13:00 and 18:00.
Speaking on the BBC's Daily Politics, SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie said his party would decide on Tuesday evening whether to support any amendments to the draft legislation.
He said the SNP's concern is that a "UK-wide system" could erode the "premium pay" given to Sunday workers in Scotland, adding: "We are still getting representations from both sides."
Shopworkers' union Usdaw, which is campaigning against any relaxation of the Sunday trading laws, said the SNP was right to be concerned about an effect on Scottish workers' pay.
Its general secretary, John Hannett, added: "It would be an enormous U-turn if they were to now abstain, allowing a Conservative government to damage the livelihoods of shopworkers across the UK."
Home Office officials are failing to follow guidance that immigration detention should be used sparingly, the MPs and peers said in a report.
The group said the lack of a time limit had significant mental health costs for detainees.
The government should consider alternatives such as allowing detainees to live in the community, it said.
Current Home Office policy puts the health of detainees at serious risk, the panel added.
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Refugees and the APPG on Migration said there were considerable financial costs to the taxpayer because there is no time limit on detention.
It said the UK was the only country in the European Union not to have an upper time limit on detention.
The panel, which included a former cabinet minister, a former chief inspector of prisons, and a former law lord, considered evidence over eight months.
APPGs are informal cross-party groups that have no official status within Parliament.
Conservative MP David Burrowes, a member of the inquiry panel, said: "The lack of a time limit is resulting in people being locked up for months and, in some cases, several years purely for administrative reasons.
"While there is a need to properly control our borders, people who arrive by fair means or foul must also be treated with dignity and respect throughout the immigration process.
"The current system is failing to sufficiently do this and our report calls for an urgent rethink."
Mr Burrowes said the UK should follow the example of other countries where rates of detention are much lower and removal rates much higher.
Women who are victims of rape and sexual violence should not be detained, nor should pregnant women, the group recommends.
It also recommended that screening processes are improved to ensure that victims of trafficking are not detained.
Paul Blomfield, chair of the panel and Labour MP for Sheffield Central, said: "Current Home Office policy is that detention should be used as a last resort and for the shortest possible time.
"From the evidence that we heard, Home Office standard practice falls well short of this policy."
Refugee Council chief executive Maurice Wren said a "bright light" had been "shone into the darkest corners of the British immigration system and it has revealed some unpleasant secrets".
He said: "Quite simply, the British government is detaining too many people for too long.
"In the current system, asylum seekers who have done nothing wrong find themselves arbitrarily placed behind bars, on the say so of Home Office civil servants, for one primary reason: because it's politically expedient.
"Ministers must take this opportunity to pursue wholesale reform and abandon the existing structure of immigration detention which has been shown to be grossly inefficient, hugely expensive and in direct contradiction of our most cherished British values of justice, liberty and compassion."
The Welsh Government ditched the idea last month after a feasibility study revealed costs of between £1.3bn and £1.5bn.
The Welshman told BBC Radio Wales it would have been a "magical" experience.
"It's a big loss for the nation, I truly believe that," he said.
Plaid Cymru and Tory politicians have attacked the decision not to bid.
And the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) said it was "surprised" by the figures quoted, with the 2014 Glasgow Games having cost £543m.
TV pundit Jackson said: "When you go to major championships like this you really feel the feeling of the general public as well - not just the athletes.
"It really lifts their performance when they get to these competitions on home soil.
"For us to miss out on that magical, magical feeling of games... here in Wales would have been something."
The 26-year-old left the Dons at the end of last season after making more than 100 appearances and helping them win promotion to League One in 2015-16.
He will provide competition for Czech Republic international Marek Stech at Kenilworth Road.
"They are both of real good ages that they can still develop and still get better," said Luton boss Nathan Jones.
"James has the experience of being promoted from this division with Wimbledon and, although Marek initially comes in as our number one, we do feel that we've got two first-choice goalkeepers that can compete."
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The English side were 13 minutes from a place in the quarter-finals after clawing themselves back into a second leg their hosts had dominated, but slack marking from a set-piece allowed Tiemoue Bakayoko to head home the decisive goal.
Having won the competition twice in his time at Barcelona, this is the first time in manager Pep Guardiola's career that he has gone out at this stage.
Monaco lost 5-3 in an extraordinary first leg in Manchester but dominated the first half at the Stade Louis II and opened the scoring through the excellent Kylian Mbappe's poked finish from close range.
The Ligue 1 side, who had scored 123 goals so far this season, deservedly doubled their advantage on the night, punishing City's sluggish start through Fabinho's crisp strike.
City failed to muster any sort of shot in the opening 45 minutes and it took until the 65th minute for Sergio Aguero to call goalkeeper Danijel Subasic into a sharp save.
They forced their way into the game - and back into the aggregate lead - as Leroy Sane swept in when Subasic parried Raheem Sterling's low strike, but their defence could not hold out.
The result leaves Premier League champions Leicester City as the only English team in the last eight.
Monaco join the Foxes, holders Real Madrid, last year's runners-up Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus in Friday's draw.
Having gained a two-goal advantage at home, City boss Pep Guardiola had vowed his side would go on the attack in order to finish the job.
But while the Spanish coach can boast the best record of any manager in Europe after 100 games, he opted to start with only Fernandinho in the middle of the park against the aggressive and youthful French side.
Five attack-minded players were deployed in front of the Brazilian midfielder, while Yaya Toure was left on the bench, and it proved a costly move as City were overrun by sharper opponents.
Although they pulled a goal back on the night through Sane - putting them briefly back in front in the tie - the English side never recovered from their poor first-half showing.
Big-money signing John Stones struggled again and Monaco's winning goal epitomised the fragility of the visitors' defensive backline, as the impressive Bakayoko was allowed a free header eight yards from goal.
Guardiola has said his maiden City season will be a failure if he cannot deliver a trophy, but barring a dramatic Chelsea collapse in the Premier League, the Spaniard's only realistic hope of silverware is now the FA Cup.
The City boss made some unwelcome history in France as his side became the first team to be eliminated in a Champions League knockout tie after scoring five goals in the first leg.
The Ligue 1 leaders were missing star striker Radamel Falcao, who had failed so spectacularly in England with loan spells at Manchester United and Chelsea.
But the home side took the game to City, allowing them little time and space on the ball, forcing errors and taking their chances superbly. Although they began to tire in the second half, the 2004 runners-up managed to edge through.
Eighteen-year-old striker Mbappe - who has earned comparisons to retired France great Thierry Henry - found the net after just eight minutes for his 17th goal of the season, fed by the brilliant Portuguese midfielder Silva.
Benjamin Mendy caused all sorts of problems by bombing on from full-back, but man of the match Bakayoko deservedly took his side through with the winning goal.
The towering France Under-21 international controlled the midfield and gained possession nine times - more than any team-mate.
Former Manchester United defender Phil Neville on BBC Radio 5 live:
They have been two brilliant football matches. City lost it in the first half when they were outplayed, outfought and were bullied.
They got back into the game and they thought they were through. But their Achilles heel was a sloppy goal. Another year has failed to live up to expectations.
I am not so sure the signings over the last five years have been that good, but when Leroy Sane scores, Pep Guardiola is thinking 'this is perfect, we can control the game from here'. Then they concede.
Guardiola doesn't go out there and spend the bulk of his money on defenders. He will be thinking if they had put one of those chances away they would be in the next round.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, talking to BT Sport: "We played exceptional second half but we forgot to do that in the first. We wanted to defend aggressively. We were better in the second but it wasn't enough.
"Normally we play to a good level but here we didn't. We will learn. The team does not have a lot of experience.
"The second half we had the chances and we didn't take them and that is why we are out. And set-pieces are so important at this level. Barcelona and Real Madrid scored from them last week. We were not there and we were not there in the first 45 minutes.
"We will improve but this competition is so demanding. Sometimes we have to be special and be lucky. We were not."
Match ends, Monaco 3, Manchester City 1.
Second Half ends, Monaco 3, Manchester City 1.
Thomas Lemar (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Thomas Lemar (Monaco).
Substitution, Monaco. Nabil Dirar replaces Valère Germain.
Valère Germain (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Valère Germain (Monaco).
Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
Fabinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Valère Germain (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Gaël Clichy.
Offside, Manchester City. David Silva tries a through ball, but Leroy Sané is caught offside.
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jemerson (Monaco).
Substitution, Monaco. João Moutinho replaces Kylian Mbappe.
Leroy Sané (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Djibril Sidibe (Monaco).
Goal! Monaco 3, Manchester City 1. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Monaco) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thomas Lemar with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
Fabinho (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Fabinho.
Goal! Monaco 2, Manchester City 1. Leroy Sané (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
Substitution, Monaco. Almamy Touré replaces Andrea Raggi because of an injury.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Danijel Subasic.
Attempt missed. Leroy Sané (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by David Silva with a through ball.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Andrea Raggi (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Danijel Subasic.
Attempt saved. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Silva.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Benjamin Mendy.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jemerson.
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France rounded off their Euro 2016 preparations with a classy and comprehensive victory over Scotland.
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President Barack Obama has asked Congress to end bulk collection of US phone records by the National Security Agency (NSA).
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Jonathan Le Tocq said "negativity" would make it difficult to guarantee the safety of any Syrian refugees on the island.
Though most people on the island had shown compassion, he said, there was a danger others would be unwelcoming.
Aid worker Eddie Parks branded the minister's comments "disgraceful".
It was an "awful awful commentary" on Guernsey, Mr Parks, a former journalist, said.
The island had an "amazing reputation" for accepting "other people coming in from outside" going back to the mid-19th Century, he added.
Mr Le Tocq's comments followed the announcement that Guernsey would not accept Syrian refugees as part of the UK's Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.
Jersey has already confirmed that it will not take in any Syrian refugees.
Mr Le Tocq said: "There's certainly a lot of Islamophobia and negativity that's been around and that would entail that it would be difficult for us to ensure that [the refugees] would find the sorts of security and stability here in Guernsey, were they to be resettled here, in the same way as they are, say, in other parts of the UK."
He said "that vulnerability", along with concerns about infrastructure, was one of the reasons why the Policy Council had decided not to accept refugees.
But he said he was particularly disappointed with that decision.
The Guernsey Overseas Aid Commission has donated £90,000 to charities working to help people involved in the refugee crisis.
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The country's first president of indigenous origin faces a tough challenge after 10 years in power.
He called a referendum to ratify constitutional amendments approved by parliament last year.
Mr Morales says he needs a third term for social reforms but the opposition says the change is undemocratic.
"On Sunday we will win big," Mor Morales said during the campaign. "The people will decide and there will be a lot to celebrate."
Mr Morales, an indigenous Aymara and former coca leaf producer, took office in January 2006.
His second term ends in 2020 but he will be able to run for another term in 2019 and serve until 2025 if the referendum is approved.
Mr Morales has already been elected three times but argues that the first term does not count because a new constitution was approved in 2009, re-founding the country as Plurinational State of Bolivia.
Despite a drop in the international price of oil and natural gas, the Bolivian economy has performed well in the past 10 years, growing on average 5% a year.
The government's socialist policies have also been successful in reducing extreme poverty.
But recent allegations that Mr Morales used his influence to favour a Chinese construction firm in Bolivia have damaged his approval ratings.
A former girlfriend of Mr Morales, Gabriela Zapata, holds an important position in the company, CAMC, which has secured more than $500m (£350m) in contracts with the Bolivian government
Mr Morales rejected the allegations and said he had nothing to hide. He ordered an investigation into how the contracts were awarded.
In a series of illustrations, the BBC's in-house cartoonist Kirtish Bhat takes a look at Mr Modi's years in power - tongue firmly in cheek.
Mr Modi has been trolled for his frequent foreign trips ever since he took over as the prime minister with critics suggesting that he spend some time at home.
In 2014, he toured nine countries, while last year he travelled to 26 countries. In the first five months of this year, he's covered four nations and several more trips are lined up over the coming months.
Mr Modi has been using his monthly address on radio, titled Man ki Baat (A talk from the heart), in a bid to reach out to tens of millions of Indians with no access to television.
But he's been criticised for keeping silent on crucial issues, especially attacks on Muslims or liberals in the name of nationalism.
In October 2014, Mr Modi picked up the broom, promising to clean up the country of filth, but he's been criticised for turning a deaf year to controversial and abusive remarks made by some of his party colleagues - critics say that is also akin to spreading rubbish.
Mr Modi's love for camera is well-known and it came through once again last September when he pulled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for coming between him and cameras.
The incident evoked much mirth on social media and saw the hashtag #ModiFindsCamera trending on Twitter for hours.
The ministry of antiquities said the chamber at the Dahshur royal necropolis, south of Cairo, contained a wooden box engraved with hieroglyphs.
Inside the box were four canopic jars filled with the organs of the deceased, likely a daughter of King Emnikamaw.
The ruler's pyramid is about 600m (1,970ft) from the chamber.
Last month, archaeologists investigating the remains of the structure found a relief with 10 lines of hieroglyphs bearing Emnikamaw's name.
They also uncovered the remnants of an anthropoid sarcophagus.
Dahshur is where King Sneferu of the 4th Dynasty built ancient Egypt's first true smooth-sided pyramid, the 104m-high (341ft) Red Pyramid, about 4,600 years ago.
He also constructed an earlier version, the 105m-high Bent Pyramid, whose slopes change angle from 54 degrees to 43 degrees about halfway up.
Sneferu was succeeded by his son Khufu, renowned for the Great Pyramid at Giza, which - at 138m high - was a wonder of the ancient world.
Police have also charged the 39-year-old accused with improper use of electronic communications.
The charges relate to a hoax bomb alert at Mr Adams's home in the west of the city two months ago.
The man was charged by detectives in Newry, County Down, to appear before Belfast Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
Police were called to the Sinn Féin leader's home in Norfolk Drive in May after receiving information that a device had been left there.
After a search, nothing untoward was found.
A Greater Manchester Police employee noticed an "overpowering smell" on the man's breath during an interview for an IT management role.
Tipsy Andrew Jackson, 48, then disclosed he had had trouble parking, was breathalysed and arrested.
In court, he admitted drinking and driving and was banned for a year, police said.
The IT worker appeared at Bury and Rochdale Magistrates' Court on Friday, was fined £120 with a £30 victim surcharge and ordered to pay £85 costs.
Mr Jackson, of Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester was told his ban would be reduced to seven months on completion of a drink-driving awareness course.
His hour-long interview took place on 25 January at a training centre in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, but he fell foul of the law when he revealed his travel arrangements.
The interviewer, a civilian worker, said: "I asked if he had any trouble in finding us. As soon as he began to speak I could smell something on his breath which I was thought was stale alcohol.
"He mentioned that he did have a little trouble in finding somewhere to park, which immediately raised concerns.
"Shortly after he arrived in the small office, the smell of alcohol became overpowering."
The interviewer then made his excuses at the end of the interview and left the room to ask a police officer's advice.
A traffic officer quizzed the man over whether he had been drinking but he was adamant that not a drop had touched his lips that morning.
However Mr Jackson did admit to sharing a bottle of wine with his wife the night before during a meal out.
The traffic officer then marched him out of the building to a nearby patrol car and gave him a breathalyser test, which he duly failed.
The drone strikes have been under way since 2002, and since then there have been well over 100 such attacks.
It's a policy that US President Barack Obama has praised as exemplifying his administration's tough stance towards terrorism.
The use of targeted air power, in this case unmanned drones, avoids significant numbers of US boots on the ground.
But things in Yemen are by no means normal, and the country is in deeper crisis than ever.
A Shia-led rebel grouping known as the Houthis, from northern Yemen, has mounted what, to for all intents and purposes, is a slow-motion coup.
Their leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, is now in control of much of Yemen's state apparatus, such as it is.
The President, Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who is a close US ally, along with his government, has resigned, but there are reports his resignation has been withdrawn - the situation is far from clear.
Meanwhile the US embassy is closed for business because of mounting security concerns. And two US warships stand off the coast, ready to evacuate US nationals if required.
This crisis-ridden country, which faces massive resource problems, matters.
Situated at the entrance to the Red Sea, bordering Saudi Arabia on its long northern frontier and Oman to the west, its strategic position alone gives it some importance.
But if Yemen's own domestic problems were not enough, the country is also mired in two larger struggles that make its instability an even greater threat.
First, Yemen is the home to what is seen by experts as the most dangerous off-shoot of al-Qaeda, known as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. It has a proven ambition to undertake attacks against the West.
Second, the rise of the Shia Houthis who many believe are supported in one way or another by Iran, makes Yemen a significant battleground in the wider Sunni-Shia struggle. Particularly, it's a battle for influence between Riyadh and Tehran, Saudi Arabia posing as the Sunni champion against Shia Iran.
Yemen's chaos is a headache for Saudi Arabia, and it represents a serious challenge to Washington's whole counter-terrorism strategy.
Yemen is a country whose politics defy easy simplifications.
Power rests on a complex interaction of individual personalities, tribal loyalties and wider regional groupings. But in broad-brush terms, the Houthis seized Yemen's capital, Sanaa, last September and in January took over the Presidential Palace.
Their struggle is essentially about domestic politics, not least how a future draft constitution will distribute power in the country. They have become by far the strongest military player, but their influence in the south is very limited. They probably realise that they cannot rule Yemen alone.
Another key player in the mix is the country's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was forced to step down in 2012 after months of protests.
Evidence suggests that he has been working behind the scenes with the Houthis to destabilise the current president.
The chaos is reviving dreams in some quarters of the re-establishment of a separate state in the south of the country that existed before 1990.
Opposition to a single Yemen uniting both north and south was long a staple of Saudi Arabian policy.
The political uncertainty and potential fragmentation of Yemen poses all sorts of questions for Washington.
Some $1.4bn of US economic and military aid has gone to Yemen since 2009.
Several dozen US military trainers have been on the ground, helping to hone the skills of Yemen's key counter-terror forces.
The close ties with the government have provided good intelligence, on which the drone strikes against al-Qaeda are based.
It's been noticeable that apart from Monday's attack, the number of drone strikes has diminished significantly as the political upheavals have worsened. The crisis inevitably then is disrupting the US counter-terror campaign.
However, in another sense, there is no reason for Washington to panic.
The Houthis are resolutely opposed to al-Qaeda, and some tacit cooperation between the US and this powerful faction cannot be ruled out.
US officials are already said to have pursued initial contacts with Houthi representatives.
What does concern the Americans is that the chaos pushes Yemen closer to becoming a failed state and the rise of the Shia Houthis may result in greater Sunni support for al-Qaeda.
The chaos, in other words, could be a significant recruiting sergeant for the Islamist terrorist network. This is something that worries Saudi Arabia too because they are especially concerned at the perceived Iranian support for the Houthis.
From the outset, it should be clear that the Houthis are no simple proxy of Tehran but a movement rooted in Yemen, motivated by Yemeni concerns.
Statements, for example, that the Houthis seizure of Sanaa means that four regional capitals are now under direct Iranian influence - Tehran, Baghdad, Beirut and Sanaa - are, at least as far as the Yemeni example is concerned, seen by many commentators as far-fetched.
Some suggest that the Houthi leadership may in fact be ignoring some of the advice the Iranians may be giving them. However, the broad lines of Iranian support, from possible arms shipments to money, do seem to be clear.
Iranian spokesmen have cited the rise of the Houthis, alongside Lebanon's Hezbollah, as an important element in the wider battle between Tehran and the West.
For Saudi Arabia, Yemen is its backyard and its chief goal is to maintain influence and to minimise Iranian inroads.
The succession in Riyadh inevitably reopens questions about Saudi Arabian activism in the region and how far it is prepared to go to try to ensure Yemen does not become an even greater security problem.
Any analysis that sees the Yemen crisis solely as a battleground between Riyadh and Tehran is one-dimensional and simplistic.
But there is no doubt that the relations between these two governments will be crucial in determining the broader regional context in which Yemen's problems are tackled.
For now, though, it is difficult to be optimistic about Yemen's future.
Its poverty and shortage of resources give it almost insurmountable problems, leaving aside the political and tribal differences.
The fact that it is also enmeshed in the struggle against al-Qaeda gives Washington and the West a particular interest.
More broadly, Yemen's dilemmas are also part of the wider regional crisis in the wake of the abortive hopes fostered by the so-called Arab Spring.
The old state system in the region is failing. Hopes for democratic transformation have come to little.
Almost everywhere one looks, in a sweeping arc across the region, there is bloodshed, repression or the risk of war.
Little wonder then that for all the talk of the White House's "Asian pivot", President Obama's attention seems as much focused on the Middle East as ever.
On hisc visit to Saudi Arabia, he had much to discuss. And Yemen may be near the top of his agenda.
She plunged 60ft (18 metres) on to a trail below after losing her footing on the off-limits catwalk of the span in northern California on Tuesday.
The unidentified woman, from the Sacramento area, was walking with friends on the girders beneath the Foresthill Bridge near Auburn.
She is expected to recover from her injuries, said Placer County Sheriff.
Paul Goncharuk, a friend of the woman, told KOVR-TV she was knocked unconscious by the fall, hurt her arm and will require surgery for bone fractures.
"They were taking a picture on the bridge, and then the big bolts that are holding the beams together, she like stepped on them kind of weirdly and lost balance and fell backwards."
Police have warned visitors to stick to designated spots on the 730ft tall bridge and canyon.
"You will be cited and or arrested if found in any closed location," the Placer County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook.
"Worse yet, you can lose your life and none of that is worth a selfie!"
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Falkirk Council's executive committee agreed to add £160,000 from an existing budget for the centre at the Helix park.
The £1.8m facility will now open to the public in October rather than August.
The extra funding will allow expanded retail space, storage and staff facilities at the visitor centre.
Construction work on the facility has already begun in the shadow of artist Andy Scott's giant horse-head sculptures, which are the centrepiece of the Helix parkland project.
The committee heard that visitor numbers at the Kelpies have been double the original expectation.
The sculptures opened to the public in April last year, and by the end of September 680,000 people had already visited them. It is estimated the figure for their first full year could exceed 950,000.
As well as adding time to expand planned facilities, director of development services Rhona Geisler said rescheduling the opening of the building to after the peak tourist season would allow staff to resolve any "early issues".
The new building, designed by Dundee architects Nicol Russell Studios following an international competition, is to include a cafe, shop, toilets, offices and an exhibition area.
It is designed to merge into the surrounding landscape, to leave full attention on the Kelpies.
Funding has been secured from Score Environment, which distributes money raised from landfill tax, alongside the Scottish government, the Big Lottery Fund, Falkirk Council and Scottish Canals.
Councillor Adrian Mahoney, Falkirk council's spokesman for culture, leisure and tourism, said: "I'm looking forward to seeing the new building being completed.
"Work is progressing well on site and hopefully we will be operational later this year.
"The centre will provide welcome new facilities to the Helix Park to deal with the huge numbers of people visiting the site and seeing the awesome Kelpies."
Temporary visitor facilities are available on-site until the centre is ready to open.
Rohan Beyts, 62, is accusing the company of breaching data protection law by filming her without her permission or notice.
She claims she was filmed by male employees as she urinated in sand dunes while out walking at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire a year ago.
Trump International has denied the claims.
Ms Beyts is claiming £3,000 from the company which was run by Donald Trump before he became the US president.
Her lawyer, Solicitor advocate Mike Dailly, told the small claims court in Edinburgh that staff from Trump International took photographs of her despite the fact the company was not registered under the data protection act.
He said it was clear Ms Beyts, from Montrose in Angus, had indicated she was distressed as a result.
Mr Dailly told the court: "The evidence led by the pursuer shows that she was clearly left distressed by the incident.
"It is my submission that the pursuer has set out and established her case and that damages should be awarded to her."
Trump international contests the claim.
The lawyer for Trump International also made his final submission in case.
Paul Motion said there was a question if Ms Beyts suffered distress as she claims.
He said she elected to go public about the fact she was initially charged for urinating in public.
Mr Motion said she made mention of this in numerous posts on Facebook and in media interviews.
He questioned if her true rationale was to publicise her opposition to the golf course.
Ms Beyts told the court on Monday that she had gone walking with a friend in April last year and had to pass through the Trump International Golf Club to get access to the beach.
She said that while on the beach she had gone into the dunes after realising that, due to a medical condition, she needed the toilet urgently.
Ms Beyts said she had taken notice of Mountaineering Scotland's guidelines for what to do if you need to urinate outside, and that she would have been horrified if anyone had seen her.
She told the court she "needed to go as a matter of urgency" and there were no golfers visible.
Three days after her walk, police officers arrived at her house to charge her with urinating in a public place that could cause annoyance.
After speaking to police on a further occasion, she was told three men had mobile phone footage of her urinating.
The court also heard from the golf course irrigation technician who said he had taken a photograph with his mobile phone of Ms Beyts urinating.
But Edward Irvine, 23, said he had not filmed Ms Beyts.
He told the court that he took her picture "for evidence that she was urinating in a public place", which he believed to be a criminal offence.
Mr Irvine then gave a statement about what he had witnessed to a police officer.
The green keeper also told the court that he had seen golfers urinating on the course. He said those golfers went into bushes before going to the toilet.
He said Ms Beyts did not do this and he was able to photograph her.
Ms Beyts was reported to the procurator fiscal, but no action was taken against her. She in turn launched a claim for damages against Trump International.
The hearing continues.
The Jags defender is the only player outwith Celtic and Aberdeen to make the PFA's Premiership team of the year.
"It's up to [national boss] Gordon Strachan to decide but obviously I want to play for Scotland," Lindsay said.
"As a kid that's your dream and I want to do that. Whenever it comes, I'll be ready - if it comes."
Lindsay, 21, had voiced his surprise and disappointment at receiving no recognition at any level for Scotland.
But after helping Thistle to a top-six finish - their highest since 1981 - the centre-back feels he has garnered the highest possible praise this week from his fellow professionals, as the sole representative from the 10 Premiership clubs below the top two in the team of the year.
"It's brilliant," Lindsay added. "Obviously it's the players that are choosing, so it's players I'm up against week in, week out, so it's kind of the biggest compliment you can get, really.
"It felt like I've had a great season. Maybe the first half I was a bit slow starting but as the season went on we started picking up results. Getting in the top six has helped me get this as well so it's been a brilliant season."
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Lindsay's boss Alan Archibald, who is among the nominees for the PFA manager of the year award, is thrilled the defender is so highly-rated by his peers, and thinks a growing maturity this season has helped him develop quicker
"On the ball he's got better," Archibald said. "He's got real game awareness now, a lot more game awareness. He still has to learn a lot. I think he can get better still, turn himself into a man and protect himself.
"He got a broken nose earlier in the season just with being too honest, with not looking after himself when it comes to going and winning headers because he's just a big, honest pro.
"He's getting better and better all the time. One slight criticism: he should probably have more goals. Albeit, he has seven, he'll tell you himself he should be in double figures."
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Capped 54 times, he played at the 1994 World Cup and at Euro 96.
Prodan was 26 when he joined Rangers from Atletico Madrid for £2.2m in 1998, but a knee injury prevented him from making a single first-team appearance.
It was later revealed the signing was completed without a medical examination, and Prodan left after two and a half years in Glasgow.
He had won five successive titles with Steaua Bucharest before moving to Madrid, where he spent one season with Atletico.
Prodan took up a sporting director role with the Romanian Football Federation following his retirement at the age of 31.
Apple has clashed with the Justice Department (DoJ) over a court order forcing the company to help break the encryption on one of its phones.
On Friday the DoJ called Apple's refusal a "marketing strategy".
Apple said it will not help break into the the phone, citing wider privacy concerns for its users.
The phone belonged to one of the two people who opened fire at an office event in San Bernardino, California, last December, killing 14
Speaking at a campaign rally, Mr Trump said: "Boycott Apple until such time as they give that information."
On Thursday, a court ordered the tech giant to help break the encryption.
The government has called the request narrow and argued it is only focused on this particular iPhone.
The DoJ filed another motion in court on Friday after Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook, said Apple would continue to refuse the order.
A California court has set 22 March for the hearing.
Before this goes to court, it's being played out with a war of words.
The DoJ motion today is about investigators smashing the ball back into Tim Cook's court. It disputes his claim that the security of its products would be inherently and forever compromised.
It essentially argues that Mr Cook's stance - and indeed the stance of the other technology companies that support him - is motivated by business, not ethics.
Apple has been given an extension to submit its formal response, but the real sparks are likely to fly at the hearing date set for late March.
It will take place in San Bernardino under, you'd imagine, the scrutiny of the families caught up in the tragedy.
In a letter to customers published on Apple's website, Mr Cook called the implications of the order "chilling".
"While we believe the FBI's intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect."
Det Insp Pete Mullan said: "We have recovered cannabis and cocaine with an estimated street value of £250,000, as well as other drug related paraphernalia.
"I am very pleased to have taken these dangerous and illegal substances from our streets," he added.
There were no arrests.
The 24-year-old is out of contract in the summer and has yet to agree an extension with United's Scottish Premiership rivals.
"We have spoken to the player and we'll see what happens there," United manager Mixu Paatelainen told BBC Scotland.
Meanwhile, Paatelainen believes that defender John Souttar will remain with United until the end of the season.
Hearts have had one bid rejected for the 19-year-old and Paatelainen says Soutar will not be sold on the cheap despite being out of contract in the summer.
"He is our player and a very valuable player," said the Finn.
"At the moment, I do expect him to stay because we need our better players at the club.
"But you never know in football. One day, someone comes in with the offer that is difficult to turn aside and things happen."
United sit bottom of the Scottish top-flight, 11 points behind Kilmarnock and a further point behind Thistle, who host United on Saturday.
Lawless joined the Glasgow club from Motherwell in 2012 and has been a regular starter under manager Alan Archibald.
He was banned in May for two matches after being found guilty of breaching Scottish FA rules on gambling.
The fire engulfed the entire town of Yarloop near Perth last week, destroying at least 128 homes.
Police say the bodies of two men in their 70s have been discovered in the debris of burnt-out houses.
More favourable conditions on Sunday allowed firefighters to set up containment lines.
The fire perimeter is currently around 232km (144 miles), the Department of Fire & Emergency Service (DFES) said.
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The alert for the region has been downgraded to "watch and act", with residents of Harvey and Waroona being told they can return to their homes.
"It's not under control yet but we are very optimistic about the next 24 hours as well," Western Australia's Emergency Services Minister Joe Francis said.
The fire was sparked by a lightning strike on Wednesday. Some 67,000 hectares (166,000 acres) of land has been destroyed.
Authorities' handling of the fire has come under heavy criticism from residents, who have complained of a lack of communication and emergency warnings, and a lack of water.
But officials have pointed out that many of the small towns affected by the fire had their own water grids which were knocked out when the fire cut power.
Western Australia fire commissioner Wayne Gregson told reporters: "There will be plenty of people who will come out with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. There'll be no shortage of armchair generals to tell you what you should have, could have or might have done."
He said they had given warnings up to two days before the fire, and had told residents not to rely on the power or water mains supplies to defend their homes.
Trainer Dr Richard Newland announced the decision after the 13-year-old was pulled up in the Sentinel Handicap Chase at Uttoxeter on Saturday.
Pineau De Re had missed the cut for this year's National at Aintree earlier in April and unseated his rider in the Scottish National.
The horse first ran in 2007 and won eight races during his career, the last win coming at Carlisle in December.
by Frank Keogh, BBC Sport
Pineau De Re was a surprise 25-1 winner of the Grand National and marked the rise of GP turned trainer Dr Richard Newland.
In the Worcestershire village where the horse was stabled there was a proud sign - Claines: Home of the 2014 Grand National winner Pineau De Re.
Named after a wine, he had a fine career which included a third place at the Cheltenham Festival and becoming the first horse since Bindaree in 2003 to win another race after the National.
Before being switched to Newland, he had been trained in Ireland by Philip Fenton who is serving a three-year ban from racing after being found in possession of banned anabolic steroids.
One more goal would have put the hosts into the semi-finals on account of having scored more goals, with the sides tied on goal difference.
The Spiders had the better chances before Weatherson headed home a cross from Josh Todd.
But it was the visitors who finished the stronger to secure fourth place.
Having been leapfrogged by Elgin City and Clyde, who both won their final matches, Queen's Park now face Cowdenbeath, who finished second bottom in League One, in their play-off semi-final.
The Swans have not won or scored in any of their last three games and were knocked out of the League Cup by Championship side Hull City on Tuesday.
Swansea's last victory was the 2-1 win over Manchester United on 30 August.
"We always react well when we have setbacks. It is the nature of the sport that we're in," Monk said.
"There's no worry whatsoever," he added.
Monk described the 1-0 loss at Watford on 12 September as a "poor afternoon" but his side responded with a 0-0 draw against Everton the following weekend.
"We've had good performances in all those games apart from Watford," Monk said.
"Midweek against Hull we were the better team and should have really won that game. Overall it was a very good performance.
"We've had one league loss this season so let's not forget that."
It's a last chance for players to impress British and Irish Lions selectors before coach Warren Gatland names his squad on 19 April.
And with all four regions in action, Wales summer tour coach Robin McBryde has said performances could have a major impact on squad selection.
So what's at stake and who can impress the selectors? Here's a quick guide to the two matches.
There is more hanging on this one for third-placed Ospreys than the Blues.
The Swansea-based region were looking safe in the Pro12 play-off places until losing their last two matches away at bottom club Treviso and at home against leaders Leinster.
The 11 point buffer they enjoyed over the team in fifth-place before those results is now down to two, with Ulster and Scarlets breathing down their necks.
Ospreys' two remaining matches after Saturday are against their main play-off rivals so they need a win to keep control of their own fate.
At least Steve Tandy's men don't have to worry about European qualification, having already secured a place in the 2017-18 European Champions Cup.
Cardiff Blues will face a play-off for a place in European rugby's top flight - even if they overtake sixth-placed Glasgow Warriors.
Qualifying rules mean at least one team from each of the five participating countries qualifies, so Glasgow will take Scotland's place with Edinburgh marooned in ninth place.
Revenge and pride may be motivating factors for Danny Wilson's team after they were thrashed by Ospreys in their previous meeting this season.
Previous meeting: Ospreys 46-24 Cardiff Blues, 7 October
Last season: Cardiff Blues 27-40 Ospreys
Lions watch: With Dan Biggar sidelined keep an eye on Rhys Webb and Justin Tipuric of the Ospreys. With Sam Warburton out of action, it's difficult to see any of Saturday's Blues line up making the trip.
Wales tour bolters: Olly Cracknell of the Ospreys and Blues wing Rhun Williams.
Scarlets are hot on the heels of Ospreys and will overtake their west Wales rivals if they beat the struggling Dragons and Ospreys slip-up against the Blues.
Dragons make a habit of playing well against their Welsh rivals, however, and could have won at Parc y Scarlets earlier this season.
But current form suggests another win for Wayne Pivac's team as they strive for a place in the end-of-season play-offs by securing a top-four finish.
With a difficult trip to Connacht and a final day showdown at home against Ospreys to come, Scarlets would like to get the points in the bag.
Kingsley Jones' Dragons have lost nine consecutive matches, culminating in Saturday's 29-14 defeat by Zebre in Parma.
They can finish ninth in the table, but will have an anxious eye on Zebre who are just two points behind them in 11th place.
Previous meeting: Scarlets 31-27 NG Dragons, 8 October
Last season: NG Dragons 20-34 Scarlets
Lions watch: Plenty to watch in the Scarlets line-up. Jonathan Davies, Scott Williams, John Barclay, Ken Owens, Liam Williams and Rob Evans are potential candidates.
Wales tour bolters: Rhys Patchell, James Davies and Steff Evans for Scarlets. Cory Hill for the Dragons.
Pte Sean Benton was found dead at the Surrey barracks with five gunshot wounds in June 1995, while on guard at a perimeter fence.
Human rights group Liberty said the Attorney General had given his family consent to apply to the High Court.
An earlier inquest recorded a verdict of suicide on the 20-year-old soldier.
The coroner at a second inquest on Pte Cheryl James, who died at Deepcut in 1995 from a single gunshot wound, recorded a verdict of suicide earlier this month. The Cheryl James inquest heard from more than 100 witnesses.
Delivering his verdict, Brian Barker QC launched a scathing attack on welfare standards at Deepcut and said there was overwhelming evidence of a sexualised atmosphere there.
Liberty, on behalf of Pte Benton's twin brother Tony and his sister Tracy Lewis, lodged an application with the Attorney General in July 2015 requesting that the original inquest of July 1995 be quashed and a fresh one ordered.
It said that since his death, many people had stated publicly and to his family that they believed Pte Benton, from Hastings, East Sussex had been the victim of physical and psychological bullying at the barracks.
"We have been overwhelmed and disturbed by all the details of the shameful environment at Deepcut which have finally come to light through the Cheryl James inquest - it is terrible to think of Sean alone there," said Ms Lewis.
"More than two decades after our brother died - and having lost both our parents in recent years - Tony and I are determined to find out what happened to Sean."
Pte Benton was the first of four young recruits to die of gunshot wounds at Deepcut between 1995 and 2002.
Liberty said the initial inquest a month after his death heard evidence from six people. Pte Benton's medical and mental health records were not obtained and no evidence was sought or given concerning his experiences at the barracks.
Liberty lawyer Emma Norton said if Pte Benton's death had been properly and independently investigated in 1995, decades of pain and uncertainty for the family would have been avoided.
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Instead with three minutes left England captain Chris Robshaw opted for a five-metre line-out that Wales repelled to help seal a famous 28-25 win.
Wales now have one foot in the quarter-finals, while England will have to beat Australia to keep their hopes alive.
"I thought they would have gone for goal and taken the draw," Gatland said.
"It's a big call to make and a brave call to make.
"They'd caught us out in the past... throwing to the front of the line-out and we expected that, and did a good job in stopping that driven maul and pushed them into touch.
"Those are decisions you make sometimes and you go there and you get a driven line-out and you win the game and you're a hero, you make the wrong call and you're zero.
"There were two good sides out there. I have a lot of respect for England - their players and their management - and that game could have gone either way."
Dan Biggar kicked all seven of his penalties in an all-round performance that saw the Osprey named man of the match, and Gatland admitted the fly-half "kept us in the game".
Biggar held his nerve to clinch victory with a kick from almost on the halfway line, which comfortably cleared the crossbar despite the distance.
However, the victory came at a cost to Wales, with centre Scott Williams and full-back Liam Williams both taken off on a stretcher, while wing Hallam Amos was also forced off.
Wales were already without Leigh Halfpenny, Rhys Webb and Cory Allen because of injury.
"We lost another couple of players. Hallam Amos has dislocated his shoulder. We're running out of players in Wales," Gatland added.
"We have such a small pool of players and they worked so hard. I'm absolutely so proud of them.
"The pleasing thing for me was that we looked the stronger team in that last 10 or 15 minutes and that's testament to the hard work that has gone into this group of guys.
"The celebrations in the changing room were amazing."
Captain Sam Warburton praised his team for producing a result that he felt was one of the finest of his career.
"Wow what an unbelievable result. I think it was two very evenly-matched sides and I always knew there was never going to be more than seven points in this match, it was going to go to the wire," said the open-side flanker.
"Credit to England, they threw absolutely everything at us, they played really well and we had to be at our best in defence and gave a few too many penalties away.
"But I'm just lost for words, it was an amazing win.
"We've been in this position a few times at half-time. We might not be leading but we back the fitness work we did in the summer, knowing that in the last 20 minutes we can come through strong."
Watch all the analysis on Scrum V Rugby World Cup Special, 19:00 Sunday, 27 September, BBC Two Wales.
While a free version acts as a brief demo, access to all three modes of the game costs $9.99 in the App Store in the US, and £7.99 in the UK.
But as players start to download the app, social media reaction is not just about game play - but whether the price of the full game is worth it.
Nintendo's big hit of 2016 was Pokemon Go - an app that was free to play up front (though the creators made their money through in-game purchases).
So perhaps it's no surprise some people believe the price is too high.
"$10 is absurdly expensive for a cheap Mario game. Rather get new super Mario bros Ds for the same price," said one Twitter user.
Another said: "At 6 levels it feels extremely short at that price. I was expecting more content."
But others have been quick to jump to Nintendo's defence, saying the price is fair.
Twitter user titowrestling said: "Wow... People are actually complaining... Have we become so addicted to free-to-play? Not expensive."
And games designer Teddy Dief, who said he was enjoying the game so far, told the BBC that all entertainment creators deserved to be paid for their work - "the product of their passion, effort, and time".
"Whether a game is premium, or free to play, the developers are hoping to be paid for their creation. How they choose to monetise is up to them, whether through ads, micro transactions, or simply asking to be paid upfront."
"A game like this isn't cheap to make. In my opinion, there's $10 worth of experience in Super Mario Run. But of course, the exact worth of a piece of entertainment is hard to pinpoint," Mr Dief said.
"If a player is worried it's not worth their $10, that's their choice to make, and Nintendo has given them free trial content to enable them to make that choice in an educated way," he said.
IHS Technology consultant Piers Harding-Rolls said that while "quite big", the payment was a "one-off". "I don't think people will think Nintendo is trying to rinse their audience," he said.
And TheXbone wrote: "Millions scream at their $700 phone that the $10 Super Mario Run is the most expensive thing they've ever seen in their entire lives".
For now the title is restricted to Apple's iOS platform, but Nintendo has said it will come to Android "at some point in the future".
A lawyer for Harry Clarke confirmed his client's intentions at a preliminary hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Sheriff John Beckett QC also confirmed the inquiry would begin on 22 July.
The inquiry will look at the driver's medical background, fitness to hold a licence and the lorry's technical aspects before the 22 December crash.
It also emerged at the hearing that Mr Clarke had never given a police statement since the crash last year.
The Crown Office has already said that he would not be prosecuted.
Erin McQuade, 18, her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the incident in the city's Queen Street and George Square.
Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed when the truck mounted the pavement before crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel.
This Strategic Defence and Security Review, the UK government's attempt to shape the armed forces for the coming five years, to be fair to its authors, doesn't do that.
Rather, it imagines the last war Whitehall would like to have fought, had it been able to.
How so? Well, rather than shape the military to fight the sort of campaign it waged in Helmand, Afghanistan, during 2006-12, Monday's paper imagines the type of action that might have happened if Parliament had voted in 2013 to bomb President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria, or other similar, limited, actions fought at arm's length.
So the big winners from Monday's review, or SDSR, are air-power and special forces.
The government's plans to increase military spending, keeping it equivalent to 2% of gross domestic product, will also give an additional £12bn shot-in-the-arm to industry (over the next 10 years) since the increase will go largely on new weapons, rather than additional people.
The Royal Air Force, cut back to just seven fast jet squadrons by the 2010 SDSR, will grow back to nine (with two squadrons of Typhoon fighters remaining in service for longer) and get more modern aircraft, and one squadron of American-made Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
There will be 20 new drones (to replace the current 10) as well, and the commitment to order 48 F35B fighters by 2023 will finally allow for the replacement of the Tornado with something much more modern.
What the latest SDSR does not do, or rather what it hardly does, is increase the armed forces' capability for sustained or high-intensity operations or, in layman's terms, their ability to fight a war against another country.
So, the two new aircraft carriers are to come into service with very limited defence against the type of advanced missile or air-attack that countries such as Russia or China could throw at them.
Despite the commitment to a new class of general purpose frigate (the Type 26), confirmed today, the Royal Navy would also struggle to assemble enough escorts for its new carriers to protect them from submarine attack.
The new carriers, rather, can now be seen clearly as floating runways to strike non-state enemies or mid-sized military powers (such as Libya in 2011 or Syria, nearly, in 2013), or for other uses such as flying helicopters to evacuate British nationals or to deliver disaster relief.
They will have to operate relatively close to shore, because of the limited range of the F35 and helicopters that will be embarked, and doing that against a major military power would be too risky with the level of protection the Royal Navy could give them: no admiral will want to risk the loss of a ship named HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Many would argue that this approach makes sense, that going to war against Russia is unimaginable, even in a limited way: for example if the Kremlin was using force against the UK's Nato allies, the Baltic republics.
Certainly, regenerating the full panoply of forces lost in post-Cold War cuts would require enormous additional spending.
This review does, however, cover the possibility of a serious confrontation with Europe's eastern neighbour.
Russia has been raised to a "Tier 1" potential threat by the UK, and the planning to mitigate it includes, after all, the replacement of Britain's Trident nuclear weapon system.
The Army (in a pre-announced move) will get a new generation of armoured vehicles for its two high-readiness brigades, which will modernise them, by 2025, in case they had to be deployed in support of a Nato ally.
Much of the new kit for the RAF and Royal Navy also would be very useful in any confrontation on Nato's borders if - and the caveat is important - it is properly supported by sufficient well-trained people, and backed up with ample stocks of advanced ammunition.
People, though, don't get much of a break in this plan - the RAF will grow by 300 and the Royal Navy by 400 - and this when the fleet had asked for 2,000, is about to take delivery of its first new carrier, and is already having difficulties manning its ships.
Cuts to allowances also announced on Monday will hardly help, when it comes to retaining skilled service men and women.
The armed forces, then, will grow just a little as a result of Monday, and even the modernisation of RAF squadrons will only allow it to add a few jets to the current eight Tornados bombing the Islamic State group, when it comes to a sustained deployment.
The special forces, also, will get new equipment but will not expand in strength significantly.
And the MoD's civilian workforce faces deep cuts - with unions describing as "devastating" suggestions that up to 18,000 jobs might go. That's a drop in head-count of nearly 30%, to 41,000, between now and 2020, with some of the department's services being outsourced to private firms.
What it all adds up to is a defence posture designed for sudden emergencies rather than enduring commitments of the kind seen in southern Iraq and Afghanistan or all-out state-to-state warfare that Britain prepared for during the Cold War.
It will take 10 years for this SDSR to mature, in terms of the delivery of large numbers of new planes, armour, and ships.
Two other old military sayings come to mind here - that no plan survives contact with the enemy and that the enemy always gets a vote.
In other words, the world and the UK's real or potential enemies will hardly stand still during that coming decade.
As the ink dries on SDSR 2015, there will be people in Whitehall who are already thinking about the next one, in 2020.
Mark Urban is diplomatic and defence editor for BBC Newsnight. You can read more from him on his blog and follow him on Twitter here
Hassan Mohammed, from Camberwell in south London, was stabbed twice in York Road, Southend, on 7 July.
A post-mortem examination showed he died from blood loss from stab wounds.
Tajwar Alam, 18, of Sleaford Road in Tottenham, has been charged with his murder and possessing a bladed instrument. He will appear before Southend Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Mr Mohammed's family said: "Hassan was a very friendly, caring person.
"He grew from a boy into a man and was a protector and best friend to his family.
"He was loved by all."
A youth of 17, from north London, is also due to appear in court charged with firearms offences and possessing cannabis with intent to supply.
A second 17-year-old, from Southend, remains in custody.
What I saw from Spurs was a well-organised, well-balanced performance with a healthy respect for the opposition, but also a confidence in their own ability and creativity.
It showed their spirit, fitness and belief that they were prepared to go and try and win the game in the last 10 minutes because a draw would have been a decent result at a ground where they have been beaten on their last five visits.
At this stage of the season, momentum and confidence play a huge part in deciding the title race and, at the moment, Mauricio Pochettino's side have both.
They are two points off the top of the table after winning five Premier League games in a row and results like this one will make them believe that they can be champions in May.
Ramon Vega: "I have no doubts Spurs will grab the league"
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It was a complete team performance by Spurs. When I think about who was my man of the match, it could have been one of five or six players, which shows how good they all were.
Part of that was down to the depth in their squad, which was illustrated in several different ways.
I don't just mean the players that Pochettino could bring off the bench, even though substitute Erik Lamela did set up Christian Eriksen's winner.
The big question for me was at centre-half where Kevin Wimmer has had to come in for the injured Jan Vertonghen.
Wimmer had helped Spurs keep clean sheets in their wins over Norwich and Watford but in Sergio Aguero he was up against arguably the best striker in the league.
The biggest compliment I can pay the 23-year-old Austrian is that his side did not miss Vertonghen at all.
Wimmer was only making his third league start in English football but he looked as though he had been part of the team all season.
He and his partner Toby Alderweireld were excellent without the ball, got their positional play right and made some great interceptions.
With the ball, their passing out from the back gave Spurs a great platform to attack.
Spurs again rotated their full-backs, replacing Kieran Trippier and Ben Davies with Kyle Walker and Danny Rose, and again they had an important role going forward.
It was Trippier who scored the winner against Watford last week - this time Rose had a lot of joy down the left, especially in the first half.
David Silva was drifting infield and leaving Rose acres of space to bomb into and Tottenham kept finding him, which put a lot of pressure on City's right-back Pablo Zabaleta.
In the second half, it was Rose's cross that hit Raheem Sterling for the penalty.
Any team that win the title need a bit of luck along the way and, on Sunday, Spurs got some with that decision.
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But, once you get that bit of fortune in a game, you have to take advantage of it and Pochettino's side certainly did that.
Their victory at Etihad Stadium was even more impressive because they were playing a high-quality City team who did not do too much wrong.
City had set up the right way to play Spurs, with two holding midfielders, and their centre-halves pushed up to deny Harry Kane space and snuffle out his threat.
But Spurs still grew into the game, enjoying some good possession, and when they were put under pressure, they defended brilliantly.
They were the better team, and I would not say they were lucky to win.
Tottenham are still in two other competitions - the Europa League and FA Cup.
Personally, I think they should put all their eggs in one basket and concentrate on the title race, but I don't think Pochettino will see it that way.
He will want a trophy of some kind to show for this season, there is no doubt about that.
Pochettino deserves credit for using his squad the way he has done this season and, so far, it has worked. They certainly did not look tired against City and he can clearly mix things up in Europe and still field a strong team there too.
But it is asking an awful lot of his squad to challenge on three fronts for the next three months, and my priority would be the Premier League, because Spurs have never had a better chance of winning it.
Danny Murphy was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
An elegant batsman, Graveney played 79 Tests for England, scoring 11 centuries at an average of 44.38.
He scored more than 47,793 first-class runs - including 122 hundreds - in a career that stretched from 1948 to 1972 and included spells at Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Queensland.
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After retiring, he became a BBC commentator and served as the 200th president of the MCC in 2005.
He was the first former professional cricketer to be appointed to the post.
Graveney captained England once at the age of 41, deputising for Colin Cowdrey against Australia at Headingley in 1968.
His older brother Ken died recently at the age of 90. Both were former Gloucestershire captains.
Graveney was Worcestershire president from 1994-98 and remained a regular visitor to New Road.
In a statement, the club said he had had Parkinson's disease for some time.
Worcestershire chief executive David Leatherdale said: "He was one of the stalwarts of our first two championship triumphs and will be hugely missed by everyone at Worcestershire CCC and by cricket as a whole."
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew said Graveney was "renowned as a great stylist" and later a "forthright pundit".
"I knew him as someone who loved cricket, someone who really loved talking about the game," said Agnew. "He would sit in the bar and just talk for hours about the modern game, and how he used to play.
"He had pretty strong opinions. He would talk a lot about some of the West Indian throwers he faced in his batting days and how he thoroughly disapproved of that, but he was a real gentleman.
"I think that's what he'll be remembered for as much as for the style that he brought to the crease."
England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves said: "I count myself privileged to have seen Tom Graveney bat. He was one of the game's great stylists; a batsman whose name became synonymous with elegance and whose perfectly executed cover drive will live long in the memory of those who saw it.
"He was also a true gentleman; someone who served our county game with distinction and who, later in life, gave back much to the game he so dearly loved by becoming MCC president."
Simon Hughes, BBC Sport's cricket analyst, said: "Tom Graveney was a fantastic bloke, charming, self deprecating, always smiling. Tried to copy his gorgeous cover drive. Failed miserably."
Lancashire head coach Ashley Giles, a former England bowler, tweeted: "Very sad to hear that the great Tom Graveney has died. Such a lovely man."
The resident male osprey at The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre reserve in the Trossachs, near Aberfoyle, has set up nests with two females.
It is thought both females have laid eggs, and the male now has his work cut out hunting and tending to them.
The RSPB believe it may be the first time this behaviour by an osprey has been caught on camera.
The male, nicknamed Drunkie after a local loch, arrived back at the reserve this spring ahead of his regular mate Katrine, and had already mated with a new female, Arklet, by the time she arrived.
He continued to mate with both females, but when he set up a nest with Katrine, who laid two eggs, it was thought Arklet had moved on.
Wildlife information and education officer Lucy Tozer said staff at the centre were convinced things were back to normal when Arklet disappeared from view.
She said: "We watched Drunkie with both females for several days before Arklet disappeared from view, and we assumed that she'd left the area.
"But when we visited the nest to fix a camera issue, we found a second eyrie, and Arklet incubating what we can only presume is a clutch of eggs, not 200m from the first nest.
"Katrine's eggs have now hatched, but we're not sure what's happening with Arklet's nest at the moment.
"It is difficult to know how the situation will turn out. Male ospreys work extremely hard to feed their families, and they have to provide for the female as well so that the chicks aren't left alone on the nest."
Aberfoyle Ospreys is a partnership between the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland and Forestry Commission Scotland, based at the Lodge Forsest Visitor Centre in Aberfoyle.
The RSPB's Duncan Orr-Ewing said the situation was "very unusual" for ospreys.
He said: "It may well be the first time that it's been caught on camera like this.
"If there's plenty of fish all season, then the male might manage to get both broods to fledge.
"But if things don't turn out so well, he may have to give up on one of them, or the females may have to fish as well, which can leave the chicks vulnerable.
"We'll just have to wait and see what happens."
The Scio device was backed by about 13,000 people in a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2014.
However, some have complained they are still waiting for their device to be delivered.
Co-founder Dror Sharon told the BBC that 5,000 devices had been shipped.
Mr Sharon has previously described Scio as the first cheap, accessible molecular spectrometer.
It takes an electro-magnetic reading of objects, then compares the result with an online database. It can be used, for example, to distinguish between medicines, or summarise the fat content of a slice of cheese.
During the crowdfunding campaign, backers paid between $150 (£115) and $300 for the device, with developer kits costing up to $1,000.
Consumer Physics, the company behind the product, raised $2.7m in the campaign and estimated that devices would be delivered by February 2015.
However, Mr Sharon admitted the firm had experienced delays.
"It has taken more time than we expected," he told the BBC.
"We had to design the technology from the ground up, we had to do some redesigns, and we had some issues with suppliers.
"Each bump in the road took weeks to rectify."
Some backers have expressed concern about the delay on the company's Facebook page, after its crowdfunding page was taken offline.
Visitors are now told the company is facing an "intellectual property dispute", but Mr Sharon said the issue was solely concerning the Scio name.
"It has nothing to do with the intellectual property in the sensor or the optics, it's purely a trademark dispute," he said.
"But Kickstarter has a very careful policy, they took down the page and put up the note - we tried to reason with them, but they have their policy and we respect that."
He said the company was continuing to produce the devices, but had chosen to prioritise deliveries to app developers, to speed up the creation of its app ecosystem.
"We've shipped thousands of these little scanners all over the world," Mr Sharon told the BBC.
"We decided to start shipping to developers first, which has added some delay for Kickstarter backers who were expecting to get the device very early.
"We realise it's late, but we're doing our best to ship as fast as we can. Between a third to a half of our backers have their device."
Gerry Mallon has departed Danske Bank and will become chief executive of Ulster Bank in the Republic of Ireland.
Mr Mallon has been head of Danske in Belfast since 2008.
Although leaving immediately, he will not start his new job until next June.
Ulster Bank's owners, Royal Bank of Scotland, said Mr Mallon's knowledge of banking in Ireland would be "invaluable" going forward.
He has been replaced at Danske by its former deputy chief executive, Kevin Kingston.
Until recently, Mr Kingston was president of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce.
Officials blamed Kurdish militants for the attack. A third attacker is reportedly still being sought.
The attackers drove a car to the courthouse entrance, sparking an exchange with police and then detonating the car bomb.
A number of people were wounded in the explosion, some critically.
Some of Turkey's big cities have been targeted recently both by so-called Islamic State (IS) and by Kurdish militants.
Just how dangerous is Turkey's instability?
Turkey launched a military operation in Syria in August to push back IS and Kurdish forces from the Turkish border.
IS had said it was behind last weekend's Istanbul nightclub attack that left 39 people dead.
The only solace today is that the police appear to have thwarted the plan for an even larger attack, based on the number of weapons found. But it's scant comfort for a country that's already seen two major terror attacks in the first week of 2017.
It's left Turks feeling profoundly shaken. One friend told me she wouldn't take the metro in Istanbul anymore; another that he feared going to public gatherings. The question is how can the authorities secure a country of 80 million people bordering Syria and Iraq and which faces the twin threats of so-called Islamic State and the PKK Kurdish militants?
It can't be done through increased police alone. Better intelligence is ultimately the answer - and foreign services such as the CIA and MI6 have operatives here helping the Turks. Some attacks are being prevented. But whenever more happen, it deepens the sense that many Turks now have of not feeling safe in their own country.
Izmir's Governor Erol Ayyildiz the attackers were armed with Kalashnikov rifles and grenades.
Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak added that, judging by the weapons found following the raid, a much larger attack was being planned.
Images from the scene showed two cars ablaze. The governor said that the second had been destroyed in a controlled explosion.
Reports of the number of people injured in the car bomb blast ranged from five to 11.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking at the opening of a metro line in the capital, Ankara, said that Turkey was "under mutual attack by terrorist groups and they want Turkey to be brought to its knees".
He said: "They won't be able to set people against each other. They couldn't destroy our unity."
No-one has yet said they carried out the Izmir attack but the governor said initial findings pointed to the involvement of Kurdish fighters from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Dozens of protesters went to the scene of the attack, shouting anti-PKK slogans.
The PKK is fighting for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey.
It has carried out many attacks on the Turkish security forces, particularly in the south-east.
In August a PKK car bomb in Cizre killed 11 policemen and injured 78. Another 10 soldiers and eight civilians died in a car bomb attack on a checkpoint in Durak in October.
In claiming the Istanbul nightclub attack, IS blamed Turkey's military involvement in the Syrian civil war.
At least 36 people are now in custody in connection with the attack, including many in Izmir, although the main suspect remains at large.
A number of those arrested in Izmir are from the Uighur ethnic group. They are believed to have come from China's Xinjiang region and have ties to the nightclub attacker, the state-run Anadolu news agency says.
Mr Kaynak said they were closing in on the gunman, saying he was possibly an ethnic Uighur.
Currently two unsuccessful reviews every 80 overs are allowed in Tests and one per innings in one-day games, but DRS did not previously feature in T20s.
The ICC proposed no loss of a review if a decision is "umpire's call" and the creation of a Test world championship.
If approved, the changes would begin on 1 October.
The ICC's 15-strong cricket committee, chaired by outgoing India coach Anil Kumble, includes a number of other leading ex-players including Andrew Strauss, director of England Cricket, Mahela Jayawardene and Rahul Dravid, plus Australia coach Darren Lehmann and director of England Women's Cricket Clare Connor.
They met in London this week and Kumble said: "We have had a wonderful couple of days discussing cricket issues and there are a number of highlights."
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Should the ICC chief executives' committee approve the changes, the two new reviews after 80 overs ruling, which is currently employed in Test cricket, would be removed.
It also proposed to emulate the MCC's red card policy and give umpires the power to send players from the field in the most serious incidents of player misconduct.
All other offences would continue to be dealt with under the ICC Code of Conduct.
The committee also suggested introducing restrictions on bat dimensions - thickness of edges and depth of bat - plus a batsman will have made their ground "when a bat bounces after being grounded behind the crease by a running or diving batsman".
Leading 2-0 from the first leg, Everton hopes looked shaky when Josip Radosevic unleashed a wonderful, swerving shot from 35 yards beyond Jordan Pickford.
But Sigurdsson, making just his second Everton appearance following his £45m transfer from Swansea, put even that superb strike in the shade just 14 seconds into the second half.
Picking up a loose ball on the right of the pitch, just a few yards inside the Hajduk half, the Iceland midfielder fired an effort high towards goal and over the frantic reach of the back-pedalling Dante Stipica.
Sigurdsson's moment of brilliance left Hajduk needing three goals to progress and silenced the hitherto boisterous Stadion Poljud.
The hosts might have got one back when Ashley Williams fouled Ante Erceg in the area and the referee pointed to the spot, but Pickford - another big-money summer addition to the Everton ranks - got down low to his right to keep out Ahmed Said's penalty.
Wayne Rooney, named in the starting XI a day after announcing his international retirement, had a chance to win the match on night for the visitors but goalkeeper Stipica saved.
Everton will learn their group-stage opponents when the draw is made in Monaco on Friday (12:00 GMT).
There cannot be many better ways to start paying off a £45m price tag than that conjured by Sigurdsson just a few moments into the second half.
The £50m valuation Swansea placed on the 27-year-old in July raised eyebrows at the time, but in a few fleeting seconds against Hajduk he demonstrated why he is surely worth every penny, particularly in an inflated market.
His tenacity in closing down his opponent and cutting out an attempted pass was meat and drink midfield play, but what followed was sublime, looking up to see the goalkeeper off his line and then having the creativity, confidence and technique to produce an inch-perfect shot as he fell to the ground.
Up to that point and for the rest of the match Sigurdsson was neat and tidy in midfield - almost peripheral at times - but when it counted he was there with a telling contribution.
It is a sight Everton fans are likely to become accustomed to in the months and years ahead.
Everton manager Ronald Koeman: "I saw Gylfi's goal, but I don't think everyone on the bench did. It was incredible. I don't have any other word for it.
"You need to be really clever to see that possibility and, after two or three weeks of the season, it could be the goal of the season.
"The penalty save was key as well because there were still 30 minutes to go at that time. Jordan is showing that we made the right decision to sign him. He is still a young goalkeeper and I have been really impressed by what he's done from day one here.
"It is an important position in the team. There's a big future for Everton and a big future for him."
On resting Idrissa Gueye: "It was too risky to start [him]. He had a scan on his hamstring and everything was fine, but we didn't want to take the risk with Morgan Schneiderlin out of the game on Sunday [through suspension]."
Everton will not have long to enjoy their success in Split, with a tough away trip to Premier League champions Chelsea to come on Sunday afternoon (13:30 BST).
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Daw sylwadau Michael Jones wrth i'r ffraeo barhau am ddyfodol Ysgol Llangennech yn Sir Gaerfyrddin, lle mae rhai rhieni yn gwrthwynebu'r cam i droi'r ysgol yn un cyfrwng Gymraeg.
Ddydd Iau, fe wnaeth arweinydd grŵp UKIP y Cynulliad, Neil Hamilton, fynnu na fyddai "gorfodi'r iaith Gymraeg i lawr cyrn gwddf plant" yn help i sicrhau Cymru ddwyieithog.
Ym mis Ionawr, pleidleisiodd mwyafrif cynghorwyr Sir Gâr o blaid y newid, a dywedodd llefarydd bod y camau statudol wedi'u dilyn a'u bod wedi ymgynghori'n eang cyn dod i'r penderfyniad.
Ar raglen Newyddion9 nos Iau, gofynnwyd i Mr Jones beth oedd ei neges i'r rheiny oedd yn gwrthwynebu'r penderfyniad gan Gyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin.
Dywedodd: "Os nad ydyn nhw'n licio'r Gymraeg, ga'i awgrymu fod y ffin draw 'co ac fe allen nhw groesi'r ffin.
"Os ydyn nhw ddim moyn bod mewn gwlad ble mae'r Gymraeg yn cael ei siarad, wel cer rhywle arall.
"Ond os na, dioddef y ffaith bod 'na ddwy iaith yng Nghymru."
Ychwanegodd: "Dwi ddim yn dweud dyle nhw, achos bod nhw'n siarad Saesneg, fynd o Gymru.
"Ond rwy'n dweud hynny os nad ydyn nhw'n gallu dioddef clywed y Gymraeg, wel, well iddyn nhw fynd rhywle arall."
Dydd Iau, dywedodd Mr Hamilton ei fod yn cefnogi bwriad Llywodraeth Cymru i gael miliwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050, ond bod y penderfyniad yn Ysgol Llangennech yn mynd yn erbyn "dymuniadau rhieni".
Dywedodd: "Y bobl anoddefgar yn fan hyn yw'r aelodau Plaid Cymru sy'n gorfodi hyn ar bentref sydd ddim am ei weld."
Ychwanegodd: "Os ydyn ni'n ceisio gorfodi'r iaith Gymraeg lawr cyrn gwddf pobl fyddai fel arall am ei gwarchod, ond dydyn nhw ddim ei eisiau ar gyfer eu plant, fyddwn ni ddim yn ennill y frwydr dros feddyliau pobl er mwyn sicrhau bod Cymru'n dod yn wlad ddwyieithog o fewn fy mywyd i."
Wrth ymateb i sylwadau Mr Hamilton, dywedodd AC Plaid Cymru, Simon Thomas fod y penderfyniad wedi bod yn ddemocrataidd.
"Dwi'n meddwl ei bod hi'n anffodus iawn bod UKIP yn trio achosi cynnen rhwng pobl sy'n siarad Cymraeg a Saesneg - mae'r penderfyniad yn Llangennech yn un i'r gymuned leol, yr ysgol, y llywodraethwyr, ac yn y pen draw, i'r cyngor sir," meddai.
John Cridland, director general of the employers' group, says England's exam system is narrow and out of date.
He proposes a system in which the most important exams would be A-levels, including both academic and vocational subjects, taken at the age of 18.
Ministers are pushing for all pupils to take a core group of academic GCSEs.
"By the end of this parliament, I want to see the date for the last GCSEs circled in the secretary of state's diary," said Mr Cridland, who warns of a "false choice" between academic and vocational lessons.
In a speech at the annual Festival of Education at Wellington College, Mr Cridland will set out an employers' blueprint for improving schools.
He says that for too long "we've just pretended" to have an exam system that values vocational education, when in practice, exams have operated as stepping stones towards a university degree.
Mr Cridland argues that GCSEs have been made an irrelevance when pupils stay in education or training until the age of 18.
In having such major exams at the age of 16, he says: "We have to face the uncomfortable truth that - internationally - we're the oddballs."
"GCSEs are past their sell-by date and should be retired."
He says that the only purpose they serve now is to allow measurement of schools through league tables.
The proposal to scrap GCSEs comes as ministers are pushing for an even greater emphasis on academic GCSEs, with plans for all pupils to have to take core academic subjects.
This announcement "misses the point that we need curriculum reform, not just exam reform", says the CBI chief.
"The government must make a start on a full review of 14-to-18 education by the end of the summer."
Mr Cridland describes the current vocational education as a "restricted, unloved range of options" and "a social and economic own goal".
"Non-academic routes should be rigorous and different to academic ones, but not second best."
The lack of a strong vocational education at the moment means that many pupils are poorly served, he says, as not all children are suited to a narrowly academic approach.
For employers, it can mean that they have to carry out "remedial" work with young recruits to get them ready for the workplace.
From the perspective of employers, he says the school system needs to teach skills beyond academic lessons, such as character and resilience.
"Debates about schools structure and exam reform are sterile if they aren't linked to outcomes for young people. And that is a missing link in our system."
He also called for an Ofsted system that recognises innovation, rather than an excessive focus on data. "Rebel head teachers succeed in spite of the system, not because of it," he says.
Mr Cridland also wants more engagement from business in education.
The lack of good quality careers education remains a major problem, he says, and he argues that businesses should play a bigger part in making links between school and employment.
"Schools shouldn't be places where businesspeople drop their kids at the beginning of the day like they drop off their dry-cleaning," he says.
The Department for Education said: "A rigorous academic curriculum until age 16 is the best way to ensure that every child succeeds, regardless of their background, and allows us to be ambitious for everyone, to keep options open and horizons broad."
A department spokeswoman said A-levels had been reformed "to ensure they are equipping young people with the skills and knowledge for higher education and the world of work".
A list of requirements issued by the health ministry also tells elderly people or those with chronic diseases to postpone their pilgrimage.
Thirty-eight people have died from the virus in Saudi Arabia.
Millions of Muslims from around the world are expected to take part in the Hajj this October.
Once a year, pilgrims make the journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia and pray together before the Kaaba.
Muslims also travel to the site at other times, as well as visiting the Masjid Al-Nabawi, or Mosque of the Prophet, in Medina.
Health officials urged people taking part to maintain personal hygiene standards, use a tissue when sneezing and coughing, and have the necessary vaccinations.
The MERS (Middle East respiratory-syndrome) coronavirus emerged in the Arabian peninsula in September 2012 and is part of a large family of viruses, which includes the common cold and Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
The World Health Organization has so far confirmed of a total of 80 cases of infection, including 44 deaths worldwide.
Saudi Arabia introduced requirements for polio immunisation certificates in 2006 after fears of a resurgence of the virus.
The 28-year-old is recovering in hospital following the incident on Ladysmith Road on 23 September, Avon and Somerset Police said.
Berlina Wallace, 46, of Redland, has been charged with offences relating to the throwing of a corrosive fluid.
She appeared before magistrates on Thursday and was remanded to appear at Bristol Crown Court on 22 October.
A man in his 90s and a woman in her 80s died following a blaze on Gannock Park West, Deganwy, Conwy, at about 07:40 BST on Tuesday.
They were brought out of the house but died afterwards. Another woman managed to escape before firefighters arrived.
Stuart Millington, senior fire safety officer, said the house did not have smoke alarms.
"They could have saved their lives," he added.
The fire caused "severe fire damage to the room of origin and significant smoke damage to the remainder of the first floor", said Mr Millington.
Insp Kelly Isaacs of North Wales Police said: "Despite their [emergency services'] rapid deployment, they were sadly unable to prevent the deaths of the two elderly occupants."
Mr Millington added: "This fire highlights the danger of electrical fires and their potentially tragic consequences - they can strike anytime, anywhere.
"It is important to be as prepared as possible in the event of a fire, by ensuring that working smoke alarms are fitted in your home."
Gunners and England forward Walcott now has five goals in eight games, taking advantage of a heavy Jordi Amat touch for his first and a poor Jack Cork header for his second.
The Swans looked dejected after the quick-fire double, though Gylfi Sigurdsson pounced on a Granit Xhaka error to curl in and give them hope before the break.
Mesut Ozil volleyed an Alexis Sanchez cross into the top corner to restore a two-goal lead for the hosts, but substitute Borja tapped in from the impressive Modou Barrow's cross to set up a tense finale.
Arsenal saw Xhaka sent off for a petulant trip with 20 minutes left and dug in to earn a win which moves them level on points with league leaders Manchester City.
Defeat leaves Swansea in the bottom three, winless since the opening day and they have now equalled their worst start to a league season. But it would be wrong to be overly negative about this display.
They were competitive early on but two defensive lapses left them facing a deficit they almost clawed back.
Walcott was on hand from close range to punish them and he has now scored as many goals in eight outings as he did in all 28 of his Premier League appearances last season.
The 27-year-old has only ever reached double figures once in a league season, scoring 14 times in the 2012-13 campaign.
But he seemed hungry in front of goal, with six shots - a game high - and showed instinct to sense Amat would have difficulty dealing with a bouncing ball, allowing him to prod the opener.
Walcott's approach play was also sharp - completing 92% of his passes - and he worked hard too, with only Santi Cazorla and Hector Bellerin covering more ground for Arsene Wenger's side.
Late on he missed two one-on-one chances for his hat-trick, the first of which saw him strike the post and watch as the ball rolled agonisingly back across the goalline.
Walcott's late misses were among 16 Arsenal shots - but Swansea managed 13 themselves.
In their previous away fixture against Southampton in September, they managed just six, so there was an undoubted intent on show in Bradley's first game.
The Premier League's first American manager has talked of a "fresh start" for everyone at the club.
Barrow, who has been out on loan twice since joining in 2014, clearly sought to impress as he constantly outwitted Nacho Monreal to deliver crosses, most notably when picking out Borja who finished from 10 yards.
His energy and drive perhaps summed up Swansea's spirit. Yes, they look at risk in the bottom three - but in acting early in the campaign, the club's hierarchy have given Bradley plenty of time to right things.
He may not have been able to match former Swans managers Michael Laudrup, Garry Monk and Francesco Guidolin in winning at Emirates Stadium, but the visiting supporters should leave with optimism.
Read: 'We can be a really good team' - Bradley
Xhaka was Arsenal's main negative during what was at times a thrilling encounter. His error for Sigurdsson's excellent finish gave Swansea a footing, his late kick on Barrow almost put his side under more pressure than they could take.
Wenger said he would not appeal the dismissal but admitted it "made it difficult for us" after watching his goalkeeper Petr Cech save headers from Leroy Fer and Federico Fernandez late on.
The erratic display by his £35m signing may prompt concern, but Wenger should be pleased to see what he called "good solidarity" to hold on for the win.
The recent international break marked 20 years at the club for the Frenchman. With his contract up in the summer, how many more chances will he have to guide Arsenal to their first title since 2004?
His side have trailed for just 52 minutes in the league this season. They have been solid and when questioned by Swansea they found the grit which will undoubtedly be needed if they are to end their title wait.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "I have some mixed feelings because it looked at some points comfortable and then it never was.
"We have the same number of points as Manchester City so it's down to us to continue.
"If you look at the game the potential is very interesting but we have to be intelligent enough to improve."
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Swansea manager Bob Bradley: "That game had many different parts. We started poorly.
"Defensively the first two goals were not handled well, but we gave ourselves a real chance.
"We are confident we can turn this around. After the week of training we have just had and the mentality of the team, for me we are going to become a good team."
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Arsenal face Bulgarian side Ludogrets in the Champions League on Wednesday (19:45 BST kick-off) before hosting Middlesbrough at 15:00 next Saturday. Swansea will look to end their run of seven league games without a win when they host Watford next Saturday (15:00).
Match ends, Arsenal 3, Swansea City 2.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 3, Swansea City 2.
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain following a fast break.
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leroy Fer (Swansea City).
Offside, Arsenal. Kieran Gibbs tries a through ball, but Theo Walcott is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Theo Walcott.
Attempt saved. Federico Fernández (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Angel Rangel with a cross.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Héctor Bellerín.
Foul by Theo Walcott (Arsenal).
Jordi Amat (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Leroy Fer (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kyle Naughton with a cross.
Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dangerous play by Wayne Routledge (Swansea City).
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain following a fast break.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
Substitution, Swansea City. Angel Rangel replaces Modou Barrow because of an injury.
Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Gibbs replaces Mesut Özil.
Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Alexis Sánchez.
Offside, Arsenal. Mesut Özil tries a through ball, but Alexis Sánchez is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Modou Barrow with a cross.
Attempt missed. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nacho Monreal.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Nacho Monreal.
Attempt blocked. Kyle Naughton (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Offside, Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez tries a through ball, but Mesut Özil is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Modou Barrow (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wayne Routledge.
Offside, Swansea City. Gylfi Sigurdsson tries a through ball, but Ki Sung-yueng is caught offside.
Foul by Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal).
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Borja Bastón (Swansea City).
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City).
Offside, Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez tries a through ball, but Theo Walcott is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Swansea City. Ki Sung-yueng replaces Jack Cork.
Delay in match Modou Barrow (Swansea City) because of an injury.
Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the red card.
Foul by Granit Xhaka (Arsenal).
Modou Barrow (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The leak was discovered in Dove Gardens, in the Bogside area of the city, a few hours after an arson attack.
Fire fighters dealt with a car fire which then spread to a mid-terrace house shortly after 05:00 BST on Tuesday.
A man in his 40s has been treated for burns. It is believed he was trying to move the car when he was injured.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) is working to establish the cause of the gas leak.
"We have a leak in one of the houses here at Dove Gardens, it's coming out of a medium pressure gas mains," said NIFRS Assistant Group Commander Kevin Lynch.
"We have engineers on site and we are working along with them to try and find the leak and get it stopped.
"We have evacuated five homes in the street just as a safety precaution."
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell said it could have been a "very serious incident" had the fire spread.
"I would like to commend the quick actions of the car owner in his efforts to stop the fire from spreading further despite the dangers he faced," he said.
"It must have been a very frightening experience."
Police, who also attended the scene, told the BBC that their enquiries were ongoing.
The Popular Mobilisation (Hashd al-Shaabi) declared it had taken control of the road between Tal Afar and Sinjar after linking up with Kurdish forces.
IS militants still control the section of the road between Tal Afar and Mosul.
Meanwhile, an air strike reportedly hit another bridge in Mosul, as troops advanced further into eastern areas.
There is now only one functioning bridge left spanning the River Tigris, which flows through the city.
About 50,000 Iraqi security forces personnel, Kurdish fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen are involved in the five-week-old offensive to drive IS militants out of their last major urban stronghold in the country.
The Popular Mobilisation, which is dominated by Iranian-backed Shia militias, said it had cut the road between the IS-held town of Tal Afar, 50km (31 miles) from Mosul, and Kurdish-controlled town of Sinjar, 45km (28 miles) further west, on Wednesday afternoon.
A Kurdish security official told the AFP news agency that PM fighters had linked up with other anti-IS forces, including members of the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in three villages in the area.
A prominent PM leader, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, suggested it would now focus on severing the route between Mosul and Tal Afar.
But the PM has been warned by the Turkish government not to attempt to storm the predominantly Sunni Turkmen town, from which thousands of civilians have reportedly been leaving.
Tal Afar official Nuraldin Qablan told Reuters that about 3,000 families had fled the town, with half of them heading south-west towards Syria, and the other half towards Kurdish-held territory in the north.
"We ask Kurdish authorities to open a safe passage for them," he said.
Shia militias have been accused of committing serious violations, including abducting and killing Sunni civilians, during previous operations against IS.
Also on Wednesday, troops continued to advance further into eastern Mosul, where they have faced fierce resistance from the 5,000 to 6,000 militants estimated to be dug in inside the city.
Earlier, the US-led multinational coalition supporting the offensive bombed another of the bridges over the River Tigris that link eastern and western Mosul.
An Iraqi military commander told the Associated Press that the strike on the so-called Third Bridge had taken place before dawn, while a report by IS's self-styled news agency, Amaq, reported that it had been "put out of service".
There were five functioning bridges over the Tigris in Mosul shortly before pro-government forces launched a major offensive to retake the city on 17 October.
A month ago, a US air strike destroyed the Second Bridge, in the city centre. Two weeks later, another strike took out the Fifth Bridge, to the north. On Monday, Amaq reported that the Fourth Bridge, the southernmost, had been damaged.
"This effort impedes Daesh's freedom of movement in Mosul," coalition spokesman Col John Dorrian told Reuters news agency on Tuesday, using a pejorative term for IS based on the acronym of its previous name in Arabic.
"It inhibits their ability to resupply or reinforce their fighters throughout the city."
However, the UN's International Organisation for Migration warned that the destruction of the bridges could hamper the evacuation of the estimated 1.5 million civilians inside Mosul.
The UN says 68,000 people have been displaced in the past five weeks, with 59,000 coming from districts surrounding Mosul and the rest from inside the city.
He is remembered for his dazzling skill on the pitch and for his champagne lifestyle away from it.
Best once said: "I was the one who took football off the back pages and put it on to page one."
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Speaking in Glasgow, Ms Sturgeon said she was "more convinced than ever" that Scotland would one day be independent.
But she also expressed her willingness to work with the Smith commission to boost Holyrood's powers.
Mr Salmond announced he was stepping down in the wake of Scots rejecting independence in last Thursday's referendum.
Ms Sturgeon, who is currently the SNP's deputy leader and Scotland's deputy first minister, said the country could only become independent if the electorate backed the move in a referendum.
But she did not rule out the possibility of the SNP including a commitment to hold a second referendum in a future election manifesto.
Confirming her leadership bid, she said: "To be the first minister of my country, especially at this exciting and optimistic time, would be both a great honour - without doubt, the greatest honour - and an immense responsibility.
"I am putting myself forward for two simple reasons: I want to serve my party and my country. And I believe I am the best person for the job.
"I also hope that my candidacy, should it succeed, will send a strong message to every girl and young woman in Scotland - no matter your background or what you want to achieve in life, in Scotland in 2014 there is no glass ceiling on ambition."
Analysis: Brian Taylor, BBC Scotland political editor
Nicola Sturgeon will face many challenges ahead - on the realistic presumption that she is elected SNP leader and thus first minister.
Not, incidentally, that she was making any such presumption today: her linguistic tense was uniformly conditional.
To add to those structural challenges, a transient one. Ms Sturgeon's voice was discernibly struggling after the rigours of the referendum.
Facing a comparable challenge, I tendered a comradely throat pastille. (For the avoidance of any doubt, I would do likewise for any other politician from any other party. Laryngitis knows no boundaries.)
But, if her voice was slightly (and only slightly) below par, her meaning on a range of issues was clear and sharp: in her speech, in responding to media questions and in subsequent interviews.
Paying tribute to Mr Salmond, whom she regards as her mentor, Ms Sturgeon said: "Alex Salmond transformed the SNP and as first minister he has made Scotland a better place. He also helped to make me the person and politician I am today."
But she also stressed her intention to chart her own course as leader, and said that a "different approach" was required after the referendum.
She said: "His are big boots to fill, but if given the opportunity to lead, I will wear my own shoes - and they will certainly have higher heels. I will be my own person and set my own course.
"We would not have come so far as a nation without Alex's vision, tenacity and statesmanship.
"But the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow require a different approach. They will demand the ability, not just to argue a case with determination and conviction, but also to reach out, to work with others and seek common cause on the issues that unite us."
She pledged to hold the UK parties to account on their "vow" of delivering more powers to Scotland's devolved parliament, and pledged that the SNP would be an active participant in the process rather than "sitting on the sidelines".
But she said the "days of backroom deals" were over, and the Scottish Parliament and Scottish people must be listened to and respected, rather than a deal being left to the "Westminster establishment" to sign off.
Any party member wishing to stand against MS Sturgeon has three weeks - until 16:00 on 15 October - to declare. A valid nomination needs to be endorsed by 100 party members from at least 20 local branches.
The contest will be decided by a ballot of all party members, with papers to be sent out on 22 October. They will need to be returned by 12 November.
The result will be announced at the SNP conference in Perth at midday on Thursday 13 November.
The deputy leadership race, the probable outcome of which is much less clear, will run to the same timetable. Ms Sturgeon has not endorsed any candidate as a running mate.
The 26,000 new members the SNP has recruited since the independence referendum will be entitled to vote, as long as they signed up before Wednesday.
Ms Sturgeon's appointment as Scotland's first minister would need to be approved by a vote of parliament, but would be ensured by the SNP's parliamentary majority.
Ms Sturgeon, who would become Scotland's first female first minister and her party's first female leader, called for the Scottish Parliament to be given control over its own elections, which would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to take part in future ballots.
And she said any new devolution settlement must "deliver new powers for Scotland capable of making a real difference to people's lives".
"We must seize the opportunity to design a comprehensive and coherent package that will allow us to create jobs, ensure proper fiscal accountability, protect our public services, deliver fair social security and tackle the inequality that scars our nation," she added.
Ms Sturgeon said: "Through Gordon Brown - speaking we were told with the authority of each of the parties in the Better Together campaign - the promise was clear and unmistakable. This package would be 'home rule' and 'something near to federalism'.
"Well let me say this to Westminster on behalf of Scotland - it had better be."
But she conceded that the "Yes" campaign had lost the referendum, and that independence could only be achieved at the ballot box.
She said: "I believe as strongly today as I did last week that independence is the best future for Scotland. And I am more convinced than ever that we will become an independent country. But that will happen only when the people of Scotland choose that course in the polling booth.
"I accept that last week the majority did not choose that future at this time. 1.6 million people is a remarkable number - but it wasn't enough.
"So my task will be to lead Scotland into an exciting new chapter in our national story. To unite our nation around a common purpose so that we can write that story together - and do so in a way that lives up to the hopes, aspirations and expectations of a country that is, on both sides, engaged, inspired and empowered by the referendum experience."
On the possibility of another referendum, Ms Sturgeon said "opinion and demand" would dictate future decisions, but added: "If there is a commitment to a referendum in a manifesto of the SNP at an election and we win that election then that is a mandate for a referendum."
Almost every member of the Scottish cabinet has publicly backed Ms Sturgeon, who will campaign under the banner: "Moving Scotland forward".
Meanwhile, the SNP now claims to be the third largest party in the UK, after the party said its membership stood at more than 50,000, which it said overtook the figure for the Liberal Democrats UK-wide, reported to be 43,451.
Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller scored twice for Joachim Low's side with Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos also on the score sheet.
Muller's club team-mate Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as Poland beat Denmark 3-2 in Group E.
Former Manchester City men Stevan Jovetic and Stefan Savic both netted as Montenegro thrashed Kazakhstan 5-0.
Romania won at Armenia by the same scoreline in the same group, after the hosts were reduced to 10 men through Gor Malakyan's third minute red card.
A surprise scoreline in Group C saw Azerbaijan beat Norway 1-0, with defender Maksim Medvedev the match winner. The result means the Azeris have a 100% record after two games.
Slovenia edged past Slovakia 1-0 to maintain their unbeaten record ahead of their game against England on Tuesday.
Smart motorways operate variable speed limits and can open the hard shoulder to traffic to reduce congestion.
Police chiefs said the new road rules were confusing motorists and more awareness was needed.
Figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 live suggest an 18% rise in the number of people caught using the hard shoulder illegally between 2014-15 and 2015-16.
In the last financial year there were 1,014 tickets issued by the 38 forces that responded to a freedom of information request, compared with 859 for the previous year.
Among the excuses given were drivers who claimed they were half on the hard shoulder and half in the first lane because it was the fastest route between two places.
Another said they were driving on the hard shoulder because they were looking for signage to their destination.
Take our quiz: Are you smarter than a motorway?
The National Police Chiefs' Council said it wanted to create more awareness of the road rules and improve compliance with them.
The details are still to be confirmed, but ideas being discussed include courses for people who break the variable speed limit, use lanes closed with a red X or use the hard shoulder when it has been closed.
There are currently more than 200 miles of such motorway in England and Wales with another 200 miles either planned or under construction.
Current smart motorways include sections of the M25, M6, M4 and M1.
Suzette Davenport from the NPCC said the scheme would help motorists who are confused about when to use the hard shoulder as an extra lane.
"I genuinely don't know that people understand when it is OK," she said. "Absolutely there are people who will now use the hard shoulder if there is a queue of traffic so they get off more quickly because they don't want to sit in a queue.
"I'm not sure that would have happened say 15 years ago."
She says a motorway course would bring it in line with other parts of the road network.
"We don't have national driver offender retraining courses for the motorways. So if you get caught on the motorway you are going to get a ticket.
"Whereas we have about one million people a year on other road networks who are being caught driving and are going on national offender retraining. So we've been talking to Highways England about developing a course."
She added: "The courses are based on academic rigour and research to make sure we are looking at the right attitudinal things so we are hopefully affecting people's behaviour not just as they walk out of the classroom, but for some time to come."
The government is currently consulting on plans to allow learner drivers on to the motorway in dual control vehicles under the supervision of an instructor.
But the RAC wants motorways - and the rules surrounding smart motorways - included in the driving test.
Steve Robinson, safety adviser for the RAC, says it is certainly needed.
"There is probably a shortfall currently, where somebody passes their test today, having never set foot on the motorway and off they go tomorrow on a 70 mile per hour speed limit motorway, some of which might be dynamic or all lanes running.
"I really think education is the key really. "
Police Scotland does not currently offer driver re-education courses but says it is something the force has been considering.
Satnam Singh was found injured on Friday morning near the Sikh temple where he worked as a volunteer.
Detectives are trying to trace a dark hatchback car seen in the area.
Gurpal Singh of the National Sikh Heritage Centre said: "He could change the atmosphere just by walking into a room."
He said Mr Singh, who helped establish the Sikh heritage centre at the Sri Guru Singh Sabha temple in Derby, was always the first to arrive in the morning.
He was a devoted volunteer who was "close to the gates that day when they found him and he had his donation in his hand".
He said: "He was the first one to come to the Gudhwara (temple) every day, seven days a week, at 4.30am - every morning without fail, rain or shine, he would be there.
"He was well-loved - everyone knew him well and called him grandad or baba-ji."
Mr Singh was taken to Royal Derby Hospital where he later died.
Mr Singh's nephew, Bill Johal, said: "My uncle was a very good man. He was a caring, considerate and happy family man."
A post-mortem examination revealed he died from head and chest injuries "consistent with being hit by a vehicle", Derbyshire Police said.
Eighteen years on, Fry has been reunited with the people who made his visit possible, thanks to a BBC Northern Ireland programme.
Real Lives Reunited revisits poignant moments in local history and brings together people who shared this common bond.
In the first of six episodes, Fry speaks via videolink with some of the organisers of the West Belfast Film Festival, who gathered in the same cinema that hosted the premiere of the movie that told the story of Irish writer Oscar Wilde.
Fry tells the programme that the team behind the film decided that west Belfast was a good place for the film's debut.
"We wanted to have a UK opening that also recognised the Irishness of Oscar," he says.
"I thought that Oscar was a unifying figure enough because he could be regarded as British to some extent and he could certainly be regarded as Irish."
He adds: "I didn't realise that the festival's major film venue was right at the end of the Falls Road, in the Kennedy Centre.
"For a sad little Brit like me, the Falls Road was only ever something that you heard on the news."
Organiser Michele Devlin says that securing the film for the fledgling festival's gala opening was a big coup for them.
"At the time we only had a few thousand pounds in the bank, and everything was running on goodwill," she says.
"We had brass necks and thought 'we can do this'."
Danny Morrison of the festival says they remained nervous right up until the last minute.
"Even though an agent or the person themselves says they're coming, there is always nervousness right up until you see them in the flesh, but he was good to his word - he came, he saw, he gave his time and he conquered," he says.
Before the big event, Fry was treated to some local hospitality in a pub across the road.
"Everybody looked up from their Guinness or whatever, and then one voice said 'welcome to the belly of the pope'," he says.
"I thought, 'I know I've arrived'."
You can see what happened next on Real Lives Reunited, which is on BBC One Northern Ireland on Monday at 19:30. It is available to watch afterwards on the iPlayer.
John Coyle, 44, was caught because of a distinctive grey streak in his hair, the High Court in Glasgow heard.
Coyle held up an 18-year-old shop assistant at a Scotmid store in Glasgow's Easterhouse last October.
He was ordered to be monitored in the community for eight years after his release because of his high risk of re-offending.
The court heard how he walked into the store and asked for a packet of cigarettes. The assistant gave them to him and asked if he wanted anything else.
At this point he pulled out a large, black-handled knife and thrust it towards her stomach and shouted: "Open the till."
But he fled empty handed when the terrified 18-year-old woman screamed and shouted for her mother, who was also an employee there.
The incident was captured on the shop's CCTV.
The court heard Coyle had a "very distinctive" grey streak on his hair which could be seen on the footage.
Police later held Coyle, of Cranhill, for the raid after he was recognised by officers who viewed CCTV footage.
It emerged he had already served a number of lengthy jail terms for similar crimes and had been released on licence 11 months earlier.
He had been freed early at the time, having been jailed for almost eight years in 2009 for robbery.
Lord Burns ruled that Coyle will have to serve the unexpired four-year portion of his previous sentence before starting his new sentence.
Defence counsel Geoffrey Forbes said: "He feels shame and disgust at his conduct and would like to apologise to the shop assistant."
Earlier this week the Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL) indicated that the game would start at 17:30 GMT.
However a statement released by Portadown on Saturday night said they were "disappointed" that Crusaders have appealed to NIFL about the matter.
The Portadown Supporters' Society have plans to hold a supporters' event.
They hope to run this in conjunction with the new kick-off time and Portadown had their application for a late kick-off approved by NIFL.
"Crusaders subsequently came to Portadown requesting the kick off time be returned to 15:00 GMT as one of their players had already booked flights to leave Belfast for England that evening," read the statement released by Portadown.
"Due to the supporters' initiative, Portadown were unable to alter their plans," the statement continued.
"This appeal to the NIFL would appear to have no foundation in the rules and now puts the plans and money of Portadown's Supporters' Society at risk.
"At a time when everyone should be trying to encourage more supporters to get involved with the NIFL, we would ask Crusaders FC to withdraw their appeal as soon as possible and allow the PSS to get on with their plans for the day."
The vulnerability might leave users open to stalking, harassment or persecution, said the researchers.
By spoofing requests to the servers behind the apps, researchers were able to track people as they moved around during the day.
One app maker has fixed the loopholes in some nations but most users are still at risk, they warned.
The location-leaking vulnerabilities were found by Colby Moore and Patrick Wardle from cybersecurity firm Synack. The pair focused most of their attention on gay dating app Grindr but said other dating apps were vulnerable in the same way.
They found that they could exploit a feature of Grindr that tells users how far away they are from other people who have signed up to use the service and share where they are. The app calls on several different sources of data to provide very precise measurements of this distance.
To exploit the loophole the researchers sent several requests to servers behind Grindr, each one appearing to come from a different location. This let them get multiple estimates of a target's distance from these separate places. This made it possible to calculate a person's exact location by triangulation.
In a presentation at the Shmoocon conference, Mr Colby showed how he was able to use the loophole to map all Grindr users in San Francisco's Bay Area and those at the Sochi winter Olympics. Correlating this location data with information from social media sites would make it easy to find out someone's identity, he said.
While exploiting the loophole was not straightforward, said the researchers, there was evidence that it was being abused in Egypt to harass some dating app users.
He said Synack had told Grindr about the vulnerability which prompted the firm to update versions of its app available in nations where homosexuality is illegal or which have a history of violence against gay people.
It added that it had made it easy for people to stop sharing their location if they were worried about how it could be abused.
In a blogpost published soon after it was told about the problem, Grindr said that it had no plans to change the location finding system in nations where it was used because it was a "core function" of the service rather than a security flaw.
As a result, Mr Moore told tech news site Ars Technica, the problem still existed for Grindr users outside nations where location sharing was turned off.
"We were able to replicate this attack multiple times on willing participants without fail," he said.
He said Grindr could make it much harder to exploit the bug by checking where people were making location requests from and stopping those that were obviously spoofed. In addition, he said, the firm could make the location data less precise to help obscure people's locations.
Oman were bowled out for 133 with Khurrum Nawaz top scoring on 23 and Scotland's Safyaan Sharif taking 3-33.
The Scots reached their target with an over to spare, thanks to Matt Cross (47) and Calum MacLeod (35 not out).
Earlier, Kevin O'Brien's 40 helped Ireland beat United Arab Emirates by 24 runs to secure a last-four place.
Scotland had already been sure of their place in the semi-finals after beating Hong Kong and the Netherlands in Group B.
All three remaining games also take place in Dubai on Friday, with Group A winners Afghanistan and Oman contesting the first semi-final before Scotland and Ireland meet, and then the final.
Cooper Johnson-Hicks died from the injuries sustained in St Blazey, Cornwall on 26 June 2016.
His father, Tristan Hicks, took his own life on 23 July 2016 after being questioned by police about the death.
The inquest in Truro heard the baby was under a child protection plan.
More on baby Cooper inquest and other Cornwall stories
Mr Hicks told Devon and Cornwall Police he was holding Cooper in the crook of his right arm while carrying a bottle of milk in his left hand, the inquest heard.
He said he tripped over a Moses basket that was on the floor of the living room.
"I wasn't holding him properly. I came rushing in, tripped over and he came flying out onto the floor," he told officers.
Cooper hit his head and was initially fine but "went all weird" two or three hours afterwards, the inquest heard Mr Hicks had told police.
After attempts at resuscitation by neighbours, Cooper was taken to hospital by paramedics where he died from serious head injuries.
His grandmother, Petra Hicks, gave evidence detailing how Mr Hicks had not told anybody about the incident until they were at the Royal Cornwall Hospital several hours later.
When the coroner, Dr Emma Carlyon, asked why Mr Hicks, who had aspergers syndrome, failed to tell anyone, she said: "He was frightened. Frightened of police, social services."
The hearing heard how Cooper was under a child protection plan due to previous loud arguments that had been reported to police.
He had been staying with his grandmother in Lostwithiel overnight on 25 June.
She had returned him to Mr Hicks at about 10:00 BST the following morning, and the incident happened shortly afterwards.
His mother, Bryony Johnson, was not home at the time but returned a few minutes later.
South Western Ambulance Service told the hearing the first call for medical help was received at 13:49.
The inquest heard Cornwall Council is carrying out a review into what happened.
The inquest, which is scheduled to last for three days, continues.
The plans at Peelhouses Farm north of Lockerbie first surfaced in late 2008.
They were granted planning permission in principle in 2010 which was extended by a further three years in 2013.
Now developers have indicated they intend to seek more time for work to start and also look at carrying it out on a phased basis.
The scheme first emerged about seven-and-a-half years ago with the promise of an £800m investment and the creation of thousands of jobs.
It pledged to turn the site into an "international hub for the internet age".
Initially the scheme also included a major housing development but those proposals were subsequently dropped.
The latest plans include a data centre, technology park, horticultural research facility and visitor centre.
Consultants WYG have contacted Dumfries and Galloway Council on behalf of planning firm Blackmores to discuss extending the time limit on permission for the scheme which would currently run out later this year.
But the setting is not actually Nepal, it is in fact Egypt.
The BBC's own team of verifiers noticed the footage doing the rounds on social media at the time of the April quake, but quickly spotted the signs that identified the scene as Egyptian.
It's not the only misidentified imagery to be picked up at the time.
Facebook's year in review uses a mix of video and still pictures to give viewers a visual tour of the big stories of 2015.
The clips include the Pluto flyby, the migration crisis, the shootings in Paris, sporting successes and stories that were big on social media.
But a few seconds of video highlighting the devastating earthquake that killed 9,000 people and devastated many communities in Nepal is not all that it might appear.
Omayma el Zulafi, a journalist with the BBC's User Generated Content (UGC) verification hub, spotted the video around the time of the quake and quickly noticed it could not be from Nepal.
"There's a shot [in the full version] showing an Arabic sign and you can see an Egyptian policeman. If you listen carefully you can hear an Egyptian Arabic accent," she said.
The BBC's UGC team says the incident highlights the importance of close verification of images.
It was not the only fake image to appear at the time purporting to be of the earthquake.
A video of waves in a hotel swimming pool also got a lot of attention, but was in fact from Mexico, as BBC Trending found out.
And a widely-shared image of a little boy comforting his sister was also debunked as it emerged the photograph was taken in Vietnam in 2007.
The BBC has informed Facebook about the footage in its year in review video and they say they are looking into it.
It wants Welsh medium education to be centralised at Builth Wells High School instead but the plan has been strongly opposed by parents worried that pupils face a 40-mile (64km) round trip.
The council said pupil numbers had decreased to such a low level that the Welsh medium stream was not viable.
A total of 19 children are currently educated in the Welsh medium stream.
That is down from 67 in 2010-11.
The cabinet voted 5-2 in favour of the recommendation.
But the decision has been met with strong opposition from Brecon High parents and supporters of Welsh medium education.
Sian Drinan, whose son Berwyn is a pupil at the school, said expecting children to travel 20 miles (32km) each way to access Welsh medium education was "unacceptable".
Lisa Jones, whose three children have gone through the Welsh stream, said it was a very sad day.
"Until very recently children have been getting eight GCSEs through the medium of Welsh and I know of five pupils who have gone to Oxford, including my daughter," she said.
Rhian Young added: "The number of children who are going to leave the Welsh language, it's such a great shame, when it was starting to be a big thing here in Brecon."
But Councillor Arwel Jones, cabinet member for education, said increasing the provision for the Welsh language at Builth Wells would attract more pupils.
"If the quality of education is there, pupils will travel," he said.
ANALYSIS from Colette Hume, BBC Wales education correspondent
This is a mirror image of what we have seen recently at Llangennech in Carmarthenshire, where there is a campaign centred around closing the English medium stream and making the school entirely taught through the medium of Welsh.
In both cases there are strong protest groups keen to make their voices heard.
In January, Carmarthenshire county council voted in favour of making Ysgol Llangennech Welsh medium from September, removing the English stream. A bitter debate took place at County Hall with 38 councillors voting in favour of the plan and 20 against.
Carmarthenshire council says it wants to extend Welsh medium provision in schools partly in response to census figures which show a fall in the number of Welsh speakers in the county.
Parents in Brecon had vowed to continue their fight for Welsh medium secondary education in Brecon even if the cabinet vote went against them.
They warn the future of Welsh in the town could be under threat if children there are not able to continue learning in Welsh at secondary level locally.
They say they have been fighting for two years and are prepared to take their battle for what they say is their right to the courts.
The parents have not ruled out standing in the forthcoming council elections on the single issue of the Welsh-medium steam issue.
This is a battle set to continue.
David Grieve, who set up Over-Count 21 years ago after beating his own addition to cough medicine, has provided help to about 55,000 clients.
Speaking on Radio 4 documentary Painful Medicine, he said availability of online pharmacies was a major concern.
He said about one third of his clients had used the internet to buy medicines.
"In the last couple of years about 30% to 35% of our clients who have had purchases refused by local chemists have then gone on to the internet and purchased two or three packets per individual site," he said.
"The best thing of all, as clients tell us, is there are no questions asked - it is very worrying.
"Any restrictions, they are very basic and they can be very easily overcome.
"The rules for obtaining over-the-counter and also some prescription medicines on overseas sites are a complete free-for-all."
The programme Painful Medicine is available to listen to online and will be broadcast again on Radio 4 at 17:00 on Sunday.
1 March 2017 Last updated at 07:21 GMT
Northern Ireland is part of the UK, but it also has its own government which looks after things like schools and hospitals.
In the past, Northern Ireland was a place where there was lots of conflict and fighting but for nearly 20 years it has been much more peaceful.
In this report, two children from Belfast, Ryan and Kirsty, tell Newsround that they feel that it is important for their futures that the politicians in Northern Ireland work together for peace.
Sources close to the family said Michael Sandford, 21, of Surrey, landed at Heathrow Airport earlier, nearly five months into a year-long sentence.
He was arrested at an event in Las Vegas in the run-up to the US election.
Sandford, from Dorking, who has autism, admitted last year to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.
He also admitted disrupting an official function.
He suffers from a number of mental health problems and was diagnosed as having had a psychotic episode at the time of the incident, in June.
Sandford was released less than half-way through the sentence, despite fears Mr Trump might seek to intervene and keep him in jail for longer, or block his return to the UK.
His mother said he had been frequently put on suicide watch in prison and claimed Trump-supporting guards and inmates had been making his life a misery.
The Loreburn bridge which spans the River Nith from the Greensands to Sandside has been shut for maintenance.
It is set to remain closed until late September.
Sally Hinchcliffe, of Cycling Dumfries, said a closure notice had been posted online but there had been nothing signposted at the bridge itself.
"We are really disappointed - it is really difficult for us," she said.
"We run summer rides using that bridge and we wouldn't start at Dock Park if we had known about it.
"We would have started at a different place because every single ride goes over that bridge at the moment."
She said the move had "severed" the cycling network in the town and said there should have been notification at the site some time ahead of the works.
"It is closed right through the summer which is peak cycling season," she said.
Dumfries and Galloway Council said that whenever there was work carried out there was "always regretfully a certain amount of inconvenience".
It said it would have been "unacceptable and irresponsible" not to carry out work required work on the bridge.
"Unfortunately, the original notification signs that were placed on the actual bridge were removed by persons unknown which is very disappointing," the council said.
"However, new notices have been placed around the bridge.
"There is a clear alternative route and new diversion signs are being made and are being placed around the diversion route."
South Africans have turned out in their thousands to rally against the violence and the attacks have been condemned at all levels.
But there is a growing of number people who want the spotlight to be on concerns about immigration and the pressure it puts on some groups here.
Some say these concerns should be taken seriously, rather than dismissed as mindless thuggery.
And South Africa is not the only country where migration has become a sensitive issue.
We see it in Italy as boats packed with migrants arrive daily on their shores.
In the US, migration from Latin America has been at the centre of some of the most acrimonious debates between President Barack Obama and Congress.
While in the United Kingdom, immigration has been a hot topic in the election campaign. And in France the right-wing National Front is getting a lot of support based on its anti-immigration stance.
The only curious question is why there has not been the emergence of an anti-immigration party here.
Perhaps it is because South Africans are still preoccupied by uniting a divided country than to systematically unite against others?
What attracts fellow Africans here is not the infrastructure created by apartheid South Africa, but the post-apartheid economic policy that has increased the size of the economy.
It is also a vote for political freedoms protected by one of the most liberal constitutions in the world.
South Africa is home to millions of migrants, some estimates put the figure at more than four million.
With the best of intentions, South Africa's sophisticated but sluggish economy finds it hard to cope with the huge numbers of economic migrants alongside its own struggling population.
Black South Africans feel that they got a raw deal twice over.
First, they fought for equal pay with their white counterparts. Apartheid ended and, just as they were about to earn the same salary for the same job, then came their distant cousins who readily accepted lower wages which undercut them.
According to a study by Africa Check "international migrants in South Africa are more likely to take jobs that locals are not willing to take or find work in the informal sector".
City Press Newspaper editor-at-large Mondli Makhanya is a staunch critic of the government but told the BBC that "the events have been used by other countries around the continent to beat up South Africa".
"Even President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe believes he has moral high ground. He is responsible for sending many of his citizens here."
Mr Makhanya added that "immigration is not just a South African issue. It's a global problem".
Addressing Freedom Day celebrations on 27 April, and while condemning the violent attacks on foreigners, President Jacob Zuma said: "We cannot shy away from discussing the reasons that forced migrants to flee to South Africa. All of us need to handle our citizens with care."
Immigration needs to be addressed urgently and not just by South Africans.
The Journey will tell the story of the former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader's unlikely friendship with Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness.
The film is being written by the County Down-born novelist and screenwriter Colin Bateman.
Filming is expected to start in Northern Ireland in late September.
The plot of the film centres on a journey Mr Paisley and Mr McGuinness take together that leads them to forge a friendship.
There had previously been speculation that Liam Neeson and Sir Kenneth Branagh were being lined up to play the former first minister and current deputy first minister of Northern Ireland.
Instead, Timothy Spall - whose films include Mr Turner, The King's Speech, Sweeney Todd, The Damned United and a number of the Harry Potter series - is being tipped for one of the lead roles.
According to sources close to the production, Spall is understood to be in "advanced talks" with the film-makers.
No-one has yet been cast as Martin McGuinness, but a decision on that is expected within the next few weeks.
Film critic Brian Henry Martin said that although the film is about two politicians from Northern Ireland, it would have international appeal.
"I think this can work as a drama if it goes behind the scenes, if it tells us something new," he said.
"Our cinemas are full of comic books and fantasy, so why not reality, and why not our story which is a positive one."
The producers and director of The Journey are Mark Huffam, Piers Tempest and Nick Hamm.
They were the team behind the 2011 film Killing Bono, which was also filmed in Northern Ireland.
Billed as a "growth vision", it aims to create at least 120,000 jobs by 2035.
The document, also supported by business leaders and colleges, aims to boost the value of the local economy from £12.8bn in 2015 to £20bn by 2035.
The plans are in line with those for a Northern Powerhouse in England.
Those proposals, from the UK government, involve creating directly-elected mayors.
The north Wales plans were backed by the region's six council leaders and chief executives over the summer.
Prepared by the umbrella body the North Wales Economic Ambition Board, the report describes the area as being "well placed" to acquire powers from UK and Welsh ministers.
After formal approval by council cabinets, negotiations will begin with the UK and Welsh governments for new responsibilities and extra funding, including a possible "Growth Deal" for north Wales.
Boosting the energy and manufacturing sectors are at the heart of the proposals, with a planned new nuclear power station at Wylfa, on Anglesey, being central.
In a report for senior councillors, Gwynedd's cabinet member for the economy Mandy Williams-Davies said: "If funding is secured to deliver the action plan of projects, the region will experience sustainable economic growth and the value of the north Wales economy from £12.8bn in 2015 to £20bn by 2035.
"Such growth rate will generate at least an additional 120,000 new employment opportunities."
Council leaders hope to secure a deal similar to the £1.2bn Cardiff Capital Region agreement approved in March.
In Belfast on Thursday, the appeal court upheld the 2009 ruling against McKevitt and Liam Campbell.
The judge upheld the appeals of Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly. Mr Murphy faces a civil retrial.
In 2009, a judge found the four men liable, awarding 12 relatives a total of £1.6m damages.
Twenty-nine people and unborn twins died in the bomb.
Lawyers for the families had also appealed against the compensation awarded. They said it should have been more because of the scale of the outrage.
In court on Thursday, the 12 relatives who took the 2009 case, were told that the £1.6m figure awarded to them would not be increased.
Lord Justice Malachy Higgins directed a retrial of the claims against Murphy and will hear arguments on a retrial of Daly.
He questioned evidence surrounding emails from a US undercover agent while overturning the judgment on Murphy.
"The paucity of the email evidence, the lack of consistency in the emails or at least ambiguity, the possibility of initials referring to someone other than Murphy and the fact that they refer on occasions to double hearsay considerably weakened the emails as evidence," he said.
"The judge's conclusion that it was cogent evidence is not sustainable."
On Daly, he said the appeal judges were not convinced that the trial judge would inevitably have reached the same conclusion about liability if a misdirection had not been heard.
"Accordingly, his appeal will be allowed."
No-one has ever been convicted in a criminal court of causing the deaths of the Omagh victims.
The only man to face criminal charges over the Omagh killings, Sean Hoey from Jonesborough in south Armagh, was acquitted in 2007.
None of the men being sued has the capacity to pay out any kind of large-scale payment.
From the start, the families made clear the civil action was a vehicle for putting as much information as possible into the public domain about the bombing and the men they claim were involved.
In his ruling in 2009, Mr Justice Morgan also found the dissident republican organisation the Real IRA liable for the bomb.
He said it was clear that the bombers' primary objective was to ensure that the bomb exploded without detection, and the safety of those members of the public in Omagh town centre was at best a secondary consideration.
He said he was "satisfied that those involved in the planning, preparation, planting and detonation of the bomb recognised the likelihood of serious injury or death from its detonation but decided to take that risk".
Michael Gallagher, whose son Aidan was killed in the Omagh bombing, said: "We are disappointed, we have to accept the ruling of the court, which we do, but we are disappointed.
"It has been a long struggle for the families, almost 10 years, it looks like this work will continue for a number of years forward.
"It is not something that we look forward to, but if we feel it is the right thing to do we will continue to do that."
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Anglesey council voted through a 25% rise with Pembrokeshire introducing a 50% increase on Thursday.
Other local authorities in Wales are considering similar premiums under new powers introduced by the Welsh Government.
The increases will come into effect in April, 2017.
In Pembrokeshire, at least half of the revenue raised from the move will be spent on affordable housing. The remaining 50% will be spent on local services.
An amendment to introduce a 100% premium was defeated.
Earlier, Anglesey council said there were 2,311 second homes on the island and 784 long-term empty properties.
In a statement issued before the vote, the authority said a 25% premium was a "sensible starting-point", although the changes mean charges could be doubled in future.
It said the main driver was to bring empty properties back into use to help young people on to the property ladder rather than "creating additional income" and potentially affecting Anglesey's tourism industry.
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The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has rejected cabazitaxel chemotherapy for routine use by the NHS.
It has been approved for use in England and Wales by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Prostate Cancer UK said the decision was "baffling".
SMC chairman Prof Jonathan Fox said: "Unfortunately, the committee was not able to recommend cabazitaxel for prostate cancer as the overall health benefits offered by the medicine did not justify its cost.
"Discussions around next steps have been held between SMC and the company, and we would welcome a resubmission reflecting the points raised in our assessment."
Prostate cancer can affect one in 11 men in Scotland, making it the most common cancer for males.
Nearly 11,000 men across the UK die from the disease each year.
Heather Blake, of Prostate Cancer UK, said that for some people who have prostate cancer cabazitaxel chemotherapy was "the only remaining treatment choice after other treatments have stopped working".
She added: "Today's decision robs these men in Scotland of precious extra time with loved ones while men in a similar situation in England and Wales are given access.
"This is grossly unfair and baffling given that the information presented at both appraisals was the same.
"We therefore urge the SMC and the manufacturer to do everything in their power to get this treatment approved."
Rob Jones, professor of clinical cancer research at the Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, said: "Despite recent advances in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, clinical trials conducted in Glasgow and elsewhere have demonstrated that cabazitaxel is a life-prolonging treatment for some patients."
While the SMC rejected cabazitaxel, it approved new treatments for advanced Parkinson's disease, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and severe asthma, among others.
Katherine Crawford, of the charity Parkinson's UK, said she was "delighted" the SMC had given the go-ahead for co-careldopa - which is also known as Duodopa - to be used by the NHS.
She added: "Parkinson's specialists will now be able to prescribe Duodopa without having to apply to their NHS board each time. This means fewer delays and less potential for a postcode lottery.
"Duodopa can enable people with advanced Parkinson's to live independently, to socialise and take part in activities they enjoy again."
The Commons approved plans to lower the earnings level above which tax credits are withdrawn from £6,420 to £3,850 and speed up the rate at which the benefit is lost as pay rises by 35 votes.
Ministers say the move, estimated to save £4.4bn, is part of wider plans to raise pay and incentivise work.
But Labour say it is an "ideological attack" on working families.
The curbs on tax credits were announced in Chancellor George Osborne's post-election Budget in June.
During a 90-minute debate in the Commons, the opposition claimed three million families face losing an average of £1,000 a year from next April.
But ministers said the tax credit system had, for too long, been used to subsidise low pay and the changes would bring total expenditure on tax credits back down to more sustainable levels seen in 2007-8.
MPs backed a motion enacting the changes by 325 votes to 290 although two Conservatives - David Davis and Stephen McPartland - voted against the government while another, Andrew Percy, abstained.
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"For too long in this country, low pay has been addressed not by genuine reform and driving productivity but by subsidising the tax credit system," he said.
"The changes introduced in this order will build on the last parliament's reforms and return real-terms tax credit spending to the level it was in 2007-08 - a decade into the tenure of the government of the Labour Party."
But Labour's Seema Malhotra said the changes were being "sneaked through the back door" and the measures designed to offset them would not provide adequate compensation.
"This is a political decision made by the chancellor that is set to see over three million families lose an average of £1,000 a year," the shadow Treasury minister said. "It is ideologically driven, it is cynical and it will directly increase levels of poverty in Britain."
"It is part of an ongoing attack on the incomes of some of the most hard working families in our constituencies - those very strivers the chancellor purported to support."
The SNP insisted families will have to make difficult choices about food and heating their home if they lose £100 a month, while the Lib Dems said their eight MPs had opposed the curbs on tax credits, saying they "hit low income working people who are doing the right thing".
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You can see highlights of Manchester City v Tottenham on Match of the Day at 22:30 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
Spurs face another big test at Manchester City on Saturday but they will be full of confidence after putting in one of their best performances of this campaign when City came to White Hart Lane at the start of October.
Back then, City had a 100% record in the league under Pep Guardiola but I still thought Spurs would beat them, and make a statement of intent. They did.
I also said then that I thought Mauricio Pochettino's side would go the distance in the title race this time, and part of the reason I felt that was because the experience of being in one, and losing it, builds strength of character.
Their younger players like Dele Alli and Harry Kane have developed in other ways too. They have both taken a step up, in fact the whole team has.
Spurs have had some criticism over some of their summer signings, but you do not need to go and buy lots of players when the ones you have already got are dramatically improving year on year.
I still think their squad is stronger now, though, especially in the central midfield which is key.
Last season, when Eric Dier and Mousa Dembele played together there, Spurs looked solid - they only lost one out of 26 league games with them both in the team.
In the games I saw, it was not the same whenever Pochettino switched things round in that department. The tempo dropped and it seemed some of the team's belief disappeared too. They lost five of the 12 league games they played without at least one of them.
So the addition of Victor Wanyama, who joined from Southampton for £11m in the summer, was massive.
Having Wanyama there means Pochettino can play Dier at centre-half without losing anything in the middle of the park.
Far from it, in fact, because Wanyama and Dembele have formed the most powerful central midfield partnership in the Premier League.
The other reason I think Spurs have progressed is their manager. Pochettino has gone up a level too.
Antonio Conte has rightly been given a lot of praise for his results in his first season at Chelsea after switching formation in September to play with three at the back.
But he has used that system throughout the majority of his coaching career, and he knows how it works.
It would have been more of a surprise if Conte had come to England and played with a 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1 and cracked the Premier League that way.
Nobody expected Pochettino to play with three centre-halves - before the start of this season he had only done it on one occasion since he arrived in English football with Southampton in January 2013.
But he has now used it five times since the start of November, starting with the derby against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium, when Spurs were struggling in the Champions League and missing several key players.
Everyone said it was a good time to play them, but Pochettino switched things round, got an unbelievable point and almost won the game right at the end.
Since then, Pochettino seems to be able to switch between a four and a three whenever he likes and be as successful. That has allowed him to adapt his side as the season goes along, reacting to where they were struggling.
The loss of Jan Vertonghen for a few weeks with an ankle injury is big because of the stability he brings to the team, but I am sure Kevin Wimmer will slot in pretty smoothly if they continue with a three.
Pochettino's sides are always solid at the back but a few weeks ago he felt as if he wasn't getting as much out of his attacking players as he could, and that is not the case now with that formation.
While Tottenham don't have the strongest squad in the Premier League, I can understand why some people think they have got the best team.
When everyone is fit, they do not have a weak link in their strongest XI - everyone fits perfectly together into their style of play.
Spurs clearly have some outstanding individuals too of course. Hugo Lloris is arguably the best goalkeeper in the top flight - I don't think you can split him, Thibaut Courtois or David de Gea.
For me, Danny Rose and Kyle Walker are by far the best full-backs in the league and I said last season that I saw Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld as the two best centre-halves.
They are definitely the best defensive pairing in the Premier League anyway, but I am still confident Spurs will be able to cope while Vertonghen is injured.
As I have already said the midfield unit is extremely strong, and you could make a great case for Harry Kane being the best striker too.
Kane won the golden boot last season and is on fire at the moment too, but if I were to dissect every single position then there would be players from other clubs that, on paper, are better than what Spurs have got.
Having them instead might weaken Tottenham as a team, though. For example I would have Eden Hazard ahead of Christian Eriksen but without Eriksen you might lose some of the things that make the whole team tick.
Eriksen does not give you everything that Hazard would but he and Dele Alli have just started to get their almost telepathic understanding with Harry Kane going again.
The way those three link up is a good example of why Spurs are doing so well, and all over the pitch they have units or partnerships that have the same sort of understanding.
The biggest contrast between City and Tottenham at the moment is at the back. I think that is because unlike Pochettino, City boss Pep Guardiola does not have the players to play the way he wants to.
Guardiola has also tried playing with three centre-halves but it did not work because he used Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane as his wing-backs when they do not suit that role.
In the centre of defence, City have not found a partnership that is anything like the one Vertonghen and Alderweireld have either, and it does not help that they constantly chop and change their backline.
Guardiola has been tweaking things in attack too and, again, I am not sure it has helped some of their players.
Kevin de Bruyne was playing brilliantly at the start of the season, creating chances, scoring lots of goals and also winning the ball, but that was when he was playing centrally and he did not have the same impact when he was pushed wide.
I don't get why Guardiola did that. In September he was talking about De Bruyne being second only to Messi in terms of players he has coached. Well, you don't move Messi, do you?
Sergio Aguero has not been his usual deadly self in front of goal recently either, and I think he has been up and down all season.
Aguero has been sent off twice, including the retrospective red card he got against West Ham, and both incidents came through frustration.
You would not want to take that will to win out of his game because it is part of what makes him so brilliant but he does not look like a happy player at the moment.
That might be down to the system, but he is so good that at some point he will find form again and really take it out on the opposition - I just hope it is not Tottenham who take the hit.
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Tottenham are flying at the moment - on a six-game winning run in the league, scoring goals for fun and probably playing better than ever under Pochettino.
They will have seen the way Manchester City have been defending recently and it will fill them with confidence ahead of their trip to Etihad Stadium on Saturday, as will the results of their recent meetings - Spurs have won the last three.
When they met at White Hart Lane in September, I knew Pochettino would look to press high up the pitch, and I looked at the way City were playing and thought it would play into Tottenham's hands. It did.
On form alone, I should probably be even more certain of a Spurs win this time, but the thing that keeps sticking in my mind is Guardiola's pride.
It has taken a massive hit in the last few weeks, especially in last week's 4-0 thumping at Everton which was his heaviest domestic defeat in more than nine years as a manager.
People like Pep are seriously dangerous when that happens, because they are born winners.
Just when you think things are going to get really hard for them, they dig deeper and find something within themselves to make their situation drastically different.
City have got lots of world-class players who can win games on their own. They are not playing particularly well at the moment, but it only takes one of them to perform on Saturday, and Spurs could be in trouble.
Jermaine Jenas was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
The deadline for reaching an agreement was 30 June, but all parties agreed to extend it by another week, to 7 July.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that a deal was now "within reach".
But US President Barack Obama has said he will still "walk away from the negotiations if... it's a bad deal".
And Iran's President Hassan Rouhani warned: "If the other side breaches the deal, we will go back to the old path, stronger than what they can imagine."
The so-called P5+1, which includes the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany, want Iran to scale back its sensitive nuclear activities to ensure that it cannot build a nuclear weapon.
Iran, which wants international sanctions that have crippled its economy lifted in exchange, has always insisted that its nuclear work is peaceful.
The extension of the talks for a few days was widely expected, the BBC's Bethany Bell reports from Vienna, where the talks are being held.
She said differences on the key issues remained, including the timing of sanctions relief and the question of access for UN nuclear inspectors.
However diplomats say the sides are closer to a deal than they have ever been, she notes.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif returned to the talks on Tuesday, along with Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) chief Ali Akbar Salehi and Hossein Fereidoun, President Rouhani's younger brother and special adviser.
The presence of Mr Salehi was a sign of Iran's serious desire to accelerate the negotiations and achieve a comprehensive deal, Iran's state news agency Irna said.
On Monday, the US warned that a framework deal agreed in Switzerland in April had to remain the basis for a comprehensive agreement.
It followed a speech by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, in which he rejected the key demands of the P5+1.
He insisted Iran would only dismantle its nuclear infrastructure if the sanctions were lifted first. He also ruled out a freeze on research and development for 10 years, as well as inspections of military sites.
In the US, President Obama has until 9 July to submit details of a final accord to Congress, triggering a 30-day review period before it can be signed and any US sanctions waived.
If a deal is submitted after 9 July, the review period will be doubled to 60 days.
Ghazala Khan said Mr Trump was ignorant about Islam and that he didn't know the meaning of the word sacrifice.
Her husband Khizr Khan attacked the Republican nominee in an emotional speech to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.
Mr Trump later suggested Mrs Khan may not have been allowed to speak.
The couple's son, US Army Capt Humayun Khan, was killed by a car bomb in 2004 in Iraq at the age of 27.
In an opinion article for the Washington Post, Mrs Khan said her husband had asked her if she wanted to speak at the convention but she had been too upset.
"Walking on to the convention stage, with a huge picture of my son behind me, I could hardly control myself. What mother could? Donald Trump has children whom he loves. Does he really need to wonder why I did not speak?" she wrote.
"When Donald Trump is talking about Islam, he is ignorant. If he studied the real Islam and Koran, all the ideas he gets from terrorists would change, because terrorism is a different religion."
She added: "Donald Trump said he has made a lot of sacrifices. He doesn't know what the word sacrifice means."
Mrs Khan said that although she did not speak, "all the world, all America, felt my pain".
There simply is no way for a politician to get into a war of words with the parents of a soldier who died a hero on the battlefield and not come off looking bad.
That didn't stop Donald Trump from making a very inelegant go of it.
By raising questions about why Ghazala Khan was silent as her husband spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, he essentially dared her to step forward.
She did.
Mr Trump has survived - even thrived - after controversial statements in the past and it's become clear that the New Yorker has a core of support that won't abandon him.
Now the nominees are entering the heat of the general election and Mr Trump needs to expand his base if he wants to win. Disputes like this will make that an extremely difficult task.
At the convention in Philadelphia, Pakistani-born Khizr Khan said his son would not even have been in America if it had been up to Mr Trump, who has called for a ban on Muslims entering the US.
Responding to the criticism, Mr Trump said in an interview with ABC's This Week: "If you look at his wife, she was standing there.
"She had nothing to say... Maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. You tell me."
His remarks brought criticism from both Democrats and Republicans.
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine said it demonstrated Mr Trump's "temperamental unfitness".
"If you don't have any more sense of empathy than that, then I'm not sure you can learn it," he said.
Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich, a former rival to Mr Trump for the nomination, tweeted: "There's only one way to talk about Gold Star parents [of fallen service personnel]: with honour and respect."
Khizr Khan said Mr Trump was "devoid of feeling the pain of a mother who has sacrificed her son".
"Shame on him. He has no decency, he has a dark heart," he said.
But Mr Trump rejected Mr Khan's criticism of him at the convention.
"While I feel deeply for the loss of his son, Mr Khan, who has never met me, has no right to stand in front of millions of people and claim I have never read the Constitution, (which is false) and say many other inaccurate things," he said.
The 20-year-old, who can play at right-back or centre back, was released by Fulham earlier this summer.
Donnelly did not make a first-team appearance during his spell at Craven Cottage but he spent time on loan at Crawley Town last season.
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According to the country's Minister of Health, the goal is that more than 90% of Ugandans will know their HIV status.
The Minister, Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, spoke of the plan on 'The Truth About AIDS' on the BBC World Service.
"We want to give an opportunity to every Ugandan at least one round to say yes or no to an HIV test," he said.
"We will go to every home, every village, and test."
Dr Tumwesigye claimed this door-to-door approach to testing counselling had worked well in the Western Ugandan district he represents as a member of parliament.
If the East African country can establish the HIV status of nine out of every ten people, it will have achieved the first of three targets of a new grand initiative led by UNAids (the Joint United Nations programme on HIV/Aids).
The 90-90-90 strategy is aimed at effectively ending the pandemic by the year 2030, by exploiting the preventative potential of well managed HIV/Aids treatment.
If a patient takes their antiretroviral drugs properly, the amount of virus in the blood and other body fluids is lowered to a level where it is essentially undetectable.
At these levels, the risk of transmitting the virus to other people is much reduced.
The second 90 of the UNAids formula requires that 90% of those identified as HIV positive should be on antiretroviral therapy.
The final criterion is that 90% of the patients on treatment must maintain complete virological suppression.
In other words, therapy must be well enough administered and managed that the virus is unable to replicate in the body.
UNAids has set a goal for countries to implement this regime by 2020.
If nations can achieve this, computer modelling shows that the rate of new infections would be curbed drastically by the year 2030.
The expense of ramping up services might be high in the short-term, but economic benefits are reaped later on as the cost of treating far fewer new patients plummets.
Joshua Musinguzi, head of Uganda's Aids control programme said that his country has some way to go to reach the targets, but that they are achievable.
"I like them because they are setting a stage for the country to move towards epidemic control.
"The idea now is to move towards an Aids-free generation for Uganda.
"In the last three consecutive years, we have actually enrolled more people on treatment each year than the number of new infections in those years.
"This is a tipping point in the epidemic."
That is a significant milestone.
However, Professor Vinand Nantulya, head of the Uganda Aids Commission, points out that currently the number of infected people on treatment is outnumbered by those who are not.
"In Uganda, it's about 1.7 million people who should be on treatment and so far we are reaching about 800,000", said Prof Nantulya.
"So we will need [more] money and [more] staff in the hospitals and clinics to put people on treatment, and then we need to follow up those on treatment to be sure that the treatment is having impact on the viral load in the blood."
Monitoring viral load requires expensive lab equipment that is not available in most Ugandan hospitals and clinics.
More than doubling the number of people on medication will more than double the antiretroviral drugs bill.
Currently about 80% of Uganda's HIV medication is paid for by international donors while the rest comes from the country's own coffers.
Both overseas funders and the Ugandan government will need to dig much deeper to meet UNAids' 90-90-90 targets.
According to Dr Medard Bitekyerezo, deputy chairperson of the Parliamentary Aids committee: "We are looking at levies on bank transactions and interest.
"We are looking at air tickets, beer, soft drinks and even cigarettes," as examples of goods and services which could be taxed to feed the AIDS fund.
Dr Bitekyerezo stressed: "This money is going to be specifically targeted for HIV-related issues".
Zimbabwe and Ghana are the only other African countries with similar HIV-dedicated funding mechanisms.
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Kate Weaver-Gibbs, 32, was injured on Friday while the couple walked near their home in Verona.
The beauty and travel writer suffered multiple head and spinal fractures. Mr Gibbs was not injured.
She is in a critical but stable condition, a family statement said.
It is understood she is being treated in Borgo Trento Hospital in Verona.
A statement issued on behalf of the Gibbs family said she was surrounded by her immediate family.
"Scott has expressed his gratitude for the immense support Kate and the family have received from the hospital and from friends across the globe," it said.
Mr Gibbs, 45, also played for the British and Irish Lions but retired from rugby in 2004.
The couple have been married since 2014.
Liz Nicholl told BBC Sport her organisation was not responsible for standards at the governing body because "we don't live in the velodrome".
But she did admit UK Sport could have been "more inquisitive".
Nicholl also said British Cycling had been "courageous" to apologise after bullying and sexism allegations.
An independent investigation into the culture at British Cycling began last year after former riders complained about their treatment.
A report on the findings has been delayed for legal reasons, but publication is imminent.
And a 39-point 'action plan' of reforms overhauling governance and welfare policies has now been introduced.
The credibility of British Cycling was left "in tatters" according to one MP this week, after revelations that no records were kept of medical treatments for riders.
Nicholl said she was "shocked and disturbed" by the failure, and that there were various "fires" at the governing body.
"This is a governing body that has not had its eye on culture and behaviours," she said.
"But it is listening, and has committed to actions that should address that, so I'm optimistic for the future."
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The controversy comes with UK Sport facing scrutiny over its removal of funding for various sports, including badminton and wheelchair rugby.
The latter has started a crowd-funding campaign to replace the £3m it lost.
UK Sport has warned British Cycling the £26m it is due to receive for elite performance leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Games is now in jeopardy, although it has previously held the organisation up as a flagship for other sports.
However, Nicholl denied her organisation's 'no-compromise' strategy may be partly responsible for a 'win-at-all-costs' culture at the troubled governing body, and that there should have been more oversight.
"We fund 36 other sports... we provide support and guidance, we check, we challenge, but we don't live in the velodrome," said Nicholl, who last week accused British Cycling of feeding UK Sport "a very light-touch version" of a 2012 internal review.
"If there's a perception, then I will apologise to anybody who thinks we may have had a part to play in that.
"Could we have been more inquisitive? Yes. But we're an investor, and not embedded in any sport. We're only as good as the information that is shared with us."
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With other sports now being asked to improve their governance and duty of care towards athletes and staff, Nicholl was asked if she would be prepared for Britain to win fewer medals if the focus shifted from winning to welfare.
"There won't be less success," she said. "If you address duty of care there will be more success because you create an environment which is very positive, so I think we'll see the results getting better."
The review into British Cycling's culture began last year after former technical director Shane Sutton, who was later cleared of eight of nine allegations, was found to have used sexist language towards cyclist Jess Varnish.
Varnish, 26, was dropped from British Cycling's elite programme in April, and says she has been frustrated in her attempts to find out why.
She has not yet given up hope of resuming her career.
British Cycling chairman Jonathan Browning told BBC Sport: "She is absolutely open to re-entering the programme. There's no restriction in terms of Jess' ability."
The teenager was said to be climbing a pipe spanning the gorge when he lost his grip near Colin Burn off Baird Road in Armadale at about 17:50 on Saturday.
A friend raised the alarm and firefighters managed to remove him on a stretcher from the gorge about an hour and a half after the fall.
He was taken to hospital for treatment for minor injuries.
Sgt Andrew Meikle said: "An extensive rescue operation, led by the fire service, was carried out today at Colin Burn in Armadale following a report of concern for a 13-year-old boy.
"Rescuers successfully reached the youngster before moving him to safety.
"He has since been transferred by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for his injuries."
Jeremy Swift, who played butler Septimus Spratt, told ITV's Lorraine that the cast had been sent a script - but that it had since "disappeared".
He went on: "It's supposed to be happening - filming - this year, but it hasn't been locked down yet."
The period TV drama, which was a hit around the world, ended at Christmas 2015 after six series.
There has been much speculation about a movie version.
Swift said: "There is a film script which we've all been sent but it disappeared in a Mission Impossible-stylee from our emails. With a little puff."
He said "logistics" were causing a problem with filming and that Downton's success had meant that some cast members had "flown off into the world" to work on other projects.
"It's just getting everybody in that same space and time," he added. "I think there is a huge appetite for it."
Carnival Films, which produces the drama, has already confirmed that a script for a potential movie is in development.
It told the BBC on Monday: "There are still no firm plans about when a film might go into production. When the future plans are certain we will of course make an announcement at the relevant time."
In April 2016, Downton creator Julian Fellowes said he was already thinking about a plot for a film adaptation to avoid being "caught on the hop" if it was given the go-ahead.
Downton Abbey received a special Bafta tribute in 2015. It is the most nominated non-US show in the history of the Emmy Awards and was shown in more than 250 territories worldwide.
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The new facility at Longue Hougue opened in November 2013, but was previously only able to process meat for on-island sale.
Val Cameron, director of environmental health, said snagging issues had needed to be solved and systems improved.
She said routine inspections would ensure the standards were maintained.
The previous slaughterhouse, in St Peter Port, had served the island for more than 150 years and is currently up for rent at £25,000 a year.
The cattle compensation scheme introduced in 1996 during the BSE crisis, which compensates farmers for culling cattle aged more than 30 months, is expected to end as older cattle can again be killed for meat.
Although a final decision on the scheme, which costs about £120,000 a year, will have to made by the Commerce and Employment Department.
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Over the next seven weeks the northern hemisphere showpiece, which features England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy, will see the cream of European rugby meet across five rounds, culminating in the final set of games on 18 March.
Scotland play Ireland in the tournament's opening match in Edinburgh at 14:25 GMT, before defending champions England host France at Twickenham at 16:50 GMT, while Wales play Italy at 14:00 on Sunday in Rome.
Last year's tournament attracted an average 72,000 fans a game, leading sport's global standings above American football's NFL in second and the Fifa World Cup in third - according to statistics published by European football body Uefa.
More than a million people in total watched last season's 15 matches, with 81,916 fans packing in to see England beat Wales 25-21 at Twickenham in the best-attended game.
England secured the 2016 title with a perfect record of five wins from their five games, earning them the Grand Slam.
They are the bookies' favourites to win again but an Ireland team that claimed a famous win over world champions New Zealand in Chicago in November are serious contenders to regain the title they won in 2014 and 2015.
Wales are without head coach Warren Gatland - who has stepped away from his role for a year to coach the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand in the summer - but interim replacement Rob Howley leads a team that includes the likes of barnstorming wing George North.
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Scotland come into the tournament buoyed by the domestic success of a Glasgow Warriors side currently fourth in the Pro12 and into the last eight of the top-tier European Champions Cup.
France and Italy are both under relatively new leadership, with Guy Noves and Conor O'Shea taking over in January and June 2016 respectively, but the former showed signs of their old form in an improved showing in the autumn Tests, while O'Shea was the mastermind behind Harlequins' 2012 Premiership title.
One of the key factors in deciding the destination of the title may be the strength in depth of each squad.
High-profile stars such as Ireland's Johnny Sexton, Wales' Taulupe Faletau and England's Billy Vunipola will miss the start of the tournament through injury, and the physicality of the modern game means more are sure to join them on the sidelines.
For the first time bonus points will be on offer.
In addition to the four points to be gained for a win, teams can pick up a further point for scoring four or more tries or by losing by seven points or less.
Another change is that referees have been told to pay extra attention to high tackles, with more severe penalties to be handed down to players who make contact with an opponent's head, whether accidentally or recklessly.
While the chance to clinch this season's title will spur on supporters, the tournament will also be a chance to renew age-old rivalries and add another chapter the tournament's long history of famous results.
And in a competition that saw England captain Bill Beaumont carried shoulder-high from the pitch in 1980, David Sole's slow walk onto the Murrayfield turf in 1990, Scott Gibbs carving through the England defence at Wembley in 1999 or a fresh-faced Brian O'Driscoll's hat-trick against France in 2000, there is every prospect of new heroes being made.
She said the proposals depend on other EU states guaranteeing UK citizens the same rights.
So, how many EU nationals live in the UK and where do they come from? And which of the other 27 EU countries host most UK citizens?
The number of citizens of the other 27 EU countries living in the UK in 2015 was estimated by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) to be around 3.2 million.
Polish citizens topped the list with 916,000 - more than any other nationality. In 2001, there were only 38,000 Polish nationals living in the UK.
Irish nationals are the second largest EU group in the UK, estimated at 332,000 in 2015.
In 2001, there were only 5,000 Romanians living in the UK. Romania joined the EU in 2007, but its citizens were not allowed to seek employment in the UK freely until 2014. There are now 233,000 Romanians living in the UK, making them the third biggest EU group of migrants.
There has been a notable increase in the number of migrants from the older EU member states too: Italy, France, Germany, Spain and Portugal.
An analysis by the ONS, published in January 2017, suggests that an estimated 900,000 UK citizens are long-term residents of other EU countries.
Spain hosted the highest number of migrants from the UK with 309,000. More than 100,000 of them are aged 65 and over. France was second with 157,062, and Ireland third with 112,090.
These numbers are all estimates, generally based on extrapolations of countries' censuses, which are carried out every 10 years.
An earlier estimate by the UN put the figure of UK nationals in the EU slightly higher, at 1.2 million. We looked at their breakdown last year.
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The withdrawal of Mr Rouhani's ally, Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri, from Friday's poll had been expected.
On Monday, Tehran's hardline mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf withdrew his candidacy and urged his supporters to back conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi.
He is now seen as the main threat to Mr Rouhani, who is seeking a second term.
A recent poll had put support for the two hardliners at 52% and for Mr Rouhani at about 42%. Another had Mr Rouhani at 29%, Mr Qalibaf at 12% and Mr Raisi at 11%, with 28% respondents undecided and 20% declining to answer.
If none of the four candidates remaining wins more than 50% of the vote, a run-off will be held on 26 May.
Mr Jahangiri, 60, announced his withdrawal in a speech to several thousand people gathered in the southern city of Shiraz on Tuesday, saying he had run as a candidate to "make the voice of reformists heard".
"I have completed my historic duty and, together with you, I will vote for Rouhani to help continue on the path to progress for this country," he said.
"Vote for Rouhani because he is the man for difficult situations," he added.
Mr Jahangiri played an important role for Mr Rouhani in the heated televised debates held in the weeks running up to the election, during which he defended the president's record and criticised his conservative rivals.
Mr Rouhani has faced a significant challenge from conservatives because the landmark nuclear deal with world powers that he negotiated in 2015 has not triggered the economic recovery he predicted.
Mr Raisi is a close ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and heads a multi-billion-dollar charitable foundation that manages donations to Iran's holiest shrine in the city of Mashhad.
The former prosecutor has promised to build a self-sufficient "resistance economy", create millions of jobs and triple cash hand-outs to the poor.
The 24-year-old Scot played some stunning snooker to beat Selby 13-9 and end the Leicester man's chances of retaining his Crucible crown at the second-round stage.
"I said to him that if he plays like that there's no reason why he can't win it," world number one Selby said.
"He played fantastic all match, didn't do much wrong and deserved to win."
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Selby trailed 10-6 after the morning session and lost two of the first three frames to fall 12-7 behind.
He showed his renowned spirit to get back to within three frames, but a seemingly nerveless McGill finished the match with a stylish 82.
"I probably lost it in the second session when I played really poorly," Selby, 31, said.
"But taking nothing away from Anthony, every time he got a chance he seemed to punish me.
"Over the whole match he probably only missed two long balls. He has probably played as well as anyone has played so far.
"He was either winning it in one visit or making a 50, playing a good safety and putting me under pressure."
Selby's defeat means that the 'Crucible Curse' remains, with no first-time winner having retained his title.
Shaun Murphy was the last qualifier to win the World Championship in 2005, and McGill will play either him or Joe Perry in the next round.
Out of 37 athletes sanctioned under the IAAF's biological passport programme since 2009, 23 are Russian.
On Tuesday, Russia's anti-doping agency banned five racewalkers, including three Olympic champions.
"The number of Russian doping cases in athletics generally, and in race walking specifically, is a major concern," said a statement.
London 2012 men's walk winner Sergey Kirdyapkin, women's 2008 Olympic gold medallist Olga Kaniskina and 2011 world champion Sergei Bakulin were all banned for three years and two months with their cases backdated from late 2012.
Olympic 2008 winner Valery Borchin was banned for eight years and Vladimir Kanaykin for life.
The IAAF also says that major international titles will be redistributed, although the bans do not affect any Olympic medals, but not until they have received and analysed the decision from the Russian Athletics Federation to make sure they are in compliance with their rules.
Separately, the World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating allegations of widespread doping and corruption in the sport after claims aired in a recent German television documentary, with a report due by the end of the year.
Sir Michael Wilshaw said schools were the places where different communities integrated and "provide the glue that helps hold our society together".
Sir Michael said in a speech that it was a great achievement that the children of immigrants performed so well academically in England's schools.
This was not the case in other European countries, he stressed.
"In many countries they [the children of immigrants] do worse than the children of non-immigrants," he told the annual conference of the Freedom and Autonomy for Schools National Association.
"In Germany, France, Finland, Italy and Switzerland, for instance, children of immigrants do far worse in school than their native peers.
"Not so in England. Our schools are remarkable escalators of opportunity.
"Whatever cultural tensions exist outside of school, race and religion are not treated as handicaps inside them. All children are taught equally. And contrary to tabloid claims, non-immigrant children do not suffer - rather the reverse."
"Schools, it turns out, are great forces for social cohesion. Yet nobody talks about it," he told the conference, which lobbies for self-governing schools.
"We are so used to picking over problems that we forget to notice what an incredible achievement this is. Most other countries aren't as fortunate.
"Schools are the place where different communities integrate. Schools provide the glue that helps hold our society together."
In the speech, Sir Michael said there had been huge improvements in the comprehensive school system in the past few decades.
"Let me be clear - for all their faults, our schools have improved immeasurably."
But he warned that serious shortcomings - such as the achievement gap between rich and poor pupils and a growing geographical divide in standards between the North, the Midlands and the South - had led some to conclude that the system was "broken".
"Comprehensive schools, they earnestly believe, have failed," he said.
But Sir Michael argued that a return to a grammar school system would be a "monumental mistake".
"For the country as a whole, selection at the age of 11 is simply not the answer."
He suggested that part of the reason that grammar schools were "back in vogue" was because of a failure to fully reform comprehensive schools.
"Two years ago... I warned that those who were resisting reform, who were refusing to embrace greater diversity in our school system - academies and free schools - would inevitably pave the way for the return of selection. And so it has proved."
Saying "OK Google now..." will prompt the Moto X's Touchless Control system to listen for instructions.
The phone will be manufactured in the US, with customers given extensive customisation options.
The device is the first to have been designed from scratch since Google's $12.5bn (£7.9bn) takeover of Motorola last year.
Industry analysts said the release could prove disruptive to the Android market, as many other manufacturers using Google's operating system are struggling to turn a profit.
The hardware will be manufactured in the US at a newly-built plant in Texas, making Motorola the latest in a growing number of firms keen to bathe in positive "Made in USA" public relations.
It also means customers can change their customisation options - with multiple colourings, and personalised engravings to be on offer.
The company said there were over 2,000 possible combinations for what could be created.
The Moto X is the first handset fully designed by the company since Google took it over in May last year.
While the company has released handsets since then, they had all been at least partly in development before the takeover.
It means the phone has been seen as the first real indicator of what Google itself thinks is possible on its own mobile platform.
Francisco Jeronimo, a mobile phones analyst at market intelligence firm IDC, said the company had targeted the basics - changing how a phone is controlled.
"The interaction with the phone, the way we speak, the way we activate the functions - it can be done in a different way," he said.
"Users have large screens, they have voice control - so at the end of the day what may attract users to replace their current smartphone is a completely new experience. In my opinion, it's one of the biggest trends of the next year."
Typical voice command systems require the user to press a button before saying commands, this system is triggered by saying the words "Ok Google now..." followed by the order.
"If I have a device that just gets activated with one command, then that will be a lot easier," said Mr Jeronimo.
"It's not a question of hardware, it's a question of user interface."
The Moto X launch has again raised questions around the delicate relationship between Google and Samsung.
As the dominant vendor - by a huge margin - in the Android market, Samsung finds itself in something of a polite tug-of-war with the search giant.
"Samsung represents 60% of total Android shipments across the world," said Mr Jeronimo. "They are basically dependent on each other."
For this reason, the release of the Moto X is interesting strategically, as while Google will want the phone to be a success, too much of a hit risks unnerving Samsung.
"What prevents Samsung from launching their own operating system using Android?" Mr Jeronimo added.
"A completely different ecosystem could be built overnight. Google needs to keep Samsung very close. What made Android popular was not the just the operating system itself - it was the money Samsung put into their devices."
In the first three months of 2013, Samsung captured a 95% share of all profits in the global Android smartphone market - highlighting the prospect of a whopping hole should it decide to change direction.
Samsung has never said it may consider that move, but last week, it announced it would be holding its first developers conference - an event where experts come together to discuss and learn about creating software and hardware to work for a specific platform or product.
Mr Jeronimo said he believed the Moto X launch was Google preparing itself for the possibility that Samsung may not always be an industry partner.
"For Google, it's a question of not letting Motorola die, making it profitable as soon as possible.
"Before Motorola they had no strong experience with building hardware, but now they are learning how to develop a high-end smartphone.
"This will give them the skills they need, and tools they need, in the future in case they see a strong movement towards a different operation system."
The Moto X will be released in the US, Canada and Latin America starting in late August or early September, the company said.
It will cost $199 (£130) when bought as part of a two-year contract deal.
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Having gone ahead through Daniel Vidot's try, Salford were overhauled by Rhys Hanbury and Chris Bridge scores.
However, they fought back after half-time with Justin Carney's try to close to within two points.
Vidot's second try against a tiring Vikings and a Gareth O'Brien penalty proved enough to snatch the points.
Having been dealt a six-point deduction for breaking salary cap rules, Salford, whose owner Marwan Koukash this week called for the Super League to split from the Rugby Football League, have dropped out of the top eight but their chances of returning there have been boosted by this result.
Widnes looked to have given their large travelling contingent another happy Tyneside away day in their Sir Bobby Robson charity shirts on half-back Kevin Brown's return but they faded against Salford's powerful pack late on.
It might have been different had video referee Phil Bentham awarded some first-half Vikings tries but the same could be said of Salford in the second period.
Widnes' loss of form will be a concern to coach Denis Betts, with Salford and Hull KR now four and three points behind them respectively in the race for the final Super Eights spot.
Salford coach Ian Watson: "It's a good win for us. It's important we got back on the horse. We need to keep reclaiming those points back.
"In the first half I thought we made ourselves do a lot of defending but there is a bit of a hill out there and that was a factor.
"I was always confident we would come through the other side if we were in the game at half-time. We bombed a lot of opportunities, we should have been more comfortable."
Widnes head coach Denis Betts: "It's another game where we were pretty close but not close enough.
"I keep trying to reinforce some positives out of this. We're a decent group. The only people who can turn it around are us and there's enough of the season left for us to get on little bit of a roll.
"We've just got to try and find a win from somewhere."
Salford: O'Brien, Carney, Sa'u, Bibby, Vidot, Lui, Dobson, Kopczak, Tomkins, G. Griffin, Murdoch-Masila, Jones, Flanagan.
Replacements: Hauraki, A. Walne, Joseph, Lannon.
Widnes: Hanbury, Thompson, Runciman, Bridge, Marsh, Mellor, Brown, O'Carroll, White, Dudson, Houston, Dean, Cahill.
Replacements: Heremaia, Manuokafoa, Whitley, Leuluai.
Referee: James Child (RFL)
University College London researchers looked at data from more than 56,000 people born in Britain between 1946 and 2001.
They found a clear shift over time, with obesity becoming more common and starting earlier in life.
The latest data, however, suggests childhood obesity may now be stabilising among the under-10s.
But it is too early to say if this will continue. Public health officials have said they are concerned.
Obese children often go on to be obese adults, carrying with them an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Prof Rebecca Hardy and colleagues looked at five generations of Britons and reported their findings in the journal PLOS Medicine.
The first, post-War male babies, did not become overweight until they hit the age of 40, on average - the report said.
But the next two generations of men got fatter younger - at a median age of 33 and 30, respectively.
The trend was the same for women. By the third generation - babies born in the 1970s - the median age for becoming overweight was 41, compared with 48 for those born in 1946 and 44 for those born in 1958.
By the fourth generation, obesity was becoming common in childhood.
Children born since the 1980s were up to three times more likely than older generations to be overweight or obese by the age of 10.
Latest figures for England suggest a fifth of children joining primary school are now obese or overweight.
Prof Hardy said: "Our work shows this coincided with the onset of an obesogenic environment in the 1980s, where there was easy access to high-calorie food.
"The onset of obesity has been getting earlier and earlier and this does have implications if people are not losing that weight.
"Being overweight over a lifetime means you accumulate risks for things like heart disease and diabetes."
Eustace De Sousa, national lead for children, young people and families, at Public Health England, said: "Evidence shows that children of obese parents are much more likely to have weight problems, which is a major concern when almost two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese.
"Almost one in 10 children in Reception are obese - but what's even more shocking is that by the time they leave primary school, this doubles to nearly one in five."
The government has already launched a number of initiatives to help people eat more healthily and be more active.
It estimates that health problems associated with being overweight or obese cost the NHS more than £5bn every year.
Mrs Merkel said she wanted to see the Greek economy grow.
Mr Tsipras said it was better to talk with each other than about each other.
Both countries have been at odds over Greece's efforts to renegotiate the terms of its international bailout.
"We want Greece to be strong economically, we want Greece to grow and above all we want Greece to to overcome its high unemployment," the German chancellor said at a press conference mid-way through talks, which are due to continue over a working dinner.
She said both countries approached the talks as partners in the EU as well as Nato, facing the same geopolitical challenges. "We both have a vested interest in building cooperation based on trust."
As one of 19 eurozone countries Germany was in no position to decide whether Greece's reform programme was appropriate or not, she said. An institutional framework to assess this was in place, she added.
Mr Tsipras noted that it was almost five years since the start of the Greek bailout, which required massive fiscal adjustments in his country.
"It has not been a success story," he said citing a 25% loss in GDP and 60% youth unemployment.
Alexis Tsipras looked preoccupied as he arrived - to full military honours - to meet the chancellor of Europe's largest economy and his country's biggest creditor. There was no doubting who held the balance of power during the press conference after his meeting with Angela Merkel.
And after the heated rhetoric that's passed between Athens and Berlin in recent weeks, perhaps it's no wonder his smiles looked a little nervous. The chancellor had told him over the telephone last week, he said, that it's better to talk to - not about - each other.
That was - many here believe - the real purpose of this meeting; to set a new tone in a fraught relationship. Both leaders spoke of their commitment to the euro zone and to discussions held in a 'spirit of trust.'
But Chancellor Merkel looked irritated as Mr Tsipras brought up the subject of war reparations. And, while she maintained that it's not her role to decide what happens to Greece, she did allude to the fact that - for Berlin - the bottom line is unchanged. Germany expects the new Greek government to make the reforms it promised in return for financial aid.
Mr Tsipras stressed the need for dialogue. "It must be our priority to break the stereotypes that have been created over the past few years. Neither are the Greeks lazy, nor are the Germans responsible for all the ills that take place in Greece," he said.
Instead, he added, both countries should work together to fight corruption, which was "continuing to hold Greece back".
Mrs Merkel said that although some issues were going to be discussed in more detail over dinner, there would not be any new commitments.
The summit comes after a pledge from the European Union (EU) to provide €2bn (£1.45bn) to Greece to ease what it called the country's "humanitarian crisis".
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the €2bn fund would be spent on growth and "social cohesion" in Greece.
But Mrs Merkel said on Friday there would be no new money without reforms.
Mr Tsipras has pledged to end austerity, but so far, his plans have met resistance from Greece's EU creditors.
At last week's EU summit, Greece promised to meet creditors' demands to present an economic reform package within days to unlock the cash it needs to avoid leaving the euro.
According to the Financial Times, Mr Tsipras wrote to Mrs Merkel on 15 March outlining Greece's precarious financial position.
In the letter, he wrote that Greece faced a short-term cash-flow crisis and might have to choose between paying pensions and wages and meeting debt obligations.
Mr Tsipras seems clear which option he would choose, writing that to add to Greece's social crisis was "a prospect that I will not countenance".
Greek pledges: Key points
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said the "future of Ukraine belongs with the EU" while US Secretary of State John Kerry said the US backed Ukraine's "fight for democracy".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western countries of double standards over violent protests.
Ukraine has been in turmoil since November, when it scrapped an EU accord in favour of a Russian bailout.
The security conference is an annual event held to discuss military and political affairs.
Mr Van Rompuy's opening speech referred to the EU's offer of close association with Ukraine.
"The offer is still there and we know time is on our side. The future of Ukraine belongs with the European Union," he said.
Mr Kerry launched a broad attack on "a disturbing trend in too many parts of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans".
He said: "The aspirations of citizens are once again being trampled beneath corrupt, oligarchic interests - interests that use money to stifle political opposition and dissent, to buy politicians and media outlets, and to weaken judicial independence."
By Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent
Tug of war over Ukraine
Mr Kerry added: "Nowhere is the fight for a democratic, European future more important today than in Ukraine. The United States and EU stand with the people of Ukraine in that fight."
He said the "vast majority of Ukrainians want to live freely in a safe and prosperous country - they are fighting for the right to associate with partners who will help them realise their aspirations".
In an apparent swipe at Moscow, he added that "their futures do not have to lie with one country alone, and certainly not coerced".
Mr Lavrov said that a "choice is being imposed [on Ukraine] and Russia is not going to be engaged in this".
He asked: "What does incitement of violent street protests have to do with the promotion of democracy? Why do we not hear condemnation of those who seize government buildings and attack police and use racist, anti-Semitic and Nazi slogans?"
Mr Lavrov said: "Why are many prominent European politicians actually encouraging such actions, although back home they are quick to severely punish any violations of the law?"
Interfax also quoted Mr Lavrov as saying: "When John Kerry... says that Ukraine should choose who it is with - with the whole world or with one country, Kerry - with his experience, good sense - is the last person I would expect such propaganda from."
On Saturday, Mr Kerry met Ukraine opposition leaders including Arseniy Yatsenyuk and boxer-turned-politician Vitali Klitschko. He also met Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara.
The White House has confirmed it is discussing possible sanctions against Ukraine with the US Congress.
Before arriving in Munich, Mr Kerry said that concessions from President Viktor Yanukovych had "not yet reached an adequate level of reform".
Mr Yatsenyuk, who heads the Batkivshchyna party, recently refused an offer from President Yanukovych to become PM, one of the concessions.
President Yanukovych, who is currently on sick leave, has also tried to ease the crisis by repealing anti-protest laws, signing an amnesty for protesters and accepting the resignation of his cabinet.
However, opposition leaders are calling for his resignation and early elections.
One key issue for Mr Kerry and the opposition leaders will be the issue of Ukraine protester Dmytro Bulatov.
He went missing for eight days and said he had been kidnapped and tortured by captors who spoke with Russian accents.
He is now in hospital in Kiev under guard from both police and anti-government demonstrators.
Both White House spokesman Jay Carney and EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said they were "appalled" by the apparent signs of torture.
US ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt went to the hospital on Saturday to try to meet Mr Bulatov but doctors did not allow him to visit.
Ukraine's interior ministry says it wants to interrogate the activist on suspicion of organising mass unrest, and to examine his account of torture.
The German chancellor said she believed Britain would stick to the timetable, adding the European Union was "ready".
Mrs Merkel added she hoped Britain would remain a good partner following the talks, due to begin on 19 June.
It is her first comment since Mrs May's Conservative party lost 13 seats.
The loss left the Conservatives eight MPs short of a majority in parliament, plunging negotiations into uncertainty. Mrs May called the snap election in order to secure a clear mandate for her vision of Brexit.
A spokesman for Mrs Merkel had previously refused to be drawn on the issue out of "politeness and respect" while the process of forming a new UK government was under way.
Mrs May says she will form a government with the Democratic Unionist Party from Northern Ireland, which won 10 seats.
Mrs Merkel, who is meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss trade, told reporters gathered in Mexico City on Friday: "I assume that Britain, from what I heard from the prime minister today, wants to stick to its negotiating plan.
"We want to negotiate quickly, we want to stick to the time plan, and so at this point I don't think there is anything to suggest these negotiations cannot start as was agreed."
Mrs Merkel, the EU's most powerful politician, went on to say she hoped the UK would remain a good partner.
"Britain is part of Europe, even if it will no longer be part of the European Union."
However, she added the EU countries would be "asserting the interests of the 27 member states that will make up the European Union in future" during negotiations.
Meanwhile, Michael Fuchs, senior economic adviser to the German chancellor, told the BBC the result meant it was time for Mrs May "to face realities" and soften her approach.
"Her wish and will was not really too much accepted by the British people," he said. "I have the feeling, because otherwise they would have given her a better vote.
"Maybe, this is a chance that we can come up to a more reasonable Brexit negotiations because in the last time (recently) I really had the feeling that everything was just being very tough and it doesn't make sense to be tough.
"We want to have a fair deal with Britain and we want to have a fair final Brexit negotiations."
Other EU leaders have expressed concerns the failure to win a majority may make negotiations even more difficult.
Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt, who is president of the Alliance of Liberals & Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament, had caustic words for Mrs May.
"Yet another own goal, after Cameron now May, will make already complex negotiations even more complicated," he tweeted.
Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the European Commission, said he wanted discussions to proceed without delay, while Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator for Brexit, said "negotiations should start when UK is ready".
European Council President Donald Tusk alluded to the March 2019 deadline for Brexit talks.
"We don't know when Brexit talks start. We know when they must end. Do your best to avoid a 'no deal' as result of 'no negotiations'," he wrote.
The 18-year-old disappeared as she walked to her parents' house in Coventry in December 1991. Her body has never been found.
Nigel Barwell and his brother-in-law, Thomas O'Reilly, deny her murder.
Marilyn Payne said Nicola was looking forward to Christmas in a new home with her partner and son.
"She would never have left her son," she told jurors at Birmingham Crown Court.
The court has heard Miss Payne's family received a number of anonymous phone calls after her disappearance.
Marilyn Payne said they were made by one person, whom she described as being "very vicious".
Prosecutors allege Miss Payne was abducted and murdered as she crossed wasteland known as the Black Pad in Coventry.
Mr Barwell, of Copperas Street, and Mr O'Reilly, of Ribble Road, Coventry, are now aged 51, but were both 27 at the time of her disappearance, on 14 December 1991.
In evidence, Miss Payne's father, John, said it was unusual for her to walk to their house.
He told the court he first called her boyfriend, Jason Cook, when his daughter did not reach their home and then started to search for her.
The trial continues.
But one dog, trained to detect illegal animal products, often found "small amounts of cheese or sausages" carried by holidaymakers, a report said.
The review, by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, assessed border checks at the airport.
The Home Office, which oversees border checks, said improvements must be made.
Some recommendations had already been implemented, it added.
The report examined how "efficiently and effectively" Border Force - which is managed by the Home Office - operated at Manchester Airport.
The airport, the UK's third largest, has six detector dogs and new kennels, which cost £1.25m.
Inspectors said that although heroin and cocaine were assessed as "very high priority" for the search team, no Class A drugs had been found by the dogs between November 2014 and June 2015.
As a result, the report concluded that "Class A drugs detections were not at the level that might be expected", and said Border Force should review "how particular flights were risk assessed" and where staff and dogs were deployed.
The amount of goods seized by dog units represented a "low return on investment", the report added.
One dog, which had been trained to sniff out smuggled animal products, had detected many items accurately - but the report said most were "small amounts of cheese or sausages, wrongly brought back by returning British holidaymakers and posing minimal risk to UK public health".
This "accurate detection" meant the dog found animal products. It was then up to its handler to decide whether any action should be taken.
Travellers arriving in the UK from EU countries can bring fresh food including meat and dairy products, but there are strict rules about food brought from non-EU countries - including a ban on all meat, dairy and potatoes.
Inspectors said it would be of "more strategic value" to target flights where the dog might find bush-meat - which could pose a considerable threat to public health.
"A senior manager agreed that there was a lack of innovation in the use of the dogs, and told us that a new management structure was being put into place to take a fresh look at their deployment," the report said.
Over the period however, the dogs had helped in the seizure of more than 46,000 cigarettes, 60kg of tobacco, 181kg of illegal meat and £28,000 cash, the report said.
Other elements of border checks were also reviewed, with the report finding that:
Elsewhere, it praised Border Force's work in areas including the safeguarding of children, and said the force was "actively involved" in tackling issues such as human trafficking.
A Home Office spokesman said inspectors recognised staff at the airport were conducting "all required checks at passport control".
"However, we acknowledge that further improvements need to be made. We welcome the report's findings and accept all the recommendations - many of which, including a new recruitment and training programme, are already being implemented," the spokesman added.
A Manchester Airport spokesman said staff "work extremely closely" with Border Force and "support their work to address the issues raised in this report".
Eyewitnesses at the Friskney Show, near Skegness, reported the inflatable taking off at about 13:20 BST and sailing about 30ft up in the air before landing on a nearby road.
No-one was on the slide at the time as it had already closed when the weather started to change.
Several stalls were damaged and a car's rear windscreen was smashed.
Sam Stanhope, who was at the show, said: "It got extremely windy, it was very weird. We saw people screaming and I turned around and saw the slide going up into the air.
"It landed slap bang in the middle of the road and we ran over as we weren't sure if there was anyone on the slide."
Vanessa Butler, who owns the inflatable, told BBC Look North the slide was cleared as it was raining and "a sudden gust" took it into the air despite it being "securely fastened".
She said: "We had two bouncy castles there, the other was still there, absolutely fine."
Mr Stanhope, from Wrangle, Boston, said organisers decided to allow the show to carry on after no-one was reported injured.
"In true British fashion they decided to continue and ten minutes later that had the belly dancers on," he said.
A Met Office spokesperson said it was most likely to be a funnel cloud, with "severe convection" seen in east Lincolnshire on Sunday.
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Two bakers in the Angus town have teamed up in a bid to secure protected food name status for the savoury snack.
If the application is successful, Forfar bridies would be granted legal protection against imitation.
A number of Scottish foods have already been awarded the status, including Stornoway black pudding, Arbroath smokies and Ayrshire Dunlop cheese.
Forfar bridies are a solid horseshoe or D-shaped pastry, with a savoury beef and sometimes onion filling in a shortcrust pastry case.
The application for Protected Food Name (PFN) status is being made by the Forfar Bridie Producers Association - a joint venture between McLaren and Son Bakers and Saddler's of Forfar.
Food Secretary Richard Lochhead described the bridie as a "delicious, traditional savoury Scottish snack" and added: "We already have other great Scottish foods, such as Stornoway black pudding, Scotch beef and traditional Ayrshire Dunlop, which have European protected status and are free from imitation.
"It guarantees the food's provenance and supports local producers, like the Forfar Bridie Producers Association."
Karen Murray, from McLaren and Son, said: "We've been making Forfar bridies at McLaren's the Bakers since 1893, and applying for Protected Food Name status will ensure that we protect the heritage of a real Forfar bridie and that customers can be assured that what they're eating the real thing.
"Applying for PFN status will also help us raise awareness of the history behind a real Forfar bridie, as well as giving a boost to the town and local food and drink in Angus."
Sir Philip owned BHS - which went into administration on Monday - for 15 years before selling it for £1 in 2015.
The work and pensions and business committees have asked to question him.
Work and pensions committee chair Frank Field said MPs would ask "how and where money went out of the company".
Last week BHS was put into administration amid falling sales, huge debts and a pensions deficit of £571m - putting around 11,000 jobs at risk.
Since then, Sir Philip has been criticised by some MPs for paying out large dividends while its deficit was growing.
Current owner Dominic Chappell, Tina Green - Sir Philip's wife - and BHS trustees will also be invited to appear as witnesses before the cross-party committees.
Last week, the Work and Pensions Select Committee launched an inquiry into the collapse of BHS.
Meanwhile, the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee announced an inquiry into the sale and acquisition of the firm.
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Mr Chappell - the majority shareholder of Retail Acquisitions - bought BHS for £1 from Sir Philip last year, taking on a £571 million pension deficit.
On Wednesday, Mr Chappell said he was preparing a bid to buy BHS out of administration.
He told the BBC the administrators had been informed and talks with US-based investors were at a "mature" stage.
It comes as MPs have said they will also investigate how the collapse of BHS will affect the Pension Protection Fund - which provides compensation for pensioners when companies go bust.
Separately, the Pensions Regulator will investigate whether BHS's former owners sought to avoid their obligations.
BHS, which employs about 11,000 people, will continue trading while the administrators seek a buyer for the business.
The administration means members of the pension scheme who are yet to retire will be paid a less generous pension.
One Labour MP John Mann, and member of the Treasury select committee, said Sir Philip must repay £400m of dividends that were paid out of BHS, or give up his knighthood.
Sir Philip has offered to make an £80m voluntary contribution.
Conservative MP Richard Fuller also called on Sir Philip to clarify his involvement in the chain's demise.
"Green and Arcadia need to put out a statement immediately clarifying their position. He has a responsibility, a duty," he said last week.
Jari Aarnio was found to have helped a gang to import nearly 800kg (1,764lb) of hashish from the Netherlands and sell it in Finland in 2011-2012.
Aarnio, 59, was found guilty of five drug crimes and 17 other offences.
These included trying to frame an innocent man for being in charge of the drug ring.
An accomplice of the former senior policeman, described as a top local criminal, was also sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Aarnio spent 30 years in the anti-drugs force and was arrested in 2013.
He denied all the charges against him, claiming his actions were all legal and undertaken in a policing capacity.
His legal team said Aarnio plans to appeal the district court's sentence in the Helsinki Court of Appeal.
In a separate case in September, Aarnio was sentenced to three years in jail for fraud.
Crime rates are relatively low in Finland compared with most other European countries.
It ranks as the second least-corrupt country, after Denmark, in the global index compiled by Transparency International.
But why should the vote be of interest beyond England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
A third of eligible voters in the UK are themselves unlikely to bother to turn up and vote so why should anyone else care? Here are six good reasons.
In brief, because Britain is still a very rich and powerful country that millions of people visit or move to every year; because all its various internal divisions of class, region, wealth, race make it a fun and culturally vibrant place; and, for goodness sake, because nobody has the faintest idea who is going to win.
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The UK continues to be one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, and a nuclear power with the fifth largest defence budget in the world. But at this election much of that is at stake.
At least two parties, the Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats, not only oppose the renewal of the UK's nuclear deterrent but may have the influence to do something about it.
Then there's the fundamental question of Britain's relationship with Europe, with David Cameron promising an in-out referendum on membership of the European Union by the end of 2017, if he remains prime minister.
And let's not forget that the rise of the Scottish National Party is sure to raise at some point the question of independence and the prospect of a somehow diminished United Kingdom.
Could a UK without Scotland or without nuclear weapons or outside the EU still command a seat at the UN's top table, and what would Nato and the US think? These are not entirely fanciful outcomes but real possibilities.
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Every year since 1998, net migration to Britain - the difference between those leaving the country and coming into it - has exceeded 150,000.
In many of those years it has even been above a quarter of a million people. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, immigration has been a big issue at this election just as it was in 2010.
One party, UKIP, is saying Britain must take back control of its borders by leaving the EU, thereby ending free movement for half a billion Europeans, and by introducing an Australian-style points system for judging who should and who shouldn't come in.
UKIP are not going to win the election, but it's worth remembering that the Conservatives are also hoping to discourage EU nationals from coming here through changes to the benefits system, while Labour is promising to crack down on companies that use cheap foreign labour.
Access to the UK is likely to change in some way or another.
Statisticians are not entirely sure, but the UK is still the fifth or sixth biggest economy in the world and the City of London rivals New York as the global centre for financial services.
Apart from the Conservatives (and even they've been rather shy) this election campaign has been pretty hostile to the wealthy and especially those who are foreign and rich.
The opposition Labour party, for example, is promising to raise taxes on expensive properties and to start taxing the global earnings of wealthy foreigners in London, not to mention further bank taxes and an increase in corporation tax.
So there is plenty to think about there for those in the boardrooms of international companies.
The UK's 2.6% growth rate last year made it one of the fastest growing economies in Europe. Unemployment is at 5.6% compared with a eurozone average of 11.3% and the current government's economic strategy was endorsed by International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde.
But Britain's economic problems are far from solved. It still imports more than it exports and still has an enormous budget deficit of £87bn, or 5.5% of GDP.
It's how to tackle this that forms the biggest, most significant, but barely discussed divide at this general election.
Put simply, the Conservatives are promising to get rid of the deficit by the end of another five years in government, exclusively through spending cuts. Labour is committed only to the much vaguer target of reducing borrowing.
The highly respected Institute for Fiscal Studies has accused both parties of providing the electorate with at best an incomplete picture of what to expect.
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My last effort to persuade you of this election's significance is that it's just a cracking story with something very odd, possibly even momentous, about to happen.
Most striking, of course, is Scotland. Although it voted No to independence last September, the whole referendum campaign electrified support for the Scottish National Party and the SNP is looking at a landslide on Thursday.
In the short term, at the very least, it could mean the SNP having a huge say in who forms the next UK government.
But beyond that it will surely at some point revive the question of independence. And what will being wiped out in its Scottish heartlands do for the psyche and long-term prospects of the Labour Party?
More broadly nationwide, Britain's two-party system appears under severe threat, with the distinct prospect that between them Labour and the Conservatives will struggle to gain two-thirds of the votes cast. Compare that with their near 90% vote share just 50 years ago.
Will it be a blip, or is Britain heading for an era where, as in Europe, government by coalition is more the rule than the exception?
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The 34-year-old goalkeeper was the subject of two January bids from English Premier League leaders Chelsea.
Celtic were determined to hold on to the Scotland international and look to have secured his services until 2020.
Gordon, who has made 42 appearances this season, started his career with Hearts and had a spell with Sunderland before joining Celtic in 2014.
Sunderland paid Hearts £9m for Gordon in 2007 but injuries blighted much of his five-year spell with the Black Cats.
He spent two seasons out of the game before Celtic signed him in 2014.
It is believed Chelsea bid around £3.5m for Gordon in January but at the time Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers said: "I have no intention of losing him and we look to arrange a new deal with him."
Jones, known for TV sitcoms Stella, and Gavin and Stacey, will write and star in the new six-part comedy Splott.
The comedy, set in the Splott area of Cardiff, tells the story of Mandy Ferhat - a school cook and single mum.
When life gets tough, Mandy - played by Jones - turns to her "bonkers" neighbour Val and her "sweet but serial killer-obsessed" colleague Kathleen.
Jones said: "Let's be honest, who can't help but love the name Splott. A name made more loveable by the fact that it's a real place nestled in the heart of Wales' capital.
"I'm so excited to be playing a strong gutsy Cardiffian in what I hope is going to be a refreshingly daft and silly sitcom on Radio Wales."
Colin Paterson, editor of Radio Wales, said: "Ruth is one of the biggest comedy talents of her generation; I couldn't be more pleased that she has agreed to work with Radio Wales."
David Mundell said it would become one of the most powerful devolved assemblies in the world.
UK government amendments to the bill are due to be laid at Westminster.
The Scottish government said the changes "continue to fall short of delivering the Smith report in full".
A House of Commons debate on the bill, which brings new powers over tax and welfare to the Scottish Parliament, will take place next week.
The bill follows the Smith Commission review of devolution after last year's Scottish independence referendum.
The new powers are due to come in from April 2017. But the SNP government at Holyrood has threatened to block the bill if it believes changes to the way Scotland is funded would see them lose out.
The Scottish Secretary said: "We have listened to points raised as the bill has been debated and taken steps to improve the legislation even in areas where we believed the bill was already delivering Smith.
"For example, there has never been a power for the UK government to block welfare changes from Holyrood but we have taken steps to make it even clearer that there are no UK vetoes in this bill. We are acting in good faith and want to build consensus.
"Both of Scotland's governments have a responsibility to meet our commitments and deliver the new powers that Scotland voted for."
He added: "I am confident the House of Commons will support the Scotland Bill next week and we will enter a new phase where the Scottish government will need to start telling us how they intend to use these new powers.
"Will they top up benefits? Will they create new benefits and how much will it all cost?"
Deputy First Minister John Swinney insisted the UK government amendments had not gone far enough.
He said: "The Scottish government and the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee have set out amendments that would deliver Smith in full, including the full scope of the Sewel Convention, removal of constraints on social security powers, new powers over benefits in devolved areas and employment support, and all the Crown Estate's economic assets in Scotland, including Fort Kinnaird.
"Unless all of these amendments are accepted it is not credible to claim that the Smith Agreement has been delivered.
"It is also remains unacceptable that UK ministers can veto devolved social security powers."
The Fort Kinnaird retail park in the east of Edinburgh is part-owned by the Crown Estate but it has been proposed that it would not be included in the devolved settlement.
But his life - which has been so rich and varied - was nearly snuffed out soon after it began.
Attempts were made to kill him as a baby because he was labelled a "spirit child" - a youngster possessed by an evil force.
The conclusion was drawn because Apowida's parents and six other relatives died suddenly soon after his birth in Sirigu, a rural town in northern Ghana, near the border with Burkina Faso.
So-called spirit children are typically born with physical disabilities or identified as being the cause of misfortune, as in Apowida's case.
The attempts on his life, his formative years growing up in an orphanage and his return as an adult to Sirigu form the basis of his book, Spirit Boy.
"All they think is that when a child is born and has deformities, or things start happening, is that the child is evil," he told the BBC.
"I wrote this book to show there's no such thing as a spirit boy. I wouldn't have done so many good things if I was evil."
It is nearly 30 years since attempts were made to poison Apowida.
He was fortunate enough to be saved by a local nun who moved him to an orphanage hundreds of miles away, in southern Ghana.
After a stint at an art college in the capital, Accra, he joined the British army and has served in Afghanistan.
He is one of the few "spirit children" able to progress to adult life.
But the practice of killing youngsters continued in Sirigu long after he was moved from the town.
To locals, the town has become synonymous with infanticide.
However, the killing of spirit children is an established practice across the Kasena-Nankana district of Ghana's Upper East region.
Six months ago, local leaders in northern Ghana announced the abolition of the ritual killings across seven towns in the region.
They said anyone caught trying to harm children would be handed over to the police.
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Sirigu is a town in the northernmost tip of Ghana where vast swathes of land are dotted with clusters of houses made from mud. The occupants tend to farm the land around their houses. Dry grass and baobab trees, occasionally punctuated by grazing cattle, go on for as far as the eye can see.
The town is noted for its wall art and pottery - crafts mainly pursued by the women here. But it is also notorious for killing infants born with deformities, or whose births are thought to be connected to the death of their parents.
Most locals I spoke to were optimistic that this custom has been put behind them since a ban six months ago.
But Sirigu is just one of several communities in the Kasena-Nankana district of Ghana's Upper East region. Reports suggests infants are still being killed in other parts of the region. Only time will tell whether the example set in Sirigu will be followed elsewhere.
Working in partnership with UK campaign group Afrikids, they agreed to work with disabled children to promote their rights.
It is the culmination of a relationship built between the charity and the local community over the last decade.
But, half a year on from the announcement of the ban, what has changed?
Afrikids says there have been no recorded instances of infanticide for the last three years.
Raymond Ayine, from the group, said awareness campaigns led by the group, as well as improved access to education, now mean more people understand that physical disabilities have a medical explanation.
"There are a number of children for whom we funded medical operations. Some of their deformities were reversed after surgery.
"They are living and the community now says if they were spirit children, they would have died. The longer they live, the more they are accepted."
Similarly, local chief Naba Adumbire Akwara said the "traditional methods of killing and dumping spirit children are a thing of the past" in Sirigu.
Ghana's constitution prohibits all forms of harmful cultural practices. But, in reality, little has been done by police over the years to end the practice.
The only recorded arrest of concoction men took place after an investigative journalist claimed a baby was killed in Sirigu early this year.
The apparent shift has been welcomed by Ghana's Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur.
"We are happy to hear that the practice of killing spirit children no longer exists in these districts," she said in September.
"What is even more significant is the involvement of the practitioners of the tradition known as concoction men in the solution process," she added.
However, there is no way to prove that the practice is not continuing secretly.
Attitudes are hard to change, as Angela Aposelse found out when she gave birth to a child who had no legs.
"My husband insisted the child is a spirit child and wanted to kill her, so the midwife contacted Afrikids who initially took custody of the child," she said.
"When I got my child, every night my husband and his people tried to kill her, but I stayed awake.
"It's been three years now. My husband still doesn't love the child. My neighbours also mock me that my child is not able to walk and has no future. But she is my child and God gave her to me," Ms Aposelse said.
Despite such stories, anecdotal evidence suggests attitudes are shifting.
In Sirigu, children were killed by herbalists - called concoction men - and the dead body would be taken to the top of a hill in a wooded area known locally as the Evil Forest.
The bodies were dumped in shallow graves, covered by stones. Pregnant women were not permitted to visit the forest, amid fears that an evil spirit would possess their unborn child.
But the BBC's Sammy Darko, reporting from Sirigu, says women have begun to visit the area to pick fruit and gather firewood.
However, our correspondent says the situation in Sirigu is not reflected in other towns in the Kasena-Nankana district.
In the town of Bongo, about an hour's drive from Sirigu, the paramount chief of the area - Bonaba Lemyaarum Baba Salifu Atamale - told our correspondent that the killings had not stopped.
"In my community they don't have a place where they take them to, but they kill them, the fetish priests are the ones who kill them, the families approach them and they come secretly and get rid of them, so if you are not in the know it's difficult to apprehend them."
Back in London, Apowida is planning his next journey to the town he still calls home.
During his most recent visit to Sirigu in 2011, he spoke to concoction men who were responsible for the deaths of countless children over the years.
"What they told me was that it wasn't their fault. It was the family members who brought the babies for them to kill."
He said the move to involve concoction men and give them alternative forms of income has been instrumental in helping to curb the practice in Sirigu.
And, when asked how prevalent he thinks the practice remains in the part of northern Ghana he hails from, he is adamant that the plight of youngsters earmarked as evil must not be forgotten or ignored.
"It's still going on. There's still more work to be done," he said.
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Nearly two thirds of footballers in Scotland have experienced mental health problems or know a team-mate who has, according to PFA Scotland figures.
Boyd's younger brother, Scott, took his own life last year.
"I am in the process of setting up my own foundation," said the 33-year-old former Rangers and Scotland striker.
"If the foundation, once it is up and running, helps one person then it's a success.
"If it saves one person from what myself and my family had to go through with my wee brother, it is well worth it."
Boyd was speaking as the players' union revealed, during Mental Health Awareness Week, that it had set up a dedicated service to tackle the issue and also launched a mobile app to make it easier for players to get help.
Hibernian head coach Neil Lennon, who has been candid about his own mental health, has also revealed that he battled a fresh bout of depression while leading his side to the Scottish Championship title this season.
It also follows news that Everton winger Aaron Lennon had last week been detained under the Mental Health Act, with his club saying he was suffering from a stress-related illness.
Boyd suggested that mental health problems were a "massive" problem for football.
He pointed out that they not only affected players who might be discarded by clubs early in their teens but also those who find it difficult to adjust to the end of long careers.
Injuries "can take you into a dark place" and there are also the many pressures that come with "trying to live the footballer lifestyle" while coping in dressing-rooms filled with "bravado".
"The biggest struggle is to speak and don't be ashamed," Boyd told BBC Scotland.
"It is an illness. There is no doubt about it.
"We have this stigma about mental health, that we can't speak about it.
"Hopefully, by raising awareness, more people can come forward."
Boyd believes that his tradesman joiner brother, who was 27, might still be here if he had sought help.
"We've had plenty of discussions as a family about what you could have done, but it all comes back to the one thing - until my wee brother wanted to help himself there's nothing you can do and that's why I'm saying - you need to open up," he said.
"Could he have been still here today? Yes. he could have been, if only he had opened up."
Boyd admitted that his footballer lifestyle caused problems during his spells away from home with Middlesbrough, Eskisehirspor and Portland Timbers.
"It was my decision to go to England, to go to Turkey, to go to America, but in reality my wife stayed here with my kids," he added.
"It wasn't a problem to me, because I covered it up playing football, but the Mrs was struggling at home with the kids.
"Yes, you get paid X amount, but it doesn't take away from the fact I wasn't in the house and about much when they were younger.
"I put a lot of onus on my wife and my wife's family to bring up my kids, which can be difficult."
Rescuers from the police, coastguard, ambulance and fire service were called to the scene shortly after 04:00 on Saturday.
The police's dive and marine unit carried out searches near to Moncrieffe Island and around the Friarton Bridge in the following days.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said the man's family had been informed.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) has been instructed to investigate the police's response before the man fell into the River Tay.
The watchdog will then submit its findings to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).
But Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick said HMP Elmley "needed more work, training and education to occupy its prisoners".
Inspectors found it was "reasonably safe", with lower levels of violence and self harm than at comparable jails.
However, the report noted that the jail was 300 prisoners over capacity.
The inspectors said that staff prisoner relationships were good, but that not all night staff had the confidence to deal with emergency situations where a prisoner had self harmed.
The inspection was carried out between 19 and 23 March.
Mr Hardwick said: "Overall this should be seen as an encouraging report.
"Issues such as cleanliness and the environment required attention, and it was unacceptable that so many prisoners were under-occupied."
In February, a report by the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said there had been an "unprecedented number of serious incidents" at Elmley prison.
The report found that 732 incidents were investigated between November 2010 and the end of October 2011, with 593 proven. These included intimidation, bullying, fighting and assaults.
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The 20-year-old swimmer from Co Down also won a silver to make her Britain's most decorated medallist in Brazil.
"It's so overwhelming and emotional to see everyone here - I didn't expect this whatsoever and I really am so thankful to everyone," said Firth.
Pupils from her old school were among those to greet her.
Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall was on the same flight from London, but even the arrival of a Hollywood star failed to divert the attention of the cameras awaiting the return of Northern Ireland's golden girl.
Firth was leapt upon by her most enthusiastic fan at Belfast City Airport - the swimmer's pet dog Russell sprinted across the arrivals hall and into her arms.
"I have been away from home for so long and training lots and lots and now I get time with him which is going to be so good," she added.
Bethany said she was delighted to be seen as a role model for aspiring Paralympians and she will soon be back in the pool, training for more glory.
"I really hope I am," she said. "If someone hadn't started me at such a young age I wouldn't be here so I just hope I can inspire others.
"It's a great sport and it brings you so much joy and you get to meet so many people.
"I never put a limit on what I can do, so I just can't wait to get going and see what happens."
Firth won gold in the S14 100m backstroke, 200m freestyle, 200m individual medley and was runner-up in the 100m breaststroke.
She also secured a gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics.
It marks the 75th anniversary of the detention of more than 3,500 women and children in the south of the island during World War Two.
Organiser Pamela Crowe, of Rushen Heritage, said the exhibition was of "international importance".
It was opened at St Catherine's Church by former internee Kathleen Hallgarten.
A baby when she was interned with her mother Ruth Borchard, she spent 18 months in the Rushen camp.
The now 76-year-old, whose parents were from Hamburg, said: "I remember an awful lot from the stories my mother told me - she recalled it as an enormously happy time."
Ms Hallgarten's father was interned separately in the north of the island.
All three were sent to the Isle of Man at short notice because her father worked in the shipping industry in the UK.
She said it is an exhibition of "great historic importance" and an opportunity for those detained to thank the Manx landladies and residents.
"My mother said the worst thing was not knowing when we would be released and the best thing was the friendships forged with both fellow internees and locals.
"In London it was the Blitz and they were sharing half a bedroom with family - here it was tranquil and the hottest summer on record. We just played on the beach".
The Isle of Man was asked by the UK government to accommodate thousands of enemy aliens at camps in Douglas, Ramsey and Peel.
According to Mrs Crowe, the majority of those interned in Port Erin and Port St Mary were refugees who had fled from Nazi Germany.
Even German nationals who had lived in Britain for decades were arrested, as were those who held passports from the Axis powers.
Women were sent to a specially built camp in the south of the island.
Hilda Wolfgang, who was an ordinary housewife and completely loyal to Britain, recalls: "I was interned. Just like that two policemen came and fetched me. People stood lining the streets, throwing stones at you, spitting at you and shouting spies!
"That was horrible. Everyone thought it would be a concentration camp like it is in Germany. Several of them wanted to jump in the water, because they didn't know what was in front of them. When we arrived in the Isle of Man, we had pictures taken with our number on. We already had the feeling that we were criminals."
Mrs Crowe said the Rushen camp was "unique in Europe" as it was a "camp of women, run by women for women."
She said: "It was a wonderful time in so much as they had escaped the bombings in London and arrived in the beautiful towns of Port Erin and Port St Mary with their glorious beaches.
"The women were well-occupied and shared their skills which included sculpture, typing and dress-making. Some beautiful work was produced."
Rushen Heritage Director Hugh Davidson agreed that as the camp was run by the Home Office rather than the military, there was great freedom.
He said: "The local people were within the barbed wire perimeter as well as the internees.
"It was basically a unique form of government by women of women because it was run by the landladies".
Mrs Clarke continued: "We are not suggesting that Rushen Camp was Utopia, since many women internees had wrongly lost their freedom and were loyal to Britain."
All other Manx camps like Knockaloe, which housed 23,000 internees near Peel, were just for men.
During the internment the population of the villages of Port Erin and Port St Mary doubled with the camp remaining occupied for five years.
It eventually closed in 1945 with many choosing to stay on after the war and remaining firm friends for life with the families who had looked after them.
Mrs Crowe added: "From grand hotels to humble homes - all spare bedrooms were requisitioned to house the thousands of women that arrived."
The research for the exhibition was undertaken by volunteers from the Rushen Heritage Trust.
The display is open daily from 10:00-16:00 BST until 14 June.
The team, captained by Leon Smith, includes Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans, Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot.
But Smith said Andy Murray could still feature in Ottawa, from 3-5 February.
"We'll just keep some dialogue going with Andy and see how he feels in the coming days," he told BBC Sport.
Murray, who lost to Mischa Zverev in the fourth round in Melbourne, played a packed schedule in the second half of 2016 to reach the top of the world rankings.
Smith added: "Andy has been unbelievable for our team. He gets on great with all the players and the staff and loves playing for Great Britain.
"But he has to look after himself and has played an awful lot of tennis, particularly in the last six months of the year.
"At some point you need to take a break."
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Canada's squad includes world number three Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil, Daniel Nestor and Denis Shapovalov.
"We know the challenge the Canadian team poses," added Smith.
Murray won 11 of a possible 12 points when he led Britain to their first Davis Cup victory for 79 years in 2015, and the Scot played in two of three ties last year as they reached the semi-finals.
"There's no let-up, and especially when it's in Ottawa - where the logistics of it make it challenging," said Smith.
"There's a lot of people, whether it's Tomas Berdych, Kei Nishikori, Roger Federer or Stan Wawrinka, having to look at the schedule and figure out what is best for them to be able to go through the whole year."
The report said PTTEP Australasia, a unit of Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production, had failed to observe "sensible" practice.
The Australian Resources Minister told parliament the Thai firm should have its operating licence reviewed.
More than 400 barrels of oil a day spewed into the pristine Timor Sea off Australia's north coast for 10 weeks.
The oil hit the coast of Indonesia and East Timor.
Oil began leaking from the West Atlas rig and Montara wellhead platform north of Australia last August.
It was plugged on a fifth attempt in November 2009, after a slick had spread an estimated 90,000 sq km (35,000 sq miles).
"The widespread and systematic shortcomings of PTTEP Australasia's procedures were a direct cause of the loss of well-control," Mr Ferguson said.
"Well-control practices approved by the regulator would have been sufficient to prevent the loss of well-control, however PTTEP Australasia did not adhere to these practices or its own well-construction standards," he said.
The company paid $390m (£245m) for the clean-up but the minister said he thought relevant laws needed to be strengthened to make absolutely clear that companies would be held responsible for any future leaks.
He also criticised the Australian government regulator which had pursued a "minimalist" approach in handling the emergency, saying the entire incident had been avoidable.
There was no immediate response from PTTEP.
The government ordered the inquiry while environmentalists have expressed concerns about the waters off Australia's north-west coast, which are home to whales and dolphins.
Hudson suffered the injury in a pre-season game against fellow Premiership side Exeter in September 2015.
The 34-year-old, who signed for the Cherry and Whites from Newcastle in March 2013, made 146 career Premiership appearances in spells with four clubs.
He will now join Gloucester's training staff as the club's performance nutritionist.
"I feel proud and very lucky to have been able to play for 15 years as a professional and always knew that it would come to an end one day," he said.
"I am now looking forward to starting a new chapter and am delighted that part of that will be with Gloucester."
The chair, from Clouds Hill in Wareham, has been loaned to Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Köln, until December.
Clouds Hill, which is cared for by the National Trust, now has a replica chair.
The original was made for Lawrence, who became famous as Lawrence of Arabia, in 1933 and is thought to have been crafted in Southampton.
The leather upholstery chair with sprung sheepskin cushions arrived at Clouds Hill cottage in January 1934 - 18 months before Lawrence died following a motorcycle accident.
In order to keep it preserved no one is allowed to sit in the original chair, but visitors to the cottage are being invited to sit in the replica seat.
James Grasby, a National Trust curator, said: "Normally we are reluctant to loan items during the open season, so as not to disappoint visitors by their absence.
"But by having a replica made we can let visitors not only see what it looks like, but to experience just how comfortable this chair was to sit in."
The original chair has an accompanying stainless steel book rest and was placed by the fire in the downstairs book room of Clouds Hill, which was also his bedroom.
Mr Grasby added: "Sitting there he must have appeared like a pilot in the cockpit of a fighter plane, navigating his way through the virtual worlds laid out in his huge collection of books."
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Prof Tony Travers, from the London School of Economics, told BBC Radio Wales both the Welsh government and the UK government had a "strong belief that fewer councils mean more efficient councils".
He said the thinking was: "If you have fewer councils than you've had up till now, you'll get lower cost local government."
It comes as Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews warned the number of Welsh councils could be cut to as few as six, as he urges them to seek voluntary mergers.
Councils 'could be cut to six'
Train services through Anderston Station were halted after the damage was discovered in the early hours of Thursday.
ScotRail said staff had arrived in the morning to find a section of the roof had "come away" above platform one.
The company later said that services were now running normally through the station.
A spokesman said: "Station staff at Anderston arrived this morning to find that a small part of the roof over the platform had come away.
"For safety reasons, they were unable to open the station to the public until the platform had been cleared and safety barriers erected."
A ScotRail Alliance spokesman added: "We are investigating the cause, and are looking to repair the damage with a minimum of disruption to our customers."
The Dutchman, 63, was charged after claiming the referee was against his side during the 0-0 draw at FA Cup fourth-round opponents Cambridge.
Van Gaal said: "In 30 years as a trainer-coach, I've never been charged. I do not think I said something wrong."
United won Tuesday's replay at Old Trafford 3-0 to set up a fifth-round tie at Preston North End.
After the game at the Abbey Stadium, Van Gaal told the BBC's Match of the Day: "Every aspect of a match is against us - the pitch, the referee."
He later repeated the accusation, adding: "You have seen the referee. It's always the same.
"Everywhere I have coached these games - and I have coached them also with other clubs - it's always the same."
The FA charge states that Van Gaal's words "allege and/or imply bias on the part of the match referee and/or bring the game into disrepute".
Van Gaa told reporters on Friday that he was not angry but very disappointed to have been charged.
United travel to West Ham on Sunday in the Premier League.
"I cannot imagine the FA has charged me. But, okay, it's like that. Of course I will contest it.
"I never said anything wrong. You can confirm, as the media, that I never say anything about the referee, in all the matches I have played."
"I represent the club nowadays as a manager and I represent my group of players. There was also a group of players who gave a lot of joy to the people at that time. I think they played a big part in the history of this club.
"I think we have to remember that always. We have made the right decision to be there, out of respect to the players and [Sir] Matt Busby."
"I said at the beginning of the week, before the game against Leicester, that this shall be an important week, that we had to win all three matches.
"We beat Leicester to go third, after that we beat Cambridge, so we are in the next round of the FA Cup. Now we have to continue."
In an interview with Total Politics magazine, he urged Labour leader Ed Miliband to set out a "clear" vision about what he wants to achieve.
He also questioned the character of the new generation of Labour MPs, saying the party "is moving on".
Lord Prescott served as deputy PM under Tony Blair from May 1997 to June 2007.
He said Mr Miliband's attempts to appear strong by seeking confrontation with the unions were "not enough" and suggested it was getting close to the stage where the Labour leader would need to lay out his policies to back up his One Nation vision.
"But what about your policies? What are you doing about that?" he said.
Lord Prescott said the perception of having a strong leader was not enough and urged Mr Miliband to have "a very clear idea, a vision of what you're going to do".
"That's about campaigning," he continued, "about drawing the differences, and not being buffeted about by the problems that come from a government who have chosen a different set of priorities".
"You have to deliver change but connected to your principles and beliefs," he added.
He contrasted his background as a former trade union official to that of Labour's current MPs who he said had been "researchers, things like that".
"The party is moving on, it's a different system, and it's producing different people. There's less to pick from. There's not many of them coming out now," Lord Prescott said.
"Most of them have been to university. Well, fine, great, they've got more brains but I'm not sure about the character. You've got to have a message and a vision and a leader that feels they are taking that on and believe in it. In politics, character is still part of it."
Another former deputy Labour leader, Lord Hattersley, also told the magazine that the party "needs to demonstrate what it stands for" and set out its ideology.
"When I was a young man, it was clear what it stood for: there was a large army of the poor, there were masses of houses that needed to be built, and there wasn't a health service... Now it's more complicated. Society has changed, and we need a firm ideological question because people don't know what we stand for," he said.
The singer-songwriter will be Kirsty Young's guest on 18 December.
He said of his track choices: "This is the music that electrified me - they galvanised me into changing my life in some way."
Other BBC radio highlights over Christmas includes Carey Mulligan guest editing Radio 4's Today programme and Glenda Jackson in King Lear.
Jackson said: "This is a very exciting prospect for us all. It will be very interesting to see how the play transfers from stage to microphone. I look forward to it."
The radio dramatisation of the current Old Vic production also includes Celia Imrie, Jane Horrocks and Rhys Ifans in the cast.
The production will air on Radio 4 on Boxing Day, 410 years to the day that it was performed for the first time in front of King James I.
Radio 2 highlights include last year's Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain inviting listeners for a festive family feast in the run-up to the big day, while Dolly Parton will relive childhood memories of Christmas in the Appalachian Mountains with her sister Stella on Christmas Eve.
Choirmaster Gareth Malone will follow on from Parton with two hours of his favourite choral music.
Malone will share his personal favourites on Desert Island Discs on Christmas Day.
Martha Reeves will also reminisce about Motown Christmases past as well as playing some of her favourite tracks from the likes of Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye and The Supremes.
Radio 1 will reveal the the top five artists for Sound of 2017 on Clara Amfo's Radio 1 show from 2 to 6 January.
And Radio 1Xtra will announce the 10 acts from the world of black music that the station predicts to be big in 2017.
On Radio 3, Planet Earth II presenter Sir David Attenborough reveals another side of himself as he tells stories behind music he has recorded from his travels around the world.
Composer of the week over Christmas will be Ivor Novello as Donald Macleod explores several works specially recorded for the series, some of which have not been heard for 100 years.
Radio 5 live will feature the usual festive programme of Premier League football games, and round-ups of the year in sport, including The Andy Murray Story.
6 Music's offerings include Three Wise Women, with Natasha Khan, of Bat for Lashes, Laura Marling and Annie Nightingale presenting their own shows.
And Kate Tempest returns to the station to look ahead to the coming year.
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Jacob Havard, 22, of Brittain Avenue, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Matthew Fereday, 24, of Moorland View, Bradeley, are accused of attacking Leonard Holmes in April 2014.
Both men also pleaded guilty to the attempted robbery of the 60-year-old.
They were remanded in custody and will appear at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court at a later date.
Before the trial both men pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr Holmes, but guilty to manslaughter and attempted robbery. This was accepted by the prosecution.
Mr Holmes was attacked in the early hours of 5 April on Brownley Road, at the junction with Community Drive in Smallthorne, as he made his way home from a family night out.
He suffered head and facial injuries and died in hospital on 3 February. He never regained consciousness.
He said TV footage and photos of this event had made the crowds look smaller than they were.
Speaking on Saturday, President Trump said "it looked like" some 1.5m people had been at his inauguration the day before.
Pictures taken of both Donald Trump's inauguration and Barack Obama's in 2009, seem to show the crowd was much smaller for Mr Trump's event.
After President Trump saw reports about the low numbers of people who attended his inauguration he claimed that news reporters are "among the most dishonest human beings on earth".
There are no official figures for the number of people who went to the events, but it's thought that 1.8m people attended President Obama's inauguration in 2009.
Users who had installed iOS 8.0.1 on the iPhone 6 models also complained it had caused problems for the handsets' Touch ID fingerprint facility.
The update had been released less than a week after the phones had gone on sale in order to fix other issues.
Apple said it was working on a new version.
"We have a workaround for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users who lost cellular service and Touch ID functionality today after updating to iOS 8.0.1," it said.
"Affected users can reinstall iOS 8 through iTunes.
"We apologise for the great inconvenience experienced by users, and are working around the clock to prepare iOS 8.0.2 with a fix for the issue, and will release it as soon as it is ready in the next few days."
The company has also published a support document that lists the steps affected users can take to revert their devices to the previous version of the operating system.
The iOS 8.0.1 update had been made available online for less than an hour before it was pulled on Wednesday.
MacRumors reported that within that time it had caused connectivity problems for subscribers to networks including EE in the UK, Vodafone in Germany, AT&T and Verizon in the US and Rogers in Canada.
Apple had said the update was intended to fix other bugs including:
While it is common for tech companies to issue bug fixes shortly after the release of a major new version of software, it is not usual for them to have to recall the code.
The mistake comes at a time when Apple has suffered a series of setbacks.
Last week it released a tool to remove the new U2 album from iTunes users' libraries - which it had given away for free - after complaints that its songs had automatically been downloaded to devices without their owners' permission.
On Tuesday, claims were made that some of the new iPhones had bent after being placed in users' pockets - it is as yet unclear whether this is a major problem or not.
And on Wednesday, it emerged that a bug in OS X could leave the company's Mac computers open to attack.
The Shellshock bug also affects computers powered by Linux.
The divorce, which was signed off by a Los Angeles judge on Thursday, states that neither Paltrow nor Martin will pay spousal support.
The pair married in December 2003 and have two children together.
In March 2014, the couple announced they were separating, with the process described as "conscious uncoupling" on Paltrow's lifestyle website Goop.
The concept is based on the idea of a joint spiritual journey, resulting in an amicable split which also takes the needs of any children into account.
The website crashed due to the volume of traffic when the couple's statement was published and the now-infamous phrase drew scorn from some quarters.
Paltrow later distanced herself from the original post, although she did actually use a version of the "conscious uncoupling" phrase in the blog post announcing the split, written under her and Martin's names.
Paltrow filed for divorce in April last year, citing irreconcilable differences.
Speaking to the BBC's Stephen Sackur last month, the actress spoke about the furore over the original announcement.
"It was such a difficult time in our lives... we didn't know that the conscious uncoupling phrase was going to inspire so much conversation.
"Ultimately, it's had a very positive impact... I'm very proud of it, I'm very proud of us.
"It's a commitment that I make every day to my children, that I adore their father and that we're a family, even though we're not in a romantic relationship."
Paltrow won an Oscar in 1999 for her role in Shakespeare in Love, while Martin and his band have won seven Grammy Awards.
They married in secret ceremony in December 2003, days after they announced Paltrow was pregnant with their first child.
They had already been together for a year, after reportedly meeting backstage at a Coldplay concert.
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The former Sun and News of the World editor was asked about the frequency of text contacts between the two when she was head of News International.
She said the prime minister signed off most texts with the letters DC but occasionally used the acronym LOL.
But she said he stopped this when he learnt the text shorthand stood for "laugh out loud" not "lots of love".
The disclosure became an instant topic of discussion on micro-blogging site Twitter, with a number of Labour politicians signing off their tweets on the subject lol.
Mrs Brooks was questioned for more than five hours about her relationship with politicians including Mr Cameron and former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and decisions taken by her papers when she was editor.
Mrs Brooks also told the inquiry she had the express permission of ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah to run a story in 2006 about their son Fraser being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.
But the Browns have issued a statement
saying that "at no stage" was their permission sought.
She also told the inquiry into press ethics that suggestions Mr Cameron texted her up to 12 times a day while opposition leader were "preposterous" as both he and her had "better things to do".
The two exchanged messages about once a week although contacts increased to about two a week in the run-up to the 2010 general election.
Most messages, she said, were to discuss "organisation" or future social occasions but in one instance, she commented on Mr Cameron's performance in the first leadership debate, telling the opposition leader it was "not very good".
Mrs Brooks was pressed by the lead counsel for the inquiry, Robert Jay QC, on how Mr Cameron signed off his texts, saying "everyone wanted to know".
Asked by Lord Leveson why he had posed the question, Mr Jay said if he did not "people would inquire why the question was not asked".
In response, Mrs Brooks said the prime minister would use DC "in the main".
But she added: "Occasionally he would sign them off LOL, lots of love. Actually, until I told him it meant laugh out loud and then he did not sign them like that any more. But, in the main, DC, I would have thought."
After the brief exchange, Lord Leveson urged Mr Jay to "move on" to other subjects.
Conservative commentator Iain Dale has said Mrs Brooks was not alone in getting texts of this kind, saying he had also received messages signed LOL, DC.
"He does it to lots of people," said the blogger and radio presenter.
But former Lib Dem MP Evan Harris claimed that he had texted the prime minister after the birth of his daughter Florence in August 2010.
In a tweet
, Mr Harris, who is a spokesman for the Hacked Off campaign which is seeking justice for victims of phone hacking, wrote: "He replied. Without an "lol" or even an "x".
And former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott sent a
Twitter message
to Number 10 saying he would put in an Freedom of Information (FOI) request to see all texts between Mr Cameron and Mrs Brooks.
Lord Prescott signed off his tweet, "keep your head up. LOL!" - a reference to a message reportedly passed on to Mrs Brooks by No 10 after her resignation in 2011.
The BBC's political correspondent Ross Hawkins said Lord Leveson could ask for all Mrs Brooks' text messages - many of which are unavailable after her Blackberry was "frozen" after she left News International - to be given to the inquiry.
Full-back Brice Dulin replaces Scott Spedding while Fabien Sanconnie, 22, will make his debut in place of the injured Charles Ollivon.
Sebastien Vahaamahina has a back injury so Julien Le Devedec comes in, while Virimi Vakatawa is back on the wing.
France are only one place off the bottom having won only one of their first three games, against Scotland.
It will be the 40th occasion on which the sides have met in a competitive fixture, France winning 36 of their previous encounters and Italy three.
The Azzurri, who have conceded 132 points in their first three games of this year's competition, last beat France in 2013 at the Stadio Olimpico.
France: Brice Dulin; Noa Nakaitaci, Remi Lamerat, Gael Fickou, Virimi Vakatawa; Camille Lopez, Baptiste Serin; Kevin Gourdon, Louis Picamoles, Fabien Sanconnie; Yoann Maestri, Julien Le Devedec; Rabah Slimani, Guilhem Guirado (capt), Cyril Baille.
Replacements: Christopher Tolofua, Uini Atonio, Eddy Ben Arous, Paul Jedrasiak, Bernard Le Roux, Antoine Dupont, Francois Trinh-Duc, Yoann Huget.
Just as unexpectedly, the gavel came down on UN climate talks that had almost collapsed because of wide gaps between the positions held by rich and poor nations.
So how was the agreement reached? And does it take the world any closer to dealing with climate change?
The Lima deal can be seen as a dry run for a much greater Paris compact. Ostensibly it was about how countries should format their intended national pledges on climate change.
In reality, it was about much weightier issues. It asked the 194 countries that came to the Peruvian capital if they were really serious about a long-term global climate deal.
It the answer was Yes, then some sacred cows would need to be sacrificed.
Prime among them was the binary view of the world that the UN convention on climate change brought into being in 1992.
It divided the world into rich and poor (Annex 1 and Non-Annex 1, in UN jargon). The richer countries would take on carbon-cutting commitments - the poorer ones would not.
Here in Lima, that old fashioned view of the world was consigned to history, though not without a desperate struggle.
Developing countries resolutely fought to keep this sense of differentiation firmly in the text. They were very upset when the original text about the pledges countries will make next year, used the word "shall".
It seemed to them that poor African countries and small island states were being corralled into making the same level of commitment on climate change as the big boys.
No one seriously expects the countries in sub-Saharan Africa will have to do the same as the US and the EU. Eventually the "shall" became a "may".
But when you have a situation where countries like Singapore, with a gross domestic product per capita larger than Germany, are still classed as a Non-Annex 1 ("poor") country, you can see why there were calls for reform.
So there is no mention of Annex 1 parties anywhere in the document. To make it clear there are different strokes for different folks, the text reiterates the importance of "common but differentiated responsibilities", or CBDR in the jargon.
But it adds an important rider: "in light of different national circumstances."
I am told that both China and the US supported this addition. Essentially it means there will be no fixed positions anymore. Countries can and do develop, and with that development will come a different level of commitment on climate change.
According to the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, this was extremely significant.
"There are three pieces of that concept," she said. "One is the historical responsibility, which is undeniable, of industrialised countries; next is the respective capacities and capabilities of countries, which are an ongoing process; and the third part is actually the national circumstances.
"From a political and operational point of view it is a very important breakthrough that actually opens the way towards a Paris agreement."
Others agreed. This change was painful for some but it had to happen, said Liz Gallaher, from the think tank E3G.
"What we've had in the past is this north-south divide, and what this text does is to break that up, it's much more fluid," she added.
"There is lot of sense of differentiation, how do you apportion responsibility between countries rather than this north versus south which is great."
Green campaigners, though, are very upset with the Lima process. Too little had been achieved, too many decisions had been kicked down the road, they said.
"These talks delivered basically nothing for the poor and vulnerable in developing countries," said Harjeet Singh from Action Aid International.
"More exciting than the negotiations were the sheer number of impacted peoples marching in the streets in Lima and staging actions at the talks - the people who have the most to gain or lose from these talks. How long will governments continue to ignore people's demands?"
While the focus has undoubtedly been on the issue of pledges and the arguments about them, another important concept has quietly crept into the broader document.
This is the idea that a long-term goal for climate change might not be just keeping temperatures below 2C, but zero emissions from fossil fuels by 2050.
The idea has the backing of scientists, and now it is in the rough negotiating text.
It that was to remain in the final deal in Paris, it would be an idea that could, quite literally, change the world.
But there is a long way to go.
The ghosts of Copenhagen are everywhere in this talks process. One of the reasons Lima has been so important is that it got everyone to say what they will do, before they arrive in the French capital next year. That hopefully overcomes one of the key problems that saw efforts founder in Denmark five years ago.
But despite that, the Lima deal does have a critical weakness. There is, as yet, no meaningful way of ratcheting up the commitments countries make. That was sacrificed to keep the developing nations on board.
It is not the only can that has been kicked down the road and the big danger is that leaving too much to the last minute in Paris will ensure a repeat of the failings of Copenhagen.
For a while, you didn't need to look any further than Perez Hilton's gossip site after he published a handful of them.
He has since taken them down with an apology that he acted in "haste".
The images he posted included ones reported to be of Jennifer Lawrence and Victoria Justice.
In a series of tweets, Hilton said he had decided to remove the naked ones from his site. He then had a change of heart and removed the censored ones too.
Representatives for Jennifer Lawrence have issued a statement to Newsbeat, saying: "This is a flagrant violation of privacy.
"The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence."
Perez Hilton has not confirmed whether he has read that statement himself.
The blogger later posted a video saying that he would not post "intimate photos like that" and that he is trying to "think of other ways to make things right".
He added: "A lot of you let me know my actions were wrong. I didn't even stop to think about my actions, I just wanted to get this out there as soon as possible."
The 36-year-old said he would "use this as an opportunity to learn from and grow from and make some changes going forward".
The FBI is now looking into allegations that the intimate pictures of celebrities were stolen and posted online.
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He was jailed in March 2014 having been found guilty of five counts of money laundering.
During his trial, Yeung was unable to show where almost HK$100m (£7.7m) in his bank accounts had come from.
He was later freed on bail pending his appeal but on Monday Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal issued a judgement dismissing his case.
A statement from the court said: "In his Notice of Appeal, Yeung asks that the judgment of the Court of Appeal in CACC 101/2014 dated 13 May 2015 be reversed, varied or altered or that he might have such other relief as this Court should determine.
"No basis has been made out for such relief and his appeal is dismissed."
Yeung, bought Birmingham City in 2009. The club's prospective new owners- Trillion Trophy Asia - have promised not to sell the club for at least two years.
It brought down a minister and a politician, practically destroyed the careers of a popular celebrity and a news commentator and nearly broke up one of Japan's biggest boy bands.
Founded in 1926, it is a tabloid and boasts Japan's largest annual circulation of more than 2.5 million. It has held this top spot for more than a decade.
"To get the scoop, you need to want to get the scoop," said its editor Manabu Shintani, "but Japanese media - newspapers, TV or radio - they are no longer actively looking for it because it's too risky".
It is a worrying trend in a country which has fallen from 11th to 72nd ranking in the World Press Freedom Index in the last six years.
On Tuesday UN rights expert David Kaye wrapped up a visit to Japan by warning of "serious threats" to the independence of the press and a culture of fear among Japanese journalists.
Although Japan has always said freedom of the press is protected, his comments come amid wider concerns about the government's growing influence on mainstream media.
Three of Japan's news presenters, NHK's Hiroko Kuniya, TV Asahi's Ichiro Furutachi and TBS's Shigetada Kishii, were replaced at the start of the financial year in April. Their contracts were not renewed.
Some claim they were replaced because they asked tough questions and were critical of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration. There is no evidence to back this, but Mr Kaye's visit to Japan came in the wake of these controversies.
In a recently published essay, Ms Kuniya said "I feel that there is growing pressure to conform," adding that mass media is also complicit.
The relationship between the chiefs of major TV stations and newspapers are closely scrutinised by the public, mostly online, with some observers asking if they are censoring themselves to please the authorities. Some accuse the media of "colluding" with the government, or being "under its thumb".
Communications minister Sanae Takaichi recently said that the government could revoke a broadcaster's license if it repeatedly fails to show political impartiality in its coverage.
The ministry denies this was a veiled attempt at censorship, but the fear is that journalists stick to what Shukan Bunshun's Mr Shintani calls "safe news", such as the government's official announcements.
There is also a financial reality that many media organisations face.
"Getting a scoop takes time and costs money but not all of them become an actual article," Mr Shintani explained.
For example, it took his magazine nearly a year to publish an article about the bribery allegations against the then Economy Minister Akira Amari who later resigned from his position. Mr Amari said he had received money which he wanted declared as a political donation - however, he said some of it had been mishandled by his staff.
There is also a risk of being sued for defamation. The magazine has been taken to court numerous times and it was once ordered to pay 4.4 million yen ($38,760; £27,350).
But that has not stopped its 40 journalists from breaking stories. The weekly's investigative skills have long been reputable despite the populist nature of some of its reports.
Others have struck very much at the heart of Japan's political culture.
Back in 1974, it was Shukan Bunshun which reported the bribery allegation of the then prime minister Kakuei Tanaka. It eventually led to his arrest in 1976 and Mr Tanaka was later found guilty for violations of foreign exchange control laws.
Their repeated scoops have raised speculation that the magazine hires a private detective which Mr Shintani flatly denies.
"We may pay 5,000 to 10,000 yen ($46-92; £32-64) depending on tips but not much more," he said.
Shukan Bunshun has been winning the scoop battle this year but its rival Shukan Shincho also recently exposed an extramarital affair of Hirotada Ototake, known for publishing a popular book about being born without arms or legs, who had been rumoured to run for parliament.
The story shocked readers, not only because he is a symbol for the disabled in Japan, but also because he has admitted to five affairs.
Some of the so-called scoops have been dismissed as little more than tasteless gossip, but the fact remains the majority of recent exclusives have been broken by such magazines, not newspapers or broadcasters.
So what explains the tabloids getting there first? The finger is often pointed at the journalist clubs which reporters for mainstream media must belong to.
They give them access to government officials and press conferences but foreign media - including the BBC - and freelance journalists are not granted entry, leading to accusations that the authorities are trying to control the information that is reported.
Weekly magazine journalists don't have access either so while they are handicapped in terms of access, they are also freer to write what they like.
"There are lots of debates about how the government is trying to influence media," said editor of Shukan Bunshun, Manabu Shintani.
"But instead of expressing our opinions about it, it is our job to stick to facts and reveal what politicians are up to."
So by mixing big scoops with lots of gossip and pictures of topless girls - similar to that of The Sun's Page 3 girls - the Japanese public gets a different viewpoint and sometimes the real story from a tabloid.
Khalida Mahmood and Muzaffar Mahmood spoke of their shock at Aqsa's apparent radicalisation.
She is thought to have travelled through Turkey in November 2013.
In the broadcast with the US network CNN, they insisted her upbringing reflected their moderate views.
Her father said: "She was the best daughter we could have. We don't know what happened to her.
"We told her there was nothing wrong with prayer or reading the Koran."
Aqsa Mahmood attended the private Craigholme School in Glasgow before going on to university.
Muzaffar Mahmood added: "We are a moderate Muslim family and it was a big shock for us.
"Her last message was that 'I will see you on the day of judgement... I will take you to heaven, I will hold your hand,' that's what she said. 'I will become a martyr.'"
Aqsa contacted her parents after arriving in Syria and had kept in touch through social media until Tuesday, when newspapers reported her involvement with IS.
Comments attributed to Aqsa Mahmood on Twitter called on people in Britain to repeat terrorist atrocities seen in Woolwich and the US.
Her mother Khalida recorded a message in the hope that Aqsa may see it broadcast.
She said: "My dear daughter, please come back. I'm missing you so much. Your brothers and sisters miss you a lot.
"My dearest daughter, in the name of Allah, please come home. I love you."
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The Reds went in front when Danny Ings headed in Adam Lallana's cross from close range, but Derek Asamoah equalised with a low shot.
There were boos from home fans despite Liverpool having 47 shots and 16 on target in the 120 minutes.
Goalkeeper Adam Bogdan, on his Liverpool debut, saved three penalties in the shootout.
The Reds, who had not won in their previous five matches in all competitions, struggled in front of goal and - the shootout aside - have scored only six times in eight games.
Despite having 19 corners, they struggled to break down a side that have conceded 17 league goals this season, the joint-most in the top four divisions.
Liverpool will play Bournemouth in the fourth round in a repeat of a Premier League game they won in controversial fashion in August.
How Wednesday's Capital One Cup drama unfolded
Carlisle, who are 10th in League Two and were once managed by Liverpool's legendary former boss Bill Shankly, grew in confidence the longer the game progressed.
Asamoah's equaliser came against the run of play but the visitors defended resolutely.
Keeper Mark Gillespie made several saves, while Alex Gilliead went close with a long-range effort late on in extra time.
Hungary keeper Bogdan, 27, arrived at Anfield on a free transfer in the summer following his departure from Championship side Bolton.
He became an instant hero, saving three penalties at the Anfield Road End - in front of the 6,000 away supporters - to help the Reds avoid an embarrassing defeat.
BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty: "Liverpool may have made progress in the Capital One Cup - but the tortuous performance and need for penalties to oust Carlisle does nothing to ease pressure on manager Brendan Rodgers.
"On a day when Liverpool dismissed speculation suggesting former AC Milan, Chelsea, Paris St-Germain and Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was being lined up as a potential replacement for Rodgers, it required heroics from deputy keeper Adam Bogdan in the shootout to see off a team 65 places below them on the league ladder.
"Anfield delivered a resounding raspberry in the direction of Liverpool's players at various points throughout a very long evening, and there is no doubt Rodgers owes the keeper signed from Bolton Wanderers in the summer a large debt of gratitude.
"That is because defeat by lowly Carlisle may just have been too much even for those among a Liverpool fanbase who still support Rodgers.
"Rodgers is a manager seemingly always one defeat away from a crisis - but a cup exit here may have sparked a chain of events even more significant than that.
"Instead, Liverpool stumble into the next round of the Capital One Cup to at least earn Rodgers a little breathing space - but not much.
"Yes it was a victory, and an important one, but not a win or performance that will dispel a single doubt over a manager who has been under serious scrutiny ever since Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group kept faith with him in the summer."
Liverpool first-team coach Gary McAllister:
"There were big sighs of relief in that dressing room and the players are extremely happy.
"And it will get better. The feeling is that we're working hard in training, we'll persevere, and we'll try to win games and perform well.
"Maybe this is one of those little things that can just pull us together as we look forward to the weekend.
"The positives were we are through to the next round and we've had over 50 shots at goal."
Carlisle manager Keith Curle:
"You are looking at a team which made a lot of friends tonight."
Liverpool face a game against fellow strugglers Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday, while Carlisle host Newport, who are bottom of League Two.
Manchester City v Crystal Palace
Liverpool v Bournemouth
Manchester United v Middlesbrough
Everton v Norwich City
Southampton v Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday v Arsenal
Hull City v Leicester City
Stoke City v Chelsea
(Ties to be played on 27-28 October)
Match ends, Liverpool 1(3), Carlisle United 1(2).
Penalty Shootout ends, Liverpool 1(3), Carlisle United 1(2).
Penalty saved! Bastien Héry (Carlisle United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
Goal! Liverpool 1(3), Carlisle United 1(2). Danny Ings (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Goal! Liverpool 1(2), Carlisle United 1(2). Alex McQueen (Carlisle United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Penalty saved! Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
Penalty saved! Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Penalty saved! Adam Lallana (Liverpool) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
Goal! Liverpool 1(2), Carlisle United 1(1). Gary Dicker (Carlisle United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Goal! Liverpool 1(2), Carlisle United 1. Emre Can (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Penalty saved! Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Liverpool 1(1), Carlisle United 1. James Milner (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty Shootout begins Liverpool 1, Carlisle United 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Liverpool 1, Carlisle United 1.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Gary Dicker.
Attempt missed. Alex Gilliead (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jabo Ibehre.
Attempt missed. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Milner following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Macaulay Gillesphey.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Liverpool).
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Attempt saved. Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Attempt missed. Emre Can (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by James Milner.
Attempt missed. Emre Can (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. James Milner (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Attempt blocked. Adam Lallana (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Danny Ings.
Attempt missed. Danny Ings (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alberto Moreno.
Attempt saved. Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Attempt missed. Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jordon Ibe with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Macaulay Gillesphey.
Attempt missed. Emre Can (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Second Half Extra Time begins Liverpool 1, Carlisle United 1.
First Half Extra Time ends, Liverpool 1, Carlisle United 1.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Foul by James Milner (Liverpool).
Alex McQueen (Carlisle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jordon Ibe (Liverpool).
Macaulay Gillesphey (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Michael Raynes.
Attempt blocked. Jordon Ibe (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Abdulgadir Masharipov said so-called Islamic State (IS) initially told him to attack an area in Taksim Square.
He was forced to change his target because of heavy security in the area, according to the Hurriyet newspaper.
The Uzbek national was captured by Turkish police on Monday.
Abdulgadir Masharipov said his instructions came from Raqqa, IS's stronghold in Syria, Hurriyet reports.
"I came to Taksim on New Year's Eve but the security measures were intense. It wasn't possible to carry out the attack," he was quoted as saying.
"I was given instructions to search for a new target in the area. Reina looked suitable for the attack. There didn't seem to be many security measures," he added.
The BBC has not been able to verify the report in Hurriyet, which has not said how it managed to obtain the police interview in which the suspect makes his comments.
IS has said it was behind the attack, which the group said it had ordered in revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria.
Citizens of Israel, France, Tunisia, Lebanon, India, Belgium, Jordan and Saudi Arabia were among the victims, and dozens of people were injured.
The attack on the Reina club was carried out by a gunman who arrived by taxi early that Sunday, before rushing through the entrance with a long-barrelled gun he had taken from the boot of the car.
He then fired randomly at people celebrating the new year.
Sources: Turkish media
In the main, it is a gift to the old guard Cuban Americans in Miami who opposed the detente and voted for Trump.
So it bans financial transactions with the commercial arm of Cuba's military. But it also takes into account objections from US businesses that don't want to turn the clock back.
Thus, it does not "disrupt" existing joint ventures and carves out other exceptions. Probably the most visible effect will be a slowdown of American visitors, who took advantage of looser travel rules that Trump says he'll now strictly enforce.
Here are some takeaways:
President Trump framed his policy in the human rights concerns of his Miami constituency, which passionately opposes the Cuban government's ongoing repression of political freedoms.
And it bears the stamp of hawkish Cuban-American lawmakers such as Senator Marco Rubio, who see Obama's historic opening as an appeasement of the Castro regime.
But Trump's critics question why he singled out Cuba for such treatment when he's made a point of not lecturing other nations such as Saudi Arabia and the Philippines for bad behaviour.
"I welcome the administration bringing up human rights globally, but [Trump shouldn't] use it as an excuse to carry out a more extreme political agenda," Democratic Senator Ben Cardin told me.
Aside from the president's determination to fulfil a campaign promise to Miami, many Democrats believe he's simply bent on reversing Obama's signature policies.
Everyone agrees that a flourishing Cuban private sector is the key to political change. The disagreement is how to encourage it. Trump's policy promises to channel funds away from the Communist state and to the people who, says Mr Rubio, will in the long-term create a Cuban business class independent of the government.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says it's a matter of law - he told a recent Senate hearing that the administration believes it's illegal for the US to provide financial support to the Cuban regime.
Pro-engagement advocates think that doesn't make any sense in a country where the authorities control so much of the economy. They fear this approach will ultimately stifle what private enterprise has managed to benefit from rapprochement.
However, there is frustration across the political spectrum that detente has done little to trigger political and economic reform in Cuba.
When he was secretary of state, John Kerry's people used to give us charts outlining what they called the "internal embargo" - ways the Cuban government could but didn't make the most of America's economic opening.
According to Republican Senator Bob Corker: "It's almost like it's engrained in them that whatever it is the US wishes for them to do, they are not going to do, just to demonstrate that the revolution is still alive."
It's probably true that these aging Communist rebels have resistance hard-wired in their DNA, after decades of defining their nationalism in opposition to American overt and covert intervention.
Obama decided to take the American "bad-guy" out of the equation. Trump's moves may put it back in, and return Cuban hardliners to their comfort zone.
Trump's team certainly wants to put pressure back into the equation - Mr Tillerson said the opening to Cuba had removed Havana's incentive to change and Washington's ability to force the issue.
But Cuba's leaders don't respond well to such treatment - they've made very clear they will not let outsiders push them into making political reforms.
Alongside their denunciation of the new measures, they did repeat their willingness to continue "respectful" dialogue and co-operation. But they won't have taken kindly to Trump's blistering take-down of a "cruel and brutal" Communist regime that's committed "terrible crimes in service of a depraved ideology".
Whatever the practical economic consequences of this new/old policy, it could well reinstate the adversarial relationship Obama sought to transform.
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Sina Corp's Weibo service - which is often compared to Twitter - has an estimated 260 million users.
Beijing'slocal government demandedthat operators based in the city must obtain the information by 16 March.
The move was ordered to prevent the "spread of harmful" false rumours.
Users have been told to provide their name and mobile telephone number which must then be verified. Those who refuse will be barred from posting messages and will be limited to reading others' entries.
Examples of recent false stories include reports that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, had been assassinated during a stay at the country's embassy in Beijing, and a claim that people had taken syringes containing HIV-infected blood to Beijing to use in attacks.
Sina's update coincides with a study highlighting how Chinese censors already delete controversial messages from the service.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh suggested that entries discussing political protests, the banned Falun Gong movement and pornography were among topics targeted by both automatic checks and human censors.
A separate study by BBC Monitoring suggested that the Chinese authorities wanted to use Weibo to "maintain social stability" rather than undermine the platform.
It noted that 141 deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) and 183 members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) had signed up to the service - a move which attracted a lot of attention in the local media.
Although that still accounts for less than 10% of the deputies involved in the country's parliament and top political advisory body, the action appears to have proved popular.
A poll quoted by the semi-official China News Service (CNS) suggested that over 70% of the Chinese public thought that online expressions "will become a new avenue for China's democratic development", and nearly 60% thought that "it can help draw the government closer to the people".
CNS also reported how Cai Qi, a deputy from Zhejiang with more than one million followers, had asked for suggestions about what he should discuss in parliament. The article said he later based his proposals on some of the 12,000 replies he received.
Popular China Central Television (CCTV) host and CPPCC member Cui Yonguan said last month: "If several thousand people communicate with ordinary people and netizens every day, they may no longer have so much discontent in their hearts."
However, the Guangzhhou-based Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper published a commentary earlier this month saying that Weibo's rise could not substitute genuine "systemic reform".
It said the service provided "good democratic training" to the public, but added that there was a risk of social upheaval so long as deeper reforms remained indefinitely delayed.
The detectors eavesdrop on the nocturnal chatter of bats, picking up their ultrasonic calls and monitoring bat activity in real-time.
The project aims to investigate the health of bat populations at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
The smart devices have the potential to monitor the diversity of all sorts of wildlife, from birds to frogs.
Kate Jones, professor of ecology and biodiversity at University College London, is one of the world's leading experts in bat conservation.
"We've created this 'Shazam' for bat activity - bat calls - so we have put sensors into the park, which are connected up to the Wi-Fi and power," she explained.
"And we've put an intelligent device into the sensors so that they can pick up ultrasonic bat calls and then tell us if it's a bat and what species it is in real time."
In what the researchers describe as a living lab, or Internet of Wild Things, smart bat sensors have been installed at 15 sites across the park. The monitors are automatically tracking the species present and their activity levels in real-time.
"Every time a bat's call is detected by one of the boxes, the machine learning algorithms first of all look to see whether it is a bat and if they think it is then another process then looks to see what species of bat that might be," said Dr Sarah Gallacher from Intel Labs Europe.
"And all this information is then passed out through the network to the cloud. We are deploying it and testing it in the real world in the wild, so we are calibrating and trying to understand how this technology and network works while it's in a very public space."
The technology is based on a deep neural network that runs on a chip. Dr Gabriel Brostow leads the team of computer scientists at UCL who worked on the platform.
"We teach this function to do the right mapping by giving it lots of examples," he said.
"So, in this case we had lots of audio files that were labelled by volunteers and bat experts who were able to tell us when a bit of an audio file corresponded to a bat call.
"And so we took those examples and we fed them into these machine learning systems - in this case neural networks - which were then tuned and adjusted so that eventually the system could do that kind of mapping automatically."
The project aims to find out more about the diversity of bats in the park, from the UK's smallest bat, the common pipistrelle, to the largest bat, the noctule. In the future, the technology could be adapted to monitor other wildlife in the park - such as birds.
"Our vision is that we could start using these smart devices in the wild," said Prof Jones.
"So, smart sensors, Internet of Things, is very common in your house to monitor temperature and your heating schedule but what we've done here is a smart sensor in the wild.
"I think that our platform can start to monitor in a much more fine-scale way the biodiversity on our planet. "
The trial runs in the park until the end of the year. Eventually, all the data will be released - not only on bat biodiversity but on the science behind the experiment. So, in theory, you could even build your own bat detector for your garden.
Find out more about the project: Nature-Smart Cities – Sensing Nature in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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Last year 252 children aged 12 and under were given antidepressants while in 2009/10 it was 57.
During the same period the numbers for all children under 18 doubled from 2,748 in 2009/10 to 5,572 last year.
The Scottish government said the increase reflected a rise in the number of young people seeking help.
There are no official guidelines for the treatment of depression in children and adolescents in Scotland.
However, there are NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidelines for England and Wales that doctors can refer to and be guided by.
NICE says antidepressants should be given to teenagers and children in conjunction with psychological talking therapies.
Fluoxetine, which is usually sold under the trade name Prozac, is the only drug recommended for under 18s "as this is the only antidepressant for which clinical trial evidence shows the benefits outweigh the risks".
The statistics obtained by the BBC from NHS Scotland's Information Services Division show that last year 45% of the under-18s were prescribed fluoxetine.
They also show that 41% of them were prescribed sertraline and 13% citalopram, which are the recommended second-line treatments if fluoxetine is "not tolerated".
Ten adolescents, aged 13-17, were prescribed paroxetine despite NICE guidelines saying "paroxetine should not be used for the treatment of depression in children and young people".
Dr Elaine Lockhart, chairman of the child and adolescent faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland, said: "Antidepressants are prescribed for a range of conditions, including depression, anxiety, OCD and even for migraines and pain in some cases.
"This data does not indicate what the prescriptions are for, so it is impossible to ascertain precisely why prescriptions for antidepressants have increased.
"Without this information, it is wrong to assume that only depressed children have been prescribed medication."
Dr Lockhart added: "Antidepressants are an evidence-based treatment. When left untreated mental illnesses such as severe depression can cause extreme suffering, and stop children from enjoying their childhood."
She said antidepressants should only be used in under 18-year-olds on the recommendation of psychiatrists, who take the prescription of psychotropic medication "very seriously".
Dr Lockhart said they medications were used when anxiety or depressive symptoms had not responded adequately to psychological therapies alone.
They could also be used to reduce severe symptoms so the child or young person could then make use of psychological therapies, she said.
The Scottish government has said it believes doctors are using medication correctly.
Mental Health Minister Maureen Watt said: "Any prescribing is a clinical decision and there is good evidence that GPs assess and treat depression appropriately.
"We have worked hard to reduce the stigma faced by people with mental health problems. As this stigma declines we would expect more patients to seek help from their GPs for problems such as depression.
"People with mental illness should expect the same standard of care as people with physical illness and should receive medication if they need it."
The minister added: "The number of items prescribed has been increasing consistently over the last ten years.
"This reflects the substantial increase in demand for child and adolescent mental health services."
Julie says her depression was first picked up when she was nine or 10 after her parents became concerned about her mental health.
She did not receive antidepressants at that young age and the treatment "was mostly speaking to people and trying to get things off my chest".
For Julie, which is not her real name, talking therapies did not work.
"Things just got worse," she says.
"I didn't find any help in talking to people. They didn't accept there were some things I didn't want to talk about. They were very pushy trying to find out why I was upset."
When she was 14 Julie went to the doctor and was prescribed the antidepressant sertraline.
"At first I thought it helped," she says.
"I have never had very high self-esteem and I noticed very quickly that it helped with that.
"But after a couple of months I started noticing that I was maybe overconfident and a bit cocky, obnoxious, rude and inconsiderate towards other people. I was different to my usual self on it."
At first it was just mood swings but a few months on from that it turned into "destructive behaviour", which got her into trouble with the police.
"That wasn't me," she says
"The person I was when I was on that drug was someone unrecognisable to me and my family.
"I was a horrible person when I was on that medication. I had a lot of problems at the time but that just wasn't me. I've not been like that since or before it."
Julie says the dose of her medication was increased to deal with the symptoms but the side effects got worse and her behaviour became more erratic.
When she stopped taking the drugs, she says, she returned to herself within weeks.
"Very quickly the bad behaviour stopped, the intense emotions stopped and the anger went away.
"I'm 100% positive those problems started when I started taking Sertraline. Once I had taken myself off it those problems went away in a short space of time."
Julie is now 19 and looking back she says the way the drug was prescribed and monitored was wrong.
"The dose I was on was wrong and I wasn't made aware of the risks," she says.
"I think if someone is one it they should be checked on very frequently. It shouldn't just be left to them to deal with."
New England boss Eddie Jones is in the process of recruiting his backroom staff, with Hatley linked to a role as scrum coach.
"Our scrum is one of the best in Europe," Ford told BBC Points West.
"So no, it does not surprise me he is being linked with an international position."
Under Hatley's guidance, Bath's scrum has become one of the most feared in the Premiership, with the club also reaching the domestic final last season.
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"I think the proof is in the pudding and he has been outstanding," added Ford.
"We all know how much work he does on scrum analysis and he finds ways of making them a better scrumager."
However, Ford warned that a role with England would not necessarily be a good career move for Hatley, who signed a new four-year contract at the club in September,
"I think I've got great experience of being an assistant coach with England and it's not necessarily the next step," he said.
"Neal is also in charge of our defence and is developing here and his ultimate ambition is to be head coach of an organisation somewhere down the line.
"So you have to be careful that if you go back to being a specialist coach for only 10 games a year, it's not necessarily the best step for you."
Private detective Daniel Morgan was killed with an axe in 1987 and police admit corruption hampered inquiries.
A retired officer who advises the Morgan family has said Cressida Dick has the chance to make a "brave move" over what has happened since.
The Met said it was working with the judge-led panel set up by Theresa May.
The body of Mr Morgan, 37, from Llanfrechfa, near Cwmbran, Torfaen, was found outside the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, London.
His family believe he was about to go the newspapers to expose serious police corruption.
The case remains unsolved despite five police investigations and is currently the subject of an independent Home Office inquiry.
However, the Morgan family have been calling for the statutory Leveson Two inquiry into links between journalists, police and private investigators to go ahead.
Gordon Brown has also called for Leveson Two, claiming there is fresh evidence linking press abuses to Mr Morgan's murder inquiry.
One supporter of the Morgan family is a former Met witness protection officer and police whistleblower, originally from Wales, who knows Mr Morgan's mother, Isobel Hulsman.
He uses the alias Frank Matthews on Twitter to maintain his anonymity but is known to the BBC and the Met.
He told BBC Radio Wales' current affair programme Eye on Wales the "Met have not been open and honest with this case".
"They hide behind the fact that they need to protect some of their information," he said.
"I disagree with that. This is a murder investigation, a clear case that could have been unravelled at the early stages.
"Until the Met comes clean we are left with no option than to believe that this is corruption.
"The next commissioner will have to think long and hard and if the commissioner comes up with the strategy, I'm sure it will pay dividends in the long run."
Mr Morgan's brother Alastair remembers his first visit to the pub car park where his brother was murdered on 10 March 1987.
He said: "There was no crime scene cordon, nothing. I remember looking about and thinking he was brought here to kill him. This place was chosen to kill him."
Four men were charged with Mr Morgan's murder in 2008 but after 18 months of legal argument the prosecution's case collapsed in March 2011.
As home secretary in 2013, Ms May set up an independent, judge-led panel of experts to examine claims police corruption prevented a conviction.
A spokesman for the panel said: "The panel has started writing its report. However, as further new material requiring examination continued to be submitted throughout 2016, no publication date has yet been set.
"The aim is to get the report published before the Parliamentary summer recess."
Ms Dick was named as the Met's new commissioner last month, becoming the first woman to take charge of London's police force in its 188-year history.
Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt said: "The re-investigation into Daniel Morgan's murder identified, ever more clearly, how the initial inquiry failed the family and wider public.
"The MPS [Metropolitan Police Service] has stated that it is quite apparent that police corruption was a debilitating factor in that investigation, which is wholly unacceptable.
"The work of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel is ongoing, and the MPS continues to work with them, as they seek to fully examine the circumstances of Daniel's murder, and the handling of the case since 1987."
Eye on Wales is on BBC Radio Wales on Sunday 5 February at 12:30 GMT.
Nystagmus, or 'dancing eyes' affects 1 in 1,000 people and no medical treatment is available.
The patient had two tiny magnets implanted into each eye to help overcome the eyes' flickering.
Experts claim it paves the way for greater use of magnetic implants to control the movement of body parts.
The magnets interacted with one another to impede involuntary eye movement and improve the patient's vision.
The study, led by University College London and the University of Oxford, is understood to be the first time an oculomotor prosthesis - an implant that controls eye movement - has been used successfully.
"Nystagmus has numerous causes with different origins in the central nervous system, which pose a challenge for developing a pharmaceutical treatment, so we chose to focus on the eye muscles themselves," said lead author Dr Parashkev Nachev, of the UCL's Institute of Neurology.
"But until now, mechanical approaches have been elusive because of the need to stop the involuntary eye movements without preventing the natural, intentional movements of the shifting gaze."
Nystagmus is continuous uncontrolled to-and-fro movement of the eyes.
The movements may be in any direction so the eyes will look like they are moving from side to side or up and down or even in circles.
It is a sign of a problem with the visual system or the pathways that connect the eyes to the parts of the brain that analyse vision.
In many cases the cause of the nystagmus will not be known. The disorder cannot be cured, but some underlying conditions may be treatable.
The patient who underwent the procedure developed nystagmus in his late '40s, due to Hodgkin's lymphoma. The condition caused great impact on his life, including losing his job. His difficulties prompted the research team to build the successful prosthesis.
"Fortunately the force used for voluntary eye movements is greater than the force causing the flickering eye movements, so we only needed quite small magnets, minimising the risk of immobilising the eye," said Professor Quentin Pankhurst, of UCL, who led the design of the prosthesis.
Two magnets were implanted in each eye, one attached to the bone at the bottom of the eye socket and another sutured to one of the extraocular muscles.
The procedure was led by Professor Geoff Rose and Mr David Verity at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, in two separate sessions.
The patient recovered quickly and reported substantial improvements in his vision. In addition - more than four years later - there has been no reported negative impact on the functional movement of the eye. He has returned to paid employment and finds daily activities such as reading and watching television easier.
The researchers have stressed that further research still needs to be done to discover which patients would benefit most from the oculomotor prosthesis.
They warn that the magnetic implants will not be suitable for everyone with nystagmus, such as those who need regular MRI scans.
Nystagmus is the most common form of visual impairment among children.
The case study is published in Ophthalmology.
Parker, 25, became the first New Zealand-born heavyweight champion when he beat Mexico's Andy Ruiz on points in December to win the title vacated due to Tyson Fury's break from the sport.
The Las Vegas-based fighter is unbeaten in 22 bouts, winning 18 by knockout.
Fury, 22, is also unbeaten and won the WBO Intercontinental title in April.
His cousin, 29, created a major upset when he outpointed Wladimir Klitschko to win the world title in November 2015 but relinquished his WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles in October last year to deal with his "medical treatment and recovery" after admitting taking cocaine to deal with depression.
Asked about his forthcoming clash in New Zealand, the younger Fury said: "I do rate Parker as one of the best heavyweights at the minute but I believe I am the best heavyweight out there.
"Tyson has already done it, I'm the next one in line. Trust me I'm bringing that title back. Whatever he brings I've got an answer for it.
"I'll win this title and then Tyson can come back and we'll rule the heavyweight division together."
Potential unification bouts, should Parker win, could involve Britain's IBF champion Anthony Joshua - who faces Klitschko in London next month - or American WBC title holder Deontay Wilder.
Parker's Duco Events promoter David Higgins said discussions had taken place with representatives of both.
Duco added that Tyson is expected to join his cousin's entourage in Auckland.
George Owen, from Wrexham, admitted seven charges of abusing the boy, who was aged between nine and 15 when the offences took place in the 1990s.
Caernarfon Crown Court heard Owen blackmailed his victim by holding his cat out of an upstairs window and bribed him with money and sweets
Judge Huw Rees said he had groomed the boy for his own purpose.
The court heard that the sexual abuse had had a "devastating" effect on the vulnerable boy.
Owen, a former manager of a hotel in Penmaenmawr, Conwy county, had been convicted of abusing two boys - aged 12 and 13 - he had given a lift to in his ice cream van in Bethesda, Gwynedd, in 1982.
A sexual harm prevention Order was imposed and Owen must sign the sex offenders' register, both for life.
Developer Sirius Minerals wants to build the mine near Whitby in the North York Moors National Park.
The MPs, who represent constituencies in the area, said the project would bring "enormous economic benefits".
The intervention comes a week after environmental groups said the plans were a "huge threat" to the area.
The letter comes from Robert Goodwill, the Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby, Thirsk and Malton's Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake and Anna Turley, the Labour MP for Redcar.
The MPs said the project was a "once in a lifetime opportunity".
"A positive decision will bring enormous social and economic benefits to the area by creating jobs, improving training and education opportunities for young people, providing community facilities and by generating more wealth in the economy," the letter said.
Mr Goodwill added the park should not "look a gift horse in the mouth".
Sirius Minerals has previously said the mine would deliver at least 1,000 permanent jobs and would not have a negative impact on the area.
The North York Moors National Park's planning committee meets later to make a decision.
Jamie Lee, 22, died and another five people were injured near a play area in Ballantay Terrace on 8 July.
Police said a 17-year-old man had been arrested and detained in connection with an alleged assault.
On Thursday, a 45-year-old man was arrested for assault. Two teenagers have previously appeared in court.
Police have also said they want to trace 23-year-old Jordan Owen - whom they described as "dangerous" - following the fatal shooting.
Officers have warned the public not to approach him.
He is described as 5ft 8in tall, with a slim build and short brown hair.
The Barclay Report into non-domestic rates has also recommended that childcare centres should be exempt.
The system had faced strong criticism, particularly from hospitality firms.
The review was commissioned by the Scottish government in March last year and headed up by Ken Barclay, former head of Scottish operations for RBS.
Scotland's Finance Secretary Derek Mackay welcomed the report and said the government would "respond swiftly" to its recommendations.
He added: "I know the review group have worked incredibly hard, spending more than a year engaging closely with the ratepayers across Scotland before compiling this report. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their substantial efforts."
The report's recommendations included;
Mr Barclay carried out his review alongside two business experts, a lawyer and retired civil servant.
Its remit was to examine the system in a way that "encouraged business growth, improves fairness and continues to raise the same total amount for public services".
It looked at radical reforms, and the impact of the digital economy, but concluded that the basis of the current system should be maintained.
The review was instructed to be revenue neutral and was not tasked with looking at the controversy surrounding the 2017 revaluation of premises.
Business rates are based on the notional rental value for offices, factories, shops, restaurants, hotels, warehouses and public buildings.
230,000
Properties liable for bills
54,000 Shops
44,000 Offices
49,000 Industrial premises
100,000
Small businesses
5,000 Religious premises
1,900 Properties supporting disabled people
Ministers remain committed to the Small Business Bonus Scheme, which exempts up to 100,000 properties with lower rental valuations, until at least 2021.
That is worth £180m to businesses and much of it was funded this year through the large property supplement.
However, the Barclay Report recommended a review of that scheme, questioning whether it was right that some should pay nothing, with a steep rise in costs for those just over the rental threshold of £15,000.
It is suggested those being given relief could meet other goals set by government, such as paying the Living Wage, or providing apprenticeships.
For many small firms, their business rates bill is the second biggest cost they face, after staff pay.
The report aims to close loopholes. That includes short-term relief for empty buildings.
It would also require owners of holiday homes, who claim to be renting them as businesses, to prove they are earning money from lets, rather than avoiding residential council tax.
The review group wanted to recommend a shift in the annual inflation uplift, replacing the higher measure of the retail price index. But they said this could not be done within their remit of maintaining the total tax take.
It has recommended that a roll be kept of almost all rateable valuations of non-domestic property, which would require valuation of farms and forests, while continuing current exemptions for those.
In his introduction to the report, Mr Barclay wrote that reduced administration costs should help businesses.
He said: "Revenue raising measures may not be popular with some. They are not about penalising particular sectors. They are about removing anomalies, creating a level playing field and reducing avoidance.
"The 30 recommendations combined will, I believe, improve the economic climate in Scotland and give Scotland a competitive advantage in growing existing businesses and attracting new business."
By Douglas Fraser, BBC Scotland business and economy editor
The Barclay Review could have been a lot more radical. The rise of the digital economy is a big challenge to a tax system based on building rental value, and may eventually require radical solutions.
But for the 2020s, this review opts for changes to the current system - closing loopholes, levelling the playing field, giving a nudge or two of help to businesses that want to invest, grow and be responsible employers.
Anything more radical ran the risk of being shelved. That has happened to reviews of council tax.
In the filing cabinet marked "politically too difficult", that tax on residential property remains stuck with its 1991 valuations.
Anything more radical for business would also have meant divergence from England and Wales. On the contrary, the Barclay Report recommends that the supplement for bigger properties should be cut, to come into line with the rest of the UK.
Devolution was intended to allow for more divergence, and the Scottish National Party has talked about the need to have more business tax powers to help grow the economy.
Reform over the past 18 years of the Scottish Parliament has been limited to small business reliefs. It demonstrates that divergence from the rest of the UK is tougher than the rhetoric might suggest, particularly where it risks harm to the economy.
After few first-half chances, Wrexham broke the deadlock through Jordan White two minutes after the restart.
But, on 73 minutes, Matt Tubbs flicked in James Constable's cross to level.
It left the hosts with only one win from their final five games of 2016-17, while Wrexham had the same record to end their campaign, to also finish in the bottom half.
Wrexham boss Dean Keates was unhappy that a foul was not given against Eastleigh in the build-up to Tubbs' goal.
Wrexham manager Dean Keates told BBC Radio Wales: "I don't want to talk about the officials, but I've seen it back and it's embarrassing.
"They put us under pressure and were getting on top. The lads defended well, but it's two points dropped and it's disappointing.
"We did okay in patches in the game, but obviously it's been a disappointing season."
Match ends, Eastleigh 1, Wrexham 1.
Second Half ends, Eastleigh 1, Wrexham 1.
Rob Evans (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Tom Bearwish replaces Matt Tubbs.
James Jennings (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Eastleigh 1, Wrexham 1. Matt Tubbs (Eastleigh).
Substitution, Eastleigh. Scott Wilson replaces Craig McAllister.
Substitution, Wrexham. Ntumba Massanka replaces George Harry.
Substitution, Wrexham. Martin Riley replaces Russell Penn.
Substitution, Eastleigh. James Constable replaces Paul Reid.
Goal! Eastleigh 0, Wrexham 1. Jordan White (Wrexham).
Second Half begins Eastleigh 0, Wrexham 0.
First Half ends, Eastleigh 0, Wrexham 0.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Mohammed Istiak Alamgir, 36, Ziaur Rahman, 38, Yousaf Bashir, 35 and Rajib Khan, 37, were arrested on 2 December.
Seven properties and a number of vehicles in Luton were also searched.
All four have been remanded in custody and are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 9 December.
Mr Alamgir is charged with four counts of addressing a meeting, the purpose of which was to encourage support for IS, contrary to s12(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Mr Bashir has been charged with one count of the same offence.
Mr Rahman, meanwhile, is charged with three counts of arranging, managing or assisting in arranging or managing a meeting which he knew was to support IS, contrary to s12(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Mr Khan faces one count of arranging, managing or assisting in arranging or managing a meeting to encourage support for IS, and another count of addressing a meeting with the intention of encouraging support for IS.
All of the charges relate to alleged offences in June or July this year.
They both face a series of charges including burglary and causing damage to cars and homes.
The fire engine was taken from Larne fire station at 04:00 GMT on Saturday.
It crashed at Glenarm Road in the town, landing in a man's garden and damaging houses and cars along the street. The men are expected to appear in court in Coleraine on Monday.
The Worcestershire-trained 12-year-old had failed to win in eight runs since triumphing at Aintree in April 2014.
But leading jockey Richard Johnson steered the veteran to a four-length victory over hurdles at Carlisle.
He is now aimed by trainer Dr Richard Newland to return to Aintree in April.
The 2003 Welsh National at Chepstow, won by Bindaree, was the last race to be won by a Grand National-winning horse, over a year and half after winning at Aintree, since when the accumulated sequence of subsequent losing rides for the next 13 National winners has stretched to 102.
Pineau De Re has been back to Aintree twice since winning in 2014, finishing 12th in this year's National, before falling at the second earlier this month in the Betfred Becher Handicap Chase, over the National Fences, just eight days before Sunday's quick return to action at Carlisle.
Owner John Provan said: "I think he could be back in the National and hopefully run a big race there.
"He's on a mark over fences of 141, which would be a nice mark for the National, so we'll try to look after that mark if we can. We'll possibly run him over hurdles until then. He might have a short break now and then bring him back to go to Cheltenham and then the National."
Jockey Richard Johnson had twice ridden Pineau De Re before, most recently in 2013 in the same race at Carlisle, the 3m 1f Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle, when they finished second, four months before Aintree.
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They finished six-and-a-half lengths ahead over the four-mile, 374-yard stretch from Putney Bridge to Chiswick Bridge in London on Saturday.
The Dark Blues were half a length up after the first minute and pulled away ruthlessly to finish 19 seconds clear.
Oxford also won the men's race for the sixth time in eight years.
In doing so, president Constantine Louloudis became just the 15th man to triumph for a fourth time.
But that achievement was eclipsed by the success of his female colleagues, who earned a seventh success in eight for Oxford in the 70th staging of the women's race.
Each of those previous victories were on a straight 2000m course at Henley rather than over a greater distance on the gruelling Tideway stretch of the River Thames.
A prevailing wind against the tide added to the difficulty of the course, but Oxford were imperious as they finished in a time of 19 minutes 45 seconds.
"It's a really special moment, something I've been working towards for three years," Oxford president Anastasia Chitty told BBC Sport.
"It's even more special because so many women [have] not had this opportunity so its really humbling."
Oxford, coached by Christine Wilson, had to be rescued by a lifeboat last week after getting into difficulties while training in the choppy waters of the Thames.
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But, having won the toss and chosen the Surrey bank of the river, the lighter of the two crews mastered the testing conditions to claim a 12th triumph this century.
It was their 29th victory in the 70 races since 1927 and added to the 40-second victory of Oxford's reserve boat on Friday.
"We didn't get off to our best start and Oxford did," Cambridge president Caroline Reid told BBC Sport. "We rallied well, though, and I'm proud of them.
"It was pretty horrendous around the halfway mark with the wind against the tide and some pretty high waves."
Those conditions should have favoured the heavier Cambridge crew in the 161st men's race, but Louloudis stroked favourites Oxford to their 11th success since 2000, all under the stewardship of coach Sean Bowden.
It was 23-year-old Louloudis' fourth win in five years, a run only disturbed by his absence in 2012 to focus on winning Olympic bronze for Great Britain in the men's eight.
"Going in the fourth time having not lost, I felt much more pressure especially as I was leading the guys," Louloudis told BBC Sport.
"There were some pretty dark moments coming in but we dealt with it really well on the day. We stuck to our plan and executed a really good race."
Oxford, racing with a special motif on their kit in tribute to former coach Daniel Topolski, made their decisive move around the halfway mark and finished in 17 minutes 35 seconds to win by six lengths.
"It was 100% fair. It was very painful but they took us round the outside of Surrey and we couldn't respond," Cambridge president Alex Leichter told BBC Sport.
The victory completed a clean sweep for Oxford, whose reserve crew Isis won by three lengths from Goldie, the Cambridge second string.
The woman, a Toulouse native named only as Siam, was strolling on the beach while on holiday with her two children.
She said she was told by three police officers that her clothing was "not correct". Meanwhile, she says, a crowd gathered, some shouting: "Go home!"
The Cannes mayor earlier this month banned full-body swimsuits known as "burkinis" from the beach.
David Lisnard said they were a "symbol of Islamic extremism" and might spark scuffles, as France is the target of Islamist attacks.
The working of his ruling suggests it could be applied to any "beachwear which ostentatiously displays religious affiliation".
In this case, Siam, 34, says she was wearing not a burkini but a hijab covering only her hair, along with leggings and a tunic.
"I wasn't intending on bathing, just dipping my feet in the water," Siam told L'Obs news website (in French).
Approached by the police officers, Siam says they asked her whether she was aware of the order in force in Cannes, and she said she had not followed it closely.
She says she was then told that beach users had to wear "proper dress". The officers suggested she could remain on the beach if she rearranged her scarf as a headband around the head.
She refused, and was fined €11 (£9.45; $12.45) - a fine which, reports suggest, she will contest.
Siam says that by this point a crowd had gathered, and although some defended her, others began applauding the police, telling her to "go home" and saying "Here, we are Catholic!"
This account was confirmed by a journalist who also came across the scene.
"Racist speech was completely unleashed," Siam said. "I was stunned."
"Because of people who have nothing to do with my religion have killed, I no longer have the right to go to the beach!"
Siam said she thought hard before going public about the incident, which happened on 16 August, but "could not let it go in our country".
"Today we are forbidden from the beach. Tomorrow, the street?"
Approached for comment by AFP news agency, Mayor Lisnard insisted women wearing a "simple veil" should not be booked by police, but said he had no reason to believe the fine had been imposed improperly.
"If this woman believes she has been unjustly booked, which unfortunately can still happen, she must contest it," he said.
Police are looking into allegations that players from the Chiefs - a club based in the city of Hamilton - groped and licked the woman as she danced.
The issue drew more attention after an executive from the club's major sponsor said the woman was partly to blame.
The team's management also initially said she was "not beyond reproach".
Women's groups said the comments were "shameful".
A second woman has now come forward making similar allegations.
In interviews this week, the first woman, identified only by her professional name Scarlette, said she had been booked to perform a strip routine at the Chiefs' "Mad Monday" end-of-season party at a local hotel.
She alleged that the players were drunk when she arrived and touched her inappropriately, including "forcefully" between the legs, poured alcohol on her, threw gravel at her and used sexual insults.
"I made it very clear that I didn't want to be touched," she told Radio New Zealand.
She said that when pressured, she agreed to let one player perform a sex act on her for NZ$50 (£28), but that four more then did so without her consent. She was not given the money.
She said she had felt "intimidated and scared" and that when she went to collect payment for the routine the team "short-changed" her.
"They wanted me to be a whore, which I wasn't prepared to be," she said.
On Friday, a second woman, identified as Laura, said she was assaulted at last year's Mad Monday party. She told the New Zealand Herald newspaper that players had grabbed her and spat beer at her.
The team have not yet commented on the new allegations.
But the team's chief executive Andrew Flexman initially said Scarlette's allegations were "one person's accusation and her standing in the community and culpability is not beyond reproach".
In a second statement after his comments were widely criticised, he said: "We are taking, as an organisation, those allegations extremely seriously".
He added: "We are really, really disappointed in the actions of our players and in engaging the services of a performer."
Comments by a senior executive of the Gallagher Group, a Hamilton-based technology firm and the Chiefs' main sponsor, also triggered a backlash.
Margaret Comer told media outlet Fairfax: "If a woman takes her clothes off and walks around in a group of men, what are we supposed to do if one of them tries to touch her?"
"Perhaps the stripper shouldn't have been hired but I'm reluctant to say that the boys were out of line."
New Zealand's National Council of Women called the two responses "shameful".
"Taking your clothes off is not a license to touch and dismissing the allegations because of the woman's profession is a disgrace," it said in a statement.
Ms Comer later apologised, saying that she felt "terrible" that her poor choice of words had caused hurt.
The Gallagher Group told the BBC that they "firmly believed in equal, fair treatment of women" and that full and formal investigation was under way.
New Zealand Rugby are also investigating.
The incident involving a motorcycle and a BMW car on the A5104, happened just before 13:00 BST on Monday, 29 August.
North Wales Police want to speak to the driver of a dark coloured vehicle which was overtaken by an orange motorbike prior to the collision.
The injured motorcyclist was flown to the Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent.
The visitors went ahead when Conor Hourihane struck the crossbar and Reuben Reid fired in the rebound.
The Daggers levelled soon after when Zavon Hines dived in to stab home from a low Adebayo Azeez cross.
Argyle soon hit back and sealed three points when Matt Parsons' cross was volleyed in by Alessandra.
Match ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Plymouth Argyle 2.
Second Half ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Plymouth Argyle 2.
Foul by Luke Wilkinson (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Marvin Morgan (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gavin Hoyte (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Marvin Morgan (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Luke Norris (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Paul Wotton (Plymouth Argyle) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Brian Saah.
Attempt missed. Medy Elito (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Luke Norris (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Conor Hourihane (Plymouth Argyle).
Scott Doe (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Scott Doe (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Andres Gurrieri (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Ben Purrington replaces Matthew Parsons.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Marvin Morgan replaces Reuben Reid.
Corner, Dagenham and Redbridge. Conceded by Conor Hourihane.
Attempt blocked. Luke Norris (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Abu Ogogo (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Brian Saah (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Reuben Reid (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Sean Shields replaces Billy Bingham.
Foul by Zavon Hines (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Durrell Berry (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Luke Norris (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Luke Norris replaces Rhys Murphy.
Foul by Luke Wilkinson (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Andres Gurrieri (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Dagenham and Redbridge. Conceded by Durrell Berry.
Corner, Dagenham and Redbridge. Conceded by Durrell Berry.
Attempt blocked. Zavon Hines (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Adebayo Azeez (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Durrell Berry (Plymouth Argyle) is shown the yellow card.
Zavon Hines (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Durrell Berry (Plymouth Argyle).
Billy Bingham (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Billy Bingham (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Andres Gurrieri (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Scott Doe (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Garde had barely taken his seat when Mousa Dembele went unchallenged before beating Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
Dele Alli doubled Spurs' lead from 18 yards as they extended their unbeaten run to 10 league games.
Villa rallied as Jordan Ayew scored from the edge of the box but Harry Kane put the result beyond doubt late on.
Former Lyon boss Garde, who was announced as Villa's new manager hours before kick-off, saw a team which looked bereft of confidence in the first half as they recorded the club's worst ever start to a top-flight season after 11 games.
But they almost completed an unlikely turnaround as substitutes Ayew, Rudy Gestede and Carles Gil gave them added purpose.
Despite the result, Villa's second-half improvement will offer some encouragement for the Frenchman as his team seek to climb off the bottom of the table.
The build-up to the game was hardly ideal for Villa given that Garde's arrival from France was delayed by fog. The club also learned hours earlier that defender Micah Richards would miss the match after pleading guilty to a misconduct charge.
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Garde arrived at White Hart Lane shortly before kick-off and he barely had time to pull out his notebook before the visitors went behind to a goal which owed to poor defending.
The ball was chipped forward to Dembele on the left wing where he wrestled with Ciaran Clark as he advanced on goal. With no Villa challenge forthcoming, he duly scored his second of the season.
After Villa's woeful start to the season, which in the words of chairman Randy Lerner has left them "way behind", Garde needs to inject purpose and leadership into a side who are struggling for goals.
That seemed to change 20 minutes before the end when Leandro Bacuna struck the post before Ayew found the net as his effort deflected in off Spurs defender Jan Vertonghen.
But Villa need to work on their first-half performance, which saw them register only three shots, compared to 10 after the break. They also suffered a blow when midfielder Ashley Westwood was substituted after taking a whack to the face from Dembele.
As impressive as Tottenham's unbeaten run has been, Mauricio Pochettino's team were rarely tested before Villa's late surge. The hosts appeared guilty of complacency before Kane wrapped up the result with a fine strike following a flowing team move.
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The result moves Spurs up to fifth in the table going into the north London derby at Arsenal on Sunday. But they will need to ensure they are more consistent across 90 minutes against their neighbours, who have been in fine form this season.
Having been gifted the opener, Spurs took control of midfield and did not let go as Kane and Danny Rose went close to adding a goal before Alli struck his first at White Hart Lane since his move from MK Dons in the summer.
Gestede's rugged approach caused problems in the Spurs defence with Hugo Lloris almost caught out after coming off his line as the Villa forward beat him to a cross.
Substitute Ryan Mason was also guilty of giving the ball away as Ayew struck to give Villa hope in advance of Kane's fifth goal of the season.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino: "You saw in the last few minutes that, after we had conceded a goal, we got a bit worried because we didn't want to lose our position. Our mentality is to go forward but we need to handle the game better. But then I think it was a fantastic game for us, I'm pleased with the players.
"It is true that we haven't lost since the first game of the season but in football the present is always important. If we try to think too much about our position in the table or the objective for the end of the season, this is wrong."
Aston Villa caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald: "When you're bottom of the league there's always a lack of belief and confidence, particularly with young players. But they have to toughen up. Their performance in the last 20 minutes will have given them a little bit more belief.
"The one thing Remi Garde has is a group of players with a tremendous work ethic. He was a cultured player himself and these players need to take a bit more care on the ball.
"I'll give him my thoughts on who does what and it's up to him to decide. He's got a lot better CV than me in coaching. How we play will be down to him. We've got 27 games left and that's a lot of points to play for. We need probably another 36 points and that's Champions League form."
Former Manchester City and England defender Danny Mills: "For much of the game, Villa had no belief when they went forward. That's what Remi Garde has to change. When you are losing game after game it is so difficult."
Remi Garde's Premier League baptism starts at home to Manchester City on Sunday. Tottenham face Anderlecht at home in the Europa League on Thursday before facing Arsenal at Emirates Stadium three days later.
Alex Dyke said breastfeeding was "unnatural" and "has to be stopped" in public during his phone-in show on BBC Radio Solent on 12 August.
An online petition was set up, which attracted more than 6,000 supporters, calling for him to be taken off air.
The broadcaster said it had made the decision to put Mr Dyke back on air "following serious consideration".
It added: "Alex has been told in no uncertain terms that his comments were unacceptable, and he has apologised for any offence caused on and off air."
Mr Dyke returns on Thursday. He last presented his show on 13 August, where he apologised on air for "any offence caused".
An alternative petition had been launched asking for Mr Dyke to be reinstated, though it has not received as many backers.
It reads: "Alex and his show just want to provoke a reaction to get the south talking.
"There are people in the Solent region that can't stand him but still phone in and rant at him."
His return drew a mixed response on Twitter.
Sarah Holmes wrote: "I'm all for presenters being controversial, but offensive, ignorant and frankly stupid is something else. He shouldn't be back."
MissMardell tweeted: "This is disgusting and to support someone who has such arcane views is beyond ridiculous as [is] the BBC to be honest."
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Police in Aviemore were alerted to the climber's fall at Aladdin's Couloir, Coire an t-Sneachda, in the Northern Corries at about midday.
Members of Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and rescue personnel at Glenmore Lodge went to his aid.
A coastguard helicopter based at Inverness Airport airlifted the injured climber to Aberdeen Royal infirmary.
He had suffered serious head injuries in the fall.
Police said the man was in his 20s, was walking and climbing alone and was not from the local area.
The 18-year-old has made 17 appearances for Everton this season, including 10 Premier League starts.
He scored his first senior goal for the Toffees during their 4-0 win over Manchester City in January.
"It means everything to me to get a chance to be in the Everton first team and to try to stay there," Davies told the club website.
Davies made his Everton debut in the final game of the 2015-16 season after playing for the academy.
"Hopefully, young players in the academy can see how I have been able to progress and make my way to the first team," Davies added.
The 31-year-old led Jersey to promotion into World Cricket League Division Four this year, but the side were relegated after finishing fifth in the tournament in Los Angeles this month.
The Jersey Cricket Board is hopeful he will continue to play for the side.
"He's announced to the team that he's done his piece and he's looking to step down," JCB chairman Ward Jenner said.
"He's earned legendary status," Jenner added to BBC Sport.
"The young team that he's looked after have looked up to him. He's been superb with them and played a very clever game in that he's been able to keep the senior members of the side onside as well."
Gough led the side to promotion twice from World Cricket League Five and once from Division Six, as well as guiding the team into the global qualifying tournament for last year's World Twenty20.
"He's taken the job incredibly seriously, he thinks about it 24 hours a day and I get messages from him at four in the morning when he has ideas," added Jenner.
"He'll be a huge miss as captain, but we are hoping to maybe try and use him for another five or six years, as he's a very fit batsman and it would be great having him back in the ranks."
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Ben Rees, from Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff used to study at the university.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Germany on 16 July. We are providing consular assistance to the family at this difficult time."
Tributes were paid on Twitter to Mr Rees, who was also a DJ at a Swansea nightclub.
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The white and orange objects have appeared above major commercial streets around the city, but their origin remains a mystery.
Locals have been sharing images online, to try and figure out who might be responsible.
A spokesman for Portland General Electric said he did not believe the rubber products posed a fire hazard.
Portland resident Lucila Cejas Epple said that she first encountered the sex toys at a neighbourhood street fair over the weekend, according to Reuters.
"You could spot them in several intersections and you could see all sorts of reactions to them," she said.
"Some would blush, others would laugh, and most would take photos."
The first sightings were reported late last month - but more have appeared in recent days.
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Hundreds of sex toys have been spotted hanging from power lines across Portland, Oregon.
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Details of the unification fight were confirmed by the Belfast boxer's Matchroom management team on Wednesday.
Burnett clinched the IBF title at the Belfast venue in June with a landslide points win over Bristol's Lee Haskins.
Zhakiyanov survived two first-round knockdowns to become WBA champion by outpointing Rau'shee Warren in Ohio.
The Kazakhstan fighter, 30, who defeated the American in February, is trained by Ricky Hatton, who Burnett worked with before moving to Matchroom.
The IBF moved quickly to declare 25-year-old Burnett the unanimous winner over Haskins after one judge initially incorrectly awarded the verdict to the Englishman after mixing up the boxers.
"I'm very excited. This is the path I've always believed in and asked for - to be not just a world champion but a great world champion and this is exactly the fight that propels me into that position," said Burnett.
"I've done a lot of work with him in sparring but back then I was a kid and hardly had any fights and he was fighting for the European title. I know what it's like to share a ring with him but he doesn't know what it's like to share a ring with the current Ryan Burnett.
"A lot has changed since we last sparred for me but not with him. It's good to have that bit of knowledge, I know a few things about him. That can only work in my favour."
Promoter Eddie Hearn added: "I'm so proud firstly to be part of history in bringing this huge unification to Belfast but also of Ryan Burnett for taking on this huge challenge.
"Following his great win against Haskins for the title, it would have been so easy to come back to Belfast with a standard defence but Ryan wants to be great and make history and this fight against Zhakiyanov can do just that."
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Ryan Burnett's first defence of his IBF world bantamweight belt will be against WBA champion Zhanat Zhakiyanov at the SSE Arena in Belfast on 21 October.
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The hosts dominated but Wigan's Shaun MacDonald cleared John Egan's header off the line and up on to the bar.
Nick Powell's late free-kick almost stole all three points for the Latics but it was saved by Daniel Bentley.
Wigan stay outside the bottom three but have won just once in nine games, while Brentford remain unbeaten at home.
The visitors' keeper Adam Bogdan saved from Lasse Vibe's early low drive before defender Dan Burn's superb tackle denied Scott Hogan a clear run at goal.
Vibe then fired wide as Brentford saw far more of the play and created the better chances.
Wigan's Stephen Warnock bravely cleared an Egan effort as the hosts became increasingly frustrated by a resolute defence.
The draw saw Brentford denied victory at home for only the second time this season, having netted nine times in the previous two home games.
Brentford manager Dean Smith:
"Wigan are a good side, they won League One comfortably and have some good players so you have to be at your best.
"Maybe after our last two games people expected us to go and beat Wigan with ease, but our set-pieces weren't as good as they have been and you have to give them credit because they defended well.
"The fact that we are disappointed with a 0-0 and didn't create as many clear-cut chances as we did on Tuesday (against Reading) is a good thing. It's also another clean sheet and we were the better side."
Wigan manager Gary Caldwell:
"We have a bit of momentum now and could have done with another game rather than the international break. We always look upwards and we want to progress as a club.
"Results-wise the start wasn't good enough but we have come out of that and have emerged stronger as a group, and you could see that today.
"I've never doubted myself or my players and they took the hits on the chin and have come through it. It's been a case of getting used to the Championship and having a bit of luck. We are now a stronger group to go and attack this league."
Match ends, Brentford 0, Wigan Athletic 0.
Second Half ends, Brentford 0, Wigan Athletic 0.
Attempt saved. Nick Powell (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
John Egan (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nick Powell (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Egan (Brentford).
Nick Powell (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Nick Powell (Wigan Athletic).
Andreas Bjelland (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jake Buxton (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Hogan (Brentford).
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Harlee Dean.
Attempt missed. Sullay Kaikai (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Scott Hogan.
Harlee Dean (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nick Powell (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Harlee Dean (Brentford).
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by David Perkins.
Adam Le Fondre (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Maxime Colin (Brentford).
Substitution, Brentford. Josh McEachran replaces Alan McCormack.
Attempt missed. Adam Le Fondre (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Michael Jacobs with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Alan McCormack.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Adam Le Fondre replaces William Grigg.
Foul by Nick Powell (Wigan Athletic).
Sullay Kaikai (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Brentford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nico Yennaris with a through ball.
Stephen Warnock (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Stephen Warnock (Wigan Athletic).
Lewis MacLeod (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Brentford. Lewis MacLeod replaces Josh Clarke.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Shaun MacDonald.
Attempt blocked. Yanic Wildschut (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nick Powell.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Harlee Dean.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Brentford. Sullay Kaikai replaces Lasse Vibe.
Delay in match Lasse Vibe (Brentford) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Alan McCormack with a cross.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Shaun MacDonald.
Attempt blocked. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
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Wigan Athletic picked up their first away point of the season after holding Brentford to a goalless draw in the Championship.
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In 2010, Leicester Royal Infirmary tested about 2,500 men, but only 164 admitted having male partners.
Hospital clinical manager Craig Everitt said some gay Asian men were worried they could be "outed".
New research from the Gay Men's Sex Survey claimed that many gay Asian men are still not getting tested, despite having a higher number of partners.
Mr Everitt said many of the gay Asian men he has treated have been leading two different lives.
"The majority of Asian men we see are married, have children and have been sexually active with other men for a number of years," he said.
However, he said only a very small percentage of Asian were open about their homosexuality - 6.5% out of 2,500 gay Asian men, survey found.
"It's telling us that either we're not seeing the men that we need to, or that actually men are reluctant to tell us about their behaviour."
Sal Khalifa, from the group Trade Sexual Health in Leicester, said many Asian men found it hard to admit their homosexuality because they felt it was not accepted in their culture and religion.
He said many believed they would change once they were married to women.
"They're still attracted to blokes, but it becomes harder for them to manage, so some men keep their sexuality a secret and are intimate with other men," Mr Khalifa said.
He said some gay Asian men do not reveal their homosexuality to their families because they felt "guilty" about how it would affect them.
"They feel they're going to shatter their dreams and affect their brothers or sisters' future marriages, if they come out," he said.
"Some men think they can just get a fix and sexual health doesn't come in to it."
Chaz, 41, from Leicester, is a gay man in the Sikh community.
"Gay men have a fear of what the HIV test result could be.
"There's still a lot of myths on the street and in the community around HIV. People still think if you have HIV you're going to die."
Chaz, who has been in an open gay relationship for 15 years and regularly gets himself tested for HIV, was married at 19 and is now a single parent.
"I was attracted to men when I was about five or six-years-old, but I didn't act on my feelings," he said.
"I went with girls to confuse people, so nobody would think I was gay. If I came out I would have been bullied, people in our community would have rejected our family."
Chaz said it was difficult growing up as a gay Asian man: "I felt I was the only one, I had nobody to identify to, no role model.
"I felt I couldn't tell my family because of the stigmas and discrimination against gay men. Being gay and Asian was taboo and unheard of in our community."
Chaz said he got married for "all the wrong reasons, to please my family and conform to society".
"All five of my brothers got married, I did what they did and went along with what was expected of me."
He said that three years after his marriage ended he had his first male relationship.
"It was the missing piece to the jigsaw for years, it made me feel complete," Chaz said.
"It gave me the confidence, the self-esteem and courage to tell my family."
Chaz was 23 when he told his family he was homosexual. He said the older generation, who grew up in India, had difficulty accepting it.
"My brothers didn't talk to me for about two to three years, one of them wouldn't even let me in his car," he said.
"But my mum shocked me after I asked her 'do you wish I was dead?', she said 'you'll always be my boy, you came out of me and I will always love you'.
"That gave me the confidence to come out and tell everyone."
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Doctors in Leicester are urging gay Asian men to get themselves screened for HIV every six months.
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Police issued a CCTV image of a suspect following the incident on Sunday 25 September.
A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal and the 21-year-old will appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court at a later date.
Aberdeen won the Scottish Premiership match 2-1.
A mounted unit and police dogs were deployed at the match, which was the first at Pittodrie since Rangers were promoted to the SPL.
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A man from Dundee has been charged after another man was struck by two seats during an Aberdeen match against Rangers at Pittodrie.
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A US court has refused to reconsider its decision that firms do not have to prove they were directly harmed by the oil spill to get settlement payouts.
It means the compensation claims process, which has been suspended since a separate court ruling in December, should now be able to resume.
BP said it was "disappointed" by the decision and mulling its legal options.
It had argued at an earlier court hearing that some firms had filed fictitious spill claims.
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans voted 8-5 against BP.
The court hearing was the latest in a long series held to determine who BP owes money to following the largest oil spill in US history.
The oil giant will now have to decide whether to progress to the next legal stage, and take its case to the US Supreme Court.
The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig four years ago killed 11 workers, and pumped millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
In the latest ruling, Judge Leslie Southwick stated that a 2012 policy statement, issued by the court-appointed claims administrator and developed with "input and assent from BP," clearly spelled out the criteria for business compensation claims.
Mr Southwick said all parties agreed to the relevant criteria, before court approval of that 2012 settlement deal.
But Judge Edith Brown Clement said the latest court ruling made the court party to "fraud" and "could funnel BP's cash into the pockets of undeserving non-victims".
BP said in 2012 it would put aside about $7.8bn to resolve the compensation claims.
MI5's bulk communications data programme was so secret that until recently its existence was tightly held even within the headquarters of the security service.
Officials were aware that it could be seen as overly intrusive - especially in the wake of revelations about a similar programme in the US - but they also believed the programme was valuable in finding terrorists.
The programme involved getting hold of phone communications data in bulk - not the content of phone calls but the details of which phones were connecting to other phones and when.
This could be used to quickly look for networks of contacts by seeing which other phones a suspicious number might be in touch with in a way and at a speed that would not be possible by making individual communications requests to service providers for each individual phone they came across.
It is thought that the capability had first been authorised in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the US but had only really been put into use after the 7 July, 2005 attacks and had been repeatedly re-authorised since then (although the number of times it was actually used is less clear).
My sources previously told me that the technique of using call records had been deployed in hunting for the would-be bombers in the wake of the 21 July, 2005 failed attacks.
The men had abandoned their phones and practised good operational security.
But by looking at call records in bulk, it was possible to look at which phones were connecting to family and other associates of the men and it was this information which helped trace some of them to West London where they were arrested (another was arrested in Italy).
However, when publishing that story I was met with silence from security officials about what capability had been used and on what legal basis.
It is now clear that the capability was authorised by an obscure but sweeping clause in the 1984 Telecoms Act which basically allowed the government to order a telecoms company to do anything it directed and to keep that secret.
This was precisely the kind of power that David Anderson QC, who reviewed the existing surveillance legislation, described as "undemocratic" because of its lack of transparency.
"It wasn't illegal in the sense that it wasn't outside of the law, it is just that the law was so broad - and the information so slight - that nobody knew it was happening," he said.
"It seems to me that was anti-democratic," David Anderson QC told me in the wake of the confirmation of the capability, adding that he did give credit to the government for now revealing it.
The existence of the clause was public but few understood how sweeping its use could be. And MI5 wanted that secret kept partly because of the sensitivity of the fact that British telecoms companies were passing on so much customer data to them.
On the surface the MI5 bulk data programme looks similar to the US programme revealed by Edward Snowden in the US.
The first story published based on Snowden documents was a highly secretive court order to the company Verizon - the first sign of what would be called the 215 metadata collection programme.
The Snowden documents related to work by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and its British counterpart GCHQ but did not relate to the work of other agencies such as MI5, which is focused on domestic threats.
In a way, the puzzle in the US was always why the NSA - a foreign intelligence agency - had got into the business of analysing domestic phone records.
Part of the reason was that the priority was hunting for terrorists with connections abroad or who had come into the country (as had been the case in the 9/11 attackers) and partly because it was the NSA and not the domestically-focused FBI who had the technical experience in large data sets and techniques like contact chaining (the ways in which different people's phones connect together).
In the UK though, the capability for bulk domestic call record analysis sat more logically within MI5.
But one result was that while GCHQ's programmes were exposed by Snowden, this one by MI5 remained secret.
And in a way that became increasingly awkward for the security service as the drive towards being more open about capabilities picked up pace in the wake of the report by David Anderson, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, earlier in the year.
There were hints about the capability in the speech by MI5 boss Andrew Parker the week before the draft Investigatory Powers Bill was published, when he talked about how "accessing data quickly, reliably and at scale is as fundamental to our work…..without communications data for example we could not have detected and disrupted numerous plots over the last decade."
He, like the home secretary, claimed that bulk communications data was used to "identify, at speed, links between the individuals plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange in 2010".
Now - along with other capabilities - the bulk data programme is out in the public and up for debate with a new authorisation process promised in the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, which proposes replacing the secretive clause of the 1984 Telecoms Act.
"It is a power that the agencies…have found very useful since the 7/7 attacks ten years ago and I am sure they will want to defend it," argues David Anderson.
"But it is absolutely right that they should have to defend that power in the public space where people evaluate the claims they make and evaluate the risks as well as the benefits."
Ten thousand free tickets were released at 10:00 BST for the Places Des Anges event in Queens Gardens on 2 July.
Hull 2017 City of Culture said demand "far exceeded [expectations] and the sheer volume of online traffic caused the server to go down."
A spokesman said all bookings had been suspended until Monday.
The company, which is responsible for organising activities for Hull's City of Culture year in 2017, said: "We are sorry that this happened and for any inconvenience caused.
"One of the reasons for staging this event was to test our systems ahead of 2017.
"No tickets have been issued and we are suspending the process until Monday 6 June at 10am.
"We will be informing people who registered in advance and updating via the Hull 2017 and social media."
The show, which has been created by French company Gratte Ciel, involves aerial acrobatic dancers performing a number of feats above the crowd.
It was previously performed at the London 2012 Festival.
The Conservative MP for Tatton said he was "very excited" about becoming the new editor of London's Evening Standard newspaper.
He told his local Tory party he would be using the role to provide "straight facts and informed opinion" through the paper's general election coverage.
MPs have backed Theresa May's call for a snap election on 8 June.
Mr Osborne told the BBC's John Pienaar he would be fighting for the same values he had as chancellor and an MP of 16 years standing.
But as Evening Standard editor he would also "speak for London, speak for my readers and speak for this country and its future".
"Our country has got some big decisions to make now about the kind of Britain we want to be and those values of openness, tolerance and enterprise are ones I hold dear," he said.
Asked if he believed Mrs May understood the concerns of people who voted for Britain to remain in the EU, he said: "We have got to make sure that not just London's voice is heard, but the voice of a Britain that wants to play a big role on the world stage, that celebrates the fact we have a diverse society, that is optimistic about the future, not afraid about the future - those are things I have always believed in."
Earlier, in a letter confirming he would not be seeking re-election, Mr Osborne said: "It's still too early to be writing my memoirs."
At the age of 45, he did not to spend the rest of his life "just being an ex-chancellor", he said. "I want new challenges. I'm very excited about the opportunity to edit the Evening Standard."
He added: "More so than at any time in my life, the public need from the media the straight facts and informed opinion to help them to make the big decisions Britain now faces about the country we want to be.
"That starts with the coverage of this general election."
Following last month's announcement that Mr Osborne would be taking over as editor of the London-based free newspaper from Sarah Sands, questions had been asked about how he would combine that role with being an MP for a northern constituency.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described the appointment as a "joke" and called for an immediate by-election in Tatton.
"The appointment makes a mockery of the independence of the media," he said at the time. "It takes multi-tasking to a new level and is an insult to the electors he is supposed to serve."
But Mr Osborne defended himself, adding that he believed having MPs who could draw on outside experiences was good for Parliament as it enabled former ministers, in particular, to "continuing to contribute to the decisions we make".
Mr Osborne, who was chancellor for six years, had ambitions to be a journalist as a young man.
He failed to get a place on The Times' trainee scheme after graduating from Oxford University - at which he edited its Isis magazine - and was briefly a freelance reporter on the Daily Telegraph's diary column.
Since being axed as chancellor by Theresa May when she became PM last July, Mr Osborne has picked up a number of other jobs.
Dr Finbar Magee said MMS would be a "good treatment" for a Dublin child with autism, RTÉ's Prime Time reported.
Kathryn Murphy went to Dr Magee in 2011, after her daughter, then three, had stomach cramps and chronic hives.
Dr Magee told the current affairs programme he had not prescribed MMS for a "couple of years" but defended it.
The programme said Dr Magee compared the safety of MMS to water purification products.
Last month, Prime Time reported that MMS, or "miracle mineral supplement", was being promoted in Ireland.
The programme also reported that the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing was recruiting members.
It said Genesis II claims MMS is a miracle cure but medical experts say it is dangerous.
Dr Tara McMorrow, of the Irish Society of Toxicologists, said she found it "very worrying" that MMS had been prescribed.
"It is deeply concerning that a member of the medical profession, who people put their trust and their faith in to do the correct thing would be prescribing alternative therapy that we know has been banned by numerous regulatory authorities across the world without checking this and confirming it was safe for human consumption," she said.
Ms Murphy said on Thursday's Prime Time that she went to Dr Magee at the Synergy healthcare clinic on Cregagh Road in Belfast in mid-2011.
"I want to make it clear to people I wasn't looking for a cure for autism," she said.
"I wanted to go to a doctor so he could treat the physical symptoms that she was displaying that may or may not be associated with her autism.
"I wanted somebody to do blood tests on my daughter and I wanted some general advice from a medical doctor.
"He (Dr Magee) suggested some vitamin supplementation. Among the treatments he advised me to give my daughter was MMS.
"He said MMS would be a good treatment for a child with autism if they had biomedical issues.
"He said MMS was not approved by the Irish Medical Board."
There is no suggestion that any other staff member at Synergy healthcare directed patients to take MMS.
Synergy told Prime Time it has never stocked nor ordered MMS for clients.
For last month's report, Prime Time commissioned tests to establish what happens when MMS is mixed as recommended.
The Public Analysts Laboratory in Galway found the result was 90% sodium chlorite and 10% chlorine dioxide.
In Thursday's show, Prime Time said they had given details of the prescription Dr Magee provided to Ms Murphy to the Public Analysts Laboratory in Galway.
"Dr Magee had written on a sheet of paper how to give it, how to activate it and how many weeks I should give it to her for," Ms Murphy said.
The laboratory claimed that if Dr Magee's prescription was followed, within a week, Ms Murphy's daughter would each day have been ingesting 433 times the acceptable daily limit for sodium chlorite set by the World Health Organisation.
Over three months, even with gaps of two weeks as prescribed, she would have ingested a daily average of 128 times the maximum level, it said.
Dr Magee declined to be interviewed for Prime Time.
The GP said he had prescribed MMS to "maybe six patients at most".
He told the programme he had not prescribed MMS for a "couple of years, maybe even longer" because of "concern over potential problems and the fact it is controversial".
However, Prime Time claimed he got back to them "repeatedly, defending MMS and other treatments".
Prime Time reported that he said MMS was one of many oxidising agents "used to try to kill viruses, bacteria and fungi".
When Prime Time put the public analysts laboratory results to Dr Magee he said he wanted to take it up with independent biological chemical experts to get a clear picture.
Prime Time said it wanted to visit Dr Magee in his Belfast clinic and interview him about his views. They said he invited them to go to Mexico with him instead to Kerri Rivera's clinic.
He wrote: "You have an opportunity to show that something could help more autistic children.
"I challenge you to go to Kerri Rivera's clinic in Mexico or one of the meetings and talk to the mothers and children who have used it. Take RTE cameras with you.
"Tell you what, I will go with you too and let's see the whole truth".
Prime Time claimed he then referred them to an online video by Kerri Rivera promoting MMS.
Ms Murphy said she had ordered MMS on the internet, but never gave it to her daughter.
"When I saw on Prime Time that this was actually a potentially dangerous product I was totally shocked," she added.
Prime Time said Dr Magee said he finds it "hard to believe that the improvements seen are some kind of anomalies without proper explanation".
The emergency call was made at 11:15 BST on Friday, the day after the hit smartphone game was launched in the UK, Gloucestershire Police said.
The operator ended the conversation "swiftly" after giving "words of advice" about when it was appropriate to call 999, a spokesman said.
The game sees players search for digital creatures in real-life locations.
Since its launch, its popularity has prompted a series of safety warnings, and reports of players finding themselves in dangerous situations.
Last week, a group of teenage boys entered an underground cave network in Wiltshire to search for Pokemon and got stuck 100ft below ground.
Police in Northern Ireland warned players to be careful while playing the game, and not to trespass on other people's property.
Nottinghamshire Police said it had received seven phone calls reporting "suspicious activity" in the past week, but it turned out to be people hunting Pokemon.
Three students were robbed at knifepoint while playing the game in Manchester, while Greater Manchester Police warned the app may alert predators to where children are planning to be.
In South Yorkshire, a group of players were praised after they alerted police to a burglary taking place at an industrial estate in Doncaster on Sunday.
The average home in Dwyfor put 22% less waste in their black bins in November 2014 than in the same month in 2013.
As a result, recycling and composting rates in the county have increased from 54% in March to 57.4% last month.
The council said the waste reduction in the Dwyfor area alone would save it £100,000 a year.
The first phase of three-weekly bin collections was introduced in October, with 19,000 households in Meirionnydd and 26,000 in Arfon set to follow suit next year.
Food waste and recyclable products are still collected weekly.
The council said it was now well placed to hit Welsh government targets, which require councils to recycle at least 58% of their waste by March 2016, and 64% by 2020.
Councillor Gareth Roberts said: "The people of Dwyfor have delivered an early Christmas present for our environment and for the Gwynedd council taxpayer."
Waste collection changes were introduced in Gwynedd to help the council bridge a £50m funding shortfall between now and 2017/18.
Spurs plan to redevelop their current White Hart Lane ground to accommodate a new 56,250-capacity venue.
North London rivals Arsenal moved to a new £400m stadium themselves in 2006.
"If you look at English clubs who have built a new stadium and look at where they have finished, then it tells you how difficult it is," said Wenger.
The Gunners have only recently begun to reap the benefits of the switch to the self-funded 60,000-capacity Emirates from Highbury, after years of having to set aside significant funds against a long-term fixed interest rate repayment bond.
During that time, Wenger was required to deliver Champions League football while also balancing the books.
"I knew always that would be the most sensitive period in the history of the club," he said.
"When we were in a position where we had to be in the Champions League just financially and you get into March/April and are like that (not in top four), the stress is terrible because you feel the future of the club is at stake and you have not a lot of margin (for error) - every point you lose can be dramatic."
Tottenham say they are continuing "discussions with multiple providers of finance" in search of "the optimum financing package for the project".
Recently, American investment company Cain Hoy has said it is no longer considering making an offer for the club.
Wenger believes they will need an external cash injection to complete their stadium plans.
"If an owner comes in, and says 'look I put £400m to buy the stadium' it is easy," added the Frenchman.
"The way we did it is the hardest way, because we had no outside financial help and had to negotiate with the banks just to get the money at the start - and lets not forget we paid £120m just for the land.
"In the end we built the stadium for £400m, today it would cost £600m or up to £700m."
Carmarthen Park, which opened in 1900, will be turned into a training and competition venue for cyclists.
Carmarthenshire council agreed on Monday to give £286,000 to the project, after Sport Wales pledged £296,000.
The local authority hopes it will increase interest in cycling and bring high class racing to the area.
With an original grandstand, bandstand and lodge, it has been used for a wide range of sports, eisteddfodau, circuses and concerts.
The investment will see the track upgraded and improved safety fencing put in.
The council's executive board member Meryl Gravell told Monday's meeting that "cycling was on the up" in the county and across Wales and the project was "worthy of support".
Strikes and other delays aside - it is a long time to spend scrolling through social media or staring silently ahead. Some people are occupying their many captive hours with a creative pastime.
Here are some of England's most productive passengers.
Amy Dicketts travels for 90 minutes a day on the Tube. She photographs fellow passengers for her project Commute Blog.
"I thought there must be something better I could be doing than staring into space or looking at my phone," said the 24-year-old who works in marketing.
"So I began to ask to take people's photographs and ask them to tell me something surprising about themselves.
Two-hour daily commute 'on rise among UK workers'
"Usually they are surprised but glad to have some entertainment on an otherwise boring journey. Often the people around us join in and will ask their own questions.
"I've heard stories from all sorts of people, including tips on how to have a happy marriage from people celebrating their wedding anniversary, to young boys trying to challenge the stereotypes people have of them.
"I realised I didn't have many stories from older people as they don't tend to travel by Tube.
"I spent a day with North London Cares and South London Cares, two charities which bring together older Londoners and their younger neighbours.
"We went on the Tube to the London Transport Museum for a day out. It really opened my eyes to how challenging the Tube is for people who aren't as mobile."
"I noticed a few people at the end of the train having a glass of wine and one of the guys beckoned me over and asked if I wanted to join them," said Mr Surtherland-Rowe who works in IT for a bank.
"The club has been going for about eight years and the people who started it aren't travelling any more.
"Every Thursday we bring alcohol and nibbles and just catch up on the week.
"We celebrate birthdays with posters and decorations and we had a Christmas party.
"In the summer we have a party in a field with a marquee and a barbecue and we bring our partners and children.
"We have a Facebook group where we keep in touch and let one another know about train delays.
"It makes commuting much easier because you are sharing the pain.
"We've grown from a group of commuters to a group of friends."
"I started crocheting two years ago as I wanted to try something creative," said the 38-year-old who works as an administrator at a charity.
"For practical reasons I tend to make smaller items on the train such as baby bootees, adult beanie hats and scarves.
"I've also made a few blankets by making the granny squares to and from work and crocheting them together into a blanket when I get home.
Readers' tales of extreme commuting
"There's only so much crocheted stuff you can give to friends. So I decided to have a stall at my local market before Christmas.
"Using my commute productively has given me a little extra cash, it makes the journey go quicker and actually takes away some of the pain of commuting.
"It has also proven a great way to strike up a conversation with fellow commuters."
"Initially to make the commute more bearable I downloaded Candy Crush," said the 37-year-old who manages international judicial relations at the Royal Courts of Justice.
"I was completely addicted and realised I was wasting valuable time.
"So, I started jotting down ideas for a series of novels. I've done almost all my research, plotting and writing on the train.
"I've self-published my two novels The Circle Line and The Blood Line through Amazon.
"Some of the books are set within the London Underground.
"It does feel good to be doing something which feels worthwhile," said the married father of three.
"I really enjoy my commute as a rare slice of time for myself between work and family life."
It takes Lindsey Farquhar three hours a day to travel to and from Liverpool. She paints, crochets and makes jewellery which she posts on her Crafty Commuter Facebook page.
"The Crafty Commuter started in November 2014 when I missed the early train to work so had time to wait for the next one," said the 42-year-old who works for a housing association.
"So I bought a crochet magazine with free wool and crochet hooks at the station just on a whim.
"My job is office based and can be quite pressured so I had previously worked myself into quite a state checking emails before I even got there.
"But once I started my Crafty Commute, I arrived at work much more relaxed and feeling like I'd accomplished something creative already before I even got into work. I loved it.
"I crochet bobble hats and boot toppers in the winter and I make wire-wrapped jewellery when it gets warmer. Wire is my summer version of wool, you see.
"Then I started drawing and painting. I put together a little travel kit that I could take on the train.
"Very soon, my friends at work were asking about my crafting and family and friends were chatting about it on Facebook.
"The train guards started talking to me about my projects too. They stopped to talk about their families and friends.
"Thank goodness they always remind me when it's time to get off!"
"I began sketching last year as I felt the need to unleash my creative side," said the 49-year-old who works in social media for a recruitment consultant.
"Sketching means I can relax and not worry about the day ahead until I sit at my desk, then it helps me unwind when I'm on my way home.
"I keep a pocket sketchbook, pen and pencil in my commuting rucksack. I have to be careful not to get shaky lines when the train goes over points.
"I soon realised I needed some formal training to learn proper technique, so I joined a drawing evening class.
"I enjoyed it so much I'm going back for a more advanced class starting in a couple of weeks."
The party now holds 31 of the 46 seats on the council in which the councillors are elected every four years.
Labour gained one more councillor to increase its tally to nine, while the Liberal Democrats lost seven seats and have two councillors.
The Green Party now holds a seat on the council after Ian Davison was elected in the Brunswick Ward.
Meanwhile, Whitnash Residents Association has retained its three seats on the administration.
The Conservatives have made gains in council elections across the West Midlands, in reflection of the national result.
The Tories took Worcester City Council, Herefordshire Council and East Staffordshire, all previously under no overall control.
The party also made gains in North Warwickshire from Labour, while Labour lost overall control in Stoke-on-Trent.
However, Labour retained control of the city councils in Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
The buildings of the fictional city Mos Espa featured in The Phantom Menace, "Episode I" of the Jedi saga.
Sited on the planet Tatooine, this was the home of the young Anakin Skywalker, later to become Darth Vader.
Scientists have used the dwellings as a fixed geographic reference to measure the migration of giant wind-blown crescent-shaped dunes, or barchans.
They have published details in the journal Geomorphology.
Homes are rarely built in dune fields, and this study illustrates why. It shows dune movements on Earth are 10 times faster than barchans on Mars.
Wind-blown sand can build huge mounds in arid deserts, with sand grains pushed up the shallow rear slope before falling down the steep front slope in the lee of the wind. With steady prevailing winds, the dune shape reflects the wind direction and can develop crescent "wings" pointing downwind.
Individual crescent-shaped barchans are seen on other planets as well as on Earth, and have been imaged on the surface of Mars as well as on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
Ralph Lorenz, from Johns Hopkins University, US, together with Jason Barnes, from the University of Idaho, Jani Radebaugh from Brigham-Young University (BYU) and Nabil Gasmi, of the University of Sousse, Tunisia, visited the Mos Espa site in 2009, and noted that part of a nearby set used in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope had already been overrun.
Using satellite images of the site, they were able to determine the speed of dune movement, which is approaching the buildings once inhabited by such luminaries as Anakin, his slave owner Watto, and rival podracer Sebulba.
Moving at around 15m a year, the front edge of the barchan appears to have made contact with some of the Mos Espa buildings earlier this year, and is encroaching on Qui-Gon's Alley.
The barchan will probably continue on its journey past the city site, which in due course will re-emerge from the sand, but it is anticipated that it will not remain unscathed.
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Beating Southampton 2-1 on Tuesday ensured Swans' first back-to-back wins of the season.
On the same night Leicester lost 1-0 at Burnley and Middlesbrough drew 1-1 at home with West Bromwich Albion.
Swansea, Leicester and Boro are tied on 21 points and Clement said: "The table looks more healthy."
Swansea are 17th, one place above automatic relegation with reigning Premier League title holders Leicester one place above them and Middlesbrough in 15th.
A stunning 3-2 win at Liverpool came before Alfie Mawson and Gylfi Sigurdsson goals ensured victory over Saints at Liberty Stadium.
Clement said: "The results that we've got have pulled a couple of other teams into that battle now at the bottom."
The Swansea manager's reign officially began with an FA Cup defeat at Hull followed by a 4-0 home drubbing by Arsenal in the league.
But the wins against Liverpool and Southampton followed to boost Swans' survival hopes, taking their wins tally to six, one more than Leicester and two more than Boro.
Tottenham Hotspur host Middlesbrough on Saturday while Swansea go to Manchester City on Sunday in the 13:30 GMT kick-off before Leicester host Manchester United at 16:00 GMT.
Sigurdsson struck Swansea's winner after Shane Long replied to Mawson's opener and Clement praised the Icelandic midfielder.
"Gylfi has fantastic delivery at set-plays and he produced a wonderful finish after good work from Luciano Narsingh, who made an instant impact," said Clement.
"But I would like to comment on Gylfi's work ethic. People have asked me if he is all right playing on the left, but I haven't had a conversation with him about that.
"He has done everything that has been asked of him."
Swansea's attitude also pleased their boss, who added: "It was a mixed performance, but a massive, massive result against a good side.
"They had a really good 3-0 victory over Leicester in their last league game and then they got a massive win at Anfield (in the EFL Cup), so we have beaten a really good side here.
"We did some really good things. We didn't start very well - we gave them too much space in the first 10 minutes.
"But once we got to grips with that, we had a good spell into half-time and then defended well when there were a lot of balls into our box late on."
Tens of thousands of supporters are in Lille as the two teams prepare to play in nearby Lens on Thursday.
It comes as police have fired tear gas against fans in Lille, where Russian and Slovakian supporters also are.
On Tuesday, there were reports of isolated trouble involving Russian fans also in the city.
Adam Morgan, 27, of Mountain Ash, said the camaraderie between fans meant there was "less chance of trouble".
He said: "It's like the baby brothers have joined the older brothers to look after them.
"I think it's sensible. Hopefully it just means there is less chance of trouble between the two sets of fans."
Extra police were drafted in with concerns raised as Russia played Slovakia in Lille on Wednesday, with Wales and England fans also gathering there ahead of Thursday's game.
The city also saw trouble involving fans after Germany's win against Ukraine there on Sunday.
Steve Smolka, 35, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, said there had only been "little pockets" of trouble in the city but "nothing major".
"It's been very friendly, I think, between the England and Welsh fans.
"There's been a bit of trouble with the Russians but very small bits and pieces. Nothing too serious."
He said the police presence in the city had increased since Tuesday.
Barry Dobson, 69, of Radyr, said there had been "no problem whatsoever".
He said: "The atmosphere is absolutely superb.
"Everybody is excited, you can hear the singing and I'm very much looking forward to going to Lens tomorrow where it's going to be rocking."
A public drinking ban is in place in Lille, with no alcohol to be sold from off licences and supermarkets or drunk on the streets until Friday morning.
However, fans have already flouted the prohibition by drinking in streets and squares, according to Vince Alm, of the Football Supporters' Federation Cymru.
He does not think the ban is enforceable and said: "There are so many outlets around it's impossible.
"But alcohol I don't think is the main issue. The main issue is these Russian hooligans.
"They are not interested in drinking. They're just interested in turning up, having a fight and running off."
Nathan Jones, 25, of Mountain Ash, said it had been "surprising" to see English and Welsh fans chanting together on Tuesday.
He added: "I think it's united us against the Russians because of all the news."
BBC Wales' Gareth Lewis in Lens
The advice all along has been only to go to Lens if you have a ticket. And even if you do, get in and get out again.
But the atmosphere in this former French mining town could not be more relaxed, 24 hours before kick off in one of Euro 2016's highest profile matches.
It is a place proud of its heritage. Its 42,000-seater stadium was originally built by miners during the Great Depression and the local club AC Lens has punched above its weight ever since - the town only has a population of 36,000.
The locals we have spoken to think it is a shame fans have been told to stay away. But those that do come - and are already here - will get a warm welcome.
The "alcohol ban" seems open to interpretation. One bar owner told us it applied only to spirits while another that anything served in a plastic glass was fine and a third that drinking on the premises or at the pavement tables would be OK. Just 200m from the stadium, the manager at a cafe told us he would serve until the police told him not to.
Many Welsh fans here will feel at home. The stadium car park is on the site of a former colliery - another former pit now hosts a branch of the Louvre museum which attracts nearly a million visitors a year.
And a group of fans from another former British mining area - Nottinghamshire - were tucking into (plastic glass) pints on Lens' high street.
"The atmosphere here could not be more different to Marseille," one told me.
Nearby Lille is on high alert on Wednesday as Russia take on Slovakia.
"It is England and Wales, in it together," said another - ironic for a Wales v England game put in the "high risk" bracket by Uefa.
After Thursday's match Wales and England fans will go their separate ways. But in the back of Welsh minds will be their own match against Russia in Toulouse next Monday.
Amanda Telfer, 43, was killed when the frames fell on her as she walked past a building site in Hanover Square, Mayfair, London, on 30 August 2012.
Four people and three companies deny a total of 13 charges over her death.
The frames had been left unprotected and unrestrained leaning against a wall after being delivered the previous day.
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC said builders were not ready to install the frames but that they were delivered anyway.
He said it was "obvious to anyone" that the heavy frames, which together weighed 1,444lb (655kg), carried a "clear and serious risk of death", including to those walking past.
Mr Atkinson told the court: "There were a series of obvious and, in many cases, straightforward steps that could have been taken to avoid that risk, ranging from cancellation, delay, refusal of delivery on the one hand, to the storage, the use of straps and barriers.
"None were taken by any of the defendants and Amanda Telfer died as a result."
Damian Lakin-Hall, 50, from Cobham, Surrey, Claire Gordon, 36, from Leeds, and 64-year-old Kelvin Adsett - also known as Kelvin Schultz - from, Slough, Berkshire, deny manslaughter and health and safety breaches.
Steven Rogers, 62, from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, pleaded not guilty to a single charge of failure to take reasonable care for safety while at work as an employee of Westgreen Construction.
IS Europe of Slough, Westgreen Construction, of Richmond in Surrey, and Drawn Metal of Leeds, also deny health and safety charges.
When Claudia, 26, masters the recipe she will add it to the menu of Tastes of Coatepeque, the bakery and catering company she co-owns with her sister Iliana.
Being business owners in the small Central American country comes against a difficult backdrop - engulfed by gang violence it is the world's most dangerous nation outside of a warzone, with 6,657 murders in 2015 - but Claudia says that the enterprise enables her and Iliana to earn a stable income.
"Our business is our own," say Claudia. "No-one gives us a paycheque, but no-one exploits us either."
The cookery class Claudia recently attended was organised by Woman's City (Ciudad Mujer), a government initiative to help women who have been victims of domestic violence.
The scheme was set up in 2011 because if El Salvador's overall crime rates weren't enough for Salvadorean women to endure, the country also has one of the world's highest rates of domestic violence.
In the first nine months of 2015, an average of five cases of domestic abuse against women were reported to the police every day, and that is said to be only the tip of the iceberg.
A key pillar of the Woman's City programme includes advice and loans to help women set up their own businesses, to enable them to earn their own money and establish their independence.
Iliana has two daughters to support, aged four and nine. While she does get some money from their father, who visits every few months, she says she would rather not need any funds from the man she says hit her.
"It has been one of my greatest limitations as a mother to have to depend on what he gives," she says.
Currently Iliana and her sister both earn about $250 (£200) from Tastes of Coatepeque during a quiet month, around the level of the country's minimum wage. However, in a good month, when they cater for more events, they can each earn as much as $600.
Nina Flores exudes confidence as she instructs her workers on proper tie-dye techniques.
The 37-year-old is the founder of Blue Moon, a company that designs clothes, bags and trinkets with locally produced indigo dye.
She credits Woman's City with enabling her to overcome both her self doubt and the societal barriers put in the way of women setting up their own companies in the country.
"There are more obstacles for female business owners in El Salvador because they are expected to be at home and take care of their kids," says Nina.
"Women also face more difficulties because many people think that they can't accomplish anything. They say, 'How is a woman going to do that?'"
That was the message Nina says she internalised after hearing it for many years from her ex-husband.
Now separated, she says that looking back on what she says was an abusive marriage makes her work harder.
"I said to myself, 'I'm going to show him that I really can do it.' And I achieved it."
A small country on the Pacific coast of Central America, with a population of 6.3 million
The most densely populated country in the whole of the Americas
It was ravaged by civil war from 1979 to 1992 between the military government and left-wing guerrilla groups
An estimated 75,000 people were killed before the 13-year conflict ended after a peace deal
Due to the persistent problem of violent street gangs it has the world's highest murder rate outside of a warzone
It was ruled by Spain for 300 years until independence was achieved in 1821
Read the BBC's profile of El Salvador
In just three years, Blue Moon has grown from a one-woman show to a 12-person business with products sold in boutiques all over the country.
After production costs, Nina makes $1,000 a month, a borderline middle-class income, which she says allows her a comfortable lifestyle.
She employs only women, giving them time off to be with their kids, and letting them work from home as long as they meet production goals.
Mabel Drejo, 66, had always earned her own money, first working as an architect and later as the administrator of an apartment complex after her husband died.
When she remarried, her second husband encouraged her to stay at home and she reluctantly agreed.
After her second marriage ended, Mabel had to quickly find a way to start making money again.
It was the social worker who handled her domestic violence case that gave Ms Drejo the idea to turn her sewing hobby into a business.
With help from Woman's City, Mabel set up Mab Fashion Design, and now earns $500 a month selling dresses for $12.
"I became more confident because I never thought that my designs were good enough to sell," says Mabel. "Now I like having my own business. Every time I put a new dress on the mannequin people tell me how pretty it is and I've sold a lot of my designs."
Lorena Saca, president of the Committee of Female Entrepreneurs for El Salvador's Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that while the country's female business owners are helping each other, the nation's mostly male politicians needed to offer more assistance.
"Women lack confidence in their leaders, who are mainly men," Ms Saca says. "Among women we've started to support each other, but we also need male leaders to support us."
Meanwhile, Mabel doesn't have any plans to retire. For the seamstress and business owner, Mab Fashion Designs is about more than just earning a living.
She says she is making a political statement for all Salvadorean women.
"Men have treated us badly because we depended on them economically," says Mabel. "Now they can see that we are more independent and that we can be successful."
A militant named as "Abu Musa al-Britani" used a car bomb to target a convoy of Iraqi army and aligned Sunni forces, "killing nearly 30", it said.
However, Iraqi military disputed the claims, saying it believed only the bomber died in the attack.
The group made the claim on its account on the messaging app Telegram.
A picture, claiming to be of the suicide bomber was also released on a social media account linked to the Islamic State group.
The name "Abu-Musa al-Britani" - the kind of name taken by a militant when they go to fight - suggests that the man was British.
IS claimed he attacked the convoy after it had left Ain al-Assad military air base and was heading towards Kubaysah in the north-west of the province.
Earlier on Monday, IS claimed another attack in western Al-Anbar, carried out, it said, by five suicide bombers, including a French, a Turkish and a Jordanian, whose pictures it published.
The BBC's Baghdad bureau said Iraqi military had confirmed three Iraqi soldiers were killed and four others wounded in an attack involving four suicide car bombs in Albu Obaid, north-east of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, at dawn on Monday.
The Iraqi military's Anbar Operations Command denied claims made by pro-IS sites that 30 Iraqi soldiers were killed in the attacks.
Separately, Iraqi military sources said troops had managed to destroy four suicide car bombs around the town of Hit, and killed more than 30 IS militants.
It is likely the British suicide bomber was killed in these attacks, the sources claimed.
Burberry said slowing demand from US wholesale customers and "cautious" ordering by customers elsewhere was behind the gloomy outlook.
It is forecasting a 10% decline in sales at its wholesale business in the current financial year.
Profits for the year will be at the lower end of expectations, it said.
Burberry's business is split into wholesale, which sells clothes to other retailers, and retail, which consists of its own branded outlets.
Chinese customers account for 40% of Burberry's retail sales and cutbacks by them have hit Burberry.
In Hong Kong, where many mainland Chinese travel to shop, Burberry's sales tumbled by more than 20% in the fourth quarter.
That is the third quarter in a row that Burberry has seen sales in Hong Kong decline by more than 20%.
A slowdown in sales in continental Europe was also blamed on falling demand from Chinese tourists.
Overall the retail business reported a 5% decline in like-for-like sales in the fourth quarter, which ended 31 March.
However Burberry expects total retail sales to grow this year, because of new store openings.
"In an external environment that remains challenging for luxury, we continue to focus on reducing discretionary costs and are making good progress with developing enhanced future productivity and efficiency plans," said chief executive Christopher Bailey in a statement accompanying the results.
Burberry shares closed down 3.6% at 1296p.
First broadcast in 1996, the music trivia quiz has been hosted by Mark Lamarr, Simon Amstell and, most recently, Rhod Gilbert.
It had a reputation for upsetting its guests - with Lemmy, Huey Morgan and Preston all storming off the set.
A revamp in 2014 failed to improve ratings, and the BBC has now dropped the show.
Phill Jupitus has been a team captain for all 28 series, while Sean Hughes, Bill Bailey and Noel Fielding have filled the opposing captain's chair.
"After 28 series we've decided not to bring Never Mind the Buzzcocks back to the BBC," said a spokesperson. "This will create space for new entertainment formats in the future.
"We'd like to thank the team at Talkback, Rhod Gilbert, all the brilliant hosts over the years and of course Noel and Phill for the years of enjoyment they've given BBC Two viewers."
Named in tribute to the Sex Pistols' Never Mind The Bollocks album, the show took a similarly anarchic approach to the TV quiz show format, delighting in insulting its guests.
Ordinary Boys frontman Samuel Preston appeared to take umbrage as soon as Simon Amstell introduced him as a "professional celebrity" at the beginning of a 2007 episode.
He stuck around until Amstell read extracts from his wife Chantelle Houghton's biography, including the line: "The photoshoot was for the Daily Mail, which made me feel really posh and upmarket."
Declaring "I can't be bothered with this", the singer stormed off with half an episode left to record. Audience member Ed Seymour was drafted in to fill the vacant seat.
BBC 6 Music presenter Huey Morgan also saw the red mist descend during his appearance in 2013, violently smashing a mug after an altercation with guest hosts Rizzle Kicks.
Meanwhile, Mark Lamarr used his stint as host to berate the British public for voting Robbie Williams' Angels the best song of the last 25 years.
"I've done a quick list of other songs that maybe should have been considered. Number one, Ghost Town by the Specials. I think that's a better song than Angels.
"Number two, every other song recorded in the last 25 years."
Phill Jupitus was the show's mainstay, taking part in almost all of the 270 episodes.
But he briefly considered quitting the show during Amstell's tenure.
"It struck me with Simon that people were being booked especially to have the piss taken out of them in a very overt fashion," he told the Guardian in 2010.
"Mark [Lamarr] didn't book people to rag on them, it was just in the flow of the show that people suddenly went a bit weird and Mark could turn on them. It became something else with Simon and started to get a bit wearing."
However, ratings never recovered after Amstell left, dropping from an average of 2.5 million viewers in 2008 to 1.1 million for the most recent series.
Shops were boarded-up and roads closed in Llangefni before a march by about 40 members of the "Infidels of North Wales" group at 13:30 GMT on Saturday.
About 300 people also attended the town as part of the opposing "Celebrating Diversity" group's counter protest.
North Wales Police said officers were present to ensure "the safety of the public" and there were no arrests.
Charles Tynan, 58, from North Shields, was giving evidence to an inquiry into events at the Jim Clark Rally in 2014.
He became upset as he watched a video of people standing in a prohibited area where the fatal crash occurred.
He said he had been "apprehensive" about taking up the position and had not known what to expect.
Mr Tynan told a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Iain Provan, Elizabeth Allan and Len Stern he had regularly attended the rally for a number of years.
"I had an idea of what we should do," he said and added that he had spoken to a number of people and knew that more spectators gathered in spots where there were "jumps".
Advocate depute, Andrew Brown QC, asked him if he had an awareness where prohibited areas started and finished and how he would know if people were in a prohibited area or not.
He replied: "I am not sure about that, but I had experience.
"If I saw someone standing in an area I thought dangerous, I would have sorted it out."
He was shown a marshalling plan of areas of concern, but the Swinton stage, where the accident occurred was not included.
He was also shown a plan of the area between the Leet Water humpback bridge and East Lodge, and asked if he recognised it was a prohibited area and said that he did.
Mr Tynan said he was surprised how many spectators were at the Swinton stage and that he had moved people who were standing at the side of the road before the bridge, telling them to go further back.
Shown a video of two men wearing green tabards and holding camera equipment and other spectators in the area of the crash, Mr Tynan said: "Sorry, I have not seen this before. I am shocked.
"As God is my witness, I have no recollection of their being there.
"When we went past there were no people there."
He said he had moved two photographers earlier and assumed they were the same people.
Looking at the video, he said: "That's a shocker. That video scares the wits out of me when I see people standing like that".
The inquiry continues.
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Former world number one Djokovic, 30, retired injured during his Wimbledon quarter-final match against Tomas Berdych on 12 July.
He claimed to have been suffering from an elbow problem for 18 months.
"Professionally this is not an easy decision for me, but I'm trying to look at the positive side," said the Serb, who is the world number four.
In July, Djokovic won the Aegon International in Eastbourne - his 68th career title, but his first since January.
He suffered a shock defeat by world number 117 Denis Istomin at January's Australian Open, where he was defending champion, and then lost his French Open crown when he was beaten by Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals in June.
Djokovic said he would spend the time building up his fitness and strength, as well as working on areas of his game he felt needed to be improved.
"I want to play professional tennis for many years to come," he added in a message on his Facebook page.
It means Djokovic will miss the US Open, which starts on 28 August, and where he was champion in 2011 and 2015.
His absence from Flushing Meadows ends a run of 51 consecutive appearances at Grand Slams.
"All the doctors I've consulted, and all the specialists I have visited, in Serbia and all over the world, have agreed that this injury requires rest," Djokovic said.
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"A prolonged break from the sport is inevitable. I'll do whatever it takes to recover.
"My elbow is hurt due to excessive playing, and it troubles me constantly when serving, and now when playing forehand as well.
"My body has its limits, and I have to respect that and be grateful for all I have achieved so far.
"At the beginning of my career I was facing health issues, but over the years, and with a lot of patience and dedication, I found a solution.
"That's the approach I take to this situation, and I firmly believe I will come back stronger."
Coach Andre Agassi has committed to stay with Djokovic for the 2018 season.
BBC Radio 5 live tennis commentator David Law
It has been clear for a while that something had to give.
You get the sense that, after 51 straight Grand Slam tournaments over a 12-and-a-half-year period, his body has simply said 'enough is enough'.
Even his famous resilience and defiance has been lacking of late, suggesting burnout after his extraordinary achievement of holding all four Grand Slam singles title at the same time last year.
A break from the rigours and relentlessness of the game should help in that regard, too.
The good news is that he doesn't need surgery, and he has made his intentions clear by signing up Andre Agassi for 2018, and declaring that he hopes to play for another five years or more.
Exactly a year ago to the day, Roger Federer called time on his 2016 season because of a knee problem. If Djokovic's return goes half as well as Federer's - the Swiss has won the Australian Open and Wimbledon this year - it will certainly have been the right decision.
Rankings-wise, Djokovic will plummet. Federer showed that it doesn't take long to rebuild with the right results early on in a comeback, and Djokovic is nearly six years Federer's junior.
There are also question marks surrounding Andy Murray's health after hip problems over the grass court season, but the suggestion is the world number one may still play the US Open. With Djokovic not there his chances, and those of everyone else, have taken a boost.
Are the recent health issues of Federer, Djokovic, Murray and Nadal a sign of wider issues within the sport - the length of the season, the length of matches?
Perhaps, but the fact is all four are at the top in their 30s, with careers of well over a decade behind them. Many players of the past would have retired by now.
Clarke, who quit after last summer's Ashes, will play for Sydney grade team Western Suburbs on February 20-21.
"I've realised the game of cricket is in my blood," said 34-year-old Clarke.
"I'll start with this grade game and see if I miss it as much as I feel like I'm going to. If I do, the option is there to train the entire winter and then we'll see what happens."
Western Suburbs, the club Clarke played for as a youngster, face Randwick Petersham in a two-day first grade match at Pratten Park starting on February 20.
Clarke played 115 Tests and 245 one-day internationals for Australia, but struggled with back injuries throughout his career.
He said his comeback will primarily focus on limited-overs cricket.
"My focus is definitely the shorter format of the game," said Clarke, who added that he would "love to be a part" of Australia's Big Bash League, the Indian Premier League and English county cricket.
"There's possibly even Sheffield Shield cricket for New South Wales," he said.
"All I know is, I'll never say never to anything. I'll start with Western Suburbs and we will see where it takes me."
Security services have been criticised over their handling of Mohammed Emwazi - known as "Jihadi John".
But in a speech the foreign secretary praised the "brilliance" of Britain's intelligence officers.
Mr Hammond also warned of Russia's "aggressive behaviour", saying it could "pose the single greatest threat" to the UK's security.
Gathering intelligence on Russia's intentions would be a "vital part" of the work of Britain's intelligence agencies for the "foreseeable future", he added.
In another development due later, MPs are expected to approve new travel restrictions for people the government believes pose a "terrorism-related threat".
The motion will also introduce fines for airlines which breach a series of requirements set up to "prevent certain individuals from travelling to or from the UK".
In the speech at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) in London, Mr Hammond said ministers must act "decisively" in debates about powers given to the security services so they can "get on" with keeping the UK safe.
He said: "The exposure of the alleged identity of one of the most murderous Isil (Islamic State or IS) terrorists over the last few weeks has seen some seeking to excuse the terrorists and point the finger of blame at the agencies themselves.
"We are absolutely clear; the responsibility for acts of terror rests with those who commit them.
"But a huge burden of responsibility also lies with those who act as apologists for them."
Cage, an advocacy group for those "impacted by the War on Terror", has said MI5 played a role in the radicalisation of the Kuwait-born Briton.
Its research director Asim Qureshi told the BBC "harassment" by intelligence officers did not make Emwazi into a killer, but he said it was a factor in making him feel he "didn't belong in the UK anymore".
Britain's spies are today in the spotlight in a way they never were in the past - their powers and performance questioned.
But the politicians also say they are needed now more than ever, thanks to an uncertain world with a myriad of emerging threats.
This speech by the foreign secretary, the political master of GCHQ and MI6, was a robust defence of the spies' work against criticisms covering both recent revelations about Mohammed Emwazi, the man revealed to be IS fighter Jihadi John, and broader questions about security and privacy in the wake of the Edward Snowden disclosures.
But as well as the message that the spies needed to keep up with modern demands, whether the pace of technological change or for greater accountability from the public, there were also echoes of the past.
These were clearest when it came to Russia as Philip Hammond said it was no coincidence that all three UK intelligence agencies were again recruiting Russian speakers for their work.
Emwazi was born in Kuwait in 1988 and came to the UK at the age of six.
He went to school in London and graduated from the University of Westminster in 2009 with a degree in computing.
He came to the attention of security services in the same year and was deported as he tried to enter Tanzania, though the circumstances of this are disputed.
He then spent two spells in Kuwait, but Cage said he was prevented from returning to the country after a trip to Britain.
He later went missing, and police told his family he had gone to Syria.
He has subsequently been identified as the militant in the August 2014 video showing the murder of US journalist James Foley, and in several similar videos showing the beheading of hostages.
Read the full profile here.
Mr Hammond said the recent case of the three teenage London schoolgirls believed to have travelled to Syria to join IS showed there were "things we can improve".
But he said it it was not just the security services but parents, schools and community workers who were responsible for preventing people from travelling to countries like Syria and becoming a security threat.
Britain needed to maintain a "highly effective, secret capability" to identify, monitor and act against terrorist threats, the foreign secretary said.
The number and range of cases amounted to the "greatest challenge to our collective security for decades and places unprecedented demands on those charged with keeping us safe," he said.
In the past 12 months Parliament has passed two acts which included more powers for security services to access people's communications data.
In January David Cameron said he would give authorities "very intrusive" powers to close "safe spaces" used by suspected terrorists online if he won May's election.
Mr Hammond said the emergence of militant groups such as IS and Boko Haram show the "pace" with which threats to UK security are "evolving".
He also accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "subverting" the system of rules which "keeps the peace between nations" by annexing Crimea and "now using Russian troops to destabilise eastern Ukraine".
He said Russia's actions, such as modernising its weapons and the "increasingly aggressive stance" of its military, were all "significant causes for concern".
Mr Hammond said: "We are in familiar territory for anyone over the age of about 50, with Russia's aggressive behaviour a stark reminder that it has the potential to pose the single greatest threat to our security."
Mr Hammond added it was "no coincidence" that all of the UK's security agencies were recruiting Russian speakers again.
Russia denies having troops in Ukraine, saying that any Russian soldiers among the rebels are "volunteers".
Police said the 30-year-old man appeared to have lost control of his Suzuki motorcycle and crashed into the wall on the B743 near Dungavel.
The incident happened at about 19:25 on Wednesday.
He was taken by air ambulance to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where he is being treated for a serious head injury.
PC Dougie Bryson said: "Our inquiries are continuing today into this crash. At the time of the crash, two of the injured man's friends were travelling on the same road on their bikes.
"I would urge anyone who witnessed the crash take place, or who was driving on that road around the time of the crash, to contact officers through 101."
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But if you're still looking for a reason to raise a glass this weekend, an old Irish celebration known as Nollaig na mBan, or 'Women's Christmas', could give you just the excuse you need.
In the Christian calendar, the Feast of the Epiphany on 6 January is viewed as the last day of Christmas - marking the revelation of God as human in Jesus Christ.
It was also, historically, a day when weary Irish women were freed from domestic Christmas chores to enjoy the festive leftovers with their female friends and neighbours.
Nollaig na mBan has been reclaimed by a cultural movement, using it as an opportunity to pay homage to their female ancestors.
'Illuminate Herstory' was thought up by former advertising and marketing executive Melanie Lynch.
Melanie explained that the light projection festival will illuminate towns and cities across Northern Ireland and the Republic with images of women as the last of the Christmas lights go out.
"From the shadows into the light, we want to share women's stories from families and communities and resurrect tales of lost national heroines and women admired around the world," she told BBC News NI.
"We want to light up homes, town squares, theatres, museums and iconic buildings."
The festival also incorporates music, comedy, theatre, fashion, dance, photography, poetry, fine art and film.
"It doesn't have to be complicated - every classroom and boardroom have projectors, most towns have at least one outdoor projector, and in our homes there are great family photographs.
"The national archives have incredible images of women too. So we're appealing to community groups and wider, national organisations, to get involved by organising an event that can be big or small.
"You can arrange storytellers, performers and 'herstorians' as we're calling them, or just keep it simple and host a small gathering of friends and family."
The objective, she says, is to start an annual event that inspires the world to celebrate women.
The Palace Street Offices on Dame Street in the heart of Dublin are already lit up with images of six iconic Irish women to launch the event.
Aviatrix Lady Mary Heath, astronomer Agnes Clerke, Queen of Paraguay Eliza Lynch, St. Brigid, Gormlaith 'High Queen of Ireland' and renowned computer programmer Kay McNulty are all depicted in the exhibit.
"But Illuminate Herstory doesn't stop in Ireland," said Melanie.
"Irish Diaspora networks have already sent the invitation to participate around the world. We've been told that Manger Square in Bethlehem is going to be lit up with images of Irish women at the weekend, which will be incredible if it happens."
She said the interest in the event was particularly keen in Northern Ireland.
"The north is just so full of inspirational women, women who sacrificed so much for the peace process and beyond, so we're delighted towns and cities across Northern Ireland have got involved."
In Fermanagh, Enniskillen Castle and the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh will be lit up in a purple hue until Sunday to mark the event.
In Belfast, the WANDA feminist group will be driving around the city in a campervan on Sunday night from 19:00 GMT projecting images of female filmmakers onto walls, and Carnmoney in County Antrim will be illuminated in memory of aviator Lilian Bland.
But unsung heroines are just as important, said Melanie.
"The Irish are known as great storytellers but until now, we've only told half the story. As well as the great artists, aviators, astronomers and politicians, we want to hear about the mothers and mavericks and wives and women who were never celebrated before.
"We want to start the year with a bit of optimism and hope and it's really easy to get involved and pay tribute to the women you love."
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Italy appointed Conte boss in 2014 and he will stand down after Euro 2016.
Guidolin said he was unaware he had been touted as a possible successor to Conte, who is tipped to join Chelsea.
"These are rumours. At the moment I think only about Swansea to help my team, my club and my players," said Guidolin.
"I can say though, two years ago before Conte took over at the national team we were in similar positions to get the job.
"In the end Conte got it, but I was very very close.
"I am happy if my name is on the list, but I don't know anything about it."
Guidolin will return to the touchline for Swansea on Saturday for the first time since being admitted to hospital with a chest infection.
He took training for the first time since his return to club duties on Wednesday and confirmed all decisions regarding team selection and substitutions will now be made by him.
Guidolin has also denied any decisions over his future at the club beyond the end of this season have already been made amid reports suggesting he will leave the Liberty Stadium in the summer.
"It is not a problem for me, I have an agreement with my chairman and it is very clear," he added.
"The future is not important at the moment, only now.
"The chairman called me two months ago and asked me to help the club, the team and the players.
"I am doing that. My head and my heart is in this situation. Other things are not important.
"I agreed with my chairman that I will work for four months and then we can look at other situations.
"But it is important at the moment that we only save Swansea City in the Premier League."
Swansea go into Saturday's match against Aston Villa eight points clear of the relegation zone.
"But they will once again be without Ghanaian forward Andre Ayew who is still struggling with the ankle injury that forced him to miss last weekend's defeat at Bournemouth."
Ian Stewart, 55, of Baldock Road, Royston, has also been charged with perverting the course of justice and preventing lawful burial in April.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Monday. Searches at the 51-year-old's home in Royston continue.
Mr Stewart appeared before Hatfield Remand Court on Saturday.
He was remanded in custody to appear at St Albans Crown Court on Monday.
Northumberland-born Ms Bailey created the Electra Brown series for teenagers and also wrote a blog called Planet Grief after her husband of 22 years drowned on holiday in Barbados in 2011.
She was last seen walking her pet dachshund near her home on 11 April.
It is now understood the body of the dog was also found during a search of the grounds.
Hertfordshire Police said they would not be commenting on exactly where Ms Bailey's body was discovered, or how the dog died.
In a statement released by police on Saturday, her family said: "We share with Helen's friends, neighbours and fans our shock, disbelief and sadness at the news of her tragic death.
"As a family we also stand in solidarity with those around the world who have also suffered loss under tragic circumstances.
"Helen was immensely witty and talented. We love her deeply and are immensely proud of her achievements. She is now at peace and we shall all miss her terribly.
"We wish to express our gratitude to the police as well as all those who supported us in the search for Helen in whatever way they could."
Flowers have been left outside Ms Bailey's home.
A handwritten card on one bouquet says: "Heartfelt wishes are with your family. Tragic news. From a neighbour."
Another reads: "Helen, you are now at peace at last. With love, thoughts and prayers for your family and friends xx".
Substantive talks brokered by the United Nations with the aim of reuniting Cyprus start on Wednesday, after a lengthy period of stalemate.
The recent election of Mustafa Akinci as Turkish Cypriot leader is widely seen as a game-changer - one that has significantly increased the chances of finding a solution.
His first act on assuming office was to abolish the "entry visa" for visitors to northern Cyprus - something that had long angered Greek Cypriots.
For the first time since Greek Cypriots rejected the UN's 2004 reunification plan, the communities now have leaders with both the will and political acumen necessary to reach a solution.
The sight of Mr Akinci and the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Greek Cypriot Nicos Anastasiades, sitting together at a theatre in the southern city of Limassol, clearly relaxed and enjoying one another's company, sent a message to both sides that they were ready to do business.
Mr Akinci, an astute pragmatist, well-versed in the art of the possible, cut his political teeth as mayor of Nicosia in the aftermath of the 1974 Turkish invasion. The city had effectively been divided in two and its integrated sewage system had stopped working.
There was a strong stench in the air and the threat of an imminent health crisis. Mr Akinci and his Greek Cypriot counterpart succeeded in fixing it. On the face of it, a prosaic, but mutually beneficial arrangement.
But this was at a time of heightened tension, when Greek and Turkish Cypriots were angry and frightened.
The conflict was still uppermost in people's minds. There were no telephone lines between the two sides and any kind of official meeting between the two men was out of the question.
By night Mr Akinci secretly crossed the mined buffer zone dividing Nicosia, for private meetings at the Greek Cypriot mayor's home.
Like Mr Akinci, President Anastasiades is an experienced politician. A political heavyweight, who is capable of being combative, he is not afraid to speak his mind.
He was one of a handful in his party to endorse the doomed UN reunification plan, and more recently pushed through painful economic reforms - a condition of the recent IMF bailout - in the face of considerable public opposition.
So, with two pragmatic pro-solution leaders, the odds should be very good indeed. Except, as ever with Cyprus, it is a bit more complicated. The problem is getting all the squares on the Rubik's cube aligned simultaneously.
Mr Akinci, despite having a public mandate to reach a deal, has Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looking over his shoulder.
The Turkish Cypriot leader has already said he believes that the traditionally close relationship between northern Cyprus and its "motherland" Turkey should move towards a more fraternal "brother-sister" relationship. So differences of opinion with Turkey can be expected.
Cyprus country profile
Mr Anastasiades, for his part, would have to win over an electorate which is historically suspicious of Turkey and is now smarting from the financial crisis of 2013.
He has repeatedly emphasised that a political solution would bring significant economic benefits. But the recent hardship has only deepened Greek Cypriots' mistrust of their leaders.
Both men need to deal with the fact that little has been done to educate the public about what living together would actually mean.
Dr James Ker-Lindsay of the London School of Economics says that "for many observers, the key question is whether a united front will emerge to take on the hardline opponents to a deal".
Mr Akinci and Mr Anastasiades may well be the best hope for reunification in several decades, but they are not there yet.
Despite the optimism, there are now several generations of Greek and Turkish Cypriots who have no experience of living together and have passed through education systems that teach Greek and Turkish patriotism, rather than emphasising a shared Cypriot identity.
Tabitha Morgan is a Cyprus analyst and author of Sweet and Bitter Island: A history of the British in Cyprus.
Dean Doherty came off his bike on Sunday at a dirt track in Magilligan. He was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
Doctors have told the family that he suffered serious spinal injuries.
His brother, Erol, said they are praying for a full recovery.
"He went in for surgery today (Monday) and they somehow secured his spine in place," he said.
"The doctors said he has a chance of walking, they said might walk, they didn't say for definite."
Erol said the family were remaining hopeful and that there were some good signs.
"The spinal cord is intact which is a good thing," he said.
"He has a little bit of feeling in his legs. We're hoping through physiotherapy that things will get better but the doctors reminded us that it's an uphill struggle."
Erol first became aware of the accident after a phone call from his mother.
"My mum was ringing me up and crying and saying he had been in some kind of motorbike accident," said Erol
"It was on his scrambler at a circuit he was on, the bike had somehow left him and, whatever way it had fallen, he had fallen on his pelvis and that had pushed up into the back of his spine.
"It just goes to show you the danger of bikes."
The family have said they are receiving lots of messages of support and said they were grateful for all the well wishes and prayers.
The bottom club's full-back broke his leg in a first-half challenge by Isco.
Cristiano Ronaldo slotted a shot under goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu to put the visitors in front, but Sergio Leon ran clear to chip an equaliser.
Isco then darted on to a loose ball to steer a shot inside the far post, and Lucas Vazquez chipped in a late third.
A few minutes before Isco's goal, Real wing-back Danilo was carried off with an ankle injury, having been caught by David Garcia, Tano's replacement.
Real's victory moved them a point ahead of Barcelona, with two games in hand, hours after Luis Enrique's side had gone top by winning 6-0 at Alaves.
It was an untidy performance from Real, who looked uncomfortable with the 3-5-2 formation that manager Zinedine Zidane chose to go with at first.
They looked far better when they reverted to their usual 4-3-3 set-up after Danilo was replaced by James Rodriguez.
Keylor Navas, the visitors' keeper, had to be sharp on several occasions, getting down to push aside Fausto Tienza's deflected shot when the game was goalless, and saving well as on-loan Newcastle forward Emmanuel Riviere fired at goal on the turn just before half-time.
Navas was on form again shortly after half-time as goalscorer Leon cut in from the right to hit a left-footed curler towards the far corner, and dived full length to his left to save the striker's 20-yard shot in the final 10 minutes.
Sirigu, the goalkeeper Osasuna signed on loan from Paris St-Germain in January, reacted brilliantly at the other end to stop Karim Benzema at point-blank range in the first half, and prevented Ronaldo getting his second as he ran clear in the final 20 minutes.
Sadly, though, the game will be remembered chiefly for the injury to Tano, in what looked nothing worse than a committed challenge by Isco.
It was clear immediately that the defender had broken his leg, and both sets of players were visibly upset by the incident.
Osasuna, on their third coach of the season in Petar Vasiljevic, look certain to be relegated at the end of the season, but can take encouragement from a spirited performance in defeat.
Match ends, Osasuna 1, Real Madrid 3.
Second Half ends, Osasuna 1, Real Madrid 3.
Goal! Osasuna 1, Real Madrid 3. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcelo.
Goran Causic (Osasuna) is shown the yellow card.
James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Goran Causic (Osasuna).
Attempt missed. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) left footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by James Rodríguez.
Attempt saved. Emmanuel Rivière (Osasuna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jaime Romero.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Mateo Kovacic replaces Isco.
Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
Oier (Osasuna) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Sergio León (Osasuna) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nikola Vujadinovic.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by James Rodríguez.
Isco (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Goran Causic (Osasuna).
Casemiro (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Oier (Osasuna).
Offside, Real Madrid. James Rodríguez tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by James Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Salvatore Sirigu.
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcelo with a through ball.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jaime Romero (Osasuna) because of an injury.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Karim Benzema.
Isco (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jaime Romero (Osasuna).
Offside, Real Madrid. Nacho tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Goal! Osasuna 1, Real Madrid 2. Isco (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by James Rodríguez (Real Madrid).
David García (Osasuna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Osasuna. Raoul Loé replaces Fausto.
Foul by Casemiro (Real Madrid).
Emmanuel Rivière (Osasuna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Alex Berenguer (Osasuna) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Real Madrid. James Rodríguez replaces Danilo because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Danilo (Real Madrid) because of an injury.
Foul by Raphael Varane (Real Madrid).
Sergio León (Osasuna) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Victoria, who was joined by her husband and parents for the investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, was recognised for her 17-year career.
Former heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill was made a Dame, and celebrated actor Mark Rylance received a knighthood.
David Beckham, former England football captain, was made an OBE in 2003.
On being given the title, Victoria said: "It was an absolute pleasure to be at Buckingham Palace today. I'm proud to be British, honoured and humbled to receive my OBE from the Duke of Cambridge.
"If you dream big and work hard you can accomplish great things.
"I'm so happy to share this very special occasion with my parents and husband; without their love and support, none of this would be possible."
Earlier this year, several of the British press printed details of leaked emails in which David Beckham criticised the honours system and the honours committee.
A spokesman for David Beckham said at the time that the emails were "hacked", "doctored" and "private".
Jessica Ennis-Hill announced her retirement from athletics in October 2016 and says she is looking forward to being a spectator at the World Championships this summer.
"I've had more than I could ever imagine out of my career so I can't stand here receiving a damehood and wish for any more - it's been incredible.
"For me, I'm in a very privileged position, having achieved what I've achieved, and hopefully I can just inspire people and encourage people that being sporty and healthy is a great way to go", she said.
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The project, a live stream entitled He Will Not Divide Us, began in New York in January but moved location twice when opponents tried to disrupt it.
It was taken on by the Fact arts centre in Liverpool on Wednesday.
But it was halted by police on Thursday when people climbed on to the roof to reach a flag that was being streamed.
The project has become a target for pro-Trump activists since it began at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York on 20 January - the day of the president's inauguration.
It was meant to be a live stream of people chanting "he will not divide us" for four years - but became the scene of numerous arrests and threats of violence.
The New York museum shut down the stream after three weeks and it moved to Albuquerque and then a secret location in the US, but each time disruption forced it to close.
LaBeouf is best known for films like Transformers, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, as well as his performance art.
Speaking before its move to Liverpool, LaBeouf and his collaborators Nastja Ronkko and Luke Turner said: "Events have shown that America is simply not safe enough for this artwork to exist."
Fact said it was "pleased to be able to offer the support that the project needs". At Fact, the project took the form of a flag that was streamed online.
But a Merseyside Police statement said officers were called on Thursday after reports that a group of men "were believed to be trying to get to a flag on the roof of the building".
The statement continued: "The males had left the area when patrols arrived. Advice was given to staff at the venue about the location of the flag which has since been removed."
Fact said: "On police advice, Fact and LaBeouf, Ronkko & Turner have removed the installation HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US due to dangerous, illegal trespassing."
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Jason Yendall, 29, Aaron Brannan, 24, and Jason Britton, 23, stole 21 high-value watches from Rox in front of stunned shoppers on 24 September 2014.
They were caught after two friends - Alistair Oliver, 30, and Gordon McLay, 32, - were seen wearing stolen watches.
All five also admitted being involved in a £20,000 bank robbery in Edinburgh. They will be sentenced next month.
The High Court in Glasgow heard Yendall, Brannan and Britton were all friends from Manchester while Oliver and McLay knew each other from living in Wallyford, East Lothian.
In the run-up to both robberies, vehicles and registration plates had been stolen in Scotland and England.
On 23 September - the day before the Argyll Arcade raid - Yendall, Brannan and Britton carried out a "dry run" of the route to and from the scene.
The next morning, the trio along with two unknown associates travelled from Edinburgh and targeted the arcade, which houses more than 30 jewellers and diamond merchants.
Prosecutor Sheena Fraser told the court: "Four of the men got out of the car - two carrying baseball bats, one a sledgehammer and one an axe.
"One of them was also carrying a holdall. The driver remained within the car.
"The Crown cannot say which of the men was the driver and which four attended at the arcade."
The armed robbers - also wearing balaclavas and gloves - sprinted down Buchanan Street into the busy mall at about 13:00.
They immediately targeted Rox jewellery store which had expensive Hublot watches as well as Bell and Ross time-pieces.
As some of the gang took turns to keep a look-out, others raced inside and smashed a window display.
Terrified staff and customers looked on as 21 high-end watches were snatched and tossed into bags.
Ms Fraser said: "While this was happening, members of the group in the arcade were shouting and banging on other shop windows.
"This generated a great deal of fear and panic as it was busy with public and staff from other shops."
The court heard how one worker activated a device that saw smoke fill the arcade in a bid to "disorientate" the raiders.
Some shoppers captured the incident on their mobile phones.
Just under four minutes after arriving, the gang fled with the stolen watches, shouting threats as they left.
They jumped into a getaway vehicle before eventually heading on the M8 towards Edinburgh.
Oliver and McLay were later seen in a bookmakers in Wallyford, each wearing £2,750 watches taken from the Argyll Arcade.
Ms Fraser added: "They had been given them (by Yendall, Brannan and Britton) after they returned to Edinburgh.
"They have not been recovered and were sold on by Oliver and McLay."
In the days after the raid, Yendall made a number of internet searches looking for second-hand watch websites.
The court a total of 19 Hublot watches and two from Bell and Ross were taken.
These ranged in value from £2,750 to £23,000 each. The total haul stolen was £229,601, which has never been recovered.
The Argyll Arcade was also left with a £20,000 repair bill.
The court was told that Yendall was back in Scotland just over a week later with Brannan and Britton to carry out a copycat robbery at a bank in Edinburgh.
Police meantime had been keeping an eye on Oliver. He had been seen buying four balaclavas and an axe at a B&Q store in Edinburgh.
Oliver then arranged for Yendall, Brannan and Britton to stay a friend's flat - close to the bank in the capital's Tollcross area, that was being targeted.
On 2 October - the day of the robbery - the gang got into a van used in the watch raid.
Yendall, Brannan and Britton - all masked and carrying weapons - then held up the bank after two of them jumped the counter.
They eventually fled with £19,675 warning staff not to call police.
After initially escaping in a van, they then jumped into a waiting Ford car which Oliver and McLay were in.
But, the vehicle was stopped by watching police. Cash and two axes were found in the back of the car.
Oliver, Britton and Brannan also all had money on them - including £400 in one of their socks.
The gang made no comment, but McLay claimed he and Oliver had been eating in the car when three mystery men jumped in the vehicle and demanded they drive.
Brannan's mobile was later checked as police probed the gang's link to the Argyll Arcade theft.
On the phone was a snap of Britton wearing one of the watches.
Advocate depute Ms Fraser said: "In two of the photographs, a mirror is caught in the background and a man wearing a watch is caught in the mirror.
"He is clearly identifiable as Britton. This watch was one valued at £16,000."
The court heard that all of the gang already had a criminal past.
Yendall was on early release from a five-year jail term in 2012 for another robbery.
Judge Lord Turnbull deferred sentencing on all five men until next month for reports.
All Jayaram Jayalalitha's portfolios were transferred to OP Panneerselvam, who has stood in for her in the past, but she will remain chief minister.
Governor Vidyasagar Rao's statement said the transfer had been carried out on Ms Jayalalitha's "express wishes".
It is being seen as another attempt to quell fears about her health.
Ms Jayalalitha has been in hospital since 22 September, and there has been a veil of secrecy over the extent of her illness, which has led to tension among her supporters in the state.
There are concerns that her supporters could resort to violence and acts of self harm in the event of bad news.
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On Tuesday, police in the state capital, Chennai (Madras), arrested two people for "spreading rumours" about her health.
A political analyst, Bhagwan Singh, told BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi that it was significant that the governor's statement expressly mentioned that the decision to shift portfolios was taken on the advice of the chief minister.
"They are trying to say that she is conscious in an attempt to stop further speculation about her health," he said.
A spokesman for Ms Jayalalitha's AIADMK party told BBC Hindi that "in the party only the chief minister decides everything. As per the doctor's advice she has to take rest, so she has given her portfolios to Mr Panneerselvam. He is a very loyal person."
The club said the surgery on Tuesday was "a minor but important procedure which required immediate attention."
Graham Barrow and Andy Welsh will take charge if the ex-Manchester United Under-21 boss does not attend the game.
Joyce, 52, was appointed by Wigan in November after Gary Caldwell was sacked five months after guiding the club to the League One title.
Pilot Bertrand Piccard set down the prop-driven vehicle at 23:28 local time (15:28 GMT), following a 1,240km journey from Chongqing in the west of the country.
The project is aiming to circumnavigate the globe, and it must now prepare for the challenge of crossing the Pacific.
The next 10 days will be spent giving Solar Impulse a thorough servicing.
Meteorologists on the Swiss team, which has its mission control in Monaco, will then look for a suitable weather window for the ocean flight.
It will be done in two stages, with the first reaching over to Hawaii - a distance from Nanjing of 8,000km. For the slow-moving aircraft, this will entail being airborne continuously for several days and nights.
In simulations done last year, the weather opening was found quite quickly, but the team recognises also that its stay in Nanjing could be a long one.
"I think 10 days is the time we need to get ready. Then we need to wait for a good weather window," explained mission director Raymond Clerc.
"That could be three days; we could have to wait three weeks - because this leg is really the most important and is very complex. To go towards Hawaii could last five days and five nights."
Bertrand Piccard has been sharing the flying duties in the single-seater with his business partner, Andre Borschberg. And it is Borschberg, the trained engineer, who will take the controls for the leg to Hawaii.
So far, Solar Impulse has covered about 7,000km since leaving Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 9 March.
Solar Impulse has set two world records for manned solar-powered flight on its journey so far.
The first was for the longest distance covered on a single trip - that of 1,468km between Muscat, Oman, and Ahmedabad, India.
The second was for a groundspeed of 117 knots (216km/h; 135mph), which was achieved during the leg into Mandalay, Myanmar, from Varanasi, India.
No solar-powered plane has ever flown around the world.
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Valentine Clays produces raw materials for the ceramics industry, supplying local firms as well as others across the world.
The latest investment includes a workshop, gallery and training space at the new base in Fenton.
Production is also set to move to the site in the next five years with two factories planned.
Local business leaders said the ceramics sector had enjoyed a resurgence in recent years and they are keen to show young people it was no longer the "dirty environment" it used to be, but a "high-tech, modern" industry.
Kinsella left Villa in May, having failed to make a first-team appearance for the Championship club.
The 21-year-old joined Kidderminster Harriers on loan in February, playing in 13 games.
He suffered relegation twice in one day last season, with Harriers going down on 16 April as the end of Villa's Premier League stay was confirmed.
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Mr Anderson, the MP for Blaydon in north east England, took over as Labour's frontbench spokesman on Scotland after Ian Murray quit the job.
His appointment was controversial as he does not represent a Scottish seat.
Mr Anderson, who served at Westminster for 12 years, said he had "reluctantly" decided not to stand for reasons of "health, age and my family's needs".
The former miner also fulfilled the role of shadow Northern Ireland Secretary.
Mr Anderson, 63, won his Blaydon seat with a majority of 14,227 in 2015.
He took over the Scottish role in July 2016 after Mr Murray resigned citing a lack of confidence in party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
He said the snap election in June was "nothing more than a cynical attempt by the Tories to put their interests before the country", but said he welcomed the chance to take Labour's case to the public.
He said: "I have reluctantly decided that for reasons of health, age and my family's needs, I cannot commit to another five years in parliament.
"To that end I will stand down, but I will be campaigning hard with our new candidate and the positive policy platform put forward by our leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and the whole Labour movement.
"We'll show the people of Blaydon that there is a different, more positive and hopeful way to run our country than that proposed by the right-wing, anti-public service and pro-austerity Tory party."
The boy allegedly incited another person to carry out an attack at an Anzac Day event with the aim of killing or seriously injuring people.
He is also accused of inciting another person to behead someone in Australia.
The court remanded the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to youth detention.
The case was transferred to the Old Bailey, which will hold a preliminary hearing later.
The boy was charged after officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit and Lancashire Police executed a search of an address in Blackburn on 2 April.
Anzac Day is commemorated on 25 April in memory of Australian and New Zealand soldiers who have died in war.
The 26-year-old Brazil international has signed a five-year deal and will join City on their pre-season tour of the United States.
Danilo can play in both full-back roles as well as in midfield, and is City's fourth major signing of the summer.
"There was interest from other clubs, but it has always been my ambition to play for Pep Guardiola," he said.
His arrival takes City's summer spending to almost £150m, following the recruitment of England international Kyle Walker (£45m), Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva (£43m) and Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson Moraes (£35m).
The club have also agreed a £52m deal for 23-year-old Monaco defender Benjamin Mendy and sold left-back Aleksandar Kolarov to Serie A club Roma for £4.5m.
Danilo's move is subject to him receiving a work permit, meaning he is unlikely to make his debut when City face Real on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
The former Santos player joined Real in 2015 from Porto but started just 17 La Liga games last season.
In two years at the Bernabeu, he won La Liga, two Champions Leagues, the Uefa Super Cup and the Fifa Club World Cup.
"Danilo is a fine player who offers great versatility," said City director of football Txiki Begiristain.
"He can operate in several different roles in both defence and midfield, increasing Pep's options ahead of the new season."
The new study is said to be the best effort yet to quantify just how much of this debris is being dumped, blown or simply washed out to sea.
Eight million tonnes is like covering an area 34 times the size of New York's Manhattan Island to ankle depth.
The details were released at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Dr Jenna Jambeck, the study’s lead author from the University of Georgia, had another way to try to visualise the scale of the problem.
“The quantity entering the ocean is equal to about five plastic grocery bags full of plastic for every foot of coastline in the world,” she told BBC News.
Researchers have for some time now reported on the mass of plastic caught up in ocean currents, just going round and round.
What is slightly shocking about this new study, also published in Science Magazine, is that it helps quantify all the plastic in our oceans - not just the material seen floating on the sea surface or sitting on beaches.
The newly published estimate is 20 to 2,000 times greater than the reported mass of plastic trapped in high concentration in ocean gyres.
It is clear now that large quantities of debris must be hidden on the seafloor or have been weathered into tiny fragments that are just not apparent to casual surveys. The latter are being ingested by marine animals with unknown consequences.
In doing its analysis, the team pulled together international data on population, waste generation and management (and mismanagement). The group then modelled scenarios for the likely sums of plastic getting into the ocean environment.
For 2010, the estimated range runs from 4.8 to 12.7 million tonnes. Eight million tonnes is the mid-scenario. It is a few percent of the total plastic waste generated that year.
That lower bound of 4.8 is roughly equal to the size of the global tuna fishery.
"In effect we're taking out the tuna and we're putting in plastic," commented co-author Kara Lavender Law from the Sea Education Association at Woods Hole.
Eight million tonnes is the mid-scenario, though. It is a few percent of the total plastic waste generated each year.
The scientists have compiled a list of the nations they find to be responsible for most of this wayward plastic.
These top 20 countries account for 83% of all mismanaged material available to enter the ocean.
China is at the top, producing more than a million tonnes of marine debris on its own.
But the team cautions against making simple judgements because this position is a result in the main of the Asian nation’s immense population, a large fraction of which lives along an extensive coastline.
Likewise, the United States, makes an entry at 20th on the list. It too has large coastal communities. It also has much better waste management practices. But what pulls its performance down is the sheer volume of waste produced by each individual citizen – and some of this inevitably finds its way into the ocean.
(The EU is considered as a bloc but would appear 18th in the list if treated as a single nation).
The team says various solutions are required.
Rich nations need to reduce their consumption of single-use, disposable plastic items, like shopping bags; and developing nations must improve their waste management practices.
It is evident from the list that a relatively small number of middle-income, rapidly developing countries are having acute difficulties.
Dr Jambeck commented: “Economic growth is coupled with waste generation. Now, economic growth is a positive, but what you often see in developing countries is that waste management infrastructure is put to one side. And rightly so to some extent; they are looking more closely at getting clean drinking water and improving sanitation.
"But from a waste perspective, I don't want them to forget about this management issue because if they do, the problems are only going to get worse."
The study suggests that, left unchecked, 17.5 million tonnes a year could be entering the oceans by 2025. Cumulatively, that is 155 million tonnes between now and then.
And with global "peak waste" unlikely to be reached before 2100, according to World Bank calculations, the situation becomes ever more pressing.
Co-author Roland Geyer, from the University of California at Santa Barbara, said it was not feasible to clean the oceans of plastic; "turning off the tap" was the only solution," he told BBC News.
"How could you even collect plastics from the ocean floor given that the average depth is 14,000ft? We need to prevent plastics entering the oceans in the first place. Lack of formal waste management systems causes high plastic waste inputs into the ocean. So, helping every country to develop a sound solid waste management infrastructure is a top priority."
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Five years ago, St Jerome's in Llangwm was in urgent need of repair with damp and bits of render falling down.
But a research project creating a 5m-long (16ft) tapestry illustrating the town's 900-year-old links has raised more than £431,000 to renovate it.
Pam Hunt, project leader, said it was a "fascinating story".
The Talking Tapestry of Langum (one of Llangwm's historical names) - which has a downloadable smart phone app to tell the story of the village's ties - forms part of the Heritage Llangwm project.
As part of the project some of the village's men had their DNA tested and found a direct link to the Flemish founders.
Norman Roach, 82 had his DNA tested and was "astounded" to discover he was directly related to the 12th Century settlers.
"To take all that in was mindboggling," he added.
After about 2,000 hours of work, volunteers in the village will celebrate the end of the history project on Saturday by putting the final stitches in the tapestry.
The Talking Tapestry of Langum will be officially unveiled by the Flemish government's representative in the UK, Nic van der Marliere. The Flemish Parliament and the Flemish Government are responsible for the legislative powers of the Flemish Community in Belgium and in Brussels.
Ms Hunt said the research project, which won £340,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, grants from CADW and other bodies, had helped save the church which was in "desperate need of work".
She said: "There's interest down here, but the whole of Wales knows so little about it."
The Twelfth Player tells the story of Northampton Town FC through three generations of a family.
The play's audience will be given a headset and handheld media player as they are guided around the club's Sixfields Stadium.
Playwrights Susanne Thomas and Sophie Jump said their work was inspired by "dark days" of 2015.
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Towards the end of 2015, financial problems at the club meant staff and players were not being paid.
The club owed Northampton Borough Council more than £10m and a winding-up petition was sought by HM Revenue and Customs against the then League Two side.
Despite problems off the pitch, 2015-16 was the season the Cobblers clinched the league title and promotion to League One.
"We are going to take the audience on a journey around the stadium and into the back stage areas where the public rarely gets a chance to go including the changing rooms," said Ms Thomas.
"They will see the world of football through the eyes of three generations of a single family."
The show will include live performances by actors as well as audio and visual media through the devices provided to the audience.
The show runs from 22 June until 12 July.
Some minor formalities of the deal have still to be completed, but the 25-year-old flew to Poland on Thursday.
Pogon Szczecin announced on their website that the former Dundee United forward will wear the number 17 jersey and he has already trained with the side.
"It's good for him to get some games," said Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers.
"It's been difficult for him because of the form of the other strikers here, but you have to give him massive credit because he's been totally professional and a great guy to have around the squad.
"I gave him some game time lately as a reward really for his hard work and endeavour. But he's a striker and they want to play and score goals. This is a chance for him to get some games between now and the end of the season."
Turkey under-19 cap Ciftci had a spell on loan last season in his home country at Eskisehirspor, playing 12 games and scoring four goals, but has made only four appearances for Celtic this season.
He joined Celtic from Dundee United in the summer of 2015 during Ronny Deila's tenure as manager and has scored four goals for the Glasgow side.
Pogon are seventh in Ekstraklasa after 21 of their 30 league games.
The Local Government Association (LGA) has also called on ministers to extend tax breaks on lower-strength 2.8% beers to include ciders and wines.
The call has been welcomed by industry bodies.
The LGA represents 370 councils in England and Wales with responsibility for public health.
The cost to the NHS of dealing with excessive alcohol consumption is estimated to be £3.5bn a year, according to the LGA.
Tony Page, the licensing spokesman for the LGA, said: "Increasing the availability of zero alcohol and weaker strength drinks will help people live healthier lives by helping to control drinking levels and tackle the harm caused by excessive drinking.
"With a new generation of non-drinkers on the rise, there is a growing demand for greater choice in alcohol-free and weaker drinks, with several 'dry bars' opening up across the country.
"Tax breaks for beer have helped fuel a rise in low-strength products. This should now be extended to cider, wine and spirits."
He also said that drinking habits were changing and "brewers needed to capitalise on this by producing a range of different options" for people.
Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that excessive consumption of alcohol is also associated with violent crime.
In just over a half of all instances of violent crime in England and Wales in 2013-14, the victim believed that the perpetrator was drunk.
The LGA says widening the availability of low-strength and alcohol-free drinks would "revitalise pubs, which are closing at a rate of nearly 30 a week, and re-establish them as vibrant centres of communities".
There is also a growing number of non-drinkers, with one in five adults (21%) saying they do not drink alcohol at all - up from 19% in 2005.
A spokesman for the Portman Group - which campaigns for the drinks industry on social responsibility - said: "We welcome this support for lower strength drinks.
"Official statistics show a decade-long decline in harmful drinking in the UK, and alcohol companies are committed to continuing this positive trend."
A spokesman for the British Beer and Pub Association said: "Lower taxes for lower strength drinks is a great idea, and we would support this principle for other drinks categories."
Earlier this year, tough new guidelines were issued on alcohol consumption, which said there was no such thing as a safe level of drinking.
The UK's chief medical officers said new research showed any amount of alcohol could increase the risk of cancer.
Their new advice says men and women who drink regularly should consume no more than 14 units a week - equivalent to six pints of beer or seven glasses of wine. And pregnant women should not drink at all.
Ministers decided in an emergency meeting to give local municipalities the authority to treat local waste.
Protests triggered by rotting rubbish in Beirut quickly grew into a wider attack on the perceived corruption and incompetence of politicians.
Demonstrators earlier pelted eggs at politicians' cars outside parliament.
Breaking the deadlock, Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayeb approved on Wednesday a deal that devolves waste management duties to municipalities - a central demand of the protesters - and authorises the opening of two new landfills.
The rubbish crisis began after the country's largest landfill in Naameh, south of Beirut, shut down in July with no ready alternative. The government has been unable to agree on another site until now.
As part of Wednesday's agreement, Naameh landfill will also be temporarily reopened to dispose of any rubbish that remains there.
But political parties meeting at an earlier "national dialogue" session could not come to agreement on how to elect a new president. The post has been vacant since May 2014, contributing to the months-long political paralysis. Another meeting was scheduled for next week.
Protesters gathered outside the parliament building as politicians arrived for the meeting, some of them pelting eggs at their vehicles shouting "thieves, thieves, get out!"
Security was heightened in anticipation of the protests, with metal barricades erected outside parliament and armoured vehicles lining the streets.
Outside the parliament building, activists pinned a large banner onto barbed wire showing the photos of the 128 members of parliament with the words in Arabic: "You have failed in everything...Go home."
Demonstrators also blockaded a major coastal road leading into Beirut.
Thousands of people have joined the "You Stink" campaign in recent weeks, blaming political paralysis and corruption for the government's failure to resolve the rubbish crisis.
Lebanon has been without a president for more than a year, while members of parliament have extended their own terms until 2017 after failing to agree on a law on fresh elections.
The conflict in neighbouring Syria has also exacerbated political and sectarian divisions, and resulted in the arrival of 1.1 million refugees, putting a strain on the economy and public services.
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United, who won six friendlies under Van Gaal in pre-season, began their Premier League campaign with a shock 2-1 home defeat by Swansea.
Van Gaal said: "When you have preparation, win everything, then lose your first match, it cannot be worse.
"We have built up a lot of confidence. It will be smashed because of this."
Swansea's victory was their first in their history in the league at Old Trafford, and saw United lose at home on the opening day of the season for the first time in 42 years, since Ipswich beat them 3-2 in 1972.
It was a defeat and performance reminiscent of United's struggles at home last season, when they lost seven league matches under David Moyes and were beaten by the Swans in the FA Cup.
On top of United's failure to strengthen their squad significantly since Van Gaal's arrival in July, their list of injured or unfit players meant he gave debuts to two academy graduates - Tyler Blackett and Jesse Lingard.
With Luke Shaw injured, United could field only one summer signing, £29m midfielder Ander Herrera.
But Van Gaal swatted away suggestions that the display and defeat against the Welsh side will make him step up efforts to strengthen his side before the transfer window shuts on 2 September.
"Yes, I need new faces but I thought that before this match anyway," he said.
"When we were playing in the United States I thought the same. I know the positions where we need better players."
He also dismissed questions that the defeat has made him realise the scale of his task as he looks to take a team that finished seventh last season back into the top four and challenge for the title.
"I have said before that I know how big a job I face here," Van Gaal explained.
"Our wins in the United States and against Valencia meant that the expectation was so high.
"In the first half I saw a lot of my players looking very nervous and making the wrong choices. The players have to get used to that expectation because this is Manchester United and they have to cope with that pressure.
"Of course I am very disappointed to lose - for the players and fans and for myself and my staff.
"But we have to remember this is only one of many games and nobody is champions now. You are the champions in May."
On Twitter, a fan had asked if he was going to put the game back in the app store.
"Yes. But not soon," Mr Nguyen replied, later adding: "I don't work by plan. I will release it when it is done."
Mr Nguyen removed the popular game in February, saying its popularity had ruined his "simple life".
Launched in May 2013, Flappy Bird was free to download and required players to tap the screen to keep the bird in flight.
Despite its simple graphics, Flappy Bird was a notoriously difficult game since many users could only keep the bird in the air for a few seconds before it hit an obstacle and fell.
The game went viral after being promoted almost entirely by social media users and was reviewed on a YouTube channel by more than 22 million subscribers.
It was downloaded 50 million times, and at the height of its popularity, Mr Nguyen was reportedly earning $50,000 (£30,450) a day from advertising
In an interview earlier this month with Rolling Stone, Mr Nguyen said he was moved to remove the popular mobile game from the App store after users wrote to him detailing how the game had destroyed their lives.
After the game was taken down, users started several passionate petitions to get the game reinstated.
Edward Barr, 45, began terrorising Ann Begg when she became pregnant.
The attacks happened at addresses across Ayrshire, including in Cumnock and Auchinleck, between May 1993 and May 2000.
Lord Clark ordered Barr to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work as part of a 12-month community payback order.
Barr, from Cumnock in Ayrshire, appeared at the High Court in Glasgow, having earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting Ms Begg, 51,
However, before his guilty plea, Ms Begg had to give evidence against him at a trial in Livingston.
She had told the court: "It was fine at first, but I was not able to give him the full attention he was getting before, so he did not like that.
"I noticed things were not the same. There was a lot more arguments leading up to the violence that happened throughout that period."
She recalled being "pummelled" by Barr while pregnant after rowing with him for going on a day out with a friend rather than her.
She said: "I was dragged from the living room out to the hallway of the flat by the hair. All I can remember is fists coming at me."
Barr also went on to pour "a plate of boiling hot custard" over her as she cooked a meal.
Miss Begg eventually ended up staying in women's refuges.
The pair split up in 2000 when Barr started seeing someone else.
Barr has already spent the equivalent of eight months on remand.
He was earlier cleared of 10 further charges of domestic violence after a key witness failed to turn up to give evidence.
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We play finals on Sundays, most semi-finals are on Saturdays and if a tournament starts on a Monday, we're practising the weekend before.
So it's pretty rare to have a weekend when we don't do anything.
We do get days off at other times. When I got back after the Australian Open in January I had four or five days when I wasn't doing anything, and that's your time to do normal stuff. You get to be with your family, watch TV, go out for dinner, see friends and do normal things.
It's pretty rare at this time of year - at least you hope it is - but that doesn't mean I get home every night and lock myself in my room, just concentrating on my match.
Maybe I don't do loads around the house during the two weeks of Wimbledon but I still want to spend time with my family when I can.
For example, on Friday I only saw my daughter for an hour in the morning and I want to make sure I spend the time available with her.
I've got two days without a match this weekend and I'll try to do stuff with my family in the mornings and the evenings around practice. Kim and I watched an episode an evening last week of a show called The Night Of, which we finished on Thursday.
I'm fine switching off from the tennis but I like being busy over the weekends because it means I'm doing well. I'll get plenty of weekends off when I finish playing.
There was a moment the other night when I was stuck in traffic, with the fuel gauge close to empty, and I thought, 'this isn't looking good'.
Home felt a lot further than 11 miles away with Wimbledon in gridlock and about six miles' worth of petrol in the tank.
I always let it run down low, although not normally that low.
My car lets me know when I've got 35 miles left, and when I left home that morning I had 30 miles, so enough to get there and back.
Unfortunately there was an accident along the route and it was taking some people two hours to get in. I use an app that got me to the All England Club in 45 minutes, but I had to go around the houses to get to there.
It normally takes me 25 to 30 minutes, so if I'd stopped to fill up and then taken that route I'd have been late to start my physio, so I thought 'just get to Wimbledon'. The club is surrounded by lots of petrol stations within two or three miles, so no problem.
But when I left that night there was so much traffic around the venue that I was stuck.
I had a back-up plan though - the petrol station I headed for is at the bottom of a hill, so I thought I could just roll down there and up to the pump if I needed to. That would have been quite a sight for anyone watching.
Luckily I made it there with one mile left in the tank, and I might fill it up a bit more than normal next week!
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Playing Monday, Wednesday, Friday means I get the weekend free, which can work both ways.
The other half of the draw get to play every other day throughout the tournament and pick up a good rhythm, on the other hand I have more time to catch up on the practice I missed in the week before Wimbledon.
I play Benoit Paire in the fourth round on Monday and he is another talented, tricky opponent. Like in the last round against Fabio Fognini, it will be our first meeting on grass.
That means plenty of time at the club working on my game, and there's another competition I've got my eye on.
I saw Rafa Nadal and his team trying a bit of golf before he went on to play his match on Friday, they had the putter out for a little bit of friendly competition.
I don't really play much golf and I know Rafa plays all the time, but putting is a very specific skill and I fancy my chances.
Maybe we'll line that one up for next week, why not?
Andy Murray was talking to BBC Sport's Piers Newbery
The 20-year-old moved to Deepdale from Cork City in January 2014 and has made 41 appearances for the club.
The Republic of Ireland youth international has also captained his country's Under-19 side.
"This new contract now just gives me the freedom to go and play again and do what I do and it's great to get it done," he told the club website.
"I think we can make a big impact in the Championship and be up there come the end of the season and I can't wait to be a part of it."
Auckland Blues and New Zealand Rugby have "accommodated" a request from Williams, who said his objection was "central to my religious beliefs".
Williams, a Muslim, will continue to wear the New Zealand kit, which features sponsorship from insurers AIG.
The 31-year-old said it was important to him to "do the right thing".
"As I learn more and develop a deeper understanding of my faith I am no longer comfortable doing things I used to do," he added.
Williams already had a "conscientious objection" in his central contract that meant he was not asked to do sponsorship work with companies related to finance, alcohol, tobacco or gambling.
These are granted by New Zealand Rugby "on the basis of genuine family, ethical or religious grounds".
"Sonny holds clear religious beliefs in relation to this matter and we respect those," said general manager Neil Sorensen.
"Conscientious objections need to be genuine, and we believe this is."
Williams, who has boxed professionally, switched to rugby union from rugby league, and helped the All Blacks win the World Cup in 2015.
After his side beat Australia 34-17 in the final at Twickenham, Williams gave his medal to a young fan who raced on to the pitch to celebrate before being tackled by a security guard.
"He got smoked by the security guard, like full-on tackled," Williams said at the time. "It was pretty sad. He's just a young fella obviously caught up in the moment."
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The BBC looked at 20 of the "best of 2015" lists in music's most influential publications - including the NME, Rolling Stone, Vice, Billboard and Q Magazine - to find the highest-ranked albums of the year.
Read about the Top 10, and what the critics had to say about each of them, below.
10) Miguel - Wildheart
Like Prince on Purple Rain, R&B star Miguel ventured into rock territory, splicing flame-throwing guitar riffs on to his tales of bedroom conquests, salvation and damnation.
9) Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION
Most people had written off Canadian Idol winner Carly Rae Jepsen as a one-hit wonder after Call Me Maybe, but she proved them wrong with this collection of world-class, 80s-referencing pop.
8) Grimes - Art Angels
Canadian artist Grimes, known to her parents as Clare Boucher, spent two-and-a-half years streamlining the sound of her fourth album, a futuristic collection of uncompromising pop. "The whole time I had this feeling like it might all blow up in my face and people might hate it," she told Billboard.
7) Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love
Emerging from a 10-year hiatus, US rock band Sleater-Kinney worked in secret on their eighth album, retaining the stabbing energy of their self-titled debut.
6) Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell
A long, intimate conversation with death, Carrie and Lowell is named after Sufjan Stevens' mother and stepfather - but is principally concerned with the former, who died of cancer in 2012. Over the record, he dissects their relationship - she abandoned him as a baby - and tries to reconcile his feelings of grief, loss and love.
5) Tame Impala - Currents
Tame Impala vocalist Kevin Parker is probably more familiar as a guest vocalist on Mark Ronson's Uptown Special, but his band's third album is an equally-accomplished expedition into trippy psych-pop with some of their strongest melodies to date.
4) Jamie xx - In Colour
Jamie Smith's first solo album pillages dance music's past to create something approaching a new genre - quiet rave.
3) Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
Former Fleet Foxes drummer Josh Tillman penned his second album as a love letter to his wife, Emma. But don't be fooled by the title - the record is caustic, explicit and full of prickly putdowns, which focus as much on his own shortcomings as his passion for his bride.
2) Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
With a title inspired by a poster in her grandmother's toilet, Courtney Barnett set the tone for her debut album - a selection of sloppy punk-pop grounded by her witty, conversational lyrics.
1) Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
A hip-hop album built on visionary jazz and gritty funk, To Pimp A Butterfly is dizzying at first - as Lamar tackles race crime, faith, sex and his own hypocrisies, often in the space of a single track. But with repeated listens, it coalesces into a startling, compelling document of fame and fear in modern America.
The 20 best of lists surveyed appeared in: Amazon, AV Club, Billboard magazine, Consequence of Sound, Entertainment Weekly, The Guardian, Mashable, Mojo, NME, Paste, Q Magazine, Rolling Stone, Spin, Stereogum, The Sun, Time, Time Out London, Time Out New York, Uncut and Vice.
The Bees took the lead in the 14th minute, with the diminutive Mauro Vilhete sending Nana Kyei's corner looping in at the far post.
Kyei almost put the Bees two up when he raced past his man and into the box, only for goalkeeper Luke McCormick to produce a fine save.
Barnet flew out of the blocks after the break, with John Akinde denied by McCormick before Kyei clipped the crossbar.
Argyle's Paul Garita headed over from close range but Michael Nelson and Ricardo Santos weathered the storm in the middle of the Bees' defence.
Vilhete nearly made the points safe with eight minutes left but McCormick produced another one-on-one save.
And Gary Miller should have brought Plymouth level seconds later, only for the Scot to volley wide from five yards as Barnet held on.
Match ends, Barnet 1, Plymouth Argyle 0.
Second Half ends, Barnet 1, Plymouth Argyle 0.
Gary Miller (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Muggleton (Barnet).
Foul by Connor Smith (Plymouth Argyle).
Ricardo Santos (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Craig Tanner (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
David Goodwillie (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Curtis Weston (Barnet).
Attempt blocked. Dan Sweeney (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Jamie Stephens.
Attempt saved. David Goodwillie (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Barnet. Sam Muggleton replaces Harry Taylor.
Attempt missed. Gary Miller (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left.
Gary Miller (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dan Sweeney (Barnet).
Attempt missed. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Gary Miller (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Harry Taylor (Barnet).
Jordan Slew (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Craig Tanner (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Sonny Bradley.
Attempt blocked. Jack Taylor (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Dan Sweeney (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yann Songo'o (Plymouth Argyle).
Substitution, Barnet. Dan Sweeney replaces Simeon Akinola.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Yann Songo'o.
Attempt blocked. John Akinde (Barnet) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Craig Tanner (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Simeon Akinola (Barnet).
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. David Goodwillie replaces Paul Garita.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Michael Nelson.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Michael Nelson.
Attempt blocked. Paul Garita (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Michael Nelson (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by David Fox.
Substitution, Barnet. Jamal Campbell-Ryce replaces Nana Kyei.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Michael Nelson.
But the move drew criticism from other business executives, who said it would hurt US companies' ability to work abroad and inhibit innovation.
Mr Trump cast his move as part of a bigger 'America first' agenda, aimed at restoring US jobs in struggling industries.
The Dow Jones closed up 0.6% following the widely expected announcement.
Before Mr Trump confirmed he would go ahead with his campaign pledge to withdraw, a slew of major companies issued statements urging him to remain in the deal.
After the announcement, they expressed disappointment.
"Climate change is real," tweeted Jeff Immelt, chief executive of GE. "Industry must now lead and not depend on government."
Tesla boss Elon Musk confirmed he would quit his seat on White House advisory groups.
He wrote on Twitter "Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world."
Several other major companies, including Morgan Stanley, Unilever, Intel and big tech firms, such as Apple, had opposed withdrawal, saying it would have spurred energy innovation in the US, among other benefits.
Energy companies including Exxon Mobil and Chevron, had also pressed the administration to remain in the pact.
Under the deal, the US, which accounts for about 15% of global greenhouse gas emission, had committed to a 26% to 28% reduction from 2005 levels by 2025.
The US also promised $3bn in aid to a United Nations fund to help poorer countries to tackle climate change problems.
In his announcement on Thursday, Mr Trump said the deal, which involved voluntary commitments, put the US at a disadvantage. He said he would be willing to renegotiate under different terms.
"The rest of the world applauded when we signed the Paris Agreement -- they went wild; they were so happy -- for the simple reason that it put our country, the United States of America, which we all love, at a very, very big economic disadvantage," he said.
"They don't put America first," he said. "I do, and I always will."
For the US coal lobby, the decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the global Paris agreement on climate change was a win.
Murray Energy, a coal mining company based in Ohio, applauded the move, describing it as an important part of the Trump administration's broader environmental agenda.
"In following through on his promise, President Trump is supporting America's uncompromising values, saving coal jobs, and promoting low-cost, reliable electricity for Americans and the rest of the World," chief executive Robert Murray said in a statement.
Paul Bailey, the president of the coal lobbying organisation American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, said the standards established under the previous Obama administration were too stringent.
"We support President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement," he said. "Meeting President Obama's goal would have led to more regulations, higher energy prices, and dependence on less reliable energy sources."
Oil stocks such as ExxonMobil and Chevron climbed on Thursday, as did the overall market.
The broad S&P 500 share index and the technology index, the Nasdaq, closed at new highs, having already been climbing throughout in the day in anticipation of strong employment figures due out on Friday.
Investors had been expecting President Trump's announcement and analysts said it had already been factored into prices.
Peabody Energy, the US's largest publicly traded coal company, saw its shares slide 0.66% on Thursday.
Peabody welcomed the decision to leave the Paris accord.
"We believe that abiding by the accord, without significant changes, would have substantially impacted the U.S. economy, increased electricity costs and required the power sector to rely on less diverse and more intermittent energy," the company said.
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The team behind the device was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering's MacRobert Prize at a ceremony in London last night.
The tiny computer launched in 2012. Its designers hoped to introduce children to coding and had modest ambitions.
They beat two other finalists, cyber-security company Darktrace and radiotherapy pioneers Vision RT, to win the prize.
Previous winners of the innovation award, which has been run since 1969, include the creators of the CT (computerised tomography) scanner; the designers of the Severn Bridge; and the team at Microsoft in Cambridge that developed the Kinect motion sensor.
A tiny cheap computer that might encourage youngsters to learn programming was the idea of a small team of scientists and Cambridge University academics.
They hoped to sell a few thousand units, but sales have now passed 14 million, and the Pi is widely used in factories as well as in classrooms and homes.
One of the MacRobert award judges, Dr Frances Saunders, said a small engineering team had redefined home computing.
"The Raspberry Pi team has achieved something that mainstream multinational computer companies and leading processing chip designers not only failed to do, but failed even to spot a need for," she said.
Back in 2011, computing academic Eben Upton and games designer David Braben came to the BBC to show me an early prototype of the Raspberry Pi. The video I shot on my phone of the device went viral, proving the potential appetite for the computer.
I caught up with Eben Upton, now the chief executive of Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd, as he was arriving in London for last night's award ceremony, not yet knowing that his team had won.
"This is the big one," he told me.
"It would be a validation of the fact that we have built something bigger than we ever envisaged. It would also be recognition of the extraordinary community we've built around the Pi."
The Raspberry Pi is now the best selling British computer in history. It sailed past the Amstrad and Sinclair's ZX Spectrum some years ago, helped by the launch of an even more minimalist model the Pi Zero.
What is extraordinary is just how successful it has become in industry, where it's finding a place in all sorts of applications, from robotics to smart signage systems. This area now accounts for nearly half of all Raspberry Pi sales.
Last week, it emerged that Intel had quietly cancelled three devices aimed at competing with its tiny rival in this area.
Eben Upton says that, after selling so many, his organisation now has an advantage over new entrants because it has ironed out all the early kinks.
"We still see it as a toy - it just happens to be a toy that's rather well made," he said.
For all its commercial success, the Raspberry Pi's core mission remains education. It has recently merged with CoderDojo, making it the largest global coding teaching organisation.
In the early days, it seemed that the device appealed more to middle-aged nostalgic hobbyists than to children, who found it hard to get to grips with something that did not fit their idea of a computer.
Now, with ample funds at their disposal and recognition of their engineering expertise, the Raspberry Pi team can step up their drive to transform attitudes to computing.
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First Minister Carwyn Jones said his minority Labour government will need to prove that it is making a difference as it takes on new powers.
A new delivery unit will ensure "outcomes people can measure" and judge Welsh Labour by, he said.
But Mr Jones said seeking more devolution powers would depend on the finance being available.
Ahead of the royal opening, he told BBC Radio Wales his party had not always convinced the voters of its achievements over 12 years in power.
"The big challenge for us is to make sure people know what we're doing and can measure what we're doing - perhaps we haven't been as good at doing that in the past," the first minister said.
"It's important that you don't just do things for the betterment of society in government but (that) you actually make sure people understand what you're doing and can measure what you're doing."
He said the delivery unit would be setting targets and other measurable outcomes to show people that manifesto promises and government strategies were leading somewhere, whatever the challenges.
"Many of the things that influence those targets are outside our control, for example policies being pursued by the UK Government, and the world economy.
"It doesn't mean we sit back and do nothing, and that's why I'm very keen to have targets that are achievable and can show that this Welsh government is making a difference."
With exactly half of the assembly's 60 seats, Mr Jones said he is confident that Welsh Labour could rule without the need for a formal coalition.
"I think it's possible to govern effectively by working with other parties and coming to agreements from time to time.
"If the other parties frustrate every single thing we try to do I think the people of Wales will have some questions for them."
This assembly is the first to have direct law-making powers but Mr Jones was cautious about the prospect of seeking further powers without assurances on funding.
"Devolution is a fluid process. There's no point demanding more powers unless the money is there to pay for them.
"What I won't do is accept anything that puts us in a permanently disadvantaged position when it comes to finance.
"There's no point accepting some kind of tax package if it simply meant the underfunding we have at the moment is entrenched permanently."
Tuesday's ceremony is being boycotted by four Plaid Cymru AMs, but Mr Jones said he was happy to welcome The Queen.
"I believe the majority of the people of Wales would want to see an event like this, an official opening of a fourth assembly all ready to take Wales forward over the next five years.
"It's something that shows the assembly in a good light and also means that once again the eyes of Britain will be on Wales, and that's no bad thing."
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It is one of five commissioned around the UK by The Landmark Trust, to mark the charity's 50th birthday.
The iron sculpture weighs 1,543lbs (700kg) and is the only one that has been placed in a village, the other four have been positioned by the coast.
Sir Antony said the sculpture in Lowsonford, near Henley-in-Arden, looks most impressive when "you look up at it against the sky".
Caroline Stanford, from the Landmark Trust, said it was fitting that it has been placed in "the heart of the Midlands".
The outer decontamination bag from the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was bought at Sotheby's by an anonymous bidder.
The white bag still carries traces of Moon dust and small rocks.
The auction comes after a legal battle over the ownership of the only artefact from the Apollo 11 mission which was in private hands.
After the spacecraft returned to Earth, nearly all the equipment was sent to the Smithsonian museums.
However, the bag was left in a box at the Johnson Space Center because of an inventory error.
It was then misidentified during a government auction, selling for just $995 to a lawyer from Illinois in 2015.
Nasa later tried to get the bag back, but earlier this year a federal judge ruled that it legally belonged to the buyer, who then offered it for sale at Sotheby's.
It is included in a list of "racial micro-aggressions" that has been published in a newsletter by Oxford's equality and diversity unit.
It described micro-aggressions as "subtle, everyday racism" which can be alienating.
Oxford University said the newsletter was one way of supporting its staff in its pursuit of equality of opportunity.
The newsletter said racial micro aggressions might include: "Not making eye contact or speaking directly to people."
'Trivialising racism'
Other examples cited were "not believing someone is British", and jokes drawing attention "to someone's difference, their accent, or nationality".
Emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent, Prof Frank Furedi, said the newsletter's authors "need a reality check".
"It is almost as if they have become obsessed with the idea that racism is everywhere... and I think what they are doing is trivialising the real meaning of racism."
He added that the unit's interpretation "represents a new expansion of the meaning of racism", and could intensify conflict in an unnecessary way.
The equality and diversity unit's newsletter said micro-aggressions could be "well-meaning", and that people might be "mortified" if they knew they had caused offence.
But it argued this makes little difference if people feel they "do not belong" as a result, and said awareness of "subtle racism" was now included in its training.
Liverpool's Shanice van de Sanden scored the only goal, heading in Lieke Martens' pin-point cross from close range after 66 minutes.
Netherlands could have opened the scoring in the opening 30 seconds, but Ingrid Hjelmseth kept out a shot from Arsenal's Danielle van de Donk.
In the second game in Group A, Denmark defeated Belgium 1-0.
Sanne Troelsgaard headed in the only goal in Doetinchem after Pernille Harder's free-kick was tipped on to the crossbar.
The closest Belgium came to finding the net was through Janice Cayman's flicked effort, but Danish goalkeeper Stina Lykke Petersen did well to push the ball to safety.
Norway come up against Belgium on Thursday in their next group game (17:00 BST kick-off), while Netherlands face Denmark on the same day (19:45 BST kick-off).
The 2013 finalists Norway were second best throughout against a Dutch side helped by a boisterous home following in Utrecht. The crowd of 21,732 at the Stade Galgenwaard was a record for a women's football match in the Netherlands.
Sarina Wiegman's side had plenty of chances, the best of which fell to new Barcelona signing Martens, who forced Hjelmseth into a fine save, while Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema dragged an effort wide.
Chelsea midfielder Maren Mjelde came close with a free-kick for Norway's, their best effort in the encounter.
Striker Ada Hegerberg, the current BBC Women's Footballer of the Year, barely got a kick during the match and was largely kept quiet by the Dutch defence.
The most presentable chance fell to her with a minute remaining, but her deflected strike was easy for Arsenal goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal.
Netherlands forward Shanice van de Sanden said: "A dream came true today. I played in my home city, I was born two minutes from the stadium and my whole family was in the stands.
"This is the first game so we can enjoy it but we have to calm down and focus on the next game.
"My whole team played really well and it was nice to score the goal in this stadium. We win together but I like to steal the show. With all the people in the stands, everyone in orange, it was amazing.
"The King of Netherlands came to see us in the locker room after and said a few words. That was pretty cool."
Former England and Everton defender Lindsay Johnson:
It is so important for you to get the three points in the first game, but the performance from the Netherlands was fantastic too.
They have shown the rest of the group they are not here just because they are the hosts, they can play too.
With the crowd behind them, it is going to be tough to break them down.
The whole built-up to the goal was fantastic. Lieke Martens looked up and found Shanice van de Sanden, who finished off the cross with a header into the bottom corner.
BBC Sport's Alistair Magowan in Utrecht:
Norway might have a greater pedigree but they were outplayed by a more vigorous and effervescent Netherlands side, who gave the tournament a perfect lift-off in front a record crowd.
The margin of victory appeared slim, and the Dutch should have been out of sight based on the number of chances they created and missed with Arsenal forward Vivianne Miedema most culpable.
But in Lieke Martens and goalscorer Shanice van de Sanden, they have two potential stars of the tournament. On either flank, they simply destroyed the Norwegian defence.
When Van de Sanden broke down in tears at the final whistle, the pressure of performing in an opening game as a host nation was clear to see. They might not be hot favourites but with a buoyant crowd behind them, they can certainly challenge.
Match ends, Netherlands Women 1, Norway 0.
Second Half ends, Netherlands Women 1, Norway 0.
Kika van Es (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway).
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Jill Roord replaces Daniëlle van de Donk.
Jackie Groenen (Netherlands Women) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women).
Emilie Haavi (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Desiree van Lunteren (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Foul by Jackie Groenen (Netherlands Women).
Guro Reiten (Norway) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Stefanie van der Gragt replaces Mandy van den Berg.
Attempt missed. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sherida Spitse.
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Lineth Beerensteyn replaces Shanice van de Sanden.
Substitution, Norway. Guro Reiten replaces Ingrid Schjelderup.
Corner, Netherlands Women. Conceded by Ingrid Hjelmseth.
Attempt saved. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women).
Maren Mjelde (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Norway. Conceded by Kika van Es.
Goal! Netherlands Women 1, Norway 0. Shanice van de Sanden (Netherlands Women) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lieke Martens with a cross.
Substitution, Norway. Emilie Haavi replaces Kristine Minde.
Offside, Norway. Kristine Minde tries a through ball, but Caroline Graham Hansen is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sherida Spitse.
Attempt missed. Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jackie Groenen.
Foul by Kika van Es (Netherlands Women).
Ada Hegerberg (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Maria Thorisdottir (Norway).
Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ingrid Schjelderup (Norway).
Attempt missed. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Shanice van de Sanden with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Netherlands Women. Conceded by Elise Thorsnes.
Substitution, Norway. Ingvild Isaksen replaces Frida Maanum.
Attempt saved. Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Desiree van Lunteren.
Attempt missed. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lieke Martens with a through ball.
Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ingrid Moe Wold (Norway).
Attempt blocked. Kristine Minde (Norway) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
The Formula 1 team, based in Enstone, Oxfordshire, is facing administration over a £900,000 unpaid tax bill.
Mr Justice Birss, at London's High Court, said he would allow time for a deal to be signed that could provide "significant funding" to the company.
But he added, it would be the last time he would grant an adjournment.
Earlier lawyers for HMRC told the judge that a further delay in the case, which has been adjourned once already, was not appropriate.
But Lotus, which is reported to be in takeover talks with former owner Renault, argued if the administration order was made immediately the company would cease to trade and it would cost 400 jobs.
The judge said: "The parties have satisfied me that that there is genuinely a real prospect that the first stage of the deal that is being described will be signed in the next seven days, which will allow significant funding to go into the company."
HMRC brought the case because of unpaid income tax and National Insurance for June 2015.
Since then, while negotiations have been continuing to save the team, a similar debt had accrued for July with another due shortly for August.
A deadly bee disease has spread worldwide through imports of infected honeybees, according to genetic evidence.
Stricter controls are needed to protect bees from other emerging diseases, researchers report in Science journal.
The virus together with the Varroa mite can kill-off whole hives, putting bee populations at risk.
Lead researcher Dr Lena Bayer-Wilfert of the University of Exeter said European bees are at the heart of the global spread of what she calls a "double blow" for colonies.
"This is clearly linked to the human movement of honeybee colonies around the globe," she told BBC News.
"It shows a piece of evidence we can't argue with."
The pattern of the spread shows the movement of the virus around the world is manmade rather than natural, say scientists.
Co-researcher Prof Roger Butlin of the University of Sheffield said Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) was a major threat to honeybee populations across the world with the epidemic "driven by the trade and movement of honeybee colonies".
In the research, scientists at the University of Exeter, Sheffield and Salford tracked the emergence of DWV by analysing genetic samples from honeybees and Varroa mites in 32 locations of 17 countries.
They found that the epidemic largely spread from Europe to North America and countries such as New Zealand, with the European honeybee as the main transmitter.
Prof Stephen Martin of the University of Salford said the combination of the virus and the mite were at the heart of the crash in honeybee populations.
"It supports the idea that DWV is the main cause for the colony losses associated with Varroa and that this comes from European bees," he said.
Scientists believe the combination is particularly deadly because the parasite feeds on bee larvae, while also injecting the deadly virus into the body of grown bees.
The double threat is thought to have wiped out millions of honeybee colonies over recent decades.
The researchers are calling for tighter controls on importing honeybees, such as mandatory health screenings and more checks on movements across borders.
And they say every effort should be made to stop Varroa entering the few areas that are free of the mite to provide a refuge for conservation purposes.
Dr Bayer-Wilfert added: "We must now maintain strict limits on the movement of bees, whether they are known to carry Varroa or not."
Commenting on the study, Prof Mark Brown of Royal Holloway University of London said there were already trade controls in place for honeybees - such as checks by vets - but these were clearly not sufficient.
"We need better regulation if we want to stop this happening in the future for other viruses that are likely to emerge," he said.
The European honeybee is used worldwide for commercial pollination of crops such as nuts and fruit as well as for honey production.
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Research from the Institute for Policy Studies found that in 2014, bonuses paid to Wall Street employees had been double the total annual pay earned by all Americans who worked full-time at the federal minimum wage.
I crunched the numbers and it turned out that the same was true for the UK.
But is this actually a good measure of inequality? If a load of people earning minimum wage suddenly received a pay rise then bonuses would become an even greater multiple of minimum wage salaries.
One of the most commonly used measures of inequality is the Gini Coefficient, which gives countries a score between zero and one. A score of zero would mean that everybody in the country earned the same amount while one would indicate that all of the country's income was earned by one person. It can also be used to measure wealth inequality.
The Gini Coefficient is more than 100 years old now, and attention in inequality has been turning recently to measures that concentrate more on comparing extremes in the population - for example, looking at what proportion of wealth is held by the richest 1% of the population and what proportion is held by the bottom 50%.
Earlier in the year, Oxfam predicted that the combined wealth of the richest 1% would overtake that of the other 99% of people next year. There were problems with the way the charity extrapolated that conclusion from previous years' figures, but the conclusion was not implausible.
The figures were based on some research by Credit Suisse, which estimated the distribution of wealth across global populations.
A third way to think about inequality is in terms of poverty measured by relative incomes.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) had figures out on Wednesday based on the definition that people were in poverty if their income was below 60% of the median level (to find the median income, line up all the people in the country in order of income and take the middle one).
It found that almost a third of the UK population had experienced poverty in at least one of the years between 2010 and 2013, which is very high by European standards.
The OECD sets out a summary of what has happened to examples of all three of these measures. Across its 34 member countries, the Gini Coefficient rose gradually from 1996, fell slightly for the financial crisis and then resumed its upward path.
Relative-income poverty grew steadily over the period and a comparison of the top 10% and bottom 10% showed growing inequality that paused briefly for the financial crisis before accelerating.
So while there are a number of different ways of calculating inequality, each of which have their own strengths and weaknesses, they seem to agree that inequality has been growing in recent years.
But these measures tell us little about other inequalities such as health, education or opportunities.
A student at university would be expected to have a low income and indeed negative wealth because of student debt, but would not necessarily be in poverty.
In health, the ONS found a gap of 18 or 19 years in the life expectancy of people in the most and least deprived areas.
And the OECD talks about how wealth and income inequality cause overall economic problems because they affect access to education for the next generation.
A number of the trees made famous by the Games of Thrones television series were felled by Storm Gertrude.
Local wood tuner Gerard Grey was asked to harvest and craft the sacred wood into a new trophy for the event at Galgorm Castle next month.
The new trophy was on display at last week's Irish Open at Portstewart.
"I approached Gerard with a design concept to produce something unique, inspiring and beautiful," says Fergus Wallace, the founder and chief executive of PerformanceACTIVE, the Northern Ireland Open's technology partner.
"I gave myself the challenge of coming up with a trophy design that reflected the ethos and character of Northern Ireland.
"I also wanted the design to be innovative and different to reflect the new format created by the European Tour and others for this event," he added, referring to the new Shootout Sunday knockout format for the tournament which takes place form 10-13 August.
"It needed to be produced locally with features that reflect many of the positive characteristics of Northern Ireland and showcase some of the attractions that draws overseas tourists to these shores every year.
"It is a unique, one-off design, handmade with iconic images from Northern Ireland such as the Slemish Mountains, Glens of Antrim, the Giant's Causeway and NI Open host venue Galgorm Castle among other well-known tourist attractions."
Chief executive Andy Palmer said a "rapid and decisive policy direction" was needed to ensure firms could continue to plan ahead.
The car-maker plans to build its DBX model at St Athan by 2020.
The new plant will employ 750 workers. It took two years to secure the deal.
The South and Mid Wales Chambers of Commerce, which represents local firms, has also called for prompt UK government action to create business confidence.
Mr Palmer said a clear policy direction was needed to "ensure that business can continue to invest for the long term growth and ensure the global competitiveness of the British economy".
He added: "Clarity over our relationship with Europe must be established quickly together with the wider reassurance to our key trading partners that Britain remains a dynamic and thriving business environment."
Wales beat off more than 20 other countries to secure the St Athan deal, which was announced early last year.
It is receiving £5.8m in financial support from the Welsh Government.
Liz Maher, president of the South and Mid Wales Chambers of Commerce, said: "Our members have been telling us that the political and wider uncertainty of two long years of elections and referenda, and the potential impacts of Brexit, have added to the challenges that Welsh businesses face on a daily basis.
"The electorate's split decision yesterday adds further uncertainty for the business community already grappling with currency fluctuations, rising costs and an unknown future trading relationship with Europe and the wider world.
"The formation of a workable administration that can give voters and businesses confidence around economic management must be the immediate priority."
Lords Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen said the LRA was responsible and he had also suffered from the atrocities.
Ongwen, now in his early 40s, was a boy when he was abducted by the notoriously ruthless rebel cult.
He faces 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda.
Mr Ongwen is accused of leading attacks on four camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in northern Uganda, murdering and torturing civilians, and forcing women into marriage and children to take part in the fighting.
But he told the court the charges should be brought against the LRA and its leader Joseph Kony, not him.
"It is the LRA who abducted people in northern Uganda, killed people in northern Uganda and committed atrocities in northern Uganda. I'm one of the people against whom the LRA committed atrocities. It is not me who is the LRA," he said.
When asked if he wanted to plead guilty, he said the trial against him "amounts to my going back into the bush for a second time" and asked the judges if they disputed that his life had been ruined.
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However ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Mr Ongwen was a "murderer and a rapist" who rose to become one of the most senior commanders in the LRA as a result of his "unwavering loyalty and ferocity".
He was in charge of one of the LRA's four brigades and most of his soldiers were children, she said.
Mr Ongwen played a "prominent role" in the attacks on IDP camps, she said. Residents were murdered, their homes burned and survivors forced to carry off looted provisions. Those too weak to do this were killed and nursing mothers whose babies slowed them down saw them thrown into the bush and left to die.
In one incident, Ms Bensouda said, Mr Ongwen ordered his child soldiers to kill an old man by biting him and then stoning him to death.
Mr Ongwen also played a "central role" in the LRA's ongoing abduction of children as young as six.
Boys were made to carry out torture and murder to convince them they could never be accepted back into civilian society, she said.
Girls meanwhile were "held for years in sexual and domestic slavery and subjected to repeated rape", she said. The defendant himself "benefited most from their misery" and had sex with them "from a very young age".
Ms Bensouda said Mr Ongwen's own experience was not a justification for victimising others.
"It cannot begin to amount to a defence or a reason not to charge him for the choice that he made," she said.
Mr Ongwen was captured in the Central African Republic in January 2015, after being sought by US and African forces since 2011.
He is said to be the deputy to LRA commander Joseph Kony, who is still on the run.
Uganda agreed that Mr Ongwen should be tried by the ICC despite being a fierce critic of the court.
The LRA rebellion began more than two decades ago in northern Uganda and its estimated 200-500 fighters - many of them child soldiers - have since terrorised large swathes of central Africa. More than 100,000 people are thought to have been killed.
Many Ugandans are waiting to see if, at least in this situation, justice will be done.
The ICC outreach office and the International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) have set up several live-streaming points - in Kampala and in the north for the next two days - to bring the court proceedings to the people directly affected.
Several of these screens are in Lukodi, Pajule and Odek villages, which formerly hosted camps for the internally displaced and are the scenes of many of the crimes Mr Ongwen is accused of.
There is also a live-viewing point in the defendant's own home village of Coorom in Amuru district.
In northern Uganda, the proceedings are being translated into local language so ordinary people get a sense of what is happening.
Though many are interested in seeing what happens in the Hague, some in northern Uganda think justice is only one part of the process. Many, especially those who suffered years of displacement, are focusing on rebuilding their lives.
Some among those directly affected had wanted Dominic Ongwen to be tried at home.
Featherweight Selby, 30, will defend his IBF belt against Jonathan Victor Barros in Wembley on Saturday.
His mother, Frankie, died suddenly on Tuesday evening.
"I'm OK, I'm good. I'm here to do a job, and a job is what I'll do. [I'll] stay focused, stay professional," Selby told BBC Wales Sport.
"Saturday night I'm going to get a win and travel back home to Barry.
"Family comes first. In my life, that's what comes first. Family and boxing - that's all I am."
Selby had been scheduled to face Barros last January in Las Vegas.
But the fight was called off with 24 hours' notice after the 33-year-old Argentine failed to meet the Nevada Athletic Commission's licensing conditions.
Selby and Barros will now meet on the same card as Chris Eubank Jr against Arthur Abraham.
"Lee and the team have made the decision that they will proceed with the contest on Saturday," said Selby's manager, Jamie Sanigar.
"Lee is a brave young man and he's here to do a job on Saturday."
The disturbance in Pill, on 20 October, also saw wheelie bins set alight and "Molotov cocktails" being thrown.
The Newport men pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday.
Grant Cuthbert, 32, was jailed for 34 months, Gary Radford, 23, received a 24-month sentence and Ahbil Hussain Ahmed, 23, was jailed for 18 months.
In November, sentences were handed to five teenagers for their involvement in the same incident, with three of them given five months in custody.
Prosecutors described a riot on Commercial Road, with more than 20 people throwing stones at cars and one motorist having to perform a three-point turn to escape.
Social media footage was shown of a man throwing a flaming bottle with police retreating after a PCSO "narrowly missed being struck by a lit firework".
Other footage showed Cuthbert being encouraged to throw a lit bottle - described as a Molotov cocktail - from an alleyway, with flames erupting after it landed on the road.
He said it was to protect people around him, a claim Judge Michael Fitton described as "utterly ridiculous".
Radford and Ahmed were also shown throwing stones at police vehicles and parked cars, while other people set fire to cars and a shop front.
Judge Fitton said the fact missiles and Molotov cocktails were being thrown meant the situation was "rapidly getting out of control", adding: "you are all men of an age to know better".
He said they were "surrounded by children" and that Radford and Ahmed were "encouraging" those around them.
Mr Cuthbert said: "I want to make it known to the culprits that this is a very dangerous game they are playing and that there will be consequences for their actions.
"I will be working in partnership with Newport City Council and Gwent Police to ensure the culprits are brought to justice and to prevent further incidents."
Mr Yadav, who is the chief of the Samajwadi Party, reportedly said at an election rally that he opposed death penalty for rape convicts and his party would change the law if voted to power.
"Handing death sentence for rape is not fair... boys make mistakes... there will be changes in the law if we come to power," he reportedly said at an election rally on Thursday in Moradabad district of northern Uttar Pradesh state.
Newspapers and websites are criticising Mr Yadav for his "insensitive and unfortunate" comment, which came on a day India was voting in the third phase of the general election.
"Mulayam Singh Yadav sinks to a new low, defends rapists to woo voters," says The Times of India website.
"Even by his misogynistic standards, he seems to have sunk to a new low… The change in the laws was brought on after months of selfless demonstration by citizens striving to bring about a change in India's social outlook," the website says.
"By terming rape as 'just another mistake boys make, Mulayam has just rendered a slap in the face of their efforts", it adds.
The Hindustan Times says Mr Yadav's statement has come "at a time when women's security has emerged as one of the key issues in the elections, especially against the backdrop of the 16 December (2012) gang rape of a paramedical student in Delhi".
Mr Yadav also drew flak from political parties and women's rights activists, who condemned his statement as "insensitive and unfortunate".
Noted activist Ranjana Kumari called for Mr Yadav's arrest and urged the Election Commission to take note of the statement terming "rape a small mistake", the paper reported.
Meanwhile, newspapers and websites see a high voter turnout on Thursday as "a healthy sign" for democracy in India.
The third phase of polling was held in 14 states and union territories - including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala.
Delhi saw 64.7% voter turnout, while Madhya Pradesh registered 55.98% followed by Maharashtra at 54.13%.
Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, registered a turnout of 65%.
The nine-phase vote began on Monday and will conclude on 12 May. Votes will be counted on 16 May.
The Pioneer says "it was a historic turnout across the country as the third phase… witnessed record voting in western UP, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Kerala".
"In what could be called a carnival of democracy, men and women cutting across social and economic strata poured into 140,850 polling centres," a report on the Zee News website says.
And finally, Twitter on Thursday was flooded with "selfinks" as millions of young voters posted their pictures on the website after casting their ballots.
The Times of India describes "selfinks" as "a self-clicked mobile camera picture of one's inked finger post-voting".
Those who have voted "are eager to show that they have made their choice as a responsible citizen", it adds.
"I was excited and proud that I voted and I wanted the world to know," the report quotes Siddharth Yadav, a young voter, as saying.
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Residents of the Chinese capital can earn up to 500,000 yuan (£58,000; $72,000) by submitting tip-offs.
City officials said the public should help "to slowly construct an iron Great Wall in combating evil and guarding against spies".
Authorities launched an awareness campaign last year, including warnings against being seduced by foreign spies.
The new regulation was announced by the security branch of the Beijing municipal government. It said that residents could file tip-offs through the hotline launched last year in person or by post.
The cash rewards range from 10,000 to 500,000 yuan, depending on how useful the tip-offs are in "preventing or stopping espionage behaviour, or cracking espionage cases", according to several state media outlets including Beijing Daily.
Authorities said that as the heart of Chinese governance and innovation, Beijing "is the first choice among foreign spy agencies and others who are fiercely carrying out infiltration, subversion, division, destruction and theft".
Authorities said that in January, a group of fishermen in Jiangsu province found an "unidentifiable object inscribed with foreign words" while trawling for fish, and handed it in to authorities.
The object was later found to be "a spying device that was collecting data on China".
It's too early to say whether the new reward scheme will see crowds of would-be spy-busters prowling Beijing and stopping foreigners to make sure their bow ties aren't hiding cameras.
What it will do, though, is keep the sense of threat high in people's minds.
Under President Xi Jinping, China has grown increasingly suspicious of foreign influence and ideas. Foreign organisations, foreign academics and foreign companies are facing greater scrutiny and surveillance.
National security laws have also been beefed up, ostensibly to counter the actions of other governments but also, critics argue, in ways that allow the authorities to crack down further on dissent at home.
No-one doubts that China, like all major world powers, is a target for espionage. But however real that threat, raising the spectre of hostile foreign forces to rally domestic support can be a useful tool and it wouldn't be the first time that the Chinese authorities have reached for it.
The prime minister is meeting cabinet colleagues at Chequers to discuss developments since June's Leave vote.
She told them that the UK would not stay in the EU "by the back door" and she was committed to making a success of Britain's "new role" in the world.
Mrs May has said talks with the rest of the EU will not begin this year.
The meeting at the PM's country residence is being billed as the most significant since the referendum vote in June and comes amid reports of tensions and diverging priorities among key figures in the Cabinet charged with implementing the UK's exit.
BBC political correspondent Tom Bateman said Mrs May had asked every Cabinet minister before the summer break to identify what were described as the "opportunities" for their departments and they will now be expected to report back.
In comments made at the start of the meeting while cameras were allowed in, Mrs May told ministers that the government was clear that "Brexit means Brexit".
"We will be looking at the next steps that we need to take and we will also be looking at the opportunities that are now open to us as we forge a new role for the UK in the world," she said.
"We must be clear that we are going to make a success of it - that means no second referendum, no attempts to sort of stay in the EU by the back door. That we are actually going to deliver on it."
The prime minister has said the UK government will not trigger Article 50 - the official mechanism for beginning the process of leaving the EU - until the start of 2017 at the earliest.
From that moment, discussions over the terms of the UK's exit will conclude in two years unless all 28 members of the EU agree to extend them.
The UK voted to leave the EU, by a margin of 51.9% to 48.1%, in a referendum on 23 June and Mrs May, who had backed staying in the EU, became prime minister after David Cameron resigned in its aftermath.
Two months on from the vote, the relationship the UK will have with the EU after its exit, in terms of access to the EU internal market and obligations in regard to freedom of movement, remains unclear.
Wednesday's meeting at the prime minister's country residence is being seen as an opportunity for Mrs May and senior colleagues to talk through many issues involved ahead of this weekend's summit of G20 leaders in China.
The talks are being billed as the most significant since the referendum result and mark an end to the relative lull in proceedings over the summer recess - which ends on Monday.
Mrs May, who has held face-to-face talks with the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Poland and Slovakia since taking office, has said time is needed to determine the UK's strategy as a "sensible and orderly departure" is in the national interest.
But several senior Conservatives have warned against undue delay and said nothing should stand in the way of the UK triggering Article 50 as soon as possible next year.
Ex-Chancellor Lord Lawson, a leading Leave campaigner, said the UK should not try to negotiate a special trade deal with the EU, allowing it to remain within the single market, because it simply wasn't on offer on acceptable terms and would hold the process up.
"As soon as you stop wasting time trying to negotiate the unnegotiable - some special trade deal with the EU - it is possible to have a relatively quick exit," he told BBC Radio 4's Today.
"A prolonged period of uncertainty is bad for the economy and for British business. The sooner this is sorted out the better."
Among those round the table with Mrs May are Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox and David Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.
Mr Johnson, Mr Fox and Mr Davis are reported to have held private talks last week amid reports of early disagreements over the shape of a future Brexit settlement and departmental responsibility for trade issues.
Former Conservative minister Anna Soubry, who backed the UK remaining in the EU, said it was now up to the "three Brexiteers" to deliver the best deal for the British people.
"Boris Johnson, Liam Fox and David Davis - these are the people that have to show us the progress they have made, what Brexit is beginning to look like, what successes, difficulties or failures they have had," she told Today.
Although she accepted the outcome of the referendum, Ms Soubry said she did not accept the British people had voted, in and of itself, for a cut in immigration or curbs on the right of EU citizens to live and work in the UK and more debate was needed.
Labour's Jon Ashworth said what was needed was a detailed statement on the work that had been done so far rather than brainstorming meetings and "nods and winks" on issues such as immigration.
The SNP, meanwhile, has accused the government of "breathtaking complacency" over a plan for Brexit and "making it up as they go along".
Although MPs will have a say on the timing of talks there was no legal requirement to consult Parliament before Article 50 was activated, No 10 has said.
Chequers, an isolated 16th Century mansion 40 miles north-west of London, has played host to a number of historic occasions in the past 50 years and was one of Margaret Thatcher's favourite locations to conduct high-level meetings and personal diplomacy.
Frances Cappuccini died at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in October 2012.
Dr Nadeem Azeez, 52, formerly of Chestnut Avenue, Tunbridge Wells, and Dr Errol Cornish, 67, of Holmbury Park, Bromley, have both been charged with gross negligence manslaughter.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has also been charged with corporate manslaughter.
Kent Police said an international warrant had been issued for the arrest of Dr Azeez, who is believed to have left the country and returned to Pakistan.
The first hearing in the case is due to take place at Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court on 1 May.
Former Wales rugby international Richard Parks will attempt to take blood and muscle samples after climbing without using supplemental oxygen.
He has climbed Everest previously and trekked solo to the South Pole.
The data will allow researchers to explore the mechanisms underpinning dementia and resilience.
The collaborative British research expedition called Project Everest Cynllun will focus on the link between low blood oxygen levels in the brain and cognition.
As part of the 18-month preparation for the expedition, which launched officially on St David's Day at the Senedd in Cardiff, Parks has undergone testing at the University of South Wales in a simulated high-altitude chamber.
Professor Damian Bailey, the project's scientific lead, said: "Hypoxia [oxygen deficiency] can almost give you a day in the life of a dementia patient because you are challenging oxygen glucose delivery to the brain and inducing aspects of cognitive decline in an otherwise healthy person in order to understand the underlying mechanisms.
"With a combination of acclimatisation and exercise, you improve blood flow and oxygen delivery, and as a consequence you improve cognitive function.
"So we are using high altitude as an alternative model to challenge the brain and induce cognitive decline, but we are also using long-term acclimatisation to demonstrate how we can actually reverse some of those changes and in essence, improve the brain's 'health and fitness'."
Parks, originally from Pontypridd, south Wales, said: "This potentially will be the hardest psychological test I'll have ever faced.
"Having the mental strength to stick to the research protocols that we've designed and only use the supplemental oxygen for five minutes, when every fibre of my body will be screaming for it is hard to articulate.
"I'm imagining that it'll be like holding your breath under water and stopping yourself coming up for air."
He added: "I am prepared to be pushed further than I've been before, however the opportunity to collect this pioneering data justifies the effort.
"It's a privilege to be able to use my performance to add value to our world."
The climb is due to happen in May.
The show launched on the Amazon Prime streaming service on Thursday evening.
It is the first programme to be fronted by Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May since they parted company with the BBC last year.
Writing in the Evening Standard, Ben Travis described it as a "stunningly beautiful show".
"If The Grand Tour is basically Top Gear with a nitros boost of Amazon finances, the difference is immediately apparent," he said.
"Those who have never counted themselves as Jeremy Clarkson fans aren't exactly going to be won over here.
"But episode one is a confident opener that leaves the BBC's attempted Top Gear revival in the dust."
Jeremy Clarkson tweeted: "Genuinely relieved and grateful today. Huge thanks to everyone who has sent messages."
Analysis by Will Gompertz, BBC arts editor
Filmic is the word that sprang to my mind when watching The Grand Tour.
The scale of the production, the quality of the cameras, the epic sweeping shots and the pastiches of old movies - it seemed the show was aimed at the big screen, not the telly. Or a mobile phone, which is how I imagine a lot of people will view it.
It opens with a scene so over-the-top and opulent you'd think that the Prince Regent was behind the camera. Think Mad Max meets Easy Rider as we see the three presenters drive across the Californian desert, making their way through a sea of cars all barrelling along to a massive stage that has risen from the sand like a pyramid.
Maybe the small screen is too small for Clarkson, Hammond and May, and their next step should be away from the internet and into the cinema.
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Writing in The Guardian, Sam Wollaston said: "More than format, more even than the amount of money you throw at something, what really gives a television show its personality is the personnel.
"You can pour something into a different container, but it still tastes the same. And, like it or not, this tastes of Clarkson, Hammond and May."
He added: "Fans of old Top Gear are going to be happy."
However Andrew Billen in The Times struck a dissenting note, saying the show took "few risks" and said "the idea tank is running dangerously low".
He wrote: "For a show about speed, this played very slowly to me and is the main reason that the programme came in at a bloated 1 hour 10 minutes.
"Before we see the next 11 episodes, I hope [producer Andy] Wilman returns to the editing suite and brings them down to 50 minutes."
The first episode of the series saw the trio take their travelling studio tent to Dry Rabbit Lake in the Mojave Desert in California.
Vehicles featured in the episode included hybrid hyper-cars such as the McLaren P1, the Porsche 918 Spyder and the Ferrari LaFerrari.
The Telegraph's Ed Power said: "The Grand Tour isn't a shameless Top Gear rip-off. But under the hood the rival franchises have a great deal in common."
He added: "The new series will certainly go some way towards obliterating memories of Top Gear's terrible Chris Evans-fronted relaunch. Petrolheads can rejoice.
"The BBC may wonder how Matt LeBlanc and whoever joins him next year can possibly compete."
Dan Wootton gave The Grand Tour five stars in his review for The Sun.
"Being sacked from the BBC was the greatest thing that ever happened to Clarkson and co - and the world of cars on TV," he wrote.
"This has guns, explosions, super yachts, madcap stunts, the British Institute of Car Chases, dramatic crashes, a sinking ship and HammÂond being dangled from a chopper.
"But the one thing that really matters is Clarkson being reunited with his two mates on screen."
Digital Spy's Tom Eames said: "Clarkson, Hammond and May's reunion ​is silly but worth the wait (and money).
"It's precisely all the things we loved about their old show, but bigger, brighter and more blow-upier.
"And they've sort of somehow come up with the world's first scripted comedy factual show, and it works perfectly."
Writing in The Daily Mail, James Shelley said: "The Grand Tour had a new sense of excitement and knowledge about the cars but the same old warm friendship.
"It's a shame they had to leave the BBC but judging by episode one of The Grand Tour perhaps that was what they needed."
Earlier this week, the show's producer Andy Wilman told the BBC they would use social media to determine if the show was a success, as they would not find out the viewing figures.
"We'll never know the number, because, even to us, Amazon won't tell us what the viewing figures are."
Asked how they will know if viewers like the show, Wilman replied: "We'll get it from Twitter I would imagine."
Some viewers stayed up late to watch the programme when it went live just before midnight on Thursday evening, and many tweeted their thoughts.
The first series of The Grand Tour will consist of 12 hour-long episodes - with one being made available each week.
A total of 36 episodes across three years have been commissioned by Amazon.
Currently, only fans in the UK, America, Germany and Japan are able to watch the first episode.
But the company has announced it will be launching the show globally in December.
The new series does not include features such as "star in a reasonably-priced car" or "tame racing driver" The Stig, as those belong to the BBC's Top Gear format.
LeBlanc and Evans took over presenting duties on Top Gear after Clarkson, Hammond and May's departure, though Evans left the show after one series.
Clarkson has previously said of the new show: "I think programme one will be all right. I'd be extremely surprised if that was poorly reviewed."
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Pte Gavin Williams, 22, of Hengoed, Caerphilly county, was made to do the intensive exercise as an informal punishment.
He collapsed at Lucknow Barracks, Wiltshire, on one of the hottest days of 2006 and later died.
A heat expert said Pte Williams's heat illness symptoms were not recognised.
The inquest has previously heard Pte Williams was ordered to march and do intensive exercise in a gym as punishment for drunken behaviour and being absent without leave.
Ecstasy was found in his bloodstream when he died and he was likely to have been dehydrated before the "beasting", the hearing has been told.
Heat expert Dr Daniel Roiz De Sa said the hot weather risk level on the day Pte Williams died was high, and guidance suggested he should not have been exercising for more than one hour in a 90 minute period.
Previous witnesses disputed how long he was made to exercise, with some suggesting it was for over an hour.
Dr Roiz De Sa told the coroner, Judge Alan Large, there was "no clear assessment of the risk that the environment would have on the exercise of an individual" that day.
The hearing was told a doctor who treated Pte Williams on the day he died had already treated another soldier for heat related illness earlier in the day.
But no information was given to other staff to warn them of the potential risk the hot conditions might have.
Cineworld is opening its second venue in the city which forms part of the £90m Friars Walk development.
The site, which includes shops, bars and restaurants, is due to open on 12 November.
Cineworld is holding an open day for potential employees next Saturday at the Newport Centre.
He said the Queen's residence was a "national monument" that needed to be preserved.
The 10-year refurbishment is due to be funded by an increase in the annual Sovereign Grant, from £43m to £71m.
The Treasury said an "urgent overhaul" was needed to prevent fire and flood damage.
Speaking to Matt Frei on LBC radio, Mr McDonnell said: "It's a national monument... national heritage, it's going to be treated that way, in the same way as the House of Commons.
"When you have these old buildings, they have to be looked after."
Asked if the Queen should fund the repairs herself, he said: "She may well consider that. I am a republican but when it comes to decisions like that, I think they are left to her."
An online petition created on Friday calling for the Royal family to fund the repairs themselves has gathered around 50,000 signatures.
Mr McDonnell also indicated that he may have knelt before the Queen when he was recently inducted into the Privy Council.
Asked if he went on "bended knee", he said: "I did the usual protocols."
"I think you're not supposed to talk about what happens... I'm not sure what the rules are. You can say I did the usual protocol - not far distant from the one you're suggesting."
As a member of the Privy Council, he is now entitled to receive security briefings and to be known as the Right Honourable.
Minimum standards will be introduced later this year to weed out incompetent psychologists and other experts, the justice department said.
The courts will also be told to use fewer experts to save time and money.
The system has so far escaped scrutiny due to the secrecy surrounding family courts, critics say.
Lib Dem MP John Hemming, who campaigns for family law reform, said he "welcomed" the move.
He described the current lack of oversight of experts who were often responsible for life-changing decisions as an "absolute scandal".
Speaking in a Westminster Hall debate on Thursday, the Birmingham Yardley MP claimed some psychologists provided contradictory opinions depending on who was paying for their services or reached a verdict on whether someone was a fit parent without interviewing them.
"The idea that psychologists can come to conclusions about people and their merits as parents without even seeing them is an absurdity," he told MPs.
Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly, responding for the government, said minimum standards would be introduced as part of wider reform of the family court system aimed at improving fairness and efficiency, including greater use of mediation.
"Expert evidence will continue to be important in some cases to ensure a fair and complete process," the justice minister told MPs, but he said the government was "working to ensure it is of high quality and that it is delivered promptly".
"The main elements will be to raise the threshold for a court to permit an expert to be instructed, where expert witness evidence must be necessary rather than reasonably required."
He said family courts had to be more conscious about the cost and time delays and urged them to "exercise better control on the questions put to the expert".
He added: "We recognise also that minimum standards are necessary for expert witnesses in the family courts and so we are working with the department of health, health regulators and the family justice council to establish minimum standards that judges should expect from all expert witnesses."
Experts can play a crucial role in family court cases, often commenting on whether parents have the ability to care for their children or have treatable psychological problems.
But a
report last November by the Family Justice Review
said there were "serious issues" with the quality of some psychological reports and the courts' reliance on them was causing "unacceptable" delays and harming the welfare of children.
Some 20% of psychologists used as experts were not deemed qualified, the review found, and 65% of expert reports were judged to be of poor or very poor quality.
The planned new rules on expert witnesses were welcomed by the British Psychological Society, which said it was important that "decisions reached by family courts are based on the best possible quality evidence".
"The BPS would be very pleased to engage with the Department of Justice to review the role of expert witnesses in this context and develop improved codes of practice and guidelines," said a spokesman.
The justice department is also working on plans to improve the transparency of the family court system, Mr Djanogly told MPs in Westminster Hall.
Jack Straw, justice secretary under the previous Labour government, relaxed restrictions on family court hearings to allow reporters to cover proceedings provided they did not name those involved.
But the next stage of the reform process, which would have allowed coverage of adoption hearings among other things, has been shelved by the coalition government after MPs found the legislation was drafted in a way that would increase, rather than reduce, secrecy.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "The government believes that there is a need for greater transparency in the operation of the courts.
"But family proceedings involve parties who have a right to privacy, such as vulnerable children.
"We will look at the issue of media and public access to the family courts, and the release of information from them, afresh taking into account the findings of the recently published final report of the Family Courts Information Pilot.
"We will ensure that the interests of the children involved are at the heart of any new policies."
In Thursday's Westminster Hall debate, John Hemming also raised the case of a four month old baby, Jayden Wray, whose parents were accused of shaking to death.
Chana Al-Alas,19, and Rohan Wray, 22, were acquitted after the jury learned that his fractures, supposedly telltale signs of abuse, could have been caused by his severe rickets due to Vitamin D deficiency.
Mr Hemming told MPs he knew of eight similar cases and was campaigning for the government to review the verdicts.
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In addition to the pylons, eight miles (nearly 13km) of cables would be buried underground in the Meifod valley.
National Grid has also identified a preferred "secluded" site for a substation, on the Tir Gwynt wind farm.
The wind farm plans have sparked opposition from campaign groups, while a public inquiry is already under way.
Kevin Renddell of National Grid and farmer Rob Whittall, an opponent of the wind farms, give their views.
National Grid's pylon plans unveiled
The fire started at a property in Tower Lane, off Cowbit Road, in Spalding, shortly after midnight.
Lincolnshire Police said the cause of the fire was not yet known, but a joint investigation with the fire service had started.
The force said: "We are not in a position to provide any further details about the deceased at this stage."
Lincolnshire Fire Service said it sent six crews at the height of the blaze. Firefighters are expected to remain at the scene for "some time".
Station manager Matthew Perrin said the huge fire had spread from the ground floor to the first floor area.
Officers had attempted to rescue one of the victims, but failed to resuscitate them.
"The building was heavily involved in fire," he said.
"Crews were quick to enter the property. We located one casualty and removed them, unfortunately we were unable to save them. Then in the early hours of this morning, again we located a second casualty."
Analysis established a causal link between air strikes and roadside bomb attacks as well as a connection with the jihadists' use of military tactics.
The algorithmic system analysed 2,200 recorded incidents of IS activity from the second half of 2014.
A paper on the findings will be presented at a conference next week.
One feature they noticed was spikes in the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Paulo Shakarian at Arizona State University, one of the co-authors of the paper and a former US army officer who served in Iraq in 2006, told the BBC: "When they experience a lot of air strikes against them they shift away from a large infantry-style operation and use IEDs."
Researchers also discovered that the use of vehicle-borne bombs increased prior to large infantry operations by the militants. One example of this occurred in Iraq.
"We believe this relationship is because they want to prevent reinforcements from the Iraqi army getting out of Baghdad," explained Dr Shakarian.
A finding that initially baffled the researchers was sharp increases in arrests by Islamic State following Syrian air strikes.
Dr Shakarian said they now believed that these might be retaliatory attempts to weed out Syrian intelligence agents who might have played a role in the targeting of the strikes.
He added that the tactics of IS differed markedly from those of the enemy forces he faced in Iraq nine years ago.
The extremist group, he said, was more complex and dynamic, which was why the nature of their strategies was not always obvious without computational analysis.
Elizabeth Quintana, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), said forces targeting Islamic State were likely to find research like this useful.
"The military has access to a lot of information," she said, "They need a way to bring it down to a digestible format. Analytics is definitely the way to do that."
Noel Sharkey, a computer scientist at the University of Sheffield, added that the approach might help predict likely types of attacks.
"It suggests that [IS] has a predictable operational strategy rather than an arbitrary one, or a new one for each attack," he commented.
"Of course, the problem is that this could change suddenly and particularly if they noticed that other military forces were acting on their predictability."
Dr Shakarian will present the paper to delegates of KDD 2015, a conference on data analysis, in Sydney, Australia, next week.
On 31st December, the festivities hit places around the world at slightly different times too, due to the time differences across the world.
Check out the video below to find out how it works.
Some cultures may celebrate New Year at a different time to 31st December, because they use a different calendar to the UK.
Generally, whenever they take place, New Year traditions are designed to bring luck and good fortune in the year ahead.
Find out below how people may be celebrating the start of 2017 all over the world.
One of the most popular ways to celebrate seeing in the New Year is with big fireworks displays.
These take place all over the world, as different countries hit midnight.
In New Zealand, crowds gather at Auckland Sky Tower in the capital for an impressive fireworks display, and the same happens in Sydney Harbour in Australia.
In Toronto in Canada, people gather in Nathan Phillips Square, while in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, people flock to the city's famous Copacabana beach to watch the sky being lit up by fireworks.
If you came out of your front door to find a load of smashed plates, you might be a bit confused.
But that's exactly what people in Denmark hope to find after midnight, as it means good luck.
So, if you were Danish, you might go and smash a plate on a friend's doorstep to bring good luck over the next 12 months.
In Brazil, there is a tradition to eat lentils at New Year, as these represent money - meaning good fortune for the year ahead!
In New York in the US, huge crowds of people head to Times Square to count down to midnight.
But the thing that everyone is looking forward to is called the ball drop, which is when a glowing ball is lowered down a big flagpole, to signal the start of the new year.
As a result, other cities in the US now have their own traditions of dropping things on New Year's Eve.
In Vincennes in Indiana, people drop watermelons from high up!
In Scotland, people go "first-footing", which is where they aim to be the first person to step foot in their friends' or family's homes after the clock has struck midnight.
You might take a gift if you go to do this.
Don't try this at home yourself!
In some countries including Finland, there is a tradition of melting a special metal and dropping it in cold water. The metal will make a shape in the water when it cools.
People then try to read the shape of the metal to tell them something about their future.
For example, if it makes the shape of a flower, it could mean they have an unknown admirer.
When the clocks hit midnight in Spain, you'll find people reaching for grapes.
This is because there is a tradition to eat one grape each time the clock strikes at midnight.
The idea is that this will bring you 12 lucky months in the year ahead.
In Romania, there's a tradition for people to dress up as dancing bears to chase away any evil spirits.
This is because bears are special according to old Romanian stories and are able to protect and heal people.
Some countries, like Japan and South Korea, ring bells to start the New Year.
In Japan, the bells are rung 108 times, so you can expect it to be quite noisy!
In Johannesburg in South Africa, people like to start the year without any unwanted items.
They do this by throwing old furniture out of the window.
In some South American countries, you might see some people on New Year's Eve walking around with an empty suitcase.
Some believe that taking what is called a "suitcase walk" means they will have a year full of adventures ahead.
The Trade Union Bill, being debated in the Lords on Monday, would require Labour-affiliated union members to "opt in" to paying a levy to the party.
Labour believes three million fewer members of the biggest unions would agree, impacting on its structure.
Internal party changes are already set to cut union members' contributions.
Labour is also set to lose out by about £1.3m a year when state funding for opposition parties - known as Short money - is cut. Ministers have said political parties should make their contribution to tackling the deficit.
A Labour Party document shared with the Guardian newspaper makes clear the scale of the potential threat from the new bill to Labour's finances.
Unions are said to currently provide 20% of Labour's core funding and according to the Guardian, the estimated fall in funding will make it impossible for Labour to maintain its current structure, staffing or offices.
"With an annual salary cost in excess of over 50% of total costs, it is clear that current staffing levels could not be sustained," the party document is reported to say.
"In addition to a staffing review, all contracts would need to be challenged to remove any discretionary costs and offices considered for sale or sublet."
Members of the 14 Labour-affiliated unions, which includes Unite, the GMB, Unison, the Communication Workers Union and the Usdaw, currently contribute automatically, but can opt out if they wish.
The legislation going through Parliament would see union members having to "opt in" every five years to pay a political levy as part of their fees.
BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins says Labour is facing a considerable financial challenge and it is in the party's interest to highlight the impact the new law would have.
Lord Collins, a former Labour general secretary, tells the Guardian: "These changes are entirely partisan, unfair and going to hit the income of the party and union political funds very hard.
"No balancing measure is being taken to cap the donations of the Conservative Party."
Business Secretary Sajid Javid has said the new bill, which also proposes tighter rules on strike ballots, was "about democracy and accountability" and "not a declaration of war" against unions.
The Glasgow-based distiller, whose portfolio includes The Famous Grouse, The Macallan and Cutty Sark, saw group revenue jump by 22% to £701.3m in the year to 31 March.
Pre-tax profits climbed by 31% to £189m.
Edrington said higher investment in brand marketing and "greater focus on consumers" had contributed to "an encouraging performance".
It added that its results had also been "impacted significantly" by the fall in the value of sterling against all major currencies.
The company boosted marketing spend during the year by 18% to £110.7m, as part of a drive to "invest for the long-term health of our brands".
In its annual review, the group said The Famous Grouse "retained and strengthened its leading market position in the UK".
However, it also pointed out that "the continued suppression of the blends market" had an adverse impact on both that brand, and Cutty Stark.
Its Brugal rum brand returned to strong growth in its two core markets - the Dominican Republic and Spain - while delivering "positive momentum in other markets".
There was also a good performance from its Highland Park single malt, despite a "highly competitive environment".
Chief executive Ian Curle said: "2016-17 was a significant year of growth for Edrington despite a difficult backdrop of economic and political volatility, and a fiercely competitive marketplace.
"Despite short-term uncertainty we are confident about the medium and long-term prospects for the business.
"With its premium brand portfolio, proven strategy and management capability, Edrington has established the necessary momentum to deliver further growth."
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The Queen's official opening of the Welsh assembly marks the beginning of a new chapter in the nation's politics.
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His name was Fred. But it could have been Tom, Dick, Harri or Dai. Fred Rowlands' story has so much in common with so many other stories of men from all corners of Wales.
He was born in Welshpool, but moved to the south Wales valleys when coal was king and jobs plentiful.
By the time war broke out in 1914, Fred Rowlands was a timberman working underground at the International Colliery in Blaengarw.
Within a month he had signed up.
It is not known why. Patriotism perhaps, coupled with the excitement of the time?
Fred was one of the thousands of miners, ironworkers, farmhands and shopboys who flocked to the colours.
He was one of the thousands who never came home.
"I don't like to think about it," says Louvain Rees, Fred Rowlands' great-great-grand-daughter.
"His daughter wouldn't have even been one year old when he went. It would have been the last time he saw her."
We met outside the home in Pontycymmer near Bridgend which Fred left to go to war.
"It is sad to think that my great-great-grandmother would have been on her own there with her daughter waiting to hear from her husband that never came back," she said.
Fred Rowlands enlisted at Porthcawl in the Cardiff City Battalion of the Welch Regiment.
Initial training was done at Colwyn Bay. In April 1915 the battalion was combined into the new 38th (Welsh) Division, created by David Lloyd George, then the Minister of Munitions, as a force made up of regiments and battalions from across Wales.
By December 1915 they had landed in France to reinforce an army which had already lost more than 180,000 men and had many times that wounded.
In June 1916 the division, including the newly promoted Sergeant Fred Rowlands, was in a place most of the men had probably never heard of.
It was pretty place of rolling chalk down land, with a meandering shallow river running through it.
The river is called the Somme.
Within a month this place had become the bloodiest of battlefields.
"From the war diary the extracts that we have it was an awful day. It was raining," says Ms Rees.
The day she is talking about was July 7th 1916. The Battle of the Somme was a week old, and it was the day the 38th (Welsh) Division was ordered into battle.
Their orders were to take an objective called Mametz Wood.
Fred Rowlands' battalion - the City of Cardiff, along with the 1st Gwent Battalion from the South Wales Borderers, was to lead the attack. They were caught in murderous cross-fire.
An officer with the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Captain Wyn Griffiths, described what he saw: "Along the bare ridge rising up to Mametz Wood our men were burrowing into the ground with their entrenching tools, seeking whatever cover they might make. A few shells were falling, surprisingly few.
"Wounded men were crawling back from the ridge, men were crawling forward with ammunition. No attack could succeed over ground such as this, swept from front and side by machine guns at short range."
And in the middle of it all, the platoon led by Sergeant Fred Rowlands. "He would have been leading the men over. Possibly to their death. Which is not a nice thing to think about," Ms Rees says.
Three times that day they attacked. Three times they were repelled. Among the dead, Sergeant Fred Rowlands, the miner from Pontycymmer.
"So many people died in it. And it wasn't just him. Hundreds of families were torn apart by that one day. My great-grandmother was left with a two-year-old child on her own. That's her whole family was torn apart," says Fred Rowlands' great-great grand-daughter.
On that one day the City of Cardiff Battalion was to suffer more than four hundred casualties.
The 38th (Welsh) Division was ordered to attack again the next day and the next. It took five days to capture most of Mametz Wood. Five days which cost around 4,000 killed, missing and wounded. Cities, towns and villages throughout Wales were cast into mourning.
Louvain Rees has few mementos of her ancestor.
A faded group photograph which shows a big man with a moustache. His "dead man's penny", a plaque presented by the government to the families of all those who died in the First World War.
"My grandmother never talked about him because they didn't know him," she says.
"What we know about him is what his widow has told my grandmother. All things like he was a good singer. He was in the colliery choir. And he liked to play pranks. He was mischievous."
"My grandmother remembers that when she was young she used to sneak into this drawer and there were all letters from France in embroidered envelopes and she used to read them, but everything was sold."
Fred Rowlands is buried yards from where he fell in the Flat Iron Copse War Cemetery at the edge of Mametz Wood.
On a ridge close by is the Welsh Memorial. A dragon looks out across a valley where there was so much Welsh sacrifice.
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As Wales prepares to remember the battle of Mametz Wood, BBC Wales's Roger Pinney considers the story of one soldier killed on the first day.
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The 22-year-old has signed a two-year development contract at the Championship club, having represented their under-21 side in pre-season.
Liburd scored 22 goals for Billericay in the Isthmian League Premier Division last season.
He spent four years on a scholarship at Thomas University in Georgia, USA before returning to the UK.
Meanwhile, defender Stephen Kelly has left the club after failing to agree a new contract for next season.
The Republic of Ireland international, 31, joined from Fulham in January 2013.
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Reading have agreed a deal to bring striker Rowan Liburd to the club from non-league Billericay Town.
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Ferguson, 73, retired in 2013 after winning his 13th Premier League title.
United have struggled since, sacking successor David Moyes after 10 months and failing to win a trophy. The death of Cathy Ferguson's twin Bridget in 2012 was the catalyst for change.
"I definitely would have carried on," the Scot told the Daily Telegraph.
Cathy Ferguson talked her husband out of retiring in 2002.
"But this time when I told her I was going to retire she had no objection," Ferguson said.
"I knew she wanted me to do it."
Despite winning the league by 11 points in his final season, United failed to qualify for Europe in the following campaign, with Moyes' exit being confirmed once it was certain they would not secure a place in the Champions League.
The reversal in fortunes was a surprise to Ferguson.
"Even when I knew I was retiring we still tried to put some things in place, with players coming in," he said.
"The bus was still moving forward. Everyone was optimistic about where we were going."
Ferguson is about to launch a new book on the art of management, drawing on the experiences he gained working with some of the most famous names in the game, including Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo who was at United from 2003 to 2009.
"Dealing with an ego doesn't bother me," he said.
"You used to see Ronaldo standing in front of the mirror loving himself.
"But it was a nice vanity. The players used to throw jockstraps, boots and all sorts at him."
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Sir Alex Ferguson says he would have continued as Manchester United manager had it not been for the death of his wife's twin sister.
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All four members of the band and their manager Craig Tarry died when their car plunged into a canal in Sweden.
The Official Charts Company said Viola Beach's self-titled album was leading the chart by around 6,000 sales.
The families of the Warrington band said they have released the album to "celebrate" their lives.
The four-piece band consisted of singer Kris Leonard, guitarist River Reeves, bassist Tomas Lowe and drummer Jack Dakin.
Their album features nine songs including Swings And Waterslides - which reached the top 20 in the singles chart earlier this year.
In June, Coldplay paid tribute to Viola Beach at Glastonbury by performing the band's song Boys That Sing as part of their headline slot on the Pyramid Stage.
This week's official chart will be revealed by DJ Greg James on BBC Radio 1 at 17:00 BST on Friday.
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The new stadium would be next to their current White Hart Lane ground, which holds 36,000 fans.
Tottenham anticipate putting out a tender for construction later this year and say opening the stadium in mid-2017 is "feasible".
The news comes on the day Tottenham announced a profit of £1.5m in their latest financial results.
The north London club, who are currently sixth in the Premier League, believe moving to a bigger stadium will help them increase their revenues and enable them to compete better against Europe's top clubs.
"We have fantastic, strong support," chairman Daniel Levy told his club's website. "Our current 36,000-seater stadium sells out and the waiting list for season ticket holders is currently in excess of 47,000.
"We have the smallest capacity stadium of any club in the top 20 clubs in Europe, let alone the current top four Premier League clubs.
"We cannot stress strongly enough how critical the new stadium is over the long term to these raised expectations."
Levy described the new venue - which would be built as part of a development that would also include the land their current home stands on - as a "landmark project" which will be a "key regenerative component of the local economy".
Tottenham, who lost out to West Ham United in a bid to move to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, have purchased 18 acres of land adjacent to their White Hart Lane ground over the past decade and relocated 72 businesses.
They are still waiting for a Secretary of State decision regarding a compulsory purchase order of further property before building can begin.
But they anticipate putting out a tender for construction before the end of this year and hope the new stadium will be open for the 2017-18 season.
Australia sends asylum seekers to the Manus Island detention centre under its offshore processing policy.
But the five judges on the Supreme Court's bench ruled the camp breached section 42 of the constitution, which guarantees personal liberty.
The court said "all steps" should be taken to end the "illegal" detention.
Currently around 850 men are held on the island, around half of whom have been judged genuine refugees.
Papua New Guinea's constitution guarantees personal liberty for all people, except in defined circumstances relating to crime, illegal immigration and quarantine.
In 2014, Papua New Guinea's government amended section 42 of the constitution to add a paragraph that allowed for "holding a foreign national under arrangements made by Papua New Guinea with another country".
But the Supreme Court ruled this amendment was unconstitutional, as it did not meet a requirement to respect "the rights and dignity of mankind".
It said that because the asylum seekers and refugees had not voluntarily entered Papua New Guinea, the situation of illegal immigration did not apply to them.
"The detention of the asylum seekers on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea… is unconstitutional and illegal," it said.
"Both the Australian and Papua New Guinea governments shall forthwith take all steps necessary to cease and prevent the continued unconstitutional and illegal detention of the asylum seekers or transferees at the relocation centre on Manus Island and the continued breach of the asylum seekers' or transferees' constitutional and human rights."
Manus Island: Australia's Guantanamo?
Australia's controversial asylum policy
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said in a statement that the court's decision did not change Australia's immigration policy.
"People who have attempted to come illegally by boat and are now in the Manus facility will not be settled in Australia," the statement said, repeating the government's long-standing policy.
The opposition Labor party urged the government to hold urgent talks with Papua New Guinea, while opponents of hard-line immigration policy declared offshore processing of asylum seekers dead.
"The game is up. The government has got to shut the Manus Island detention camp and bring these people here," Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.
"This is an important decision and I welcome it. It shows that the Australian government has been illegally detaining refugees on Manus Island for years."
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said the Manus Island centre should eventually close, during an address to Australia's National Press Club in March this year.
"Who is going to pay for it? Certainly the PNG government does not have the resources to resettle the refugees," he said. "We are also reassessing the numbers who are supposed to be resettled."
The team at Duke University, in the US, showed immune cells which start attacking nutrients in the brain may be a trigger for the disease.
They say their findings could open up new avenues of research for a field that has not developed a single drug to slow the progression of the disease.
Experts said the findings offered new hope of a treatment.
The researchers indentified microglia - normally the first line of defence against infection in the brain - as major players in the development of dementia.
They found some microglia changed to become exceptionally adept at breaking down a component of protein, an amino acid called arginine, in the early stages of the disease.
As arginine levels plummeted, the immune cells appeared to dampened the immune system in the brain.
In mouse experiments, a chemical was used to block the enzymes that break down arginine.
They showed fewer of the characteristics of dementia such as damaged proteins collecting in the brain and the animals performed better in memory tests.
One of the researchers, Dr Matthew Kan, said: "All of this suggests to us that if you can block this local process of amino acid deprivation, then you can protect the mouse, at least from Alzheimer's disease.
"We see this study opening the doors to thinking about Alzheimer's in a completely different way, to break the stalemate of ideas in Alzheimer's disease."
However, the findings do not suggest that arginine supplements could combat dementia as the boosted levels would still be broken down.
Dr James Pickett, from the Alzheimer's Society said the study was "offering hope that these findings could lead to new treatments for dementia".
He added: "This study in animals joins some of the dots in our incomplete understanding of the processes that cause Alzheimer's disease, in particular around the role played by the immune system."
Dr Laura Phipps, from Alzheimer's Research UK, said the study was "interesting" and shed "more light on the mechanisms of immune system involvement in Alzheimer's".
But she cautioned clinical trials in people were still needed and that "the findings do not suggest that supplementation of the amino acid could mirror the benefits seen in these mice".
Last month, Four Seasons Health Care said it was closing seven of its homes in Northern Ireland.
On Thursday, it said it was in discussions with two care home operators about selling Hamilton Court in Armagh and Garvagh Care Home.
It comes after reaching agreement with two firms earlier this month to sell its homes in Antrim and Ballynahinch.
The prospective purchaser of Hamilton Court is the operator of Sanville Nursing Home in County Tyrone, while the firm interested in buying Garvagh Care Home is also an existing care home operator.
Four Seasons said in a statement that it had "agreed to pause consultation with the unions and employees" about the closure of the two homes.
"While the transaction is progressing the company is suggesting that residents remain at their home if that is where they would like to stay, although it is for residents and families to decide for themselves," a spokesperson said.
"The company is working with the prospective buyers to move the sale process to a speedy conclusion."
It said transfer of ownership was dependent "on a number of steps including signing legal agreements and the (independent health regulator) RQIA transferring registration of the home from Four Seasons to the purchasers".
The sizes and weights of the creatures are recorded by zookeepers so they can monitor the creatures' health and well-being.
BBC News looks at the facts and figures behind the event.
Why do they carry out the weigh-in?
There are currently 20,166 animals and 698 different species at the zoo.
While statistics are taken during the year, the zoo say it holds the annual weigh-in to ensure measurements are up-to-date and accurate.
"Weight is a particularly important indicator of health, and we can even detect pregnancies through a growing waist line," ZSL's zoological manager Mark Habben said.
The results are recorded in a database so that zoos around the world can compare information and check their animals are normal and healthy.
What is the heaviest and the lightest animal?
The heaviest creature in London Zoo is Ellish the giraffe.
The female weighs in at 850kg (133 stone) and stands at 15ft (4.5m) tall.
The lightest creature is a leaf cutter ant which weighs between three and five milligrams (0.0001 oz - 0.0002 oz)
How did some of the animals measure up?
How are the animals measured?
The keepers have to use various methods to get the creatures on the scales.
The penguins are tricked into walking on to the scales using fish while squirrel monkeys follow a blue ball on a stick.
For larger animals, the scales are disguised as patches of grass in order to record their statistics.
How does this work help animals in the wild?
Much of what is known about the typical weights and measurements of animals has been discovered in zoos.
London Zoo said it meant that people who were studying wild animals could use the zoo's measurements to get a better idea about them.
For example, conservationists in Indonesia are able to tell the rough ages of the tigers they are tracking by measuring the size of their paw prints and comparing them to animals in zoos.
Martin Kitts-Hayes had been due to attend the North Sea Commission at Legoland in Denmark in June.
But the delegation returned early as he was unhappy with the accommodation. After weeks of controversy he resigned earlier this week.
A council meeting over an internal report heard lessons must be learned.
Jim Gifford, leader of the Alliance Opposition Group, said: "We all have a job to do to rebuild the reputation of this council."
Councillor Jill Webster described the incident as a "fiasco".
Council leader Richard Thomson said it was now time to move on.
Mr Kitts-Hayes announced earlier this week he would step down from senior positions - as co-leader of the council and chairman of the policy and resources committee.
He then said on Wednesday that recent personal abuse had put an "intolerable strain" on himself and his family, and was standing down as a councillor.
He stated: "Being a councillor is just not worth the effort."
The abortive trip to Denmark cost more than £3,000.
The internal report revealed last week that Mr Kitts-Hayes felt his Legoland accommodation was like a "glorified shed".
Mr Kitts-Hayes, of the Progressive Independent Group, was the councillor for Inverurie and District and co-council leader with the SNP's Mr Thomson.
Council chief executive Jim Savege is carrying out a further investigation into the actions of those with access to the internal report - which was sent to councillors in confidence - after an earlier leak to the media.
Gestede, 26, and 22-year-old Frenchman Veretout have both signed five-year deals for undisclosed fees.
Benin international Gestede scored 22 goals for Blackburn last season, including 20 in the Championship.
He becomes manager Tim Sherwood's ninth summer signing, while Veretout - who made 146 appearance for the French side - is the fourth recruit from Ligue 1.
Jordan Amavi of Nice, Idrissa Gueye from Lille and Lorient's Jordan Ayew have all joined from the French top flight, alongside deals for Micah Richards,Scott Sinclair,Mark Bunn and Jose Crespo.
Gestede started his career in France at Metz, before joining Cardiff, where he scored just nine goals in 63 games. He went on to join Championship side Rovers, netting 34 goals in the last two seasons.
"I've known about Rudy since he was at Cardiff and he is a player I've always admired," said Sherwood.
"His goalscoring ratio last season was fantastic and he is someone who certainly knows how to find the back of the net."
France youth international Veretout has represented his country at Under-18 to Under-21 levels, including winning the Under-20 World Cup in 2013.
"I know Veretout is very highly rated over in France," added Sherwood, "so we are delighted to get this deal over the line."
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The Duke of York was named in court papers in Florida by a woman alleging financier Jeffrey Epstein forced her to have sex with the duke three times.
But Judge Kenneth Marra said the "lurid" claims were "unnecessary" to decide the civil case.
Buckingham Palace has previously "emphatically" denied the allegations.
BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said Judge Marra had expressed no opinion as to the "validity or veracity" of the allegations against Prince Andrew.
The duke had been named in documents filed in a Florida court about how prosecutors handled a case against Epstein, a former friend of the royal.
The documents concerned claims by Virginia Roberts, who alleged that Epstein had forced her to have sex with powerful men - including the duke - when she was 17.
Two women - known as Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 - are suing the US government, saying it failed to protect their rights when it entered into a plea deal with Epstein, who spent time in jail in 2008-9 for a sex offence with a minor.
Ms Roberts - referred to as Jane Doe #3 in the court papers - had been attempting to join the claim against the US government.
But the US judge denied her attempt to join the claim and said her allegations about Prince Andrew were "unnecessary to the determination" of the case.
"The factual details regarding with whom and where the Jane Does engaged in sexual activities are immaterial and impertinent to this central claim," the judge said in a ruling.
by Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC North America correspondent
Lawyers for Virginia Roberts have told me this isn't the end of their fight.
They issued a short statement on behalf of their client which simply read: "I'm happy to participate in this important case."
But it's unclear how she will, now the judge has dismissed her request to join Jane Doe 1 and 2 in their fight against the US government (and the way it handled the Epstein case).
She could appear as a witness and, if that case is successful, she could benefit in the longer run as one of Epstein's alleged victims.
But for now, the judge's decision does appear to be the end of Prince Andrew's association with the case.
The documents containing the claims he'd had sexual relations with Virginia Roberts have been thrown out, although the judge didn't pass comment on the allegations themselves. The prince has always denied them.
Former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz - who was also accused of having sex with Ms Roberts in the court papers - told the BBC he felt completely vindicated by the judge's ruling to strike off the "salacious pleadings".
However, Ms Roberts' lawyers said they did not believe this was the end of the case for their client.
In the court papers, Ms Roberts said she had been forced to have sexual relations with the duke in three locations - in London, New York and on a private Caribbean island owned by Epstein - between 1999 and 2002.
Responding to the claims - which surfaced at the start of the year - Buckingham Palace said "any suggestion of impropriety with under-age minors is categorically untrue".
In a further statement, the palace said the claims against Prince Andrew were "categorically untrue" and lacked "any foundation".
Speaking at a world business forum in January, Prince Andrew said he wanted to "reiterate" the denials issued by Buckingham Palace.
Paul Trench's Christmas 1966 wish list was found tucked away in the family's old children's encyclopaedia by his older brother Ray.
Paul died suddenly in 1967. "He had a school medical one week and was gone the next," 65-year-old Mr Trench said.
Finding the letter "after all these years" was "like being hit by a thunderbolt", he said.
Written on a "rather browned piece of torn out exercise book" it simply asks for a football game, a torch and some cars and buses.
"I can just imagine him sitting there writing that, quite an earnest little boy and, as you can see by the length of the list, not a particularly greedy little one either," Mr Trench said.
Santa did provide the England v Argentina Subbuteo, "probably the most infamous game of the World Cup that year".
The encyclopaedia has been in the family for decades but was only recently reopened when Mr Trench gave it to his son Nathan.
Mr Trench, who lives in Hartlepool, wishes he could have seen how "the most intelligent" of the brothers would have turned out.
"Whereas I've got older and the hair's gone white, Paul's stayed the same age."
Paul died of an "unexpected" illness although the cause has never been known.
Mr Trench said it was put down as a viral infection.
The service is expected to be introduced by the end of this year.
Barra Youth Council had been campaigning for wi-fi on the ferries and has been running a petition on the Scottish Parliament's website.
Western Isles SNP MSP Alasdair Allan and MP Angus MacNeil have welcomed CalMac's decision.
The youth council's petition asks MSPs to urge the Scottish government to ensure wi-fi is available on the Caledonian MacBrayne ferries. The petition was due to close at 16:00.
Outer Hebrides Community Planning Partnership had backed the call.
Partnership chairman Angus Campbell said it was good to see young islanders getting involved in the democratic process.
However, a documentary called Tickled shines a spotlight on those who take part in it, when a TV reporter from New Zealand, David Farrier, uncovers not just a quirky sport, but a whole industry, and an underworld with allegations of cyber bullying.
Two years ago, Farrier, known for his "and finally" news pieces at his local TV station, discovered what was described as "competitive endurance tickling" videos online.
They featured young men in professional sportswear tickling each other.
A US-based company, Jane O'Brien Media, was producing the videos and offering substantial fees for anyone selected to take part in the shoots in Los Angeles.
"Right in the beginning I thought it was entirely innocent, perhaps with a subtext," explains Farrier. "I thought it was someone's idea of a funny strange sport, as it was in a photography studio, a professional space. All the men were wearing sportswear so I thought it was someone's odd idea of a tickling league."
"I was intrigued and thought about doing a two-minute feature on it for my show, "he adds, "so I got in touch with them. Really, a short feature was all I was aiming for."
In response however, Farrier, who is bisexual, says he received emails stating that the company did not want to deal with "a homosexual journalist".
"I was a little upset but part of me thought it was funny," he adds. "I didn't understand why a company that makes men-only tickling videos would say that."
"Instinct, intrigue and fascination" drove him and his co-director Dylan Reeve on to find out more about the videos, despite representatives of the company flying to Auckland to threaten legal action. Farrier successfully raised the money for a documentary using the crowd-funding platform, Kickstarter.
"We probably did go into it quite naively," he believes.
"We never expected to find what we did. If you watch the film you'll find it's not really about tickling - it's about power.
"We were interested in the psychology of what made these men take part in the videos, and it was mainly guys who were athletes or military, and from poorer states."
Although being tickled usually provokes laughter, science has long been interested in whether it's involuntary. Ten years ago, a study at the University of California at San Diego concluded that tickling did not necessarily produce pleasure, just the outward appearance of it.
Alan J Fridlund, a social and clinical psychologist, points out that whether it's enjoyable or not "depends upon the social context of the tickle. Charles Darwin thought that infant tickling was the basis of adult humour and I agree".
He added: "But the insidious side of tickling is that if the tickler has a perverse motive, they will interpret the reflexive responses to tickling as a sign of approval, even when the social context turns dark.
"As the tickler proceeds, he or she is abetted by the nasty fact that strong tickling begins to cause cataplexy, a generalised weakening of the body's striate muscles, and one that many of us have known if we've been 'tickle tortured'. "
That phrase is repeated by a participant of the tickling videos called TJ, who tells Farrier on camera that he was told taking part "was for a project, as tickling was being considered as a military tactic for the army, tickle torture. I thought that was untrue".
TJ says the reason he did it was "because I was a little desperate for money. I was young at the time and I didn't think anything of it. I would get $2,000.
"On the day, I noticed it was all guys, and I didn't know I would get tied down, but there were athletes there, bodybuilders, a couple of actors I had seen on TV commercials - completely normal people. I still thought, 'I hope no one finds out about this'."
In the documentary, TJ alleges that after the videos surfaced online, he asked them to be taken down, and was subjected to a campaign of abuse and harassment - including emails being sent to his employer at a high school.
The film claims others involved with making tickling videos have suffered controlling and abusive behaviour. However, Jane O'Brien Media strongly denies any wrongdoing.
The director confesses that his own viewpoint on tickling has shifted since making the film - and getting tickled himself for the purpose of making the documentary.
"There is pain in tickling, it's not always enjoyable. You're not laughing in the way you laugh as a joke. It can be used as torture and power play. There's also always one who is dominant, and one who is submissive. It's a metaphor for the power and control we talk about in the film.
"The innocence of it has gone for me - I don't tickle my nieces any more."
The one word to sum up his experience, Farrier adds, is "weird".
"I was completely bemused a lot of the time about what I was discovered. You couldn't actually make it up. Some people though think we have - they think it's so unbelievable that it's a spoof mockumentary."
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It was a rare moment of bipartisan support for a deal which came during a heady opening day of President Barack Obama's landmark three-day visit to India.
It was also ironical that the BJP which had steadfastly argued against the nuclear deal in its entirety when in opposition in 2007, had actually managed to pull this off now it is in power. Much of it has been put down to the personal chemistry between Mr Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It also helps that - unlike his predecessor Manmohan Singh, who was hobbled by difficult allies and reservations about the deal within his own Congress party - Mr Modi suffers from no such constraints.
So how significant is Monday's announcement?
The historic 2006 India-US nuclear deal had been held up for eight years amid US concerns over who would be liable for any nuclear accident. Mr Singh, the deal's architect, had told the parliament that it marked the "end of India's decades-long isolation from the nuclear mainstream".
Now, a large insurance pool will be set up, without the need for any further legislation. The plan, according to reports, is to transfer the financial risk to insurers in the case of an accident.
Analysts say the two governments have done "all they can do" and it is now up to the suppliers - or American firms wanting to sell reactor technology to India - to do business.
Energy-hungry India plans to generate 63,000 MW of nuclear power by 2032 - an almost 14-fold increase on current levels. It has 22 nuclear reactors and plans to build some 40 more in the next two decades.
American suppliers are already facing competition. Russia is planning to build 20 reactors in India. France is building six reactors in the western state of Maharashtra, one of India's most industrialised states. America will build at least eight reactors.
So what lies ahead for American companies?
"It is not going to be easy. Pricing will be a key issue," says science journalist Pallava Bagla. "New generation American reactors are three times more expensive than comparable India-made reactors. They are also untested as all of them are under construction, including in the US."
Both General Electric and Westinghouse Electric Company, two major US suppliers, have already been given land in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh state to build reactors. Westinghouse has praised developments and said it looked forward to the "fine print" of the agreement and further meetings, including a planned "insurance seminar". GE said it would review the agreement soon.
Clearly, it won't be a walk in the park for American suppliers. It is too early to say that the deal will spur billions of dollars worth of nuclear contracts.
Then there's a strong anti-nuclear lobby in India who fear a disaster similar to the one at Fukushima in Japan in 2011. The controversial Indo-Russian Kudankulam nuclear plant began producing electricity in 2013 after years of protest. India is still far from having non-partisan support for nuclear power.
Also, nuclear power itself presents a mixed picture globally.
There are more than 430 operational reactors in 30 countries around the world. Some 72 are under construction in 15 countries.
Despite new reactors, nuclear power is on the decline. It is generating less than 11% of the world's electricity production, the lowest level since 1982, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA) in its latest report. (Coal is still the fuel of choice.) On the one hand, Germany plans to phase out nuclear power by 2022; on the other, China plans to treble nuclear power capacity by 2020.
"Nuclear power is at a paradoxical stage," says the IAEA. "On the one hand, it appears to have entered an era of declining expectations. Yet a wave of countries is poised to introduce nuclear power, and the long-term potential remains high." Economic, technological, and political changes, as we have seen, can influence the spread of nuclear power. India is not an exception.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it would seek consultation on possible restrictions for the products.
The agency said that while mint-flavoured cigarettes may be just as toxic as others, it was easier to start smoking them and harder to quit.
Menthol cigarettes are one of the few growing areas of the tobacco industry.
The FDA has commissioned further research into the subject.
It is inviting input from the health community, tobacco industry and members of the public about the products.
"Menthol cigarettes pose a public health risk above that seen with non-menthol cigarettes," said the preliminary results of the FDA's study.
It also found the cooling and anaesthetic qualities of the menthol made them less harsh - and more appealing - to smokers.
The report's conclusions echoed some of the findings of an earlier review from 2011, which suggested that a ban on menthol cigarettes would benefit public health.
But the tobacco industry has said that menthol cigarettes do not need to be subject to different regulations from normal cigarettes.
A group of former health officials, including two cabinet secretaries from the Carter and Bush Senior administrations, denounced the FDA's inaction.
"The failure of this administration to act undermines the public health and is particularly harmful to vulnerable young Americans and African-Americans," they said in a joint statement.
According to an earlier study from the US Department of Health only about 25% of white smokers choose menthol cigarettes, while more than 70% of African-American smokers use them.
Sadulaev, 20, won 5-0 against his 26-year-old opponent to add to Russia's two Greco-Roman golds, won by Roman Vlasov and Davit Chakvetadze.
The result was a repeat of Sadulaev's 2015 World Championship win over Yasar in Las Vegas.
Azerbaijan's Sharif Sharifov and USA's J'den Cox won bronze.
Sharifov beat Venezuelan Pedro Fuentes, while Cox saw off Cuban Reineris Salas, who pulled out with six seconds remaining of the fight, seemingly in protest at the American being awarded two points from a challenge.
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Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon was in Scotland for a meeting of the MoD defence board, which met in Edinburgh for the first time.
He confirmed spending of £1.7bn on HM Naval Base Clyde, the site of the UK's nuclear submarines, and the Lossiemouth fighter jet base in Moray.
The Scottish government said it was "too little, too late".
It attacked the "folly" of spending on nuclear weapons while making cuts on conventional forces.
It said eight military sites are to close in Scotland in the next 15 years.
Sir Michael said: "Scotland is on the frontline of defending the United Kingdom from growing threats at sea, in the air and on land.
"Our commitment to the future of defence in Scotland is underlined by increasing investment in better infrastructure for the Armed Forces, helping to keep us safe."
He announced £1.3bn for upgrades to HM Naval Base Clyde's waterfront, engineering support, accommodation and security in advance of the Dreadnought class of submarines arriving in Scotland from the early 2030s.
Lossiemouth is to receive £400m as one of the RAF's three fast jet bases, with work to upgrade its runways, taxiways and accommodation for nine new Poseidon P-8 maritime patrol aircraft and an additional Typhoon squadron.
Leuchars Station, which was an RAF base until two years ago, will be expanded to become the main hub for Army activity in Scotland.
Sir Michael said: "I want Leuchars to be the main base for the Army in Scotland. I'm hoping to move more personnel to Leuchars.
"We've had to look at the estate and close some of the more remote barracks and make sure we can offer our people modern accommodation but Leuchars will be the main home of the Army in Scotland."
The Scottish government's Veterans Secretary Keith Brown said: "The defence secretary's announcement of another £1.3bn on infrastructure for the Trident missile-carrying fleet once again underlines the folly of spending countless billions of pounds on nuclear weapons at the direct expense of investment in conventional forces.
"Today's announcement also fails to acknowledge that Mr Fallon recently made the most severe round of cuts to defence ever imposed on Scotland.
"Late last year, he announced a near 20% reduction in the size of the defence estate, closing historic barracks such as Fort George, Glencorse and Redford.
"His cuts will result in near total removal of the Army from large parts of Scotland and the end the Royal Navy's historic presence in Fife."
Scotland currently has 14,000 military regular and reserve personnel and 3,930 MoD civilian staff.
In November it was announced that eight military sites north of the border will close in the next 15 years, cutting the defence estate by 20%.
Major Army bases at Fort George near Ardersier, north of Inverness; Glencorse Barracks near Penicuik, Midlothian; and Redford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks in Edinburgh are among more than 56 sites to shut across the UK.
Naval base MoD Caledonia in Rosyth, Fife; Condor Airfield, near Arbroath, Angus; Craigiehall Barracks in Edinburgh; and Forthside Barracks in Stirling will also close.
The price companies pay for oil fell by about a quarter over the summer (from around £72 to £53 per barrel).
But the cost of petrol only dropped 6% in that time.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander says: "The public have a suspicion that when the price of oil rises, pump prices go up like a rocket.
"But when the price of oil falls, pump prices drift down like a feather," he adds, although there's no research to suggest this actually happens.
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South Yorkshire Fire Service said up to 500 tonnes of plastic could be on fire at Universal Recycling, on Wharf Road near Kilnhurst.
Seven fire engines are attending the blaze and there has been disruption to local transport services.
People have been told to avoid the area, stay indoors and close windows and doors, and get children inside as soon as possible after school.
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The fire service, police and ambulance service are in attendance, and a cordon is in place.
Incident Commander Andy Hayter, from South Yorkshire Fire Service, said the fire mostly involves plastics, but some metal is on fire.
No oil or vehicles are ablaze and oxy acetylene canisters, which have not caught fire, are being moved to a safe place.
Mr Hayter said there had been "quite a high number of explosions from aerosols" earlier.
He warned: "Don't come and spectate. It's not a spectator sport and it's not good for your health to be breathing in large quantities of this stuff.
"My concern is around school time. If you are picking your children up from school locally and you do see the plume, make it as brief as you can and get indoors as soon as you possibly can."
BBC reporter Andy Kershaw said he had been told dust masks were being handed out at the two nearest schools to protect children from the smoke.
Hodgson's team qualified for the finals in France with a 100% record and beat the hosts 2-0 at Wembley on Tuesday.
That side contained six players aged under 23 and Hodgson wonders if their youth will be an issue.
"You don't turn a guy who has played six or seven Premier League games and once for England into a Frank Lampard or Steven Gerrard," he said.
"I do believe we will have the organisation, the discipline and the desire.
"If we fail it might just be because some of the teams that beat us have got that player or two who can turn a game."
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Hodgson has been in charge of England since May 2012 and his team have only lost once in 16 matches since coming bottom of their group at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
He is pleased with the side's improvement, but says the young players are still learning at international level.
"I believe in the players and, given the opportunities, can become a good team but we are young, we are inexperienced - nothing is going to change that," added Hodgson.
"When Paul Pogba came on for France there was a definite acceleration in the quality they showed - we have got to get players up to that level of quality.
"It's still six or seven months away and I'm optimistic, positive and hopeful. This group of players won't let anyone down in terms of their attitude and desire.
"If they do fail it might just be because of inexperience or a lack of quality."
Bedene, 27, took the opening set against last year's Wimbledon finalist, who was playing for only the second time since February due to injury.
But the 26-year-old world number six eventually won 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-3) in just over two and a half hours.
He will now face Australian sixth seed Bernard Tomic in the quarter-finals.
Bedene reached Sunday's Hungarian Open final where he was beaten by Frenchman Lucas Pouille.
The Rio Heroes homecoming event saw athletes from across Yorkshire take a tour of the city centre in open-top buses ahead of a civic reception.
Organisers estimate around 30,000 people gathered to watch the parade.
Athletes taking part included triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, diver Jack Laugher and Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox.
The athletes described the event as an unbelievable experience.
Olympic rower Andrew Triggs-Hodge tweeted: "What a great day! In the county you love, sharing the sheer joy of a gold medal! Loving it!"
Officials at MacArthur High School in Irving alerted police because they thought the device was a "hoax bomb".
Ahmed Mohamed's arrest has been sharply criticised, and the boy has received an outpouring of support including an invitation to the White House.
Ahmed told reporters it was "very sad" that his teacher thought his clock was a threat.
"I built a clock to impress my teacher but when I showed it to her she thought it was a threat to her. I'm very sad that she got the wrong impression of it."
At the same news conference on Wednesday afternoon, Ahmed announced he plans to transfer schools.
Ahmed's father Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, who is originally from Sudan, praised his son's ingenuity, saying he fixes everything around the house, including his father's phone and computer.
"He's a very smart, brilliant boy and he said he just wanted to show himself to the world," he said.
The police have rejected the claim made by Ahmed's family that he was detained because of his name.
"We have always had an outstanding relationship with the Muslim community," Irving Police Department chief Larry Boyd said on Wednesday. "Incidents like this present challenges. We want to learn how we can move forward and turn this into a positive".
The boy was placed in handcuffs and fingerprinted. He was released after it was determined there was no threat.
Under the hashtag "#IstandwithAhmed," thousands of Twitter users praised the boy's initiative and questioned why he was detained including Nasa scientists, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and US President Barack Obama.
"Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great," Mr Obama wrote on Twitter.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it is investigating the incident.
Ahmed said that he had made a clock at home and brought it to school to show his engineering teacher.
He said his engineering teacher had congratulated him but advised him "not to show any other teachers".
The teenager said another teacher became aware of it when the device beeped during the lesson.
"She was like - it looks like a bomb," he said.
The homemade clock consisted of a circuit board with wires leading to a digital display.
Later in the day the boy was pulled out of class, interviewed by senior teachers and four police officers, and put into juvenile detention.
The school issued a statement saying it "always ask our students and staff to immediately report if they observe any suspicious items".
At least 13 people died when the dam burst earlier this month in the south-eastern state of Minas Gerais
A village was destroyed and drinking water polluted over a wide area.
Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said money was needed for environmental recovery and to compensate victims.
"There was a huge impact from an environmental point of view," she told reporters in the capital Brasilia.
"It is not a natural disaster, it is a disaster prompted by economic activity, but of a magnitude equivalent to those disasters created by forces of nature."
She said about 500km (310 miles) of the Rio Doce - one of Brazil's most important rivers - would have to be dredged in parts, vegetation replanted and fresh water springs cleared.
Samarco is owned by mining giants Vale, from Brazil, and Anglo-Australian company BHP Billiton.
On Thursday the UN said the dam burst had unleashed a flood of "toxic mud".
However, mining giant BHP said in a statement that the water in the dam - a by-product of iron ore extraction - did not pose any threat to humans.
Officers were called to Provost Rust Drive at 22:30 on Wednesday after reports that a firearm may have been discharged near the junction with North Anderson Drive and Moir Crescent.
The road was only reopened more than six hours later at 04:40.
Police Scotland said nobody was injured and appealed for anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious to get in touch.
Older men were found to have a lower chance of conceiving than younger men with a female partner of the same age.
Harvard researchers presented their study of nearly 19,000 IVF cycles at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.
The findings contradict the idea that male fertility goes on forever.
In fact, whether conception is natural or assisted, sperm mutations and a decline in sperm count in older men are thought to reduce the chances of pregnancy.
Previous research has also shown that older sperm is more prone to genetic errors, and this has been linked to the development of autism and schizophrenia in children.
But the age of the woman still has a larger impact on fertility than the man's age.
In this study, scientists found that men aged 40-42 were linked with a 46% lower chance of having a baby by in vitro fertilisation (IVF) than men aged 30-35, when the female partner was under 30.
Thirty-five year old women had significantly more success with a male partner under 30 after one cycle of treatment, than with a man in his mid-30s.
Dr Laura Dodge, from Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, said the reasons behind reduced male fertility in older age were not completely clear.
"While the effect of female age on fertility is overwhelmingly due to increased rates of chromosomal abnormality, the proposed mechanism in the effect of male age on pregnancy are more subtle."
Can older men with younger female partners do anything to compensate for the age effect in IVF?
Dr Dodge said: "In the absence of clear evidence of the mechanism, the best pre-conception advice we can offer is to maintain a healthy lifestyle."
Nick Macklon, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at University of Southampton, said: "This may encourage male partners to get a move on.
"It also offers new insights into the dynamics between the man and woman - it's not just down to the age of the woman."
Dr Raj Mathur, consultant gynaecologist and clinical lead for reproductive medicine at Manchester Fertility, said the issue of men's age and its impact in IVF needed to be researched further in a larger database of couples.
But he said: "We should start taking male age into account."
Women who used donor sperm were not included in the study of nearly 8,000 IVF couples.
Dr Gillian Lockwood, medical director, Midlands Fertility Services, said there were distinct differences between women's and men's fertility.
"Women are born with all their eggs and don't make any new ones, but men make new sperm every morning.
"That's where errors can creep in as a result of cell division," she said.
She said that there was more chance of the woman becoming pregnant if both partners were young and added: "But if they both wait until they are older, then that could be more problematic."
However, in political terms the divide between the islands could be growing with talk of further powers being given to Northern Ireland.
Many people take visitors to the world heritage site to show off the causeway's unique stones being battered by the waves.
But few seemed as proud of the politicians that have been known to batter each other in debates at Stormont.
Many visitors to the north Antrim site talked about politicians being "juvenile" and being involved in "playground politics".
"They squabble too much, can't agree on anything and it disheartens the whole community", was the conclusion of one woman.
Disagreements are nothing new in Northern Ireland but recent rows have at times threatened the very future of Stormont itself.
Assembly members have been among those who have talked of a looming crisis and budget negotiations have really tested relationships.
After the final result of Scotland's independence referendum was known in September, Prime Minister David Cameron spoke of greater devolution for each of the nations across the United Kingdom.
In his speech outside Downing Street he promised new powers for Scotland and Wales and made a rather more basic pledge to people in Northern Ireland.
"In Northern Ireland we must work to ensure the devolved institutions function effectively," Mr Cameron stated.
That was a pretty stark acknowledgement of the problems at Stormont.
And that has led many to ask whether the politicians in the power-sharing executive could really cope if new responsibilities were handed to them from Westminster.
Powers over welfare have so far not been devolved in Scotland or Wales but they have in Northern Ireland, and it is an issue that has caused severe political problems.
Sinn Féin and the SDLP, which are the two main nationalist parties, have blocked introducing welfare reform measures.
The Westminster government says Northern Ireland needs to pay for the money that would be saved and, as a result, Stormont is being charged tens of millions of pounds in financial penalties.
That means spending across government departments has had to be reduced and caused an even greater divide between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin - and the two biggest parties in the assembly are uneasy allies at the best of times.
The current Stormont institutions were set up as a result of the Good Friday Agreement which helped bring an end to decades of violence in Northern Ireland.
It is easy to forget how much has changed since then.
The DUP would not even speak to Sinn Féin when the deal was agreed in 1998.
Now they work alongside each other in the same power-sharing government.
However, in reality they have little choice.
All of the parties are entitled to ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive if they win enough seats in the assembly, creating what is known as a mandatory coalition.
There are currently five parties forced together in that government and they do not agree on a whole range of subjects. That has led to political deadlock on more than one occasion.
"Northern Ireland politics is divided into unionists and nationalists and republicans," says Cathy Corbett, who is a Young Unionist at Queen's University in Belfast.
"If you compromise, you are seen as letting your side down that will reflect badly on your vote in electoral terms.
"And I really don't feel that is right for Northern Ireland."
There was a recent student referendum held on the topic of a united Ireland at the university.
Ms Corbett led the campaign against it while Oisín Hassan was at the forefront of those students encouraging a yes vote.
Although themselves divided on basic political principles, the pair are united in doubting whether further devolution is a good idea.
"We could not cope at the minute with extra powers," says Mr Hassan, who is a member of Sinn Féin at Queen's University.
"But I think we should be very proud that Stormont exists.
"We have come out of a very difficult past... It has to improve though."
The student referendum was narrowly defeated, and all recent polls about more general opinion suggest that the Irish border will remain firmly in place for the foreseeable future.
As a republican, Mr Hassan said he believes there will eventually be a united Ireland but even he adds the disclaimer "if I live long enough".
That does leave a question - is there really any alternative to Stormont?
There is certainly no equivalent to the independence debate that Scotland had earlier this year.
That is probably not surprising, given that Northern Ireland's economy is simply not strong enough to stand alone.
However, it goes beyond that to a simple matter of identity. The majority of the population regard themselves as either British or Irish.
There is an obvious reliance on the UK and Irish governments to help out in a crisis.
They are both involved in the all-party talks that are currently trying to sort out, among other things, disputes over parading, the flying of flags, welfare reform and how to deal with the past. The full list is much longer and seems only to be growing.
And of course direct rule from Westminster remains the back-up plan should Stormont collapse.
"Northern Ireland is best placed wherever it can make the big decisions about what impacts it the most," insists Julia Andrade-Roche who is an American student attending Queen's University.
She is studying for a PhD examining the issue of the Northern Irish identity.
"Whether that means stronger devolution and a reformed Stormont or whether that means going with the Republic of Ireland, I don't care," she added.
"But I do think Northern Ireland does need to have more say in its budget."
It is worth noting, however, that some of the most recent deadlocks at Stormont have been as a result of disagreements about budgets.
The devolution debate elsewhere in the UK will lead to politicians pushing for powers over taxes and a range of other issues.
But in Northern Ireland many feel the focus should remain on making devolution work.
The cut above his left eyebrow needed six stitches, which have to stay in place for five to seven days.
I'm devastated, I'm in bits about what has happened
"Gutted isn't even the word. Mentally, I'm on the floor at the moment," said the former WBA heavyweight champion.
Haye is awaiting further medical tests before setting a new date for the Manchester bout.
The 32-year-old also pulled out of what should have been his previous fight, against Manuel Charr on 29 June, because of a hand injury sustained in training.
Fury reacted to the news by telling followers on Twitter: "Sorry for everyone who bought tickets and hotels. Haye's excuses are boring. He doesn't want to fight me!"
Fury's uncle and trainer, Peter, also vented his anger at the postponement and rubbished the prospect of the pair meeting in the future.
He said: "We move on from Haye now and look to better things. This has put a bad taste in our mouths so we're moving on and the fight will not be rearranged on our side."
Haye's last fight was his knockout win in an all-British bout with Dereck Chisora in July 2012, a meeting sparked by the brawl between the pair at a news conference in Munich in February 2012.
Hayemaker Promotions said that "after being properly assessed", Haye was left with no choice but to postpone the Fury fight.
"I'm devastated. I know injuries and cuts are part and parcel of our sport, but this doesn't change the feeling of disappointment and sadness I'm experiencing right now," Haye added.
"Even when everything seems to be right on track, sometimes life throws you a curveball. I will somehow have to try and make the best of this horrible situation. But, right now, I'm in bits about what has happened."
Three days ago Haye had taunted 24-year-old Fury ahead of the bout by insisting his sparring partners would beat his fellow Briton.
Fury would have put his unbeaten record on the line at Manchester Arena with Haye being the bookmakers' favourite, having lost only two of his 28 paid fights, most recently against Wladimir Klitschko in a world heavyweight unification bout in 2011.
Fury, who beat American Steve Cunningham in April to move to 21 fights unbeaten, turned down a bout against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev that could have earned him an IBF world title shot against Klitschko in order to fight Haye.
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Launching the document in Llandudno, the party promised Wales an extra £375m a year - the proceeds of tax rises including a so-called "mansion tax" and a 50p tax rate on incomes above £150,000.
Labour also confirmed it would devolve control of Severn Bridge tolls to Wales when the crossings pass into public ownership in 2018.
Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith said Labour would make spending cuts if it wins the general election, but they would be more than offset by the extra money the Welsh government would receive.
Members will hold a debate about Brexit on Tuesday, but it will not be a formal legislative consent motion.
The Supreme Court ruled that there was no legally enforceable need for devolved administrations to give consent to the Brexit trigger bill.
However, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon argued there was still a political need to do so, and pledged to let MSPs vote.
A Scottish government spokesman had earlier said work was "ongoing" on a legislative consent memorandum, which would be considered by the Presiding Officer before a formal vote was permitted.
However Brexit minister Mike Russell subsequently confirmed that it would not be possible to get a so-called Sewel motion through the system quickly enough.
The Article 50 bill, which gives the UK government permission to begin the process of leaving the European Union, passed the first legislative hurdle on Wednesday.
Although MPs voted by a 498 to 114 in favour of the bill, all but one of Scotland's MPs - Scottish Secretary David Mundell - were opposed to it.
Both First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Mr Russell have insisted there is a clear political need for the UK government to let Holyrood have a vote.
Mr Russell said Holyrood could still send a "resounding message" with the symbolic motion.
He said: "It is now essential that the Scottish Parliament's views are heard prior to the end of the committee stage of the Article 50 bill in the House of Commons, so we will lodge a motion to allow parliament to express its view.
"A formal LCM would have to go through committee deliberation before Parliament as a whole was able to vote on it - a timetable incompatible with the accelerated timescale to which Westminster is now working.
"When the motion is debated by MSPs next week it will be a chance for our national parliament to send a powerful signal on behalf of the people we are elected to serve. And I believe that parliament will send a resounding message that Scotland's future is in Europe."
Jamie Insall tapped Kyle Wilkie's cross into the back of the net from close range, before Jonathan Page doubled the lead; slotting into the bottom corner from Gary Naysmith's floated corner.
Peter Weatherson pulled one back for Annan with a free-kick but Page headed his second.
Hibs loanee Insall fired into the top corner before Smart Osadolor reduced the deficit
BBC Worldwide said it was investigating "a security issue around Doctor Who Series Eight where unfinished material has inadvertently been made public".
The statement urged fans not to distribute the spoiler material.
The series - which marks Peter Capaldi's debut as the Doctor - is due to begin on BBC One on 23 August.
Confirming the leak, BBC Worldwide, the corporation's global arm, said: "We deeply regret this and apologise to all the show's fans, the BBC and the cast and crew who have worked tirelessly making the series.
"We would like to make a plea to anyone who might have any of this material and spoilers associated with it not to share it with a wider audience so that everyone can enjoy the show as it should be seen when it launches.
"We know only too well that Doctor Who fans are the best in the world and we thank them for their help with this and their continued loyalty."
The leaked scripts are reported to have originated from a BBC Worldwide office in the US.
The first episode is due to have its premiere at a screening in Cardiff on 7 August, after which the show's stars and executive producer Steven Moffat will take it on a world tour leading up to the first TV broadcast.
The scripts, beginning with episode one, titled Deep Breath, are marked "private and confidential".
Last year, some US fans were sent DVDs containing the series finale three weeks before it had been broadcast.
In May 2011, Moffat criticised those "who call themselves fans" who revealed crucial plot lines ahead of transmission.
"You can imagine how much I hate them," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "I wish they could go and be fans of something else."
The 24-year-old led by three early in the final round but eventually had to rely on the Australian bogeying the last to finish tied on 11 under.
The duo played the 18th hole four more times before Willett claimed victory.
"I've had some ups and downs in the last 18 months and I want to thank everybody for their support," he said.
Willett had previously finished in the top 10 on 19 occasions without managing a win
The Sheffield-born golfer was leading by one shot at the start of the day's play and birdied the third and fourth holes to take a three-shot lead.
But his early progress stalled on the ninth hole when he three-putted, allowing Fraser to draw level, and further dropped shots followed on the 11th and 15th.
The first extra hole saw both golfers par the 18th with Fraser holing from 12-feet, before both bogeyed it at the next attempt, with Willett missing from four feet. At the third time of asking, they parred it again.
Fraser, twice a winner on the European Tour, looked favourite to land the first prize of nearly £270,000 when he was 30 feet away in two and the Yorkshireman went over the green.
But Willett chipped close, while Fraser saw his putt lip out and then missed a four-footer coming back to give the Englishman victory.
The world number 204 now goes to Sunningdale to try to qualify for the Open Championship.
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The 32-year-old Dutchman missed the last two months of 2015-16 with a similar injury and pulled up in their pre-season opener against fifth-tier Lippstadt.
He only made 15 Bundesliga appearances last season.
Bayern face Borussia Dortmund in the German Super Cup on 14 August.
The German champions' league opener is against Werder Bremen on 26 August.
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Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben could miss the start of the season after being ruled out for six weeks with an adductor muscle injury.
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Public sector net borrowing, excluding public sector banks, was £10.4bn last month, up by £1.2bn from April 2016.
Public sector net debt was £1.72tn, equivalent to 86% of GDP, an increase of £114bn on April 2016.
The ONS also adjusted the shortfall total from the last financial year from £52bn to £48.7bn.
This was below the figure of £51.7bn forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility and was the lowest annual borrowing total since the financial year ending in March 2008..
The total changed after VAT receipts were revised upwards by £1.7bn between January and March and tax and National Insurance contributions paid in during March were revised upwards by £0.5bn and £0.3bn respectively.
The OBR has predicted that the public sector will borrow £58.3bn in the financial year, which will end in March 2018.
Martin Beck, senior economic adviser to economic forecasting group EY ITEM Club, said: "The new fiscal year began on a disappointing note for the public finances. Supportive one-off factors last year and a weakening economy suggest the deficit is set to widen."
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Government borrowing was at its highest April level for three years, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Sir Roger Moore, who appeared with him in The Man with the Golden Gun and had known him since 1948, was among those sharing their thoughts on Twitter.
"It's terribly [sad] when you lose an old friend, and Christopher Lee was one of my oldest," said Moore.
Director Tim Burton called him "the last of his kind - a true legend - who I'm fortunate to have called a friend."
Burton said it had been "an honour and pleasure" to work with Sir Christopher on five films - Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Alice In Wonderland and Dark Shadows.
"Christopher has been an enormous inspiration to me my entire life... He will continue to inspire me and I'm sure countless others for generations to come," said Burton.
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "Saddened to hear of Sir Christopher Lee's death, a titan of Golden Age of Cinema & distinguished WW2 veteran who'll be greatly missed."
Singer and photographer Bryan Adams shared a portrait he took of the star, with the words, "What a sad day for the world to lose this incredible actor and human being."
The actor's Lord Of The Rings co-stars also paid tribute - Dominic Monaghan said on Twitter: "So so sorry to hear that Christopher Lee has passed away. He was a fascinating person. Threw a Bic pen into a tree in front of me."
Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in the film trilogy, wrote: "An extraordinary man and life lead, Sir Christopher Lee. You were an icon, and a towering human being with stories for days. We'll miss you."
In honour of another of Sir Christopher's famous roles, Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Mayor of London Boris Johnson posted a picture of himself brandishing a light sabre alongside the actor.
Johnson wrote: "Really sad to hear about the death of Christopher Lee, one of the greatest British actors and a master of the macabre."
Star Wars director George Lucas said: "Christopher was a great British actor of the old school. A true link to cinema's past and a real gentleman. We will miss him."
Film buff Jonathan Ross said: "So sad to hear that Sir Christopher Lee has died. A great actor, a great star, a surprisingly good singer and a lovely, lovely man."
Bafta's chief executive Amanda Berry was Sir Christopher's agent for six years during her first job as a theatrical agent.
She told BBC 5 Live the actor had "incredibly high standards and always wanted to be the best he could be."
"He always played a brilliant baddie," she added, "I would never want to pigeon hole him as he was a genuinely brilliant actor."
Berry said the actor and music fan, who recorded several heavy metal albums, "was like an honorary grandfather to me, and offered to sing at my wedding. "
Many who had grown up watching Sir Christopher on screen also paid tribute, including Reece Shearsmith, who wrote: "Very upset to learn that Sir Christopher Lee has passed away. An amazing gentleman who brought us so many iconic roles. He will be missed."
Paddy Considine called him "a true legend", while Mark Gatiss tweeted a link to a portrait he had once commissioned of the actor.
"The great, always criminally underrated Sir Christopher Lee has left us," wrote Gatiss. "A Titan of cinema and a huge part of my youth. Farewell."
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Tributes have been paid to "titan of cinema", the actor Sir Christopher Lee, who has died aged 93.
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The latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 50.1, up from February's 49.9 and higher than market forecasts.
A reading above 50 points shows an expansion in activity in the sector, while one below indicates contraction.
The Shanghai Composite index closed up 1.7% at 3,810.29, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.7% to 25,082.75.
However, while the official PMI survey suggested activity had expanded, a private survey indicated it had contracted, in line with preliminary figures released earlier this month.
The final HSBC/Markit PMI came in at 49.6, slightly higher than a "flash" reading of 49.2.
China has cut interest rates twice since November, among other measures, to try to boost activity.
Japanese shares were lower after a survey of big manufacturers showed that while confidence held steady in the first quarter, it is expected to worsen.
The Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan showed that big firms plan to cut spending by 1.2% in the fiscal year that starts in April - a worrying sign for the economy.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.9% at 19,034.84.
A survey also suggested that Japanese manufacturing activity expanded more slowly in March than in the previous month as domestic orders contracted for the first time in nearly a year.
The final Markit/JMMA PMI was 50.3, just below the preliminary reading of 50.4 and below 51.6 in February.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.5% at 5,860.8, with shares hit by persistently weak commodity prices.
Oil prices fell for a third consecutive session on Tuesday, while Chinese iron ore futures tumbled nearly 4% to a record low.
South Korean shares were down after a private survey indicated that manufacturing activity and new export orders contracted in March.
The benchmark Kospi index ended down 0.6% at 2,028.45.
The HSBC/Markit PMI fell to 49.2, down from a 20-month high of 51.1 that was seen in both January and February.
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Chinese shares continued to rise after a government survey indicated that factory activity had picked up unexpectedly in March.
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More than 1,000 schools, both primary and secondary, have already signed up.
A few pupils will be able to question Maj Peake directly, others will send questions via social media.
Organisers described the Times Educational Supplement and European Space Agency link-up as a "once in a lifetime opportunity".
Maj Peake will devote 20 minutes of his time on board the International Space Station (ISS) to the event, early in February.
The organisers are inviting every UK school to register and send in questions and ideas from pupils in advance.
The link-up, dubbed the Cosmic Classroom, aims to be "world's largest schools and space science event".
Separately, three Norfolk schools and the University of East Anglia will hold a 10-minute radio-link conversation with the astronaut.
Millions of people worldwide, including the prime minister, tuned in to watch Maj Peake's blast-off from Kazakhstan on the Principia mission.
The UK's first ESA astronaut is expected to inspire new interest in space travel, in schools.
Jeremy Curtis, head of education at the UK Space Agency (UKSA) said Maj Peake was "very keen to make sure that young people across the UK can play their part in his mission".
"We're sure pupils will suggest some interesting things for Tim to do to help him share his experience of living and working in space," said Mr Curtis.
TES Global's chief education adviser, Lord Knight urged every teacher in the country "to sign up now, to make it the world's largest schools and space science event".
"The countdown to the Cosmic Classroom begins now, and I await with anticipation the creative, insightful and entertaining ideas our teachers and their classes come up with." said Lord Knight.
Earlier this year, York University researchers began a three-year project looking at the influence of human space travel in popularising science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects.
In particular, the researchers are assessing how the views of primary and secondary pupils are affected by Maj Peake's ISS mission.
The 21-year-old scored 10 goals for the Sandgrounders this season, but could not prevent their relegation from the National League.
He began his career with Fleetwood and played for them in the Football League before joining Southport in 2015.
Allen's arrival fills the gap left by top scorer Ricky Miller, who joined Peterborough United earlier this month.
Martha Seaward, 15, was run over after getting off a bus on the A148 in Upper Sheringham, Norfolk, in January 2014.
Her parents wanted a roundabout built to slow traffic but the county council said this would be too expensive and it is now considering having a path built.
The Seawards said the path would move pedestrians but not solve the problem.
Norfolk coroner Jacqueline Lake had asked the council to investigate ways of preventing further deaths on the road and report its findings to her by the end of March.
In its report the council said a new roundabout had been considered but the cost of between £500,000 and £1m would be between a quarter to half of the annual road improvement budget for the coming year for the entire county.
Reducing the speed limit on the 60mph stretch would be "hard to justify on an open, rural main road with so little frontage development", it said.
The preferred option emerged as creating a path from the Lodge Hill bus stop to a crossing point further from the junction, and signs reminding bus users to take care crossing the main road.
Martha's mother Karen said: "They've done the very least they could do in response to the coroner's concerns.
"The optimum solution would have been a roundabout. Often speed limits aren't adhered to but a roundabout can't help but slow down traffic."
Fiji winger Nalaga, 31, has signed from French Top 14 side Lyon, for whom he scored 21 tries in 32 games.
Prop Du Plessis, 36, joins the Exiles after seven seasons with Saracens.
Italy international back McLean, 29, arrives from Pro12 side Treviso, while Australia hooker Fainga'a, 30, has signed from Super Rugby side Brumbies.
London Irish have now signed seven players following their promotion from the Championship, with prop Gordon Reid, scrum-half Ben Meehan and back-row forward Lasha Lomidze joining on Thursday.
McDonald's saw earnings fall 30%, while Coca-Cola's fell 14%, with both citing lower US sales as key reasons.
The fast-food chain's profits of $1.07bn (£661m) were also hit by a food scandal in China, contributing to a 4.6% fall in revenues to $6.99bn.
Meanwhile, the world's largest drinks group made a $2.1bn profit on revenues that were broadly flat at $11.9bn.
McDonald's US sales have been under pressure as consumers switch to other chains, notably the fast-growing Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Sales also fell in Russia, Germany and especially in China, where McDonald's was hurt by a scandal over meat supplies.
Chief executive Don Thompson admitted that the trading performance was not good enough. "McDonald's third-quarter results reflect a significant decline versus a year ago," he said.
"By all measures, our performance fell short of our expectations."
Meanwhile, Coca Cola said that its US sales were down 1% during the quarter. Consumers are increasingly turning to alternatives to sweet, fizzy drinks. The company's profits also suffered because of currency fluctuations and strengthening of the dollar.
In August, Coke spent $2.15bn for a 16.7% stake in Monster Beverage energy drinks business.
As part of the deal, Coke transferred ownership of its own, less successful energy drinks, including brands NOS, Full Throttle and Burn, to Monster.
And it took over Monster's non-energy brands such as Hansen's Natural Sodas, Peace Tea and Hubert's Lemonade.
Her new live album Before the Dawn landed at number four despite strong sales early in the week putting her on course for the chart summit.
Little Mix hang on to the top spot with Glory Days, while a collaboration between Michael Ball and Alfie Boe is just behind at number two.
Elvis Presley's enduring popularity means he makes it to number three.
Canadian singer The Weeknd debuted at number five with his new album Starboy.
Other new entries this week include Andre Rieu's Falling in Love, which landed at number seven, and a number 10 position for Falling in Love by British TV presenter Bradley Walsh.
Busted's first studio album in 13 years, Night Driver, debuted at number 13.
In the singles chart, Clean Bandit remained at number one with Rockabye - which features Sean Paul and Anne Marie.
In doing so, it became the band's second song to hold the number one spot for four weeks, following 2014's Rather Be.
Black Beatles by Rae Sremmurd was also a non-mover at number two, while Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk climbed five places to number three.
There were no new entries in this week's singles chart, but Rag'n'Bone Man's Human leapt 66 places to number 11.
Further down the chart, Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You re-entered the top 40 at number 29.
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The prime minister is launching a further 18 of the state-funded schools, set up by academy trusts, community groups, parents and teachers.
Mr Cameron said this would deliver "innovative and exciting schools".
But the National Union of Teachers said the government was "playing politics" with the demand for school places.
The announcement will add to the 252 free schools already open and a further 52 set to open this term, out of a total of about 22,000 schools in the state sector.
The Department for Education says the new projects include a school in Solihull for children who have fallen out of mainstream education and the Gipsy Hill Secondary School in south London, which will use a classical model based on "logic, grammar and rhetoric as the foundations of learning".
The Swan School will open in Oxford and the John Donne Primary Free School in Peckham, both supported by local state schools.
"The aim of this policy is crystal clear - to increase the number of good and outstanding school places so that more parents have the security of knowing their child is getting a great education," said Mr Cameron.
The prime minister said he would "not waver in pressing ahead with our plans" to reach the target of an extra 500 free schools.
But Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said there was a "strong pipeline" of quality applications.
She added: "This is about making sure that every child has a good school place to attend with excellent teaching to fulfil their potential."
NUT leader Christine Blower accused the government of "untruths and misrepresentations" about its free-school policy, saying there was no evidence that they were better than other schools.
Ms Blower said the government had had to change the regulations so that all new schools would be designated as free schools to "help David Cameron hit his own target".
Free schools have the same status as academies, operating outside local authority control and not having to follow the national curriculum and having more flexibility over staffing.
The new schools are being announced at a time of growing demand for school places, with a rising population at both primary and secondary levels.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: "There is a desperate need for long-term planning that spans all sectors. With the massive increase in pupil numbers and over-stretched budgets, we cannot afford inefficiency and conflict. The government's approach makes this problem worse.
"Until some agency at the local or regional level has the information and the authority to prioritise school places where they are most needed, parents and children will always be unsure that the system will give them what they want."
A report from London Councils says there is a need for 113,000 extra school places in the capital in the next five years, which it says will need additional funding of £1.5bn.
Nick Timothy, director of the New Schools Network which supports the opening of free schools, said: "The fact is, we urgently need more good new schools - not just where there is a shortage of places but where standards have been too low for too long.
"Free schools are better placed to drive up standards and give parents what they want because they give more control to heads, teachers and governors, rather than politicians and bureaucrats."
But the Local Government Association warned of planning problems that could face councils if the opening of free schools was postponed.
The organisation representing councils says any delay in opening should be made known before school places were allocated in the spring.
"When last minute delays are announced by government, it is the council that picks up the pieces to reassure mums and dads that their child will have a place at a school before September," said the LGA's deputy chairman David Simmonds.
Labour's education spokesman Tristram Hunt said the focus on free schools was missing the bigger problem of a teacher recruitment crisis.
"As children begin the new school year, more and more pupils are being taught by non-specialists and supply teachers, due to the teacher recruitment crisis. And shortages in teacher supply are set to get worse. This should be the priority for education ministers," said Mr Hunt.
Porsche, Audi and VW cars are all included in this new investigation, which affects at least 10,000 vehicles.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that cars with 3.0 litre engines from the years 2014 to 2016 were affected.
However VW denies the vehicles have software designed to cheat tests.
Instead the company says that cars with the 3.0 litre diesel V6 engines "had a software function which had not been adequately described in the application process".
Volkswagen said it was cooperating with the EPA to "clarify the matter".
"Volkswagen AG wishes to emphasize that no software has been installed in the 3-liter V6 diesel power units to alter emissions characteristics in a forbidden manner," the company said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Porsche said it was "surprised" by the EPA's allegations.
"Until this notice, all of our information was that the Porsche Cayenne diesel is fully compliant," it said in a statement.
The EPA says the investigation is ongoing.
"VW has once again failed its obligation to comply with the law that protects clean air for all Americans," said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator at the EPA's enforcement unit.
The EPA identified these diesel models as containing software aimed at cheating tests:
Although the number of cars involved in the US is relatively small, the latest allegations from the EPA represent a very serious new headache for Volkswagen.
Firstly, it suggests that the fitting of defeat devices was more widespread than previously thought - although VW has issued a statement contesting the EPA's verdict.
If the EPA sticks to its guns, that could mean higher fines, more lawsuits - and yet more recalls over and above the millions already announced.
So the multi-billion dollar bill for the scandal may get a lot bigger.
And then there's a new brand involved: Porsche. Not a manufacturer usually associated with diesel motors, but in fact they are a popular option for larger models such as the Panamera, Macan and Cayenne.
This is very bad news for VW's new chief executive, Matthias Mueller. He's the man charged with clearing up the mess at the company.
But since he was head of Porsche before taking on the top job, if there was wrongdoing associated with Porsche cars, it would have happened on his watch.
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In early September Volkswagen admitted to the EPA that cars from the model years 2009 to 2015 contained software designed to cheat emissions tests.
It said that 11 million cars were affected.
That prompted US regulators to run further tests designed to detect such defeat devices and led to today's announcement from the EPA.
"These tests have raised serious concerns about the presence of defeat devices on additional VW, Audi and Porsche vehicles. Today we are requiring VW Group to address these issues. This is a very serious public health matter," Ms Giles said.
Regulators all over the world are now looking at Volkswagen's diesel cars and the company is also facing criminal investigations.
State and federal prosecutors in the US have announced criminal investigations and German prosecutors are looking into the scandal.
The company's chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigned in late September as the scale of the scandal emerged.
At the time he said he was "not aware of any wrongdoing on my part" but was acting in the interest of the company.
Last month Volkswagen reported its first quarterly loss for at least 15 years after taking a big charge to cover the costs of the scandal.
VW said it had set aside €6.7bn ($7.4bn; £4.8bn) to cover costs related to emissions cheating, which left it with a €2.52bn pre-tax loss for the third quarter of the year.
Many analysts expect that the firm will have to set aside more money to cover the recall of cars, penalties and lawsuits.
The Lychee and Dog Meat festival takes place annually in Guangxi province.
Earlier this year, US campaigners claimed that vendors had been told by authorities not to sell dog meat.
But stall holders had told the BBC they had heard nothing about this from officials. On 15 May, city officials confirmed there was no ban.
Yes. On Wednesday, reports from Yulin said dead dogs could be seen hanging from meat hooks at stalls in Dongkou market, the biggest in the city.
There were also reports of a heavy police presence on the streets.
One activist in the city told the BBC she was prevented by police from entering the Dashichang market where she believed live dogs were on sale.
In previous years there have been scuffles between stall owners and activists trying to rescue the dogs slated for slaughter.
The city of Yulin is not the biggest dog meat consumer in Guangxi province though. It is only since the festival started around 10 years ago that the city received national and international attention.
It is all about accusations of animal cruelty and changes in attitudes to dogs in China.
Residents and vendors say the dogs are killed in a humane way and that eating them is no more or less cruel than consuming pork, beef or chicken.
Eating dog is an old tradition in China, South Korea and some other Asian countries. Those in favour of it are upset by what they say is foreigners interfering with local traditions.
In Chinese culture dog meat is said to be beneficial during the hot summer months.
Even many who do not eat dog defend the practice as long as the animals are not stolen or killed in an inhumane way.
But critics say the dogs are transported from other cities in small, cramped cages ahead of the festival and brutally killed. Activists also allege many of the dogs are stolen pets.
Protests against the festival come both from abroad and from within China. The number of pet dogs in the country has skyrocketed in recent years with 62 million registered canine companions.
This has gradually changed many people's opinion on eating dog meat.
In May, US activists had claimed there was a ban on the sale of dog meat this year. This was not the case.
The Yulin government has repeatedly said that it does not officially organise the festival so cannot prohibit it. Eating dogs is not illegal in China.
The local government is unhappy though about the widespread annual media coverage.
In 2016, they banned the slaughter of dogs in public in anticipation of protests.
This year, reports said there was less public slaughtering taking place, though the scale of the event was not immediately clear.
Activists estimate that in peak years, about 10,000 dogs and cats were killed and eaten during the 10-day festival.
Boris Johnson met Mr Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kuchner, and Steve Bannon, the US president-elect's strategist.
It was the first formal face-to-face meeting between members of the incoming US administration and a UK minister.
Officials said they discussed US foreign policy towards Syria, China and Russia.
On Monday Mr Johnson will be in the capital, Washington D.C, to meet key congressional leaders.
However, he will not meet his future opposite number Rex Tillerson.
Protocol says that cannot happen until the businessman is confirmed as secretary of state.
Mr Johnson's visit comes hours after Mr Trump tweeted he is "very much" looking forward to meeting Theresa May in the spring.
He said that the prime minister, who has spoken to Mr Trump twice since the US election, would head to Washington to meet him after his inauguration.
He referred to Britain as a "long-time ally" and as "very special".
By BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale
Boris Johnson's aim in New York is simple.
He is there to get Britain onto the front foot when it comes to its relations with the incoming administration.
From the moment Donald Trump was elected, the UK has been playing catch-up.
The president-elect caused a diplomatic storm when he decided that the first British politician he would meet would be Nigel Farage, whom he suggested would make a good UK ambassador to the United States.
The idea that the former UKIP leader was closer to Mr Trump than British ministers was hard for the Foreign Office and Downing Street to stomach.
So Theresa May sent her joint chiefs of staff over before Christmas.
Mr Johnson is now doing his bit, and then the prime minister herself will visit Mr Trump in Washington in the spring.
The reason this matters is because it is in the UK's interests to stabilise UK-US relations so that Mrs May can urge Mr Trump against any rapprochement with President Putin of Russia while also seeking a post-Brexit trade deal.
Speaking on Sky News, Mrs May said Britain "shares values" with the US, but she denounced the president-elect's previous obscene comments about women as "unacceptable".
She said Mr Trump had himself apologised, adding: "But the relationship that the UK has with the United States is about something much bigger than just the relationship between the two individuals as president and prime minister."
The foreign secretary will travel to Washington on Monday to meet senior republicans including House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker and Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader.
Officials said the meetings will be to touch base with the incoming administration and establish a deeper relationship.
Mrs May received a phone call from Mr Trump two days after the US election and is thought to have been the ninth leader he spoke to.
The West African regional bloc Ecowas had called on him to honour his initial pledge to accept electoral defeat.
Mr Jammeh, who subsequently said the 1 December poll was flawed, added that he would defend his country if need be.
Ecowas had said military intervention might be a possibility if diplomatic efforts failed.
Mr Jammeh has lodged a case before the Supreme Court to annul the vote after the electoral commission changed some results.
The commission insists the outcome was not affected by an initial error and property developer Adama Barrow defeated Mr Jammeh.
On Wednesday, the chief justice had to adjourn the Supreme Court hearing until 10 January, eight days before Mr Jammeh's term in office officially ends, because there were not enough judges to hear the case.
Mr Jammeh seized power in the tiny country in 1994 and has been accused of human rights abuses, although he has held regular elections.
In a 45-minute speech at the African Bar Association on Tuesday night, Mr Jammeh defended his position, saying West African leaders had violated the Ecowas principle of non-interference.
"Who are they to tell me to leave my country?" he said during his televised speech.
"I will not be intimidated by any power in this world. I want to make sure justice is done.
"I'm a man of peace, but I cannot also be a coward. I am a man of peace but that does not also mean that I will not defend myself and defend my country and defend my country courageously, patriotically and win."
The BBC's Umaru Fofana in the capital, Banjul, says it was his first public reaction to last week's intervention by Ecowas leaders, and he reiterated his call for fresh elections as the only way to resolve the impasse.
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Meanwhile, a spokesman for the opposition coalition that backed Mr Barrow has said Mr Jammeh will not face prosecution after leaving office.
"President-elect Barrow says he is going to treat outgoing President Yahya Jammeh like a former head of state and would consult him for advice," Halifa Sallah told the AFP news agency.
Some analysts have suggested that reports that Mr Jammeh could face prosecution were behind his U-turn.
Human rights groups have accused President Jammeh of committing serious abuses against opponents during his 22-year rule.
The Gambia has not had a smooth transfer of power since independence from Britain in 1965.
He has been named as Noel Maguire from County Louth.
Local media report that he was shot during an apparent car-jacking in Lazaro Cardenas in the State of Michoacán.
It is understood Mr Maguire was travelling in the area with his partner, who is American.
Mexican media reported that the couple were approached at a petrol station by two men who tried to rob them.
Mr Maguire was shot trying to defend his girlfriend and their vehicle was stolen.
It is understood that Mr Maguire, who was travelling on an Irish passport, was carrying a UK driving licence.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs says it is aware of the case and is providing assistance.
State Attorney General in Michoacán José Martín Godoy Castro said police are trying to trace the stolen vehicle and all indications are that this was a car-jacking.
The 23-year-old was forced off after just 17 minutes of the game and will miss Tuesday's trip to Dagenham and Redbridge in the National League.
"It's worrying because he's been excellent," Nicholson told BBC Devon.
"The way he's been playing and pressing, he's been one of, if not our most, consistent outfield players."
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the move would happen in 2018, when HMS Ocean "reached the end of her life", despite no mention of it in Monday's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
The Devonport-based helicopter carrier and assault ship underwent a £65m upgrade in 2014.
The MoD said it would maintain a "significant amphibious capability".
It said there would be new Type 26 warships and frigates; two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers; as well as the existing fleet which includes HMS Bulwark.
When making the announcement the MoD said it was old news.
However, in 2012 ahead of the £65m refit, Defence Minister Philip Dunne said: "I am delighted that this contract will not only ensure that HMS Ocean remains a significant, highly-flexible and capable warship for years to come".
BBC South West political editor, Martyn Oates, said the announcement raised concerns for its home port of Plymouth.
"With no like-for-like replacement planned, concerns in Ocean's home port of Plymouth will focus on how many of the new ships promised by the Prime Minister yesterday will be based in the city and whether that will be enough to fill the rather large hole left by the retiring flagship."
An MoD spokesman said: "HMS Ocean will not decommission early and will continue in service as planned well into this Parliament.
"As part of the SDSR process, the decision was taken not to extend her and to decommission her in 2018, in line with her 20-year life span."
HMS Ocean - Britain's largest warship - is currently deployed in the Mediterranean on a Nato exercise.
Medics at the British Medical Association's annual conference said they were being asked to do unnecessary tasks to prepare for assessments.
These included keeping schedules of cleaning regimes and detailed records of staff performance reviews.
The Royal College of GPs also spoke out against the inspection system.
Delegates at the BMA conference, in Liverpool, voted in favour of a motion saying the current Care Quality Commission regime was "unfit for purpose".
The inspection regime, which began last year, will see all 8,000 practices in England given a rating by September 2016. So far, more than 1,000 have been assessed.
BMA GP leader Dr Chaand Nagpaul said the inspection regime had "lost the confidence" of the profession and should be suspended.
And he objected to the suggestion patient safety would be put at risk if GPs failed to keep such detailed records.
"We have been voicing significant concerns about the [Care Quality Commission's] operation, particularly the overly bureaucratic and often nit-picking assessments that are wasting days of valuable GP and staff time that could be spent on treating patients."
The Royal College of GPs also used the vote to speak out against the inspection process, saying there should be an "emergency pause" to stop the GP system going into meltdown.
In recent weeks, there has been growing anger in the profession about work pressure.
A recent poll by the BMA suggested nine out of every 10 doctors felt their workloads were harming patient care.
RCGP president Dr Maureen Baker said: "The current inspection process tends to focus on those things that can be most easily documented and generates considerable additional clinical and administrative activity for practices."
She pointed to research done by the college suggesting every family doctor could gain 120 additional hours per year for patients if the administrative burden was reduced by half.
There should be an urgent review to eliminate "unnecessary bureaucracy", she added.
Professor Steve Field, chief inspector of general practice at the CQC, said he was "extremely disappointed" by the criticisms.
He added while 85% had been rated good or outstanding, it still meant one in seven were not delivering the care that patients have every right to expect.
"In the last few weeks alone, we have found some seriously deficient primary care, which has led to us cancelling the registrations of some practices, in the interests of protecting the safety and quality of care for people who use these services."
He has filed a bail petition, which the court will hear on Tuesday.
Asaram Bapu has denied the charge and says he is innocent.
Earlier this year, he was criticised for saying the victim of the fatal Delhi gang rape would have been set free had she called her attackers brothers and pleaded for mercy.
His views caused outrage among many Indians.
The 72-year-old guru - whose main ashram (religious centre) is in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state - has millions of followers in India and he is hugely popular for his discourses on Hindu religion and religious practices.
He was arrested at his ashram in the central city of Indore on Saturday night and flown on Sunday to Jodhpur city, in the western state of Rajasthan, where the alleged assault took place.
His arrest has sparked protests by his supporters in several cities, who say the charges are politically motivated.
But protests have also been held against Asaram, with many demanding that he should be treated in the same way as other rape suspects.
The girl's family say they have been followers of the controversial guru for 12 years.
In their complaint to the police, the family alleged that Asaram Bapu asked the teenager to stay back after prayers last week and assaulted her while her mother waited outside.
A statement said the tunnel had been constructed by the Palestinian militant group Hamas "in order to infiltrate Israel and execute terror attacks".
Hamas, which dominates Gaza, said Israel had found an "old" tunnel.
It is the first such tunnel to be found since the devastating war between Israel and militants in Gaza in 2014.
During 50 days of fighting, Hamas fighters used tunnels to infiltrate Israeli territory on four occasions, killing 12 soldiers, while Israeli troops destroyed more than 30 tunnels.
The conflict left at least 2,251 Palestinians dead - including more than 1,462 civilians, according to the UN - and 11,231 injured. Some 18,000 homes in Gaza were also destroyed or badly damaged.
On the Israeli side, 67 soldiers and six civilians were killed, and up to 1,600 injured. Rockets and mortars launched from Gaza caused damage to homes and other buildings inside Israel.
Following the war, the Israeli military said it was developing technology aimed at countering efforts by Hamas to rebuild its tunnel network.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the find showed Israel had "achieved a global breakthrough in the ability to locate tunnels".
A military statement said the "combined efforts of intelligence, technology and ground forces" had led to the latest discovery in southern Israel.
"The ugly truth is that Hamas continues to invest millions of dollars to build tunnels of terror and death," spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner said.
"The tunnel uncovered in Israel demonstrates once more Hamas's warped priorities and continued commitment and investment in tools of violence."
Col Lerner said the tunnel was about 100-130ft (30-40 metres) deep and was found near the community of Sufa, about 3.5 miles (6km) from Gaza.
He said the construction was new, lined with concrete, and fitted with an electricity supply, ventilation and rail tracks, but did not have an exit.
However, Hamas claimed that the Israeli military had announced "the finding of an old tunnel in order to gain continued US support for its anti-tunnels project".
The tunnel was "only a drop in the ocean of what the resistance has prepared in order defend our people, the freedom of the holy places and its land and captives," said Hamas's armed wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
The Hamas-affiliated website, al-Majd, reported that the tunnel had been used two years ago.
Earlier this month, Israel suspended deliveries of cement for private projects in Gaza, saying Hamas was diverting the material for its own purposes in violation of a UN-backed agreement following the 2014 war.
The Israeli military launched Operation Protective Edge in July 2014 with the stated aim of stopping rocket attacks by Hamas and destroying the group's capabilities to conduct operations against Israel.
After an initial phase focused on air strikes, the Israeli military launched a ground offensive that sought to degrade militants' infrastructure in Gaza and destroy their network of tunnels.
The operation concluded that August, when both sides agreed to a ceasefire.
England, who beat the United States 24-19 in the semi-finals, struck first with a Tom Bowen try but then conceded 28 unanswered points by the break.
England, four-time winners in Dubai, replied with tries from Bowen and Phil Burgess but never looked like winning.
Australia won the women's final while England beat France 10-5 for third.
Fiji's victory is the first time they have beaten England in a men's World Sevens Series final and they are set to be one of the favourites for the title when the truncated version of rugby union makes its Olympic bow in Brazil next summer.
England got the perfect start when Bowen chased down a Dan Bibby 60-yard kick to cross the line.
But their hopes were dashed as Fiji racked up four tries in a devastating five-minute spell as England made too many handling errors.
Savenaca Rawaga, Jasa Vermalua, Isake Katonibau and Jerry Tuwai scored Fiji's tries.
England regrouped at the break and Bowen scored his second try to hint at an England fight-back, but Fiji looked comfortable and there was only 40 seconds remaining when Burgess reduced the arrears further.
England coach Simon Amor said his team was "running on empty".
"Fiji were so dangerous and they retained possession so well we just didn't have the guys to make the tackles," he added.
"We blooded two debutants in the final so overall I'm delighted."
Earlier, United States beat New Zealand 31-14 in the third place match.
South Africa won a thrilling Plate final with a 19-14 extra-time victory over Australia, while France beat Scotland 24-14 in the Bowl final.
The 10-leg series moves on to Cape Town on 12-13 December.
Reuben Morris-Laing, 21, was discovered in Robin Hood Street, St Ann's, shortly before 21:30 GMT on Wednesday, and later died in hospital.
A 29-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder and a woman, 22, is suspected of assisting an offender.
Mr Morris-Laing's family said they have been left "devastated" by his death.
In a statement, they said: "Reuben was a caring, family orientated man who was always in high spirits.
"He was polite and nice to everyone he came into contact with.
"Reuben was also a hardworking role model who had high ambitions. He had chosen his vocation as a carpenter which was influenced by his father.
"We are all devastated by what has happened and life won't be the same without him."
The incident prompted Nottingham City Council's leader to call for tougher penalties for knife crime.
The Gunners were seeking the win that would put them in pole position in Group A after years of finishing second and six consecutive eliminations in the last 16 in the knockout phase.
And it looked like Arsenal were on their way despite going behind early on to Edinson Cavani's sliding finish from Blaise Matuidi's cross.
Olivier Giroud scored from a penalty just before half-time after Grzegorz Krychowiak fouled Alexis Sanchez. And Arsenal were ahead on the hour when a penalty-box rebound struck Marco Verratti and flew in.
PSG were always dangerous and Lucas' header, which took a touch off Alex Iwobi, gave them a fully-deserved equaliser 13 minutes from time.
Cavani then missed two good chances and although Arsenal and PSG are level on points, the French champions have the advantage on head-to-head away goals with one round of games left after a 1-1 draw between the teams in Paris earlier in the group.
Arsenal's inability to top their Champions League group has cost them dearly as they have failed to get past the last 16 in the past six years - and they now face the same fate again.
The odds now seem stacked in favour of Unai Emery's side, but the side that finishes top could yet end up facing the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.
PSG face Ludogorets at home in their final game, the team Arsenal beat 6-0 at Emirates Stadium, while Wenger's side travel to Basel.
There is still an opportunity for late twists but it is starting to look like second again after this enthralling draw.
They will be entering familiar territory after reaching the last 16 every season in the Champions League's current format, which has been in existence since 2003-04.
Arsenal have suffered in finishing second. Those exits at the last-16 stage in the past six seasons have included two losses to Barcelona, two to Bayern Munich and one each to AC Milan and Monaco.
Arsenal may not have been at their best here but they once again showed the resilience that manager Arsene Wenger believes is starting to become their trademark.
Wenger hinted at this new-found strength in his programme notes, written after they grabbed a late point at Manchester United in the Premier League.
He said: "We were resilient, we came back and we've done that many times this season. I believe we have the quality and the spirit on the bench now and that combination makes us remarkably resilient until the last minute."
Arsenal were outplayed until they got a penalty in first-half injury time and while they hardly sparkled in the second half they at least dug deep to earn a point that could yet prove vital.
Cavani has forged a reputation as one of the world's most formidable strikers - and he was on target here again when he slid in to turn home Matuidi's cross to put PSG ahead after 18 minutes.
The Uruguayan's runs into space are magical but he could have made Arsenal's plight much worse with two glaring second half misses, one when he broke clear and went for a Hollywood chipped finish that David Ospina saved, and a point-blank header he directed wide from Lucas' cross.
Cavani has the record of a quality player - but he let Arsenal off the hook.
Arsenal return to Premier League action on Sunday when they host Bournemouth at Emirates Stadium in a match that starts at 14:15 GMT.
Match ends, Arsenal 2, Paris Saint Germain 2.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 2, Paris Saint Germain 2.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
Attempt blocked. Jesé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Jesé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Jesé replaces Lucas Moura.
Foul by Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain).
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal).
Offside, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tries a through ball, but Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Moura with a cross.
Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Carl Jenkinson.
Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Maxwell.
Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal).
Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Francis Coquelin.
Attempt missed. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Moura.
Substitution, Arsenal. Granit Xhaka replaces Alex Iwobi.
Own Goal by Alex Iwobi, Arsenal. Arsenal 2, Paris Saint Germain 2.
Attempt blocked. Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hatem Ben Arfa with a cross.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Kieran Gibbs.
Attempt missed. Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
Offside, Arsenal. Carl Jenkinson tries a through ball, but Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
Foul by Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain).
Mesut Özil (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Hatem Ben Arfa replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak.
Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Lucas Moura tries a through ball, but Edinson Cavani is caught offside.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Francis Coquelin.
Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
Own Goal by Marco Verratti, Paris Saint Germain. Arsenal 2, Paris Saint Germain 1.
Attempt missed. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Maxwell.
Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Marquinhos.
Attempt blocked. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
The biggest single factor is the use of fertiliser to grow wheat, which accounts for 43% of greenhouse gas emissions, say experts.
Emissions arise from energy needed to make ammonium nitrate fertiliser and from nitrous oxide released when it is broken down in the soil.
Around 12 million loaves are sold each day in the UK.
Consumers need to be more aware of the environmental costs of their food, say researchers at the University of Sheffield.
There are growing concerns about pollution from plastic packaging around food, as well as wider environmental issues.
Lead researcher Dr Liam Goucher said that in every loaf there is embodied global warming resulting from the fertiliser farmers use to increase their wheat harvest.
"That one key raw material accounts for - in terms of global warming potential - 43% of a loaf of bread," he told BBC News.
"People are well aware of where bread comes from but there's a lack of understanding about perhaps the environmental impact of that bread or the emissions contained by that bread," he added.
The researchers carried out the study to highlight concerns that ammonium nitrate fertiliser is being used "at unsustainable rates".
Up to 60% of crops are grown with the use of fertilisers, made up of chemicals such as methane, carbon dioxide, ammonia and nitrogen.
While synthetic fertilisers can boost the growth of plants - and raise yields - they can also contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
Prof Peter Horton, a co-researcher on the study, added: "With over 100 million tonnes of fertiliser used globally each year to support agricultural production this is a massive problem, but environmental impact is not costed within the system and so there are currently no real incentives to reduce our reliance on fertiliser."
The research, published in the journal Nature Plants, analysed the complete process behind producing a loaf of bread:
The data found that growing wheat for bread had the biggest influence on producing greenhouse gases, mainly through the use of fertiliser.
This was followed by milling and the bakery stage of the process.
The researchers say there needs to be shared responsibility for the environmental costs of making bread, including fertiliser producers, farmers, millers, bakers, retailers and consumers.
The agreement gives the German car manufacturer a foothold in the US truck market and Navistar a source for new engines for its fleet of vehicles.
Volkswagen will pay $15.76 (£11.76) for each of 16.2 million new company shares - 12% above Friday's closing price.
The deal is also creating a joint venture for procurement, which will help Navistar reach synergies of at least $500m (£373m) over five years.
There had been pressure on Navistar and other companies to find technology partners, after US regulators announced new environmental standards to cut greenhouse gas emissions from medium and heavy-duty trucks by up to 25% by 2027.
The company's chief executive Troy Clarke said: "Over the longer term, it is intended to expand the technology options we are able to offer our customers by leveraging the best of both companies."
The yellow "be aware" alert is valid from 03:00 on Wednesday until 06:00 on Thursday.
The Met Office said the biggest threat of torrential downpours was likely to develop late on Wednesday afternoon.
It said that initial heavy rain and thunder was likely to be confined to parts of northern England before spreading to other areas.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued flood alerts for Dumfries and Galloway, the Borders and Edinburgh and the Lothians.
On Sunday morning, the ship rescued 310 people on a barge and a further 89 were lifted off two inflatable crafts, 75km north of Libya, that afternoon.
In the past two days, LÉ Eithne has saved more than 500 people attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Africa to Europe.
LÉ Eithne will be deployed in the Mediterranean for up to six months.
Italy's coastguard said nearly 3,500 migrants were rescued in total on Sunday from 15 boats off the coast of Libya.
The International Organisation for Migration has praised the Irish Naval Service for its efforts.
To date, it has brought more than 1,100 people to safety in the Mediterranean.
It is estimated that more than 1,600 people have drowned so far this year trying to make the crossing.
Many are fleeing war in Libya, where so-called Islamic State fighters are terrorising the population, fuelling instability in the war-torn country.
"We were two hours from getting Benitez and then Real Madrid came in. We had agreed a contract," Sullivan said.
"He is a top manager whatever anybody says, and I think he'd have done a wonderful job for us."
Sullivan also said West Ham approached Jurgen Klopp, who joined Liverpool instead to replace Brendan Rodgers.
"We tried Klopp as well but he wouldn't come because he said he wanted a break. But I'm glad with the manager we have got," added Sullivan.
West Ham are 10th in the Premier League and have lost only four league matches since former Croatia boss Bilic took over.
Sullivan also heaped praise on injured midfielder Dimitri Payet - calling him "the best player I've signed in 25 years" - and said the Hammers will make Manuel Lanzini's season-long loan from Al Jazira Club a permanent deal "by February or March", two months earlier than planned.
An announcement on her official website said she will play 15 shows at London's Hammersmith Apollo in August and September.
The title for the show is Before the Dawn and the first date will be 26 August.
The singer, whose hits include Wuthering Heights and Hounds of Love, last toured in 1979.
"I am delighted to announce that we will be performing some live shows this coming August and September," she said.
"I hope you will be able to join us and I look forward to seeing you there."
Tickets go on sale 09:30 GMT Friday, 28 March.
Bush's first ever tour in 1979 featured mime, magic and poetry alongside her music, but it reportedly took its toll on the singer, then just 20.
"By the end," she subsequently recalled, "I felt a terrific need to retreat as a person because I felt that my sexuality, which in a way I hadn't really had a chance to explore myself, was being given to the world in a way which I found impersonal."
The six-week tour, which travelled around Britain and mainland Europe, ended at the Hammersmith Odeon - now the Hammersmith Apollo - the venue she has chosen to return to for the new shows.
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I've interviewed her two or three times. I always asked whether she fancied playing live again and she always said, 'I never rule it out'.
But I didn't ever feel she had any intention of doing it. So I'm quite surprised that she's come back now. But very excited.
I know she would not do it unless she felt confident about doing it. Most of her back catalogue has never been performed live, so it will be fascinating to see which songs she chooses.
I'm sure there will be a degree of theatre and drama to it. I would expect it to have lots of great back projection and theatrical staging, but I would have thought the centrepiece would be her at the piano.
I do think this is pretty risk-free, because the love for her and the fascination is so great, and I'm sure she will do it in the right way.
Speaking to the BBC three years ago, Bush refused to rule out touring again, but said: "I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams."
"[They] didn't stop me," she told Radio 4's Front Row, "but I do think if I were to do any live work, I'd be completely petrified to start with."
Bush last released an album in 2011, the Brit-nominated 50 Words For Snow.
It was only her third album of new material in 18 years - and the singer admitted that her slow work rate was "extremely stressful".
"It's very frustrating the albums take as long as they do," she said. "I wish there weren't such big gaps between them."
Bush, whose other hits include Running Up That Hill and Babooshka, has won both Brit and Ivor Novello awards.
In 2013, the Queen honoured her with a CBE for services to music.
Beacons were lit at several locations including Belfast, Coleraine, Enniskillen, Bangor, Ballyhalbert, and at the Knockagh monument, Greenisland.
They were among a chain of more than 200 beacons across the UK.
There were also 1940s-style parties and a gun signal at Hillsborough Castle.
In Coleraine, two search lights were switched on at the front of the town hall on Friday night, forming a V in the night sky.
Earlier, DUP minister Arlene Foster joined UK party leaders in laying wreaths at the Cenotaph in London.
Mrs Foster was standing in for DUP leader and First Minister of Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson.
She laid a poppy wreath alongside the first ministers of Wales and Scotland.
On Friday morning, WW2 veterans were the guests of honour at a 1940s-style street party at the Royal British Legion's "Pop-In Centre" in Belfast city centre.
The Legion's area manager for Northern Ireland, Brian Maguire, said: "It's important that we do not let this occasion pass without celebrating the Second World War generation who played such an important part in our history."
The armed forces in Northern Ireland took part in a synchronised ceremonial gun salute, in tandem with salutes in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and on Royal Navy ships around the world.
Members of the 206 (Ulster) Battery Royal Artillery fired their 105mm Light Gun at Hillsborough Castle, County Down, the home of the secretary of state for Northern Ireland.
The salute marked the start and finish of a two-minute silence held in remembrance of the war dead.
The Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, councillor Billy Ashe, lit the beacon at the Knockagh Monument, County Antrim's War Memorial, which was visible from more than 50 miles away.
Speaking ahead of the event, Mr Ashe said: "We cannot let this day pass without reflecting on the sacrifice and courage of the people who saw us through this period in our history.
"The commemoration should be a time to remember and pay tribute to all those who played their part."
The race will be held in the south of France at the Circuit Paul Ricard - also known as Le Castellet - which last staged the event in 1990.
The deal was announced by Christian Estrosi, the president of the regional authority of Provence and the Cote d'Azur, in Paris on Monday.
The French Grand Prix was last held at Magny-Cours in central France in 2008.
France hosted the first grand prix in 1906 but lost its race because the organisers were unable to fund the event.
Le Castellet is owned by the family trust of F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone, but he told Reuters last week the promoters were renting the track from it.
The 86-year-old said the race was likely to be held at the end of July.
It is the second European race to return in the past few years - following the re-establishment of the Austrian Grand Prix, which is now funded by Red Bull.
Other European races are struggling to meet the demands for ever-higher fees from F1 - Germany has dropped off the calendar in 2017, although is expected to return in 2018, and the future of the Italian race was in doubt until a new deal was agreed last week.
Silverstone's owners have said they are looking into whether they will be able to continue to afford the British Grand Prix after 2019.
French driver Romain Grosjean tweeted: "Really super-happy for French fans, who will have their Grand Prix and can come to support us."
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Fury, 27, pulled off one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history, outpointing Ukrainian Klitschko and bringing his nine-year reign to an end.
There was a rematch clause in the fight contract, but it is yet to be decided whether Germany or the UK will host it.
"I lost the battle but the fighter is still in me," said Klitschko, 39.
"We'll soon work out when and where the rematch will take place and let you know," he added.
Fury replied: "I'm a fighter, so I will take on all challengers. I want to be a great champion and I'd like to do it all again. Who knows what the rematch holds? One thing I can say about it is that it's going to be explosive."
Fury, from Manchester, won by a unanimous decision at the 50,000-capacity Esprit Arena to wrest the WBA, IBF and WBO belts from Klitschko.
He is Britain's fifth bona fide world heavyweight champion, after Bob Fitzsimmons, Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno and David Haye.
Herbie Hide and Henry Akinwande both held WBO versions of the title at a time when the organisation's title holders were not widely recognised as genuine world champions.
And while Fury was happy to trash-talk his rival during the build-up to the fight, afterwards he was full of respect for "a great champion".
"If I could be half as good a champion as Wladimir Klitschko I would be very, very happy," said Fury. "He put up a really good fight. I found him quite awkward to land clean on, as he did me. He landed some great punches but it just wasn't his night.
"The ones who believed were very few. The ones who disbelieved were very large. We've been on a 27-year mission. Every left and right turn I've taken has led to this moment and I wasn't going to let it slip."
Asked why he threw so few right hands - Klitschko threw only 18 power punches in the entire fight - the beaten man replied: "My right hand was not injured. I should have thrown more right hands, but after throwing left hands, I couldn't find the distance and land as many as I wished.
"I wish I could have landed more clean shots. Tyson was quick with his hands and his body movement, and I couldn't land the right punches."
Fury said he would celebrate his win in sedate style with his family, including wife Paris, who found out on Friday she is pregnant with their third child.
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"I packed up drinking and having a good time, all the things that are supposed to be the great things in life. I'm not interested in them," said Fury.
Vitali Klitschko, himself a former heavyweight world champion and now the mayor of Kiev, said he was shocked by how badly his younger brother performed.
"I know how good Wladimir is and Wladimir did not show how good he is," said Vitali. "I know his strengths but I couldn't see any of it.
"Maybe it was just a bad night and I'm quite sure Wladimir will take the rematch chance and show the world who the real Wladimir Klitschko is."
Fury's trainer, his uncle Peter, said his charge would get even better and predicted the result of the rematch would be the same.
"Tyson can raise his game. This was his first big test. Now he has come through that test, you will see more of his boxing ability," he said.
"You are seeing a future heavyweight sensation. We are looking forward to the rematch and if we have to come to Germany again, we will."
Both men landed punches on each other as they rode among a breakaway group of 13 riders on the 160.5km stage from San Martin del Rey Aurelio to La Farrapona.
Alberto Contador won the stage after seeing off Chris Froome on a summit finish to increase his overall lead to 96 seconds over Alejandro Valverde.
Briton Froome finished 14 seconds back.
Tinkoff-Saxo's Rovny needed a new pair of sunglasses from his support team after they were broken in the altercation with Brambilla.
Omega Pharma-Quick-Step rider Brambilla, 27, was in a leading group when he was forced to quit after a short discussion with race organisers, raising his arms up in the air in frustration.
A short time later Rovny, 26, also dropped out of the main pack after being told of his punishment by his team.
Brambilla apologised for his actions in a tweet posted later on Monday.
"I'm sorry. This situation shouldn't have happened. For my part in it, I apologize to #OPQS, race organizers, and the fans. #sadday," he wrote.
Contador's win saw him move a huge step closer to claiming his third Vuelta victory.
The Spaniard was able to go with Froome when the Team Sky rider made his move with just four kilometres remaining of the long climb to the finish line.
The two managed to distance themselves from the chasing Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez but it was two-time Tour de France winner Contador who had the stronger finish.
"Today was a very good day for us," said Contador. "I had the power I needed, I managed to keep going with the pace imposed by Froome and when I saw my opportunity I took advantage of it."
Froome's strong ride saw him close to within three seconds of second-placed Valverde in the general classification.
After Tuesday's rest day, the race returns with a flat 190.7km ride from Ortigueira to A Coruna on Wednesday.
Stage 16 result:
1. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff - Saxo) 4:53:36"
2. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +14"
3. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita/Cannondale) +48"
4. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +53"
5. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa/Katusha) +57"
6. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +1:06"
7. Daniel Martin (Irl/Garmin) +1:12"
8. Robert Gesink (NED/Belkin) +1:22"
9. Samuel Sanchez (Spa/BMC Racing) +1:43"
10. Ryder Hesjedal (Can/Garmin) +1:48"
Overall classification after stage 16:
1. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff-Saxo) 63hrs 25mins 00secs
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) + 1min 36secs
3. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +1min 39secs
4. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa/Katusha) +2mins 29secs
5. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +3mins 38secs
6. Daniel Martin (Irl/Garmin) +6mins 17secs
7. Robert Gesink (NED/BKN) +6mins 43secs
8. Samuel Sanchez (Spa/BMC Racing) +6mins 55secs
9. Warren Barguil (Fra/Giant) +8mins 37secs
10. Damiano Caruso (Ita/Cannondale) +9mins 10secs
Edinburgh Napier University said the cladding was used on about a quarter of the external walls at Bainfield Halls.
However, it said there were non-combustible insulation materials behind the cladding, and that other fire prevention measures are in place.
The fire service said it was carrying out a full audit of the building.
At least 79 people are feared to have been killed in the blaze at Grenfell on 14 June.
Cladding from 95 towers in 32 local authority areas in England have failed fire safety tests which were carried out in the aftermath of the tragedy.
However, no local authority or housing association tower blocks in Scotland have been found to use the same material.
A spokesman for Edinburgh Napier University said it had launched a review of its buildings after the Grenfell blaze.
"A physical inspection identified that around a quarter of the exterior walls on one of our buildings - Bainfield Halls of residence - featured the same cladding reportedly used at Grenfell," he said.
"The insulation materials behind the Bainfield cladding panels are non-combustible, the panel hangings are all made of metal, the wall cavities are properly fire-stopped and the buildings are fitted with sprinklers.
"There are also a range of other fire safety measures in place, including each block having its own exit route, a modern fire alarm and smoke detection system that is tested weekly, and 24-hour on-site security."
She added: "Work has already begun to remove and replace the cladding as a precautionary measure, and we are working closely with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to ensure it is safe to continue to use the building as normal. Residents are not being evacuated."
The university intends to complete remedial work before students return for the start of the new academic year in September.
Napier University has a long-term lease on the building, which is owned by Standard Life Investments.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it was aware of the situation.
A spokeswoman said: "We have been in close contact with the university's fire safety adviser and our own fire safety enforcement officers will today carry out a full and thorough audit of the building."
Edinburgh Green councillor Gavin Corbett said: "Almost as soon as the Grenfell tragedy happened I had local queries about the cladding used on the buildings at Bainfield."
"This news will come as a great shock to the students in Bainfield and the wider community.
"It's obviously vital that the cladding is replaced urgently and that all fire safety and prevention steps are taken in the meantime. While the fire service advice appears to be that there is no need to evacuate, if there is even a sliver of doubt I believe the university must offer alternative accommodation for those students directly affected.
"One mercy is that the flats are relatively unoccupied at the moment because of the end of term which means that work can be done as quickly as possible.
The National Union of Students Scotland called for building inspections to be extended.
President Donnie Sandlan said: "It was encouraging to see the Scottish government announce a review of the safety of high-rise flats in Scotland following the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.
"However, in light of the worrying discovery that student halls at Edinburgh Napier University were built using the same cladding as Grenfell Tower, the remit of the government's investigations must be extended to include educational and student accommodation buildings.
"Students live in a range of accommodation, so any review into building safety absolutely has to take into account all university, college, and private student accommodation buildings."
Lawrie, who won the tournament in 2012, went one stroke better than his opening round to move to 11 under overall.
Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts is 10 under, with England's Andrew Johnston in a tie for third one shot further behind.
England's Tommy Fleetwood is eight under while Scots David Drysdale and Stephen Gallacher (even par) were among those to miss the cut.
Defending champion Branden Grace is in a clutch of players on seven under, with fellow South African and first-round leader Louis Oosthuizen six under.
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The Cherries have slipped to 14th, five points off relegation, and were thumped 6-3 by Everton on Saturday.
But Mostyn said his relationship with Howe was "incredible" and that there was not a more "level-headed person".
"Eddie is our manager and will continue to be our manager for the foreseeable future," Mostyn told BBC South Today.
Howe, 39, led Bournemouth to a 16th-place finish last season in their first-ever campaign in the top flight, and his side were ninth at the turn of the year.
The new year slump began when they threw away a 3-0 lead against Arsenal to draw at the Vitality Stadium on 3 January, before defeat by League One side Millwall in the FA Cup third round and losses to relegation rivals Hull and Crystal Palace.
"It is always a concern when you are not winning games," Mostyn added.
"Over the last three or four years the team have always had a poor run of form in January and February.
"I am totally convinced we will get back to winning ways. February presents us with a very difficult programme but the Premier League is topsy-turvy."
The Cherries host Manchester City on Monday and travel to Manchester United at the start of March, either side of a trip to West Brom.
In what was a quiet transfer window for the majority of Premier League sides, Bournemouth failed to sign a first-team player in January.
They also saw defender Nathan Ake recalled by Chelsea after impressing in a 13-game loan spell.
"January was extremely frustrating," Mostyn added.
"The most frustrating thing of all is that we didn't get anything over the line. But it was not for the lack of trying.
"Chelsea calling Nathan [Ake] back was a blow that was hard to take, especially when the manager lavishes praise on the club for the progress he has made and then he is likely to sit in the stand."
But Mostyn said he was not prepared to pay over the odds for players.
"Some clubs have gone out, bought players and literally gone into panic mode," he added.
"The fact you buy players doesn't necessarily mean they will get you out of a predicament. Some of the values were crazy, as they always are in January. It is the worst market to deal in."
In December, the club confirmed they intended to build a new stadium in a new location, ready for the 2020-21 season.
Bournemouth's current home is the smallest in the top flight with a capacity of 11,450, but Mostyn said progress on finding the right area to build was slow.
"We are in the same embryonic stage," he added. "We still haven't identified an ideal site but we have identified three sites which have potential.
"It is a very slow-moving project but we are in talks on a daily basis. We want to find the right site that is suitable for the purpose and all our supporters."
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Bournemouth chairman Jeff Mostyn has given his full backing to manager Eddie Howe as the Premier League club look for their first win in 2017.
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4 August 2014 Last updated at 15:26 BST
Millions of people died in the fighting and it was called the war to end all wars because it was so destructive.
Ricky's been with some children taking a journey to the cemeteries of Belgium to discover more about how their relatives were involved.
Holly discovers something about her relative who fought in the Battle of the Somme.
At least one of the attacks is reported to have involved a US drone which destroyed a car parked near the target house in Azzan, in Shabwa province.
Several hundred militants are believed to have fled to the town after the nearby strongholds of Jaar and Zinjibar were recaptured by the army on Tuesday.
There were reports that as many as 30 may have been killed in the attacks.
One resident in Azzan said the explosions had been so strong that they had shaken the entire town.
According to one official quoted by Agence France Presse, there were fierce clashes between troops and militants in another town in the region, Shuqra, where some of the fighters had fled.
"Al-Qaeda is still resisting and there are battles in and around the city," the official said.
Several towns in the the southern province of Abyan have been under the control of Ansar al-Sharia - an offshoot of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - for more than a year.
During 2011, the country was also the scene of numerous anti-government protests and separatist unrest and, in May 2012, the Yemeni army, backed by the US, began an offensive to retake the towns.
Yemen is the Arab world's most impoverished country, and has the most serious water scarcity problems in the world.
In 2011, anti-government protests led to the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, with power handed to former Vice-President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
While the protests may have died down, militant action in the country has carried on, becoming a key focus for Mr Hadi's government.
For managers, just about the only time they communicate directly to supporters is through their media conferences before games, and the TV interviews they do afterwards.
With Rodgers, it was always the same message being delivered and the fans stopping believing it.
When he was interviewed after matches, whatever the performance, he always seemed to say something along the lines of: "The players were great, they gave me everything and I couldn't ask for anymore."
Well I'm sorry, but Liverpool supporters, especially the older ones, have seen great players, great managers and great teams and you cannot pull the wool over their eyes.
They know when they have got a good player, they know when they have got a good manager and they know when they have got a good team.
Liverpool fans want to see a team that is improving and having a real go at winning trophies, but if they see them play poorly they want a manager who will come out and say that.
I have no axe to grind with Rodgers and I do not think he should have been sacked.
My biggest problem with him was that, whatever happened to the team, good or bad, his reaction was always a little bit about him.
He was in charge for more than three years and the Anfield crowd was extremely patient with him.
But in his last few games they mostly sat there in silence and, in September's defeat by West Ham, a lot of them left very early.
In those situations, a lot of people might have booed but that would have been easy. Upping sticks and walking out was probably the biggest thumbs down to Rodgers that the fans could give.
All his players liked him and they definitely played for him - you could see that from their performance in his final game in charge against Everton on Sunday - but that on its own was not enough to save his job.
I think Rodgers' man-management skills are very good but he had to deal with more than just the people inside the club.
Once everyone started questioning every single decision he made, which happened on social media and with the wall-to-wall media coverage you get at a club of Liverpool's size, he never really recovered.
The bar is high for Liverpool, that is just the way it is. There is an expectation that they should be in the top four every season and maybe that is wrong.
But it was Rodgers' target for this season and they were no closer to managing it this time. They actually look as far away now as they have done for a long time.
He had one really good season when they nearly won the title but that was predominantly because Luis Suarez was absolutely world class and he also had Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge firing.
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Rodgers deserves a lot of credit too, of course, because he was in charge, but since then his results have gradually gone downhill, and he has made a lot of mistakes along the way.
One of them was not offering Gerrard a deal that would have made him stay. Another was signing Mario Balotelli, when he knew what he was getting into.
His overall record in the transfer market is another reason he has lost his job.
He spent more than £300m, and too many have not made the grade.
Just as you cannot blame Rodgers solely for that, it is not just down to Liverpool's transfer committee either, because he is part of that too.
The Liverpool team he leaves behind does not have a player who can shape the way they play. Gerrard did that, and Suarez too, but right now they are a little bit toothless and too easy to play against.
Liverpool need a manager who is big enough to handle the pressure, without thinking he is bigger than the club.
Whoever it is will have to buy into the mindset of the American owners - they want success, but their model is to try to get that by signing younger players they can train up and, sometimes, sell on.
Jurgen Klopp is the favourite to get the job and he would fit the bill.
At Borussia Dortmund he built a team that were in your face, with good players that he was making better but he also knew he would have to sell one or even two every year.
As well as Frank de Boer and Diego Simeone, Carlo Ancelotti is a frontrunner too. People might question whether he would come to a club in Liverpool's current position but he would know all about their history.
That is part of the reason it is such a big job, because the club's glorious past brings expectation for the future.
And being a modern manager means managing up, as well as down. Two-thirds of the club's owners do not see many games, they just go off results. They are also building a new stand, and they will want to see that filled.
On top of that, the club is not in the Champions League and they need to get back in it, and it is 25 years since they won the title.
The new manager will have to deal with all of that and, dare I say, also deal with all the people like me who used to play for the club and are there to haunt him on a daily basis.
I say that almost tongue-in-cheek but it is the reality of the situation with so many former Anfield players working in the media.
All of the above is not going to put anyone off, but it is all part and parcel of being manager of Liverpool.
Mark Lawrenson was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
The incident was filmed by a camera on the car's dashboard at about 10:30 BST on 19 June on Morning Lane, while it was parked in supermarket car park.
In the film, a man manoeuvres a pram before appearing to take keys from his pocket and scrape them down the passenger side of the vehicle.
Damage caused to the Aston Martin V8 Vantage was estimated at £9,000.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and taken to a north London police station for questioning, the Met said.
Micheal Smee, 39, of Aylward Drive, Stevenage, was convicted of the charge after a trial at Cambridge Crown Court.
He pleaded guilty to five further counts of sexual activity with a child between January 2013 and April 2016.
Smee was told he must serve at least 10 years in jail before being considered for parole and will be on the sex offenders register for life.
A restraining order was also put in place banning him from contacting his victim or family members.
Det Con Zoe Maddison from Hertfordshire Constabulary said: "Smee abused his position of trust as a teacher and football coach to groom his young victim over a significant period of time.
"The victim's family trusted Smee and they have been left devastated by what has happened.
"I hope that, following Smee's conviction and his substantial prison sentence, his victim is now, with support, able to rebuild his life and move forward."
A passenger alerted American Airlines cabin crew when his smartphone identified the network as one available nearby and police were notified.
After an investigation lasting several hours, police at the airport said no crime had been committed.
The flight from LA to London on Sunday was eventually rescheduled for Monday.
Many broadband subscribers re-name their home wi-fi network to personalise it.
When a device comes within range of the network, its name will appear on a list of potentially available wi-fi connections.
While some use their family name or the name of their house, others take a more satirical approach.
"It can be a kooky way of saying you support a local football team or you want to bait your neighbour who supports the opposing team," said Stuart Miles of tech review site Pocket Lint.
"Some people use it as advertising. It's an unwritten code of spreading a message that you're allowed to do - but obviously sometimes it's funny and sometimes it's not."
In a discussion about favourite wi-fi names on community site Reddit, users admitted to using titles like "FBI Surveillance Van", "ISIS HQ" and names that sounded like computer viruses to alarm passers-by.
The acronym LAN (Local Area Network) - the name given to a network linking a small group of computers in a home or business hub - has also been the subject of puns.
'Get off my LAN', 'the promised LAN' and 'WuTangLAN', a homage to US rappers Wu-Tang Clan, are popular choices.
The latest public opinion polls suggest support has dropped to less than 30%.
This week he is facing a tough grilling in both houses of parliament over claims he exploited his political power to help a long-time friend.
While Mr Abe insists he is innocent, the persistent allegations could threaten his political future.
The Japanese prime minister has weathered many a crisis in his career.
After a short-lived first stint as prime minister, he came to power in 2012 with sweeping promises to lift the economy out of years of stagnation.
He was until recently widely expected to run for - and win - a third term in 2018, which would make him the longest serving Japanese leader in the post-war era.
The sharp drop in approval ratings is attributed to string of recent scandals and the way that Mr Abe has handled them.
The current allegations that have led to the parliamentary grilling centre around accusations of personal favouritism.
Mr Abe, his critics say, used his position of power to help a personal friend win approval for a private veterinary school.
The case is largely based on allegations by a former official in the education ministry who claims that the approval was influenced by pressure from aides to the prime minister.
The approval appears to contradict a consensus that no new such schools are needed. For more than five decades not a single new one had been approved.
It is not the first time the Japanese prime minister has faced this kind of claim.
In March, a privately run primary school was found to have bought public land at a suspiciously low price.
The school was also under fire for its ultra patriotic curriculum, contradicting Japan's conscious post-war move away from nationalism.
The link to Mr Abe came via his wife who was listed as "honorary principal" of the school. Later, the head of the school testified that Mrs Abe gave a large donation to the school, allegedly in her husband's name.
The scandal gripped the nation and set Mr Abe's approval ratings on a downward path, despite his denial of wrongdoing.
Some of his policies are also ruffling feathers.
When in 2015 the Japanese government pushed through a shift in defence policy, approval ratings for Mr Abe took a hit, dropping to as low as 37%.
The reforms allowed for troops to fight overseas for the first time since World War Two and, to many Japanese, were a breach of the pacifist provisions in the constitution.
Mr Abe's declared intention to revise the constitution by 2020 so that it includes a paragraph formally legitimising the military is also proving very controversial.
Earlier this year, additionally, a new anti-terror law was pushed through, despite strong political and public opposition over concerns it harmed civil liberties.
These resentments against Mr Abe are currently resurfacing in a scandal around his Defence Minister Tomomi Inada.
Considered an Abe protégé, she is accused of involvement in a cover-up of documents about a sensitive peacekeeping operation involving Japanese soldiers in South Sudan.
Both Mrs Inada and the government deny claims logs showing a worsening security situation were concealed. But to critics the row is another example of a lack of government accountability to its citizens.
As had been widely expected, Monday's hearing in the lower house of parliament saw Mr Abe deny all allegations of favouritism.
He said he never instructed officials to give preferential treatment to his friend, and insisted the latter never sought such favours.
Mr Abe is due to face the upper house on Tuesday where he is expected to deliver the same defence.
But with the prime minister's personal approval ratings plunging, he is being blamed for his party's defeats in recent local elections in Tokyo and Sendai.
Earlier this month, a leading conservative newspaper, the Yomiuri, said the government would not win back public trust "unless it overhauls its arrogant nature".
Japanese media are speculating whether the fallout might affect Mr Abe's chances at a third term.
The pressure on the embattled prime minister is so great that he has announced a major reshuffle of his cabinet this summer - and the changes he makes will be highly scrutinised.
The 26-year-old was Rovers' top scorer last season with 28 goals in all competitions, including two hat-tricks, as they won promotion to League One.
Of the first-team squad, 12 have signed new deals ahead of the 2016-17 season.
"I presume we will hear sooner rather than later. We've still not heard," Hamer told BBC Radio Bristol.
"The sands of time are running out for both him and us. We're getting close, wherever he's going to be.
"Hopefully he's with us but, if not, good luck to him and we wish him well for next season, wherever he is."
Speaking in May, Hamer said Rovers would have the chance to match any offers made by other clubs to Taylor, with the former Forest Green Rovers striker out of contract this summer.
According to the Chinese company's first quarter results, it has 340 million active monthly users, 30% up on the previous year.
About 154 million people use the site daily, 91% of whom access it via mobile.
By comparison, Twitter, which is blocked in China, has around 328 million active monthly users.
"Our relentless focus to build the best social media experience in China is reflected in Weibo's strong performance," Gaofei Wang, Weibo chief executive, said in a statement.
"Looking ahead, we continue to see strong momentum, as we further optimise Weibo to share, discover and consume information, especially for the mobile, social and video environment."
China has an estimated 731 million web users, more than 90% of whom can access the internet via a smartphone, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre.
Sina Weibo is the most popular of China's micro-blogging services, and it is the preferred platform for most mainland Chinese newspapers and TV stations, which have millions of followers.
Last year, seeing how popular live streaming video was becoming, Sina Weibo launched its own live streaming app, Yizhibo, nicknamed "Yi".
The success of mobile messenger WeChat (China's answer to WhatsApp) has challenged Sina Weibo in recent years, with increased smartphone ownership in the mainland influencing social media users to read news on their phones, instead of computer screens.
But Sina Weibo has remained competitive by making a number of strategic partnerships that have given host to an array of new functions, many of which go even beyond those of Twitter - which is blocked in China.
In 2014, e-commerce giant Alibaba, which owns a 31.4% stake of Weibo, helped boost the platform's e-commerce capabilities with the introduction of "Weibo Payment", enabling users to shop online using the service.
But with WeChat heavily investing in similar capabilities last year, Weibo made a perhaps daring move to introduce live streaming capabilities to its platform.
It had earlier shied away from replicating Twitter in doing this, given that the Chinese government is nervous about politically sensitive issues reaching widespread awareness.
Twitter is blocked in China, along with Facebook, Google, YouTube and many foreign news websites.
The number of people actively using Twitter has continued to rise by about 6% each month, but in April it revealed that its revenue from advertising had fallen by almost 8% in the space of a year.
Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the company "continued to face revenue headwinds", but that user numbers had increased in part because of measures to reduce abusive content.
It's a converted warehouse in east London, where the occupier, Jayna Cavendish, lives and teaches yoga.
I booked the workspace on the Spacehop website, which launched this month.
It targets the growing army of freelance workers, looking for cool, short-term, co-working spaces.
I'm paying £17.20 for the day. So is the young entrepreneur sitting further up the kitchen table.
"I don't want to work in a dead-end office block," says Jonathan Mitchell, of ethical fashion start-up BrothersWeStand. "I want an inspiring place, but I also need to keep costs down."
"The guest will be gone by the time the homeowner returns home," explains Spacehop co-founder Matthew Beatty, who has dropped in.
"You have the property to yourself in the evening."
In order to do this on the room rental site Airbnb, you would typically need to book two nights, because of the way check-in and check-out times work.
A qualified doctor from Northern Ireland, Mr Beatty has put his medical career on hold for a shot at internet stardom.
But he will need to move fast - there is a "space race" on.
Spacehop is one of a host of companies using internet technology to connect homeowners to business people, creating a network of "on demand" daytime workplaces.
It is the latest manifestation of the "sharing economy", which aims to make the most of our "idle assets" - our homes and cars that sit empty and unused for much of the day.
Airbnb spearheaded this movement, showing people they could rent spare rooms to holidaymakers, tapping into the $550bn (£380bn) global hotel market.
Now a new front has opened up, focused on the business community.
"The collaborative economy really inspires us here in France," explains Florian Delifer.
His start-up, OfficeRiders, founded in 2014, promises to make "your home, their office".
Last year it handled over 1,300 bookings, with monthly growth of 20%-30%, says Mr Delifer.
He got the idea visiting San Francisco in 2013 with friends - they struggled to find space to work with their laptops.
"We realised we were a growing sector of workers and didn't like the waste of space we saw around us," he recalls.
At the moment, nearly a third of OfficeRiders' bookings are made by "digital nomads" looking for co-working spaces, who pay around €10-15 (£7.50-11.30) per day.
Around half are made by companies looking for off-site meeting places, paying more for exclusive access.
But OfficeRiders sees most future expansion coming from the growth in "millennial" co-workers in their 20s and 30s.
US company Breather was one of the first companies to spot this demand for temporary business spaces.
Launched in 2013, it now has more than 100 locations in major cities in the US and Canada.
Its network of informal business lounges - mostly unused rooms in commercial buildings that have been jazzed up with yoga mats and flip-boards - are available by the hour to "high-income, well-connected professionals", the company says.
A PIN-code lock system manages access via an app and a cleaner visits after each booking.
Like all these companies, Breather is testing its business model with a view to global expansion.
Breather plans to come to London in 2016, where it will find that Spacehop is not its only rival. There is another company which has a one-year head start, though at the moment it caters to a different market.
Vrumi was founded by former hedge fund manager, Roddy Campbell, and partner William Sieghart.
Mr Campbell's eureka moment came when he broke his leg.
Quizzing his physiotherapist, he found it was more economical to rent out his drawing room for treatment, rather than travel to the surgery the physio rented.
Vrumi now has over 500 hosts and is taking "dozens of bookings" each month.
The majority of these are for the exclusive use of a space, at an average cost of £60 per day.
People using the service include therapists, masseurs, photographers and those looking to host small business meetings.
It's easy to see why someone would want to book Mr Campbell's impressive Notting Hill pad, but what about a normal suburban home?
Demand can be driven by geography, explains Mr Campbell. Clients like therapists or Reiki practitioners want one-off bookings close to clients, so a suburban sitting room could fit the bill perfectly.
The two main groups of people renting out rooms are "empty nesters" and young professionals in need of extra cash, explains Mr Campbell.
But how do you know these nomadic workers aren't going to damage your pad or even steal your stuff?
After all, there have been several high-profile cases of Airbnb properties being damaged. Airbnb originally offered a "host guarantee" worth up to $1m - effectively a promise to pay for any damage itself.
Then in 2015, it launched a host insurance policy underwritten by a bank, covering accidents, damage and third-party claims.
Most "air-biz-nb" firms say they are adopting a similar approach.
Spacehop has negotiated a policy that covers theft and damage of contents. Vrumi is finalising an opt-in insurance that covers building, contents and public liability, says Mr Campbell. The novelty of the business model meant it took time to negotiate a specialist policy, he says.
This is new territory, points out Mr Campbell. There are no apparent legal issues renting out a room for daytime business use this way, even if you rent the property rather than own it. Though unlike an Airbnb rental, he adds, you currently have to pay tax on all the income you generate. There is no "rent-a-room" relief.
Back in the yoga studio, I'm struck that homeowner Jayna Cavendish has chosen to stick around while her guests are working.
I chat to her by the nibbles she has thoughtfully laid out.
"It's better if you are here in person," she confides. "People respect the property more."
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In a new book, survivor Martin Fletcher claims former chairman Stafford Heginbotham netted millions of pounds from insurance payouts after fires at businesses he was associated with.
But Gerry Sutcliffe, deputy leader of Bradford City Council in 1985, said the Valley Parade fire was not deliberate.
He stood by earlier findings, he said.
Mr Fletcher, who lost three generations of his family in the blaze, claimed to have uncovered evidence Mr Heginbotham was in dire financial trouble at the time, and has called for a fresh inquiry.
He makes no direct allegation against the club's chairman in the book, which is being serialised in the Guardian, but does ask if any man could be as "unlucky" as Mr Heginbotham appeared to be.
Mr Fletcher, who was 12 at the time, lost his father, brother, uncle and grandfather in the fire.
He said the Popplewell inquiry, held three weeks afterwards, did not look at the finances of Mr Heginbotham, who died in 1995.
"I feel that such information should be made public and people should look at the facts and make their mind up on those facts," he said.
Mr Sutcliffe, who later became MP for Bradford South and was sports minister in the last Labour government, said he remained convinced by the findings of the initial inquiry.
"It [the Popplewell inquiry] concluded that it was caused by a discarded cigarette in what was an old wooden stand, and I have not heard anything to convince me that was not the case," he said.
"There will always be speculation but I just think it was a tragedy that cost the lives of 56 people and injured many more, and has scarred the city for many years."
Speaking to Australian radio station Undercover FM she said: "I haven't done anything I wanted to."
She admitted she'd yet to achieve her goal of being "one of the best artists of her generation," adding that she was angry that she's "not bigger".
The Welsh singer, who was second on BBC's Sound of 2010 list, also said her US label hadn't backed her in America.
"The label haven't really promoted me I'm afraid," she said in the interview. "It's very difficult."
"It's not really their fault," she added.
"The pop landscape in the US is so difficult to penetrate as you go into this dance-world now," she explained.
"Dance music was quite underground for a long time in America but now because of (Lady) Gaga and people like that it has been brought back," she continued.
"You need to be in that pumping beats area and I'm certainly not."
The singer released her debut album The Family Jewels last year.
Having cancelled a scheduled tour of the US this month she said she has now begun work on her forthcoming second album.
Lucinda Wilcox took pictures of patients on trolleys in corridors at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant on Tuesday night.
Miss Wilcox, from Trelewis, Methyr Tydfil, said the scene was "upsetting".
Cwm Taf University Health Board said there was a "high level of demand" at the hospital.
The images were taken on the same day the Health Secretary Vaughan Gething insisted the NHS in Wales was not in crisis.
Responding to a question asked in the Welsh Assembly, Mr Gething there was no evidence that patient outcomes were being compromised at this particular time of year.
Miss Wilcox's 86-year-old grandmother was taken to the hospital after showing symptoms of a heart attack.
She was seen straight away because of the nature of her condition but others had much longer waits, Miss Wilcox said.
"The people on the trolleys, some of them were on their own, they were hunched over in the beds," she added. "They were coming off the trolleys because obviously they'd been there for so long.
"The health minister had said there was no crisis. Well I think perhaps some time needs to be spent in the A&E departments for them to see exactly what's going on.
"It's why I took these photos to show that, 'I'm sorry, you are wrong in what you are saying'."
Cwm Taf University Health Board said: "We continue to manage a high level of demand at both Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil and Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant.
"The escalation levels are currently between three (severe pressure) and four (extreme pressure).
"Although we have plans in place to deal with winter pressures, the public can help us by choosing the appropriate health care service for their needs including one of our minor injury units, their GP, pharmacy or ringing NHS Direct Wales."
Natalia Martínez, 37, had faced -20C (-4F) temperatures and winds of up to 140km/h (85mph) on Mt Logan. The rescue operation lasted three hours.
"Natalia is back with us safe and sound," the expedition website said.
Martínez had been in touch with her partner Camilo Rada, describing "crazy" intense winds and heavy snow.
Mountain pilot Tom Bradley, who dropped her off last month to begin the ascent, had earlier told the BBC the ordeal had been "a real rollercoaster for her".
The strong winds had made it impossible for her to light her stove to cook food or melt snow to drink, said Mr Bradley, Chief Pilot at Icefield Discovery Tours.
"She was getting pretty weak over the last couple of days," he said.
She had been "feeling a little down on it" on Thursday morning, but had been able to make a hot meal later in the day, which had helped her recover some strength and boosted her spirits, he said.
Mr Rada, also an experienced mountaineer, had been in contact by satellite phone and text. According to earlier reports from her team, she had become increasingly tired, after having to leave her tent every few hours to shovel snow piled around her camp.
"The rescue team (sic) was launched around 7:30pm local time, heading for a successful operation that ended at 22:30 pm, with Natalia showing again her beautiful smile at the Icefield Discovery base in Kluane Lake!!! Well done Nati!!!! YOU MADE IT!!!!," the update on the expedition website said.
Ms Martínez started a solo ascent of the 5,959m (19,551 ft) peak last month.
The magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck the western Yukon territory early on Monday. A few hours later, another tremor, of magnitude 6.3, hit.
For Ms Martinez, it felt as if "the mountain was falling apart," Mr Rada was quoted by CBC News as saying.
"She felt that all the ground under her camp subsided and moved a lot, and of course she was very scared," he said.
She then moved her camp to a safer area, Mr Rada said.
The Argentine was described as an experienced climber, who had been on Mt Logan before and faced extreme conditions in Patagonia.
An average of 25 climbers try to reach the summit of Mt Logan every year.
Sadly, the playmaker has failed to develop his reputation since then.
The 20-year-old remains a player for the future, rather than a star of the present, and Liverpool have taken a calculated gamble by agreeing an £8.5m deal for him.
Marco Branca, who conducts all transfers for Inter Milan, told BBC Sport: "Coutinho is a very, very good player. He is still only 20 and has a big talent."
Yet the fact remains that Inter's sporting director was willing to sell a player who was peripheral at best at Inter, having failed to cement a starting place or even establish his best position.
Branca now hopes to use the money received from Liverpool to sign another Brazilian, the Corinthians midfielder Paulinho.
Andrea Ramazzotti, who covers Inter for Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport and has watched all Coutinho's 28 games for the club, told BBC Sport: "He just didn't show his potential in Milan.
"Coutinho played very well when he was on loan at Espanyol last season and started well for Inter this season, but they were only brief spells really.
"For the rest of the time, he just showed flashes of his potential and I fear the way of playing in England, which can be very physical, will not suit him because he has a slight frame."
That this is a player of rare talent, though, seems beyond question. The diminutive Brazilian is an excellent dribbler, combining close control with pace and trickery.
He also has finishing ability and can take a mean free-kick.
Coutinho joined Inter from Vasco da Gama for 4m euros (£3.4m) in 2008, when he was 16 and one of the most coveted young players in world football. The Serie A side immediately loaned him back to Vasco, because foreigners are prohibited from playing professional football in Italy until they are 18.
He returned in the summer of 2010 and quickly established himself as a favourite of new manager Benitez, featuring in 14 league and Champions League games before Christmas, most often as a wide attacker in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Unfortunately for the player, Benitez was sacked in December and his successor, Leonardo, was not anywhere near as big a fan of the young Brazilian. He played only four more games that season, although he did finish on a high by winning the Fifa under-20 World Cup with Brazil in the summer.
New manager Claudio Ranieri sent Coutinho on loan to struggling Spanish side Espanyol for the second half of the following season. He impressed, scoring five goals in 16 appearances.
This was when Liverpool first showed an interest in the player. Benitez had told their director of football, Damian Comolli, that Coutinho was the best young player at Inter and capable of being a big success in the Premier League.
Inter had yet another new manager, Andrea Stramaccioni, by this time, though, their sixth during Coutinho's time at the club, and he wanted to keep the player, so Inter rebuffed Liverpool's offer.
Stramaccioni's faith looked like being repaid as Coutinho was player of the tournament in the pre-season Trofeo TIM tournament, when Inter beat AC Milan and Juventus in an impressive start to the season.
Everything looked promising until the player suffered a stress fracture of the tibia at the end of October. Fredy Guarin took his place and has remained in the side ever since.
This all made Liverpool's offer too good to refuse, as Branca decided to cash in on Coutinho's largely unfulfilled promise.
It will be fascinating to see whether the player can now finally reach his potential with Liverpool, or simply remain a great hope.
An independent committee ruled the yellow card the hooker received for a dangerous tackle in the defeat by England at Twickenham was sufficient.
Brown was sin-binned in the 61-21 loss on Saturday but is now available to face the Italians at Murrayfield.
The Scots have two wins out of four in the championship so far.
Speaking before Brown was cleared to face Italy, forwards coach Jonathan Humphreys said: "We're obviously going to take contingencies in case that [Brown misses the game] happens.
"But we're fairly hopeful that the right punishment was on the field."
French referee Mathieu Raynal chose to sin-bin Brown for the second-minute tackle on Daly after consultation with television match official (TMO) Ben Skeen.
"He didn't land on his neck, so we're hopeful, when they review it, they'll see that and hopefully Fraser will be available for us," added Humphreys.
Meanwhile, Scotland fly-half Finn Russell is expected to be fit to face Italy after picking up a knee injury against England.
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Kenya's health secretary said Kenyans and medical workers flying in from those states would still be allowed in.
Kenyan Airways says it will stop flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone when the ban comes in on Wednesday.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Kenya is at "high risk" from Ebola because it is a major transport hub.
The epidemic began in Guinea in February and has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
On Friday, the death toll rose to 1,145 after the WHO said 76 new deaths had been reported in the two days to 13 August. There have been 2,127 cases reported in total.
Earlier, Kenya's health ministry said four suspected cases of Ebola in the country had tested negative for the virus.
The cases had involved a Liberian national and two Nigerians who had recently travelled to Kenya as well as a Zimbabwean.
Kenyan Airways said it had decided to cancel flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone's capitals after advice from Kenya's government.
It said all passengers booked on the suspended flights would get a full refund.
The company said its flights to Nigeria were not affected by the suspension.
Announcing the government's decision, Kenyan Health Minister James Macharia said it was "in the interest of public health".
He warned that Kenyans and health workers who had returned from the three west African states would face "strict checks" and would be quarantined if necessary.
On Friday, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said the outbreak would take at least six months to bring under control.
MSF President Joanne Liu said the situation was "deteriorating faster, and moving faster, than we can respond to".
The WHO also admitted that the scale of the outbreak appeared to be "vastly underestimated" and said "extraordinary measures" were needed to contain it.
Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of a person who is infected.
Initial flu-like symptoms can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas such as eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can lead to organ failure.
The WHO says the risk of transmission of Ebola during air travel remains low.
Ross Lafayette fed the Whites' front man for his 15th of the season on 25 minutes.
Almost immediately, Rob Swaine made a hash of an attempted clearance in his own area and Lafayette netted from a tight angle to make it 2-0.
The Ravens were relieved in the second half to see Miller substituted after two missed chances, but it was perhaps a sign that Chris Kinnear's men had sewn up the game.
Bromley's miserable night was completed when Dan Johnson was shown his marching orders for picking up a second yellow card.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bromley 0, Dover Athletic 2.
Second Half ends, Bromley 0, Dover Athletic 2.
Dave Martin (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces Jamie Philpot.
Second yellow card to Daniel Johnson (Bromley) for a bad foul.
Substitution, Bromley. Connor Dymond replaces Jordan Higgs.
Sammy Moore (Dover Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Bromley. George Porter replaces Adam Cunnington.
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Mitchell Pinnock replaces Ricky Miller.
Ricky Miller (Dover Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Bromley 0, Dover Athletic 2.
First Half ends, Bromley 0, Dover Athletic 2.
Goal! Bromley 0, Dover Athletic 2. Ross Lafayette (Dover Athletic).
Goal! Bromley 0, Dover Athletic 1. Ricky Miller (Dover Athletic).
Daniel Johnson (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
It is thought the man died from a drugs overdose, and the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Customers at the store have expressed concern about hygiene standards.
Hungry Jack's, the Australian franchise of Burger King, said they were co-operating with the authorities.
When contacted by the Australian news broadcaster ABC, Hungry Jack's head office did not address questions relating to the cleaning schedule of the bathrooms, but issued a short, unattributed statement.
"Hungry Jack's is co-operating with all relevant authorities regarding the matter at its restaurant in Balga, Western Australia," the statement said. "Our thoughts are with all concerned."
The man, believed to have entered on Friday night, was found on Monday morning. The store was reported to have been open at the weekend.
Customers said they were concerned the toilets had apparently not been checked for three days.
"It's unfortunate, and you have to worry about... how often they check their facilities," customer Felix Davis told ABC.
"Three days is a pretty long time, poor guy."
It is understood the toilet cubicle had a floor to ceiling door with a single vent.
Two tries from Oliver Gildart, plus scores by Joe Burgess, George Williams and Joel Tomkins established a 26-0 half-time lead for the Warriors.
Salford battled back after the break, with ex-York hooker Kriss Brining crossing for a debut touchdown.
Tries by Junior Sa'u and Michael Dobson gave Salford hope, but Wigan hung on.
The visitors made a clinical start to the game, and all five first-half tries were scored by home-grown talents, with Williams' creativity and footwork the key.
Burgess, on his return from a spell in Australia, laid on Gildart's first, and then crossed for one of his own.
However, Wigan failed to register a point after the interval against spirited opponents, a potential concern with NRL champions Cronulla to come in the World Club Challenge next week.
Salford, who retained their top-flight place in the Million Pound Game last season, failed to seriously trouble the Warriors in the first half.
After the break they found some joy in the Wigan defensive line, but they had left themselves with too much to do.
Salford head coach Ian Watson: "The first half for whatever reason wasn't us and we spoke about a response at half-time. We've got to be better than that. The first half was poor, we bombed a few opportunities and that's when we need to dig in and grind it out.
"It disrupts you a little bit [losing Robert Lui and Junior Sa'u to head knocks in the opening phases]. Wigan started getting on a roll and played a bit too fast for us.
"We've got to perform like we did in the second half for 80 minutes. It will be a good opportunity against Huddersfield next Thursday to see if we have learned our lessons from today."
Wigan head coach Shaun Wane: "It was a good win but we've lots to work on. We'll review it and get down to some hard work for next week. It was hard to concentrate on this game when we've got the World Club Challenge next week.
"That means a lot to our town and I'll be getting some players in from 30 years ago (Wane's Wigan team-mates from the 1987 World Club Challenge victory over Manly) to talk to them.
"We will need to be a lot better and will be. We never got the ball in the second half and lost our way when Sam Powell was off but I had to rest him. We had to blow the cobwebs off today. We'll be okay next week, I'm happy with where we're at."
Salford: O'Brien; Johnson, Evalds, Sa'u, Carney; Lui, Dobson; Kopczak, Wood, Mossop, Jones Griffin, Flanagan.
Interchanges: Brining, Krasniqi, Tasi, Walne
Wigan: Escare, Tierney, Gelling, Gildart, Burgess; Williams, Leuluai; Nuuausala, Powell, Flower, Isa, Farrell, O'Loughlin.
Interchanges: J.Tomkins, Clubb, Tautai, Sutton
Referee: Ben Thaler.
Lee Thompson, 42, bought the animals at a pet shop knowing his wife had a phobia about them.
He admitted behaving in a manner likely to cause fear or alarm at the house in Caulstran Road in May last year.
Thompson, of Portling, near Dalbeattie, was fined £710 for the offence at Dumfries Sheriff Court.
The court heard the couple had been married for 12 years but their relationship had broken down prior to the offence.
Ann Thompson then took legal action to have him removed from the house and within hours he went to the pet shop and bought the two rats.
When she returned with a friend to the house they found empty boxes from the pet shop with literature about caring for rats.
Fiscal depute Jennifer McGill said: "The wife has a deep-rooted phobia about rats, which he is well aware of."
It was a few days later that the scuttling was heard from the attic and rat traps were put down in the loft.
Ms McGill said: "The first night one of the rats was found dead in a trap and the following day the other was also discovered dead."
Solicitor Carolyn Priestley said the relationship had now resumed and the couple were back living together and working things out.
She said Thompson, who had been going through a period of ill-health at the time, now realised it had been "a stupid thing to do".
She added that the children of the family had been talking about rats as pets and this was partly why he bought them.
Sheriff Kenneth Robb dismissed the suggestion they had been bought with the children in mind and told Thompson: "This was a nasty piece of behaviour to get back at your wife."
Defender Daniel Ayala (ankle) is still out, while Adam Clayton or Gaston Ramirez could start in midfield.
Wolves midfielder James Henry (hamstring) could come back into contention, while manager Kenny Jackett may recall winger Rajiv van La Parra.
Mike Williamson (hamstring) and forward Michal Zyro (broken foot) are close to returns but are not likely to feature.
Adrian Ashby, 49, from Alcester, is appealing against a local NHS decision in February which refused funding for a form of radiation therapy.
He said the radionuclide therapy, costing up to to £50,000, could extend his life by two years.
The NHS cluster responsible said it could not comment on individual cases.
A spokesman for NHS Arden Cluster, which has this week been replaced by three clinical commissioning groups, said all requests for treatments not routinely commissioned were carefully considered by a panel of clinicians.
He said an appeal process was in place and there were also other possible routes to funding, including a request to the West Midlands Cancer Drugs Fund.
Mr Ashby said the letter from NHS Coventry and Warwickshire refusing funding for radionuclide therapy had been difficult to accept.
"It sent me to a low I've never had before, even worse than being diagnosed with cancer," he said.
"It's the last treatment available to me, there's nowhere else to go and when specialists say you've got to have this, you don't expect it to be refused."
Diagnosed with carcinoid syndrome seven years ago, he was told by doctors at the time he had between three and five years to live.
He currently has tumours on his liver, stomach, bowel and elsewhere.
He said fundraising efforts by friends, and even total strangers, in Alcester had moved him "to tears".
In less than two months more than £15,000 had been raised through charity boxes and a range of events, including photo shoots and music nights.
Further events and an online auction are also planned over the next few weeks.
"It's the only thing that's given me the strength to carry on," Mr Ashby said.
"One way or another I'll get the treatment, even if it eventually means I'll have to sell my house. Thankfully the fundraising means I don't have to do that quite yet."
Money so far raised by the Adrian Ashby League of Friends means that he expects to undergo his first course of radionuclide therapy by the end of May.
Describing the decision in February as "unjust", Mr Ashby said his consultants at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham have lodged an official appeal to the new clinical commissioning group.
He said if the money is refunded by the NHS, he will donate it to cancer charities.
Paul Willis also told MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee that there would be "no difference in driveability".
He said there was no evidence that the emissions scandal would hit the resale value of affected cars.
Because there was no loss, UK owners would not need compensating, he said.
"When there is no loss then there is no need for compensation," Mr Willis said.
That stance was in sharp contrast with the US, where drivers of affected cars are being offered vouchers worth $1,000 for their trouble.
VW's use of computer software in diesel cars, which gave a false emissions reading when they were being tested by regulators, was exposed in the US last year.
VW plans to start fixing cars in the UK from March, with customers being told it should take less than an hour.
Mr Willis also told MPs that it will take another six months before the report by US law firm Jones Day into the emissions scandal was completed.
However, an update will be issued at the end of March.
The German company is finding the going more difficult in the US, where the scandal first erupted.
On Tuesday, US regulators rejected VW's latest recall plans.
The California Air Resources Board said the proposals did "not adequately address overall impacts on vehicle performance, emissions and safety". The board also said the proposed fix was not fast enough.
Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller was due to meet with the head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to discuss a remedy plan acceptable to regulators.
He is in the US for the first time since the scandal erupted in September to attend the Detroit motor show.
VW has admitted using what is known as a "defeat device" in 11 million cars and vans globally. It is a piece of software capable of cheating emissions tests to make the car appear more environmentally friendly when being tested in a laboratory.
European police agency Europol said visas and passports were sold for up to £2,500 ($3,600) and sent across the EU, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Greek police said the criminal networks were also involved in smuggling people across borders.
About 100 people are still wanted in Greece and other countries.
Europol said the network was based in Athens and consisted of two criminal groups, one run by Sudanese people and another by Bangladeshis, and 16 people have been arrested in Greece.
Both groups forged passports, national ID cards, Schengen visas, driving licences, asylum seekers' registration cards and residence permits, police said.
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Ten suspects were arrested in the Czech Republic, where a separate group would send stolen or lost travel documents to Athens for the Bangladeshi and Sudanese groups to falsify.
A police spokesman in the Czech Republic said seven migrants were also arrested for using forged documents.
The Sudanese-led group helped up to 15 migrants a month enter the EU at a cost of up to nearly £4,000 ($5,800, €5,200) per head, Greek police said.
In other developments in the migrant crisis across Europe on Tuesday:
Hogan has succeeded Jacques Rudolph as the county's four-day format skipper with the South African retiring at the end of the 2017 season.
The four-day game begins on Friday with Hogan part of an unchanged home squad.
He missed their last game, a draw against Nottinghamshire, because of shoulder and shin injuries.
Hogan has previously led Glamorgan in one Championship match, against Gloucestershire in Cardiff in 2016 when Rudolph was injured.
"I have always wanted to captain a side as my career progressed," said Hogan.
"I am not going to say that I am going to solve the world's problems but, with input from the coach and other players, I hope I can get the club moving forwards."
Glamorgan will be looking to repeat the form of their recent One-Day Cup win over Kent at the Swansea venue, after losing their Championship match there last year against Northamptonshire by 251 runs.
"It was a great day in Swansea against Kent, hopefully the pitch will be good for batting and we might see a bit of turn," said Glamorgan assistant coach David Harrison.
The two teams have not met in the Championship since 2004.
"Durham have got strong seamers, they've got an old Test player in Paul Collingwood, Keaton Jennings has done very well for them, and at England A and Test level so we'll do our homework," Harrison added.
Durham arrive after a heavy defeat by an innings and 177 runs at Sussex.
They are led by former England all-rounder Collingwood, but are without ex-England seamer Graham Onions because of a back injury.
He is replaced in the visitors' squad by fast bowler Barry McCarthy, who returns from international duties with Ireland.
Glamorgan (from): Rudolph, Selman, Bragg, Ingram, Cooke (wk), Donald, Carlson, Lloyd, Salter, De Lange, Hogan (c), Carey, Van der Gugten.
Durham (from): Paul Collingwood (c), Keaton Jennings, Stephen Cook, Cameron Steel, Graham Clark, Paul Coughlin, Ryan Pringle, Stuart Poynter (wk), James Weighell, Chris Rushworth, Barry McCarthy, George Harding, Gavin Main.
Christian Haschek's blog post about how he caught the thief has been viewed more than 100,000 times in five days.
The scammer was using the same usernames elsewhere on the net, which made him easier to track down.
Mr Haschek says he has "mixed feelings" about his victory.
"On the one hand, this is someone who stole $500 from me and deleted all the accounts that I used to get back to him, he never answered my messages," he told the BBC.
"I found out he had tried to scam loads of people and always with gift cards."
However, the con artist appeared remorseful and said he was afraid. He seemed to come from a poor background and said he was a full-time student.
"He is also just a kid who took a wrong turn," added Mr Haschek, who has not reported the man to the authorities.
Mr Haschek advertised some Apple gift vouchers, which he had won in a competition, on various online message boards as he was unable to use them himself.
The fake buyer who duped him agreed to pay for the vouchers in Bitcoin.
He had decided to accept payment in the digital currency as he thought it would be less of an incentive for a scammer.
The buyer told him he would pay once he had the gift voucher codes as proof that they were genuine.
"The problem for the buyer is you never know if the cards are still valid after you pay - even if I had sold them I could have used the cards straight afterwards," he said.
"He said I could be a scammer and he wasn't going to pay me until he got them… I could see that."
Mr Haschek added that he had been unsuccessfully trying to sell the vouchers for four years.
However, once the swindler had received the digital codes he used the vouchers straightaway, while trying to claim that the physical cards themselves had not been delivered.
"I started sweating a lot because I had trusted him - I gave him the benefit of the doubt," Mr Haschek continued.
"I realised he was a scammer when he started to delete his accounts."
However, Mr Haschek said it took him four days to find his culprit.
He discovered the scammer was using the same usernames on other sites, including recruitment websites, and was able to track down additional information about him, including the names of his friends and family.
The fraudster stopped replying to his messages so eventually he sent a message to his mother and brother on Facebook explaining what he had done.
"Ten minutes after Facebook said his brother read the message, the scammer was contacting me on Reddit again," Mr Haschek said.
Mr Haschek added that the con artist sent a new gift card and apologised, saying he had acted because he had no money.
Mr Haschek's advice to online traders is to use a traditional escrow service - where both the money and goods are exchanged via a third party.
"I took the risk knowingly - but paying before you get something is always risky," he said.
The 24-year-old utility back player, who prefers to play at centre, has scored 14 tries in 15 games so far this campaign.
"We're really excited to have captured his signature," Red Devils head coach Ian Watson said.
"He's got a great try-scoring record and deserves the chance to have a crack in Super League."
The union flag was lowered at Camp Bastion, while Camp Leatherneck - the adjoining US base - was also handed over to Afghan control.
Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would never forget those who had died serving their country.
The number of deaths of British troops throughout the conflict stands at 453.
The death toll among US military personnel stands at 2,349.
Mr Cameron tweeted: "I made a commitment that I would get our Armed Forces out of Afghanistan by 2015 and today sees the end of combat operations in the country.
"We will always remember the courage of those who served in Afghanistan on our behalf and never forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice."
A spokesman for the Afghan Defence Ministry welcomed the handover, which he said "puts our capabilities into practice".
"Afghan security forces have been leading the fight in ground operations in the country for two years now."
The UK forces were part of a US-led coalition which toppled the ruling Taliban in 2001, following the 9/11 attacks in the US.
After 9/11, US President George Bush had demanded that the Taliban hand over any leaders of al-Qaeda - the militant group which later claimed responsibility for the attacks - in Afghanistan, but the Taliban did not immediately comply.
Taliban leaders called for talks, but US President George Bush said there would be "no negotiations" and military action started on 7 October.
Camp Bastion, in Helmand province, has been the UK troops' main Afghan base since 2006. At the time it opened, the UK said its forces would be there to protect reconstruction of the country, but they got caught up in the struggle against the Taliban - which continues to fight and has carried out attacks in recent weeks.
Helmand's Provincial Governor Naim Baluch said British forces and their allies had improved security and Afghanistan was grateful for their "courage and commitment".
He said Afghans were now "ready to deliver security ourselves".
Responding to the handover, Labour party leader Ed Miliband said: "All those who served did so to help ensure Afghanistan could no longer be used as a safe haven for terrorists."
He added that Britain "must make sure that we continue to give the right support to the Afghan government both politically and through humanitarian aid, so that security and stability in Afghanistan can be maintained in the years to come".
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said UK support would continue through "institutional development", the Afghan National Army Officer Academy and development aid.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Fallon accepted the Taliban had not been defeated, but said Afghan forces were now taking "full responsibilities".
He said: "Our armed forces' tremendous sacrifice laid the foundations for a strong Afghan security force, set the security context that enabled the first democratic transition of power in the country's history, and stopped it being a launch pad for terrorist attacks in the UK."
Asked about UK military operations, Mr Fallon said: "Mistakes were made militarily, mistakes were made by the politicians at the time and this goes back 10, 13 years.
"Clearly the numbers weren't there at the beginning, the equipment wasn't quite good enough at the beginning and we've learnt an awful lot from the campaign.
"But don't let's ignore what has been achieved."
Mr Fallon said most of the UK forces would be home by Christmas, with a few hundred staying to help with training at the officer academy.
"We're not going to send combat troops back into Afghanistan, under any circumstances," he added.
Jonathan Beale, BBC defence correspondent, Camp Bastion
The Union flag has been flying in Helmand since 2006.
In a simple ceremony in Bastion - the now mostly empty main base for UK forces - it was lowered for the last time.
The moment was a symbol - for Britain at least - that its war in Afghanistan was over.
US marines alongside British and Afghan soldiers formed a guard of honour, saluting as the national anthems of all three countries were played over a loudspeaker.
It was a US-led ceremony with speeches by American and Afghan commanders.
There was no British voice.
As American marching tunes were piped over the sound system, the Afghan flag stood on its own.
The Afghans will now carry on a fight that's already claimed the lives of around 4,000 of their security forces this year.
As for the few remaining British troops in Bastion - about 300 - they will be leaving for good soon.
Read more from Jonathan Beale.
The UK's command of Helmand was transferred to US forces in April and personnel, military vehicles and kit have been returning home in recent months.
At the height of the war in 2009, about 10,000 UK troops were based at Camp Bastion and the UK's 137 patrol bases in southern Afghanistan.
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UK troops served
£21.5bn
Total operational cost
453 UK troops killed
108 died in 2009 - the worst year
470 mentors staying on
Professor Malcolm Chalmers, of defence think tank the Royal United Services Institute, warned that the Taliban was still "a very capable organisation".
"What we have to do to prevent the country slipping back is support the Afghan state - the civilian side, making sure that teachers and doctors and nurses are paid, but also critically the armed forces," he said.
"The Afghan army has come a long way in the last few years but they're still dependent on foreign money to pay their wages and right now there's a question mark over how long that will continue."
Sir William Patey, former UK ambassador to Afghanistan, said the UK must keep its promise to financially support the Afghan government.
"If we renege on that commitment and lose interest because the troops have gone, that will be a betrayal of what we've said we will do for the Afghan state and the Afghan people," he said.
Lord Dannatt, former head of the Army, said the conflict had been "difficult and expensive in blood and treasure" for the UK, but Afghanistan now had a "chance of a decent future".
Rear Adm Chris Parry, who helped plan the role of UK troops in Afghanistan, told the BBC that Britain's involvement had been "worth it", saying the country was now "more stable", was improving economically and had 40% more children going to school.
But he said politicians in 2001 had not known what they wanted to achieve, the military had not had enough resources and there had been no "coherent military plan".
However, Wilson thinks the broadside is unlikely to inspire the "miracle run" needed to save them from relegation.
Thompson apologised to supporters for "abysmal" performances.
"You'd think it would go the opposite way - the chairman saying they've got 13 games to save their professional careers, almost," said Wilson.
Thompson's statement said that United squad members have "13 matches to preserve the club's Premiership status and redeem their own professional reputations".
The Tannadice club are 13 points adrift at the foot of the table following Tuesday's 3-0 home defeat to Motherwell.
"I would be hurt by it [the statement]," said Wilson, who began his career at United and ended a second spell with them last year.
"I think you expect criticism and public criticism, probably from your manager.
"But it's slightly strange when it comes from the chairman. However, I'm sure the players are under no illusions of where they are at the minute and what they've done to deserve to be there.
"They've got to realise that at a time like this the chairman has every right to come out and criticise them."
With just three wins from 25 league games, Thompson talked of "miserable failure on the pitch".
"I wouldn't think that's the best way of inspiring a team to go on some sort of miracle run to get them up the table," Wilson told BBC Scotland.
"It's different now from when I was there. They were used to relegation battles when I was first there as a kid.
"When I went back the second time [in 2013] they were so successful and playing some great football. They'd won the Scottish Cup [in 2010] and we got back to the final [in 2014]; so it's a different support now and they expect success.
"That's why the fans are turning. They expect the success and the quality of players like Stuart Armstrong and Nadir Ciftci [both sold to Celtic last year] - and things coming through.
"At the minute they're not getting either results or those players coming through. So, they'll be really disappointed. Before long they'll probably start calling for someone's head."
Prior to Tuesday's loss, manager Mixu Paatelainen had put together a three-game unbeaten sequence.
"A couple of weeks ago I was thinking 'they'll go on this little run now' because teams have gone on a run and got away from United," added Wilson.
"I really thought they would go on a run. But after the other night's performance against Motherwell I think that was the last straw and I think they've consigned themselves to life in the Championship next year."
The Wye and Usk Foundation said projects to restore habitats on the river and combat pollution were behind the recovery.
Work has included building fish passes and schemes to tackle acid rain.
The foundation said the river "bucks the trend" seen in others in England and Wales.
The announcement on catches came as the founder of the conservation group, Dr Stephen Marsh-Smith, stepped down as its executive director.
Centuries later, and the market survives and thrives, open seven days a week with stalls selling everything from fruit and vegetables to wooden toys and ceramic bowls.
Street markets across the country have had to evolve as town and city centres face challenges from out-of-town shopping, the growth of supermarkets, the birth of online retail, and economic cycles.
For many nowadays, that means offering something a bit different with an artisan twist, rather than just the daily groceries.
"We have all different types across the country - night markets, speciality markets, vintage markets, food markets," says Ellie Gill, of the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA).
Amid a two-week celebration of markets, run by the association, she says they offer a touch of eccentricity to "cloned" town centres. They also maintain the tradition of face-to-face transactions, she says, unlike internet shopping.
Markets will always face a challenge on price from the powerful supermarkets. As people tightened their belts during the recession, markets felt the pinch.
There were an estimated 38,100 traditional market traders in the UK in 2009, down 14% on five years earlier, a study by NABMA found.
The association estimates that well over 1,000 regular, traditional markets are run across the country.
Their success - and investment from local councils - depends on their ability to come up with something original to sell.
"They offer access to fresh produce and fresh ideas," says Martin Blackwell, chief executive of the Association of Town and City Management.
"Increasingly we are seeing new traders use markets as a stepping stone to growing their business before taking on premises on our High Streets."
Some retailers have argued that markets draw attention away from stores, but others say they attract shoppers who then stay for the day.
Councils in Sheffield, Bolton, Blackburn and Leicester are among the local authorities that have put money into rejuvenating indoor markets to attract shoppers into their towns and cities.
While markets may try to attract the designers of the future, they have always found it tough to shake off the Del Boy image. Owing to the lack of uniform regulation, market stalls have often been the venue of choice for the sale of counterfeit or shoddy goods.
The Real Deal campaign is aimed at encouraging all market operators to sign up to a charter and use the same code of practice.
Meanwhile, shoppers have various rights to ensure they are not ripped off.
Under the Sale of Goods Act, retailers are obliged to offer a refund, repair or replacement of a product that was faulty when it was sold. The rules are the same for shoppers whether they buy from a market stall or from a High Street retailer.
Consumers have no automatic right to a refund if they simply decide they do not like the product and want to take it back.
Faulty goods must be returned promptly, but the problem for many people who have bought shoddy items from a market trader is returning to discover the trader has left the pitch, and has gone to trade elsewhere.
But Mark Oliver, of Cambridgeshire Trading Standards, says that they should not give up.
A well-run market will have contact details of traders, so disgruntled consumers should get in touch with the market organiser if the trader has gone.
Trading standards officers may also help, depending on the severity of the case, and would be alerted via Citizens Advice.
The majority of market traders - like more permanent retailers - rely on a good reputation to trade successfully. So a polite approach from a customer who buys something which turns out to be broken should usually result in a satisfactory resolution.
As for the markets themselves, their existence looks set to continue for centuries to come even if technology revolutionises the way we shop.
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Bankia's parent company, BFA, which is being bailed out, was deemed to be worth -10.4bn euros.
The assessments suggest losses on bad loans are even worse than expected.
Bankia shares will be suspended from Spain's benchmark Ibex index from 2 January until at least after it is recapitalised, the stock exchange said.
The Spanish government-owned bailout fund, which is called the FROB, said that a further 13.5bn euros of rescue money would have to be injected into BFA, on top of the 4.5bn provided by Madrid in September.
The money, which is ultimately provided by the eurozone's bailout fund, is being injected into the bank via the sale of new shares in BFA to the FROB.
By doing this, the FROB increases the bank's capital - its ability to absorb potential future losses on the loans it has made - by putting Spanish taxpayers' money at risk.
The FROB told the BFA it must provide 10.7bn of the rescue money as new capital to Bankia, which will have the effect of diluting the value of the bank's existing shares.
The statement by the rescue fund has made clear that this dilution will be even worse than feared, causing Bankia's shares to drop further on the stock exchange.
Its shares have lost over 80% of their value since the bank was first listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange in July 2011.
Bankia is the largest of a string of Spanish banks to suffer massive losses on the loans it made to property developers and home buyers during the country's property bubble in the past decade.
As well as Bankia, three other banks are currently being patched up by the FROB - Catalunya Banc and NGC of Galicia, as well as Banco de Valencia, which was in such bad shape that it is being sold off to another, privately-owned bank.
Some 10bn euros of the cost associated with the four banks' rescue must be borne by other investors in the banks.
This decision has proved controversial in Spain, as these investors include many ordinary Spaniards, particularly older investors, to whom their banks sold preferred shares - a high-risk form of bank debt - as a savings product.
In Bankia's case, about 350,000 such investors are expected to have most of their money wiped out as part of the bank's rescue, according an unnamed source cited by the Reuters news agency.
The Scottish venue opted against lifting its ban on women in May and was told it would not stage another Open Championship as a result.
The decision also provoked a storm of criticism, with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calling the club's stance "simply indefensible".
Muirfield hopes the new vote will take place by the end of the year.
The club needed a two thirds majority to amend its rules on admission when it held its initial ballot on 19 May.
However, only 64% voted in favour of allowing women members, which meant that no changes could be implemented.
Club captain Henry Fairweather said the outcome had "damaged" the reputation of Muirfield and needed to be overturned.
He said "a clear and decisive vote in favour of admitting women as members is required to enable us to begin the task of restoring the reputation of the club".
Muirfield last hosted the Open in 2013 but was told it would never stage the competition again by the R&A, which jointly governs world golf with the United States Golf Association, unless it altered its stance.
Following Monday's announcement, the R&A said: "We welcome this development."
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Campbell ran onto a Jason McCartney through ball to slot home from six yards in the sixth minute.
Gary Browne fired wide, before Jamie McGonigle netted with an impressive overhead kick from a Matthew Snoddy cross three minutes before the break.
Campbell stole in to score what proved to be the winner one minute later.
The match-winning hero took advantage of confusion in the home defence to find the net.
Substitute Dale Noble fired agonisingly wide late in the game as the visitors went close to extending their lead.
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The British team came second in the final race of the event to finish on 50 points, two points ahead of defending champions NZL Sailing Team.
Switzerland's Team Tilt finished third in the competition, in which teams are comprised of 18 to 24 year olds.
"These young talents are the superstars of the future," said event director Roman Hagara. "They're going to take the sport to the next level."
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The Swans, led by Curtis in the absence of ill head coach Francesco Guidolin, saw off 18th-placed Norwich to move nine points above the drop zone.
They are eight points above 17th-placed Sunderland, who drew at Southampton.
"We're still only on 33 points and that is not going to give you safety," Curtis said.
"All we've done is give ourselves breathing space.
"It's a big statement obviously because we given ourselves a bit of breathing space between ourselves and the bottom clubs."
Swansea's 1-0 win over Norwich followed Wednesday's 2-1 victory at title contenders Arsenal.
Iceland midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson's second-half strike was enough for the Swans to beat the Canaries, who have not won away since December.
The goal was a rare moment of quality in an otherwise cagey game.
"I thought we were really poor in the first half," Curtis admitted. "I thought it was a poor game to be honest.
"I think both teams just got caught up in the tension and the enormity of what the games mean to them.
"As a spectacle, I thought it was quite poor. In the second half, we controlled it for long periods.
"The goal was probably one of the best moves of the game. Gylfi finished it really well.
"Then we were hanging on at the end, not necessarily through some good play by Norwich, I must thought we got a bit tense at the end.
"Possibly they could have equalised at the end, although we did deserve it, over the second 45 minutes."
Curtis said the Swansea camp had received a message of congratulations from Guidolin, who remains in hospital in London as he recovers from a chest infection.
"It's bound to give him a huge boost," Curtis continued. "As far as I know he is due out of hospital on Monday.
"I would imagine he needs to spend a couple of days at home. Hopefully towards the middle or end of the week he will rejoin us.
"Hopefully he will be with us (for the match) next weekend."
Swansea next travel to face Bournemouth on 12 March, before hosting bottom club Aston Villa at the Liberty Stadium.
The men from Birkenhead were charged following an extensive investigation into child sexual exploitation.
Vinothan Rajenthiram, 26, has been charged with two counts of rape and nine counts of sexual activity with a girl under 16, Merseyside Police said.
Ilavarasan Rajenthiram, 25, has been charged with eight counts of sexual activity with a girl under 16 and two counts of sexual assault on a female.
Both men appeared at Wirral Magistrates' Court earlier.
Trevor Martin and Tom Cassell, known online as TmarTn and Syndicate Project, uploaded videos in which they appeared to win big prizes playing CSGO Lotto.
But it has emerged that the pair are presidents of the company, which is incorporated in Florida.
Mr Cassell apologised on Twitter to those who felt misled.
In a YouTube video message to his followers, which he later deleted, Mr Martin said that the ownership of CSGO Lotto had "never been a secret".
"I created the site. I wanted to build something awesome for other people to enjoy and I played on it," he said.
"Obviously, on my end, me playing on Lotto rather than other sites, gives me an advantage because it promotes my own site, but it is not immoral, there is nothing wrong with it. I am 100% honest."
A number of gambling websites have been built around the multiplayer first-person shooter game Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO).
In CSGO, players can exchange real money for the chance to obtain a modified weapon known as a skin.
"Skins are a visual modification for your weapon, such as a golden gun, and they come in different rarities," said Tom Phillips, from gaming site Eurogamer.
"You pay $2.50 [£1.80] for a key to unlock a crate. Like a slot machine, you put your money in, watch the screen go around, and you get an item.
"Players can sell the skins they get too. As crazy as it may seem, some of the skins go for thousands of dollars. Many professional players have that sort of money to splash out."
The game has spawned a number of gambling websites that allow players to bet their skins for the chance to win more valuable ones.
Mr Martin and Mr Cassell both uploaded multiple videos on YouTube in which they placed bets on CSGO Lotto and won big prizes.
But another YouTube producer, HonorTheCall, then found legal documents that showed that Mr Martin was the president of the company, with Mr Cassell listed as vice-president.
Mr Cassell had acknowledged in the description of the videos he uploaded that they had been "sponsored" by CSGO Lotto - although Mr Martin did not.
"In portraying a site as a cool thing they have discovered online, they're encouraging their viewers to play, showing it as a place where they can make money. That is dishonest," said Mr Phillips.
"Their videos showed them winning thousands of dollars very easily, and that invites a lot of questions. They're inviting their fans to put money into a website, and actually they're also behind it.
"It damages their credibility - and on YouTube credibility is an important thing."
Addressing the ownership of the company, Mr Cassell tweeted: "I apologise to anyone who feels misled regarding the ownership of CSGO Lotto. I will always be more transparent from here on out!"
"I do however stand very firmly behind the fact that CSGO Lotto has never and will never scam / steal from players."
Some gaming YouTubers have questioned whether online games such as CSGO Lotto are technically a form of gambling, as the skins won can be exchanged for real money.
In April, Bloomberg reported that online betting on games such as CSGO was a booming industry worth billions of dollars.
The UK's Gambling Commission told the BBC: "We are paying close attention to the growing popularity of virtual or in-game items (skins), which can be traded, sold or used as virtual currencies to gamble.
"If we suspect unlicensed gambling is taking place, we will write to the operator to inform them that they need a licence and will take further action if they do not stop."
Junior Kabananga's lone goal was enough to give the Leopards a winning start as they aim to improve on a third-place finish at the last finals in 2015.
With Ivory Coast and Togo drawing 0-0 in the group's other game, DR Congo sit top of the table by two points.
"We saw the other result and we wanted to stamp our authority on the group," said Northampton defender Zakuani.
"That was the main thing. We managed to come through unscathed with three points.
"It's a tough group and that was a tough game.
"Morocco had too many chances from crosses, so we need to stop crosses a bit better. But I was pretty happy. I felt comfortable in the middle and I thought we defended well."
DR Congo will face defending champions Ivory Coast on Friday and Zakuani conceded his side need to be a little more disciplined in defence.
"Ivory Coast have a very good attacking team, so our shape needs to be a hit better," he said.
Morocco coach Herve Renard, who won the title with Ivory Coast last time out, saw his team squander a number of chances against the Congolese and admitted his side now face a must-win game against Togo on Friday.
"We need to be efficient in the box," said Renard, who is trying to become the first coach to win the title with three different countries, having also won the competition with Zambia in 2012.
"Togo were able to draw against the Ivory Coast and Claude LeRoy is a fantastic coach. Now I have to beat him, I have no choice."
Crewe's play-off winning captain was released from Gresty Road just five days after
But the 31-year-old is adamant that Vale are good enough to follow them up.
"I'm sure a lot of players come out with the same rhetoric at this time of year, but I'm here for promotion," Artell told BBC Radio Stoke.
"Port Vale would have been there or thereabouts last season without an imposed penalty. Hopefully, it will be the same next season."
I'm not going to whinge. It's part and parcel of being a pro. You've got to move on and take it on the chin
The level-headed Artell is not one to live in the past, however, and is grateful to have been able to make a move which did not involve having to move house.
"I could have gone for more money and a longer contract elsewhere," he added. "But geography had a big part to play in my decision.
"Promotion possibilities, money, length of contract, they all come into it and Port Vale ticked all those boxes."
It also means that Artell is operating back at a level with which he is at his most comfortable.
Since leaving Rotherham United for a season at relegation-bound Shrewsbury Town in September 2002, Artell has spent his career in the Football League basement, also playing for Mansfield Town and Chester City, as well as Morecambe.
Prior to that day out at Wembley in May, he had only painful memories of the play-offs, having been in the Morecambe side battered 6-0 by Dagenham & Redbridge in the League Two semi-final first leg in 2010.
But, while being relegated from the Football League at Shrewsbury and then crashing in the play-offs with Morecambe were the lowlights, last season turned out to be his career high.
He nearly missed out altogether when he damaged his hamstring hitting a crucial winner against Cheltenham in April, an injury which ruled him out until the semi-final second-leg.
Then came the high of Wembley followed by the instant, unexpected low of being let go.
"I'm not going to whinge," he said. "It's part and parcel of being a pro.
"Every two years, you're going to have that worry about job security. Did I think I'd have it this summer? Probably not.
"The fact that I'd just lifted the trophy at Wembley two days before quickly becomes irrelevant.
"As far as success on the pitch is concerned, my time at Crewe was second to none. A fantastic day at Wembley which capped a fantastic season.
"But you've got to feed your family, you've got to move on and take it on the chin."
The A344 next to the stone circle was shut in 2013 as part of a £27m scheme to restore the monument's "dignity".
But residents in nearby villages claim lanes have become "rat runs" for drivers avoiding jams on the A303 and want it upgraded to a dual carriageway.
The petition was presented by Salisbury MP John Glen on Wednesday.
The A303 stretches 92 miles (148km) from Hampshire to Devon. Its single carriageway sections, including those around Stonehenge, suffer from traffic bottlenecks.
According to the Shrewton Traffic Action Group, the closure of the A344 has made matters worse and the group is petitioning to make the A303 a dual carriageway west of Stonehenge.
On Wednesday night, its petition was presented to the House of Commons by Mr Glen, who requested that MPs urge the government to upgrade the road "at the earliest possible opportunity".
The unnamed Iraqi student, now studying at Exeter University, had been due to present his research at a "prestigious US institution".
He said he was detained "because of President Trump's executive order".
Exeter University Vice Chancellor Sir Steve Smith said he could not "condone a policy that... impedes research".
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The student, who has been studying in the UK for the past five years as a postgraduate, said he had obtained a visa months ago from the US Embassy in London.
He said: "As I was about to board the plane they looked at my passport and stopped me, and someone who said they were from Homeland Security arrived and said it was because of President Trump's executive order.
"This is really sad because we have great collaboration with academic colleagues in the United States and I had been invited to present my work to them months ago."
The student, who asked to remain anonymous, added if the order stopped academics collaborating "to improve people's lives, that is a sad thing".
He returned to Exeter after failing to get the flight.
The order, introduced last week, means anyone who has nationality or dual nationality of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen are not permitted to enter the US for 90 days, or be issued an immigrant or non-immigrant visa.
However, the UK foreign office put out a statement saying only those dual nationals travelling from one of the blacklisted seven countries might be subject to extra checks. It said those travelling from any other country to the US would not be affected and should not be subjected to any extra vetting, "regardless of your nationality or your place of birth".
President Trump said the halt was needed to give government agencies time to develop a stricter vetting system and ensure visas were not issued to individuals posing a national security threat.
Sir Steve said the university welcomed people from around the world and would "actively supporting any staff and students who are affected by the ban".
He said: "Without free movement of people and ideas, the whole world suffers, and this is why we believe the imposition of travel restrictions by the US government based on nationality both undermines the principle of academic freedom and jeopardises the advancement of knowledge between nations."
The university "cannot condone a policy that restricts these freedoms, curtails intellectual partnerships or impedes research," he added.
Like all polls, these are snapshots, rather than a prediction of what will happen on 7 May and are subject to a +/-3% margin of error which may tip the result in some cases.
The map, shows the result of three by-elections and 174 constituency polls carried out by former Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft, Survation, and ICM between 1 March 2014 and 3 May 2015.
More than half of the constituencies surveyed (96) are marginal seats so it is perhaps unsurprising to see many showing a different result in polling than at the last election.
If the results of these polls and by-elections were replicated at the general election, 93 of these seats would change hands and a further three are too close to call.
The Conservatives would hold 44 of the seats and gain 12 from the Liberal Democrats, but lose 44 to Labour.
Labour have a net gain, coming first in 44 Tory and 9 Lib Dem seats. Some polls have put them ahead in Nick Clegg's Sheffield Hallam constituency but the most recent survey by ICM on 3 May has the Lib Dem leader keeping his seat.
However, Labour's gains are offset by a massive swing to the SNP in Scotland, where 18 of the 19 Labour seats surveyed look set to change hands.
Among them are the seats of Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.
The SNP also take six seats from the Liberal Democrats in the polling, including the Gordon seat where former SNP leader Alex Salmond has thrown his hat in the ring, and former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy's seat of Ross, Skye and Lochaber.
Meanwhile, the sole Conservative Scottish seat of Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale has the SNP ahead by 11 percentage points.
Research released this week suggests a close race between the Conservatives and UKIP in some constituencies in the east of England.
In South Thanet, where UKIP leader Nigel Farage is standing, a survey on 28 April finds the Conservatives on 34%, ahead of UKIP on 32% and Labour trailing on 26%.
But a poll just a few days earlier by Survation found a clear lead for UKIP on 39%, ahead of the Tories on 30%.
And in March ComRes found the seat effectively too close to call, with only one point separating the two parties and Labour.
In Rochester and Strood, which turned to UKIP at a by-election last year, a recent Ashcroft poll suggests the Tories are now back in the lead on 36 points, ahead of UKIP's 33.
But the research also finds the Conservatives trailing third behind UKIP and Labour in the highly marginal Essex seat of Thurrock.
The Liberal Democrats hold on to 20 of their 46 seats polled but lose 12 to the Conservatives, including Business Secretary Vince Cable's Twickenham constituency.
However, repeating a poll can yield a different result as opinions change over time and different respondents simply have different views.
For example, in Cambridge, a Lib Dem seat since 2005, an Ashcroft poll last November put Labour in the lead on 33% and the Lib Dems second on 32% (statistically too close to call).
But the latest survey, also by Lord Ashcroft, has Labour on 31% and the Lib Dems with a clear lead on 40%.
Whether this and the rest of the 177 polls and by-elections will be mirrored when voters cast their ballots in the general election will not be known until 8 May.
Design by Laura Cantadori and James Offer, development by Mark Gerrard
This data is taken from all published polling data in individual constituencies since 1 March 2014. Where a constituency was surveyed more than once, the most recent poll is shown.
Most of the polling shown was commissioned from independent polling companies by former Conservative party deputy chairman and donor Lord Ashcroft. Seven were conducted by Survation on behalf of UKIP donor Alan Bown or trade union Unite. One was carried out by ICM for former Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshot.
Ashcroft and Survation polls canvas 1,000 people by telephone and have a margin of error of +/-3% at 95% confidence level. The ICM poll sample size was 501 and margin of error is +/-4.5%.
The Ashcroft question used is the one which invites respondents to think about their constituency.
They say it is inappropriate the show is taking place as part of Féile an Phobail because of controversial jokes Mr Boyle has made in the past about disabled people.
Last month, festival organisers said they were "deeply sorry for any hurt or offence" that had been caused by Mr Boyle's appearance.
They said they would put in place measures to avoid such a situation "arising in the future".
Opponents had demanded the show's cancellation because of jokes Boyle has told about people with Down's syndrome.
Mr Boyle made his remarks during a live show in 2010.
The mother of a girl with the condition said he had "made fun of the way people with Down's syndrome speak" and "made a number of references to people with Down's syndrome dying early".
Festival organisers met those who were opposed to the comedian's performance but said the gig would go-ahead.
Féile management also gave a pledge to represent the concerns of the group to Boyle's management.
Féile an Phobail said the show had been the fastest-selling comedy gig it has ever put on.
Local comedian Shane Todd has a sister who has autism and spina bifida.
"I think he's a very, very good comedian," he said.
"He certainly does talk about a lot of taboo subjects, granted, but I think he's a very intelligent guy and often he puts quite a different slant on things.
"They're not as bad as they sound when they're written down in black and white, but I can understand being a community festival why some people are offended by it and don't want it to go ahead, but in terms of his brand of humour, I'm a fan of Frankie Boyle."
Mr Todd said nothing was off limits as a comedian if you could come at it from an intelligent angle and put a different slant on it and not just poke fun.
"Are some of his jokes offensive? Yes, probably, but I think ultimately that's what people want whenever they go to see Frankie Boyle.
"I probably wouldn't do that sort of material but you set the line where ever you want to when ever you're a performer and if you're comfortable with that and if people enjoy it then you do it, I suppose.
"Quite a lot of the time, now not every time, he's not actually making fun of this sort of taboo subject itself, he's more making fun of the interpretation of it or other people's reaction to it.
"I wouldn't be totally offended, but I can understand how people would be."
The Home Affairs Committee said that at present rates it could take 37 years to clear.
In its latest report into the system, the cross-party committee questioned whether splitting up the UK Border Agency would change anything.
Immigration minister Mark Harper said the Home Office was now in a better position to clear backlogs.
In its last report, the committee said there were 11 separate backlogs totalling 320,000 open or unresolved cases in the immigration system.
Now it says there is a 12th backlog of 190,000 files called the "Temporary and Permanent Migration Pool".
This brings the total to more than 500,000, which committee chairman Keith Vaz MP said was "staggering".
However, it is understood the Home Office disagrees with the figure because it is not new and has been over-counted by 40,000.
The committee said the backlog had emerged during its first evidence session with Sarah Rapson, the head of the new service dealing with visa and immigration applications.
Home Secretary Theresa May scrapped the UK Border Agency in March and said that two divisions, the first headed by Ms Rapson and the other for enforcements, would answer directly to ministers.
But the committee warned the change might be no more than a "rebranding exercise".
Mr Vaz told the BBC a "fundamental change" was needed in how officials tackled the backlog to resolve the issue "once and for all".
He said: "This is totally unacceptable. I know that the home secretary has abolished the UKBA, but we need to make sure that it's not just a rebranding exercise.
"We need new people at the top. We need a change of culture, but more than anything else we need to give them the resources that they need to clear the backlog."
He said no more bonuses should be paid to senior management at the Home Office until the backlogs were cleared.
Brodie Clark, the former head of the UK Border Force who was forced out of his job after being accused of relaxing passport checks, told BBC News that officials were being "overwhelmed by the sheer volume" of cases coming through.
He said splitting UKBA was costly and could actually hamper progress by creating "more of the working silos that have been an enduring criticism of the organisation".
The UKBA's astonishingly troubled history
Mr Harper said: "The UK Border Agency was a troubled organisation for many years, which is why the home secretary took the decision to split the agency in March this year.
"The new UK Visa and Immigration Service has a clear focus to improve visa performance and customer service, while the Immigration Enforcement command concentrates on those who break our immigration laws.
"It will take a long time to clear the backlogs we inherited - but through the changes we have made we are in a much stronger position to do so."
Rob Whiteman, who headed the now scrapped agency, is leaving the Home Office for another job. The Home Office said he was leaving voluntarily and there was no severance package.
Separately, the committee said it wanted to know why the former agency had spent more than £500,000 on outside consultants in the final quarter of 2012.
The 24-year-old and Glasgow Warriors team-mate Tommy Seymour, 28 are the only two Scots in Warren Gatland's 41-man squad for the tour of New Zealand.
Hogg toured Australia with the Lions in 2013 but did not feature against the Wallabies.
"The focus for me now is very much on getting that starting jersey," he said.
"I'm very much focussed on the job in hand. There's a couple of games left with Glasgow. I'll hopefully get a starting place there and perform to the best of my ability.
"As soon as the time comes to switch to Lions mode then I'll be doing exactly that.
"I believe I'm in a good position to do it but I'm not going to rest on my laurels, I'm going to work incredibly hard and every opportunity I get I'm going to make the most of it and here's hoping I can get a starting jersey. It's not going to come easy.
"I was chuffed to bits to be there the last time. Looking back, I was sitting behind Leigh Halfpenny so I couldn't really grumble at that, could I?
"These are the reasons why you play rugby, this is the highest level you can possibly go. To get one over on New Zealand in their home patch would be absolutely tremendous.
"I wish it [the tour] was now, if I'm honest."
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Hogg impressed during the Six Nations and was voted player of the tournament for the second year running.
"I'm very much excited for the challenges that are coming our way and to be going alongside my good friend Tommy, I'm chuffed for him as well," Hogg told the BBC Sport Scotland Facebook page.
"Tommy's a world-class player and he's fully deserving of his call-up. A hugely exciting few weeks coming up.
"I'm sure Tommy will agree, we've played in very good sides over the last few years - Glasgow competing for trophies, fortunate enough to win [the Pro12] a couple of years ago, and also here at Scotland, we're ever improving.
"It's down to the team-mates for getting us in good positions. We're just hugely honoured to be going to New Zealand."
And Seymour added: "It hasn't sunk in yet. I'm a bit speechless. Amazing feeling. A really proud moment for my family. It's special."
The bill would pardon men only if they had sex without "force or threat" and if they married the victim.
Critics say it legitimises rape and child marriage, and lets off men who are aware of their crime.
Violence against women in Turkey has increased in the past decade - 40% of women report sexual or physical abuse.
Statistics also show the murder rate of women increased by 1,400% between 2003 and 2010.
The bill was initially approved on Thursday evening after being brought to parliament by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). On Tuesday, MPs will debate the bill a second time before casting their final vote.
It is a highly contentious bill that has divided Turkey along its traditional secular versus conservative fault line.
The aim, says the government, is not to excuse rape but to rehabilitate those who may not have realised their sexual relations were unlawful - or to prevent girls who have sex under the age of 18 from feeling ostracised by their community.
There is opposition to the bill on the streets of Istanbul. Many say it will encourage men to rape.
But the government will get support among its pious voter base in poorer areas where girls are married off young and the sexual abuse rate is higher. Supporters say Mr Erdogan has liberated religious women by repealing a ban on headscarves in public places.
The vote on Tuesday could spark mass protests.
If it passes it will likely quash the convictions of some 3,000 men accused of assaulting an under-18-year-old.
But critics say as well as overlooking statutory rape (underage sex) it would legitimise child marriage.
"Sexual abuse is a crime and there is no consent in it. This is what the AKP fails to understand," said Ozgur Ozel, MP for the opposition Republican People's Party, according to AFP news agency. "Seeking the consent of a child is something that universal law does not provide for."
But Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said it could help couples who have engaged in consensual sex and want to marry.
"When a child is then born from this non-official union, the doctor warns the prosecutor and the man is sent to prison, putting the child and mother into financial difficulties," he said.
It claims that Barclays misled investors about the quality of loans backing securities in the run-up to the financial crisis.
Barclays rejected the claims, saying they were "disconnected from the facts".
The banking giant is among a number of European banks that have been under investigation by US authorities.
On Friday, the US said Deutsche Bank had agreed to pay $7.2bn to settle a mortgage investigation.
The US Department of Justice said: "From 2005 to 2007, Barclays personnel repeatedly misrepresented the characteristics of the loans backing securities they sold to investors throughout the world, who incurred billions of dollars in losses as a result of the fraudulent scheme."
It said it could seek civil penalties up to the amount that Barclays gained, or that investors lost.
Federal prosecutors said that as part of the alleged scheme Barclays sold $31bn in securities.
More than half of the mortgages backing the securities defaulted, the suit alleged.
Investors included "credit unions, pension plans, charitable and religious organisations, university endowments, and financial institutions, among others" said Robert Capers, the chief prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York.
Unlike in some other cases against major institutions, the Justice Department has chosen not to seek a mutually acceptable resolution.
Barclays said: "We have an obligation to our shareholders, customers, clients, and employees to defend ourselves against unreasonable allegations and demands.
"Barclays will vigorously defend the complaint and seek its dismissal at the earliest opportunity."
The 36-year-old arranged to leave the field against Sunderland in the 26th minute - matching his shirt number.
Thousands of pounds were won in bets predicting the timing of the change last season, prompting the FA's Integrity Department to investigate.
It decided there is no case to answer.
Shortly before the game, the editor of a Chelsea fanzine had tweeted that Terry would be withdrawn after 26 minutes.
One bookmaker said it had paid out on three bets, with one customer claiming he had been paid at 100-1 on a £25 stake.
The FA then asked the betting companies involved for information on bets they received on the substitution.
But it is understood it found no evidence to suggest there was inside information intended for the purposes of betting and no deliberate attempt at so-called spot-fixing.
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Terry, who has since moved to Aston Villa, admitted his 26th-minute farewell was his idea and he had agreed it with manager Antonio Conte.
Sunderland boss David Moyes said his already-relegated side agreed to put the ball out to allow the substitution during their 5-1 defeat.
But BBC Sport pundit Alan Shearer said it raised questions of integrity.
And fellow BBC pundit Garth Crooks was also critical, saying: "This has obviously been set up. I'm a bit uncomfortable with it."
Chelsea gave a similar send-off to former striker Didier Drogba in a fixture against Sunderland on his farewell appearance at Stamford Bridge.
He was carried off by team-mates midway through the first half.
Others warned they would have no incentive to invest in maintenance if the government tried to stabilise rent.
The cost of a new tenancy in London jumped 11.9% between 2013 and 2014.
The survey of 174 landlords analysed six proposals for cutting, capping or freezing private sector rents.
It was carried out by the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research.
Most London properties are currently let out on six- or twelve-month assured shorthold tenancies, the research said.
They have been criticised for offering little security to families who rent, and more than half of the landlords surveyed said they would be interested in offering a three-year tenancy if there were tax incentives to do so.
"With the right safeguards in place, it would seem likely that longer tenancies could become more normal in the UK without causing any negative impacts on housing supply," the report concluded.
"There was suspicion that such measures could constitute a step towards the kind of rent controls that they perceived had undermined investment in the private rented sector in the period before 1988."
Some warned they would not offer longer tenancies to "risky" tenants, such as those receiving housing benefit or families.
And three-quarters said they would sell some or all of their properties if they were forced to cut their rents to two-thirds of current levels.
The researchers warn that while a sudden flow of properties onto the market would lower prices, not all of the evicted tenants would be able to afford to buy a home, and would struggle to find another let.
The London Assembly's Housing Committee will discuss the report on Thursday 8 October.
The team will present its findings at the National Cancer Research Institute conference next week.
They plan to use liposomes - tiny bubbles of fat which carry materials round the body - to release toxic drugs when their temperature is raised.
The "grenades" are intended to avoid side-effects by ensuring the drugs target only the tumour.
Experts said such technology, which has been effective in animal experiments, was the "holy grail of nanomedicine".
Cancer scientists are trying to harness the transporting abilities of these fatty spheres by getting them to carry toxic drugs to tumours.
"The difficulty is, how do you release them when they reach their target?" Prof Kostas Kostarelos, from the University of Manchester, told the BBC News website.
The Nanomedicine Lab in Manchester has designed liposomes that are water-tight at normal body temperature. But when the temperature increases to 42C they become leaky.
"The challenge for us is to try to develop liposomes in such a way that they will be very stable at 37C and not leak any cancer drug molecules and then abruptly release them at 42C," Prof Kostarelos added.
He suggests heat pads could be used to warm tumours on the body surface such as skin, head or neck cancers.
Probes can heat tumours inside the body, and there is also discussion about using ultra sound to warm tumours.
In early tests on mice with melanoma there was "greater uptake" of drugs in tumours using the thermal grenades. And that resulted in a "moderate improvement" in survival rates.
Prof Kostarelos said similar techniques were being trialled in patients and this "is not a fantasy."
Prof Charles Swanton, the chairman of the conference, said targeted liposomes were a "holy grail of nanomedicine".
He added: "These studies demonstrate for the first time how they can be built to include a temperature control, which could open up a range of new treatment avenues.
"This is still early work but these liposomes could be an effective way of targeting treatment towards cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed."
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Net income for the three months to September fell to 1.2tn won ($1.1bn; £713m), a drop of 25% compared with the same period last year.
That was lower than forecasts - which were for around 1.5tn won.
Hyundai's numbers were hurt by a fall in sales in China and weaker than expected sales in the US - its two biggest markets.
The one bright spot was in India, where the firm reported a sales increase of 13.8%. However, overall the South Korean giant said global retail sales were down 0.9%.
Its South-Korean listed shares fell 1.8% on the news.
The car maker has blamed tough international competition and currency headwinds for is disappointing results this year. Sales in another major market - Russia - were down close to 5% for the period as the falling value of the rouble hurt earnings.
Hyundai is the world's fifth largest automaker when combined with local affiliate Kia Motors.
Jim Murphy stood down as Scottish leader after just six months in the job when the party suffered a near wipe out in the General Election in May.
The task of rebuilding the party in Scotland is vital for the party as a whole.
Unless they win back a substantial number of the seats they lost to the SNP, Labour will almost certainly never form a government in Westminster again.
If they fail to regain their Scottish heartlands they would have to instead win seats in England that even Tony Blair could not conquer in 1997.
The scale of the problem Labour faces in Scotland is demonstrated by a new TNS poll published in the Herald newspaper which suggests 62% of voters intend to vote SNP at next year's Holyrood poll.
That would be a huge increase on the 50% who voted SNP in the general election.
The Scottish Labour Party got a huge shock when they lost 40 of their 41 Scottish seats in May's general election. But it should not have come as a surprise. They have been in trouble in Scotland for years.
One of their previous leaders - former First Minister Henry McLeish - admits the party has been taking voters for granted in Scotland. He told me they had become complacent and entitled.
Asked if the party had now hit rock bottom he said: "I hope so, but I fear we may not have reached our nadir."
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He thinks that during last year's Scottish independence referendum campaign Labour won the battle but lost the hearts and minds of Scottish voters.
There are two candidates competing to take over the leadership.
Kezia Dugdale is the clear frontrunner. She is just 33 years old and claims it is time for a new generation to take over a party that needs rebuilding from the ground up.
During a period as acting leader she frequently took on Nicola Sturgeon at First Minister's Questions in some heated exchanges.
Ken Macintosh is a more experienced politician who has been a member of the Scottish Parliament since it was first created in 1999.
He says the Labour party has become too confrontational, especially in its dealings with the SNP. He says Labour needs to be less tribal, less partisan.
This is not an ideological struggle. They are significantly not to the left or right of each other. Both are fairly centrist candidates.
In fact when Ken Macintosh ran for the leadership in 2011 Ms Dugdale helped to run his campaign. They both talk about the need to win back voters' trust rather than radically changing their policies.
There are some in the party who think it will be impossible for Labour to win back Scotland unless they uncouple themselves from the UK party and finally throw off the accusation that the Scottish party is nothing more than a "branch office".
Henry McLeish is convinced the party needs complete autonomy.
He said: "It would be beneficial for us to be the voice of Scotland and we can't do that if we are mixing it on an agenda with English voters."
But that is problematic for a party which spent last year arguing against independence for the country. Why now advocate an independent party? Both leadership candidates have ruled out the idea of a separate Scottish party.
When the new party leader is announced on Saturday he or she will become the eighth leader since devolution in 1999.
Every time the Scottish party hits a set back they respond by changing the leader.
Now, having chewed through seven in fifteen years, the eighth face a greater challenge than any of their predecessors.
Reports United may sign Welshman Bale, 26, rekindled when Zinedine Zidane replaced Rafa Benitez as Real boss.
After his hat-trick to help Real beat Deportivo La Coruna 5-0, Zidane's first game in charge, Bale said Benitez's exit was a "huge disappointment".
"But I'm enjoying my football at the moment so I'll keep going," added Bale.
The Wales international, who received a standing ovation after scoring his 10th goal in seven games, says Real and France legend Zidane inspired him during his formative years.
"As a player he was incredible," said Bale. You try and emulate people like that. He's a legend not just at the club, but for football.
"We had a chat when he first came in, and no matter what I'll always give 100% on a football pitch and that's what I did [against Deportivo]."
Amid reports suggesting he might move to Old Trafford, Bale also did not rule out returning to the Premier League, where he starred for Tottenham Hotspur before a world-record £85m move to Real in September, 2013.
"Obviously you can never predict what happens in the future," he said.
Real's win over Deportivo moved them to within two points of second-placed Barcelona and four shy of leaders Atletico Madrid.
Bale believes he and his team-mates can continue the team's upward trajectory.
"We know what can happen in the league, we know we have to keep fighting all the way and we'll keep doing that until the last whistle," Bale added.
Meanwhile, Zidane has said he hopes Bale will continue to work hard in defence as well as in attack.
Leading 2-0 from the first leg, Real peppered the visitors' goal, although Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah wasted chances for Roma at the Bernabeu.
It proved costly as Ronaldo crashed in at the near post before setting up James Rodriguez for an angled finish.
Roma hit the post but Real made the last eight for a sixth successive term.
With Zinedine Zidane's team 12 points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona, and disqualified from the Copa Del Rey, winning the Champions League remains their only realistic chance of silverware.
And although the 10-times winners impressed in attack, their casual approach to defence, particularly from left-back Marcelo, will give more potent teams hope.
Roma will now return to Serie A, where they lie third, after winning their last seven successive league games.
Strangely for a game where Real wracked up 37 shots, Roma had the better opportunities and could have changed the mood inside the Bernabeu if Salah and Dzeko were more clinical.
Ronaldo did miss a great chance to double his lead, but having been out of favour with Real fans after his seemingly critical comments about team-mates following the 1-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid on 27 February, he proved his value once again.
Early on, Real's leading scorer appeared to be trying too hard to win supporters over, occasionally guilty of showboating rather than taking the chance to shoot.
Once he stung the hands of Roma goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny either side of half-time, he finally opened the scoring when he showed great anticipation to cut across Roma's Kostas Manolas and poke in substitute Lucas Vazquez's close-range cross.
The Portuguese forward, who now has 13 goals in this season's Champions League, set up Rodriguez for the second four minutes later as the Colombian fired in low after a swift counter attack.
The gap to Barcelona in La Liga has coincided with a calf injury to Gareth Bale, but, after appearing and scoring as a substitute in their 7-1 win over Celta Vigo on Saturday, the Welshman made his first start since 17 January.
The world record signing worked hard on the right wing and sent in several fizzing crosses which, had Karim Benzema been playing, might have resulted in a goal.
As it was, Real took the lead when Vasquez came on to replace Bale and set up Ronaldo with his first touch.
But it was a decent work out for the former Tottenham player, who could yet make a telling difference as the season comes to a close and will be aiming to star for Wales at the European Championship in June.
When Salah played at former team Basel, his manager Murat Yakin said the winger could be world class if only he could finish.
Unfortunately, that proved an accurate assessment of the Egyptian, who had a short-lived period at Chelsea in 2014, during which he was loaned to Fiorentina.
The 23-year-old caused plenty of problems for Real with his pace on the right wing, and set up Dzeko for a great early chance.
But the profligacy shown by both was further underlined with another miss by Salah after the break, and 18 minutes later Real were 2-0 ahead.
Diego Perotti's shot against the post, two minutes from time, would only have been a consolation.
Luciano Spalletti, Roma coach: "We are weak and at the first sign of difficulty we cannot be the team that we need to be. It is not as if Real Madrid are going through a great period of form and at the moment they are not irresistible.
"When I come back into the dressing room after the final whistle and see the players satisfied because they will get compliments for the performance, this creates a disappointment and pain in me that I cannot reconcile.
"When you go into the dressing room after a 2-0 defeat, you need to be angry and realise the chances you have thrown away over these two games."
Real Madrid are away at Las Palmas as they try to close the gap on Barcelona while Roma travel to Udinese in their bid to catch Serie A leaders Juventus.
The Grange will host both matches on 15 and 17 June.
The nations met at the World Twenty20 in 2016, with the Scots all out for 136 in the final over of an 11-run defeat in India.
"This will be the first full member ODI that I have been involved in outside of a World Cup," said Scotland head coach Grant Bradburn.
"The players will be desperate to match their skills against Zimbabwe on home soil."
Zimbabwe are 11th in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) ODI rankings, the lowest-ranked of the 10 Test-playing sides.
They lost a home ODI series 3-2 to ICC associate members Afghanistan - who are above them at 10th place in the rankings - in February.
Scotland meet Namibia in the Intercontinental Cup at Ayr (6-9 June) and play two 50-over World Cricket League Championship games against the same opponents at The Grange on 11 and 13 June.
After four matches, the Scots are sixth in the Intercontinental Cup standings, one place above Namibia.
Before those games in June, Bradburn's side will face Sri Lanka in two 50-over matches in Kent on 21 and 23 May as their opponents warm up for the ICC Champions Trophy - although they will not be classed as official ODIs.
After Asian and then European stock markets fell, Wall Street's Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes shed 2.3%.
Earlier, circuit-breakers triggered a suspension in Chinese trading following a 7% fall in the country's main index.
Later on Thursday, the Chinese authorities said they were suspending the circuit-breaker system.
The mechanism was brought in late last year to reduce volatility on China's markets and had not been triggered until this week. It will be lifted from Friday.
The slump on Chinese markets prompted renewed panic on global markets. Share dealing was halted in the first 30 minutes, making it China's shortest trading day on record.
The FTSE 100 share index in London closed down 2% at 5,954.08.
Germany's Dax, down 2.3% at 9,979.85, while France's Cac 40 fell 1.7% to 4,403.58.
On Wall Street, banks were among the biggest casualties, with giants Citigroup and Morgan Stanley falling 5%.
Technology stocks were also hit. Apple slid 4.2%, Amazon 3.9%, Facebook 4.9% and Google parent Alphabet 2.3%.
The tech-rich Nasdaq index closed down 3%.
Amid the uncertainty, the euro gained nearly a cent against the dollar, rising to $1.0870.
What does this mean for the rest of the world?
The direct financial impact of lower share prices in China is moderate. There is not enough foreign investment in the Chinese market for it to be a major problem. The London consultancy Capital Economics has said foreigners own just 2% of shares.
The issue is more about whether the financial turbulence shines a light on wider issues about the economic slowdown in China: is the economy heading for what's called a "hard landing", too sharp a slowdown?
China is now such a big force in the global economy that it would inevitably affect the rest of the world. It is the second largest economy and the second largest importer of both goods and commercial services.
Read more from Andrew Walker, BBC World Service Economics Correspondent
The pound fell against the euro by more than a cent and a half, to €1.3408.
Investors are nervous after the Chinese central bank moved to weaken the country's currency, the yuan, for the eighth day running, sparking fears of a currency war.
This move is designed to boost exports by making Chinese goods cheaper outside the country, analysts have speculated.
It is also being interpreted as an indication that consumer demand in China may be slowing more sharply than feared.
Official economic growth in China is still running at just below 7%.
But moves to devalue the yuan suggest attempts to shift the economy from an export-led one to a consumer and services-led one are running into problems.
Legendary US billionaire investor George Soros has warned that 2016 could see a global financial crisis on as big a scale as that seen just eight years ago.
Giving a speech to an economic forum in Sri Lanka, Mr Soros said China faced a " major adjustment problem."
He added: "I would say it amounts to a crisis. When I look at the financial markets there is a serious challenge which reminds me of the crisis we had in 2008, according to Bloomberg.
It is not the first time the billionaire hedge fund manager has warned of impending doom on the financial markets. In 2011 he warned the Greek debt crisis that consumed Europe was more serious than the 2008 financial crisis.
Analysis: Karishma Vaswani, Asia business correspondent
If at first you don't succeed - try and try again.
Or maybe you don't. Especially if panic breaks out on your stock markets for a second day this week.
The decision by China's regulators to suspend the brand new circuit-breaker mechanism - which only came into effect this week - tells you just how difficult it is to manage or control financial markets.
But perhaps that's the point.
Meddling in markets can only lead to misery - at least, that's certainly what many in China's financial circles may now be thinking.
Read more from Karishma here
China turmoil set to continue
After the trading halt, the China Securities Regulatory Commission announced that major shareholders could not sell more than 1% of a company's shares within three months as of 9 January.
It comes as a previous six-month ban of stock sales by major shareholders is set to expire on Friday.
China's central bank began to devalue the yuan last year. Also, a World Bank report has highlighted weaknesses in China's economy. Buffeted by events in China, world stock markets are also being hit by oil prices falling to a 14-year-low.
China is responsible for 17% of all the world's economic activity, so any downturn in spending there affects the rest of the world.
Exporters to China could be hit hard as China is a key buyer of industrial commodities such as oil, copper and iron ore.
There is now a lot more pressure on other Asian countries to depreciate their currencies in response to China's move.
China's attempts to impose circuit breakers with a 7% threshold appear to have only added to the panic. On Wall Street, circuit breakers kick in at 20%.
Amy Zhuang, a China analyst with Nordea Bank, told the BBC she expected "a rush selling" as soon as Chinese markets opened on Friday.
Bernard Aw, market strategist at trading firm IG, said the negative sentiment was because of the perception that China may further weaken the yuan, igniting concerns over what that might mean for other economies.
A weakening of the currency is often seen by investors as an indication that that the economy is not doing well and needs to be propped up by boosting exports.
A lower yuan makes the cost of exporting goods for Chinese companies cheaper, giving the slowing factory sector a boost.
After disappointing manufacturing data on Monday, the mainland benchmark index plunged 7%, triggering a global equities sell-off.
The negative sentiment spilled over the border to Hong Kong, where the Hang Seng index also lost 3%, closing at 20,333.34 points.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index finished down 2.3% to 17,767.34, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index lost 2.2% to 5,010.30 as energy shares dragged down the market.
Opposition protesters were dispersed from outside the commission's offices in Accra by police firing tear gas.
The NPP said in a statement that the National Democratic Congress had stolen votes across the country.
NDC candidate President John Mahama had a narrow lead over NPP rival Nana Akufo-Addo, according to local media.
Joy FM said based on partial results Mr Mahama looked likely to gain more than 50% of the vote, which would give him overall victory without needing a run-off vote.
Ghana, one of the world's fastest growing economies, is regarded as one of Africa's most stable democracies.
Mr Akufo-Addo lost the 2008 presidential poll by one percentage point, but accepted the result.
However, his party said they had "enough concrete evidence" to prove that he actually won this year's election.
"The ruling NDC conspired with certain EC staff in constituencies across the country to falsify the election results and thereby abuse the mandate of the people of Ghana," the party said.
"It was this planned, systematic stealing of votes at the collation level that was, thankfully, discovered in time."
The party cited discrepancies between initial tally sheets and the results reported in the media.
It said thousands of votes had been stolen from Mr Akufo-Addo and added to Mr Mahama's tally.
The opposition demanded an inquiry before official results are released.
Election commissioner Kwadwo Afari-Gyan told Reuters news agency he was not yet aware of the NPP complaint.
The NDC has not yet responded to the allegations.
Observers said Friday's vote, for a new president and parliament, passed off in a largely peaceful manner.
Some glitches with a new finger-printing system meant that voting continued into Saturday in some parts of the country.
The turnout was reported to be high, at roughly 80%.
As a top exporter of cocoa and gold, Ghana is one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
In 2011 it saw economic growth of 14% and experts predict growth of 8% for 2012 and in 2013.
Sole practitioner Karen Mackie has been suspended from working, declared bankrupt, and faces the prospect of losing her home.
She is the latest victim of "vishing" in which criminals pose as bank security teams.
Criminals are targeting legal practices overseeing large sums of money.
The crime sees con-artists call innocent people and, posing as bank employees, persuade them first that the victims' money is at risk. They tell them that to secure their funds they should transfer them to a "safe" account.
Legal firms are targeted by the gangs as they have large amounts of money from clients in order to complete transactions such as property purchases.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has told BBC's Money Box programme that every week, three to four solicitor practices receive these calls. Some of those conned have transferred six and seven figure sums to crooks.
Mrs Mackie's case started at the end of April. Already facing personal financial pressures, she said she received a call, purporting to be from her bank, which suggested funds in her clients' accounts were at risk.
"This lady introduced herself as Joanne Howard from NatWest saying that one of my accounts had been compromised and that I should phone the number on the back of my debit card, which is the helpline. We ended the call and I then phoned that number," she said.
Ringing immediately was Mrs Mackie's downfall. Instead of contacting NatWest security, she connected straight back to the criminals - there is a delay in landline phones clearing the previous call.
The criminals then convinced her that her funds were at risk and that the "bank" would call back the following day to transfer her money to "safe" accounts.
When a frightened Mrs Mackie, of Surrey, took the call the following day, she moved £734,000 into new accounts - in tranches of up to £99,000. Shortly afterwards she became suspicious, alerted the police and her bank and nearly £222,000 was retrieved by NatWest. The rest had been withdrawn by the crooks.
Protecting client money is one of the golden rules of being allowed to practise as a solicitor. Her failure to do so, has led to Karen Mackie being suspended from the profession, though ironically she did what she did, thinking she was protecting client funds.
Her professional indemnity insurers have refused to pay out on the grounds that if she had not been dishonest herself, she had effectively "condoned dishonesty activities" by others.
The insurers told Money Box in a statement: "Ms Mackie is a solicitor who represents a risk to the public and cannot be trusted with holding client money."
Mrs Mackie's suspension by the SRA means she cannot work as a solicitor again without taking more exams and being given clearance by the SRA. Although her personal financial troubles did not start with this episode, she has now been declared bankrupt and is having trouble meeting her mortgage commitments.
"I miss my work incredibly. I feel dreadful for my clients because it is such personal, family work," she said.
"The whole situation has just been devastating. I'm also receiving counselling. I'm on various medication for anxiety and depression."
Her suspension has enabled her clients to have access to the Solicitors Compensation Scheme which has now refunded their losses.
The story comes in the week that Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA), the body which co-ordinates the financial industry's response to cyber crime, reported that UK financial fraud losses rose 6% to £325m in the first six months of 2015.
Telephone banking fraud losses rose by 95% to £14.4m in the same period. The FFA said that a further £300m of "remote" banking fraud, which includes online and telephone banking crimes, was stopped.
There have been repeated criticisms that neither the police nor the banks are doing enough to protect the public from these crimes. BT recently announced that it was cutting the delay in cutting off landline calls to two seconds.
Listen to the full story on Money Box on BBC Radio 4 at 1200 BST on Saturday 3 October.
Giger was best known for his xenomorph alien design in Sir Ridley's sci-fi horror masterpiece for which he won a visual effects Oscar in 1980.
He died in hospital on Monday after he fell down stairs at his Zurich home.
"I am very saddened to hear of Giger's passing," Sir Ridley said in a statement to Time.
"I think back on how committed and passionate he was, and then consequently, all the security we built up around his 'lock up' studios at Shepperton.
"I was the only one allowed the honour of going in, and I absolutely enjoyed every hour I spent with him there. He was a real artist and great eccentric, a true original, but above all, he was a really nice man. He will be missed."
A statement from Giger's family said: "We are absolutely heartbroken over the loss of this loving husband, selfless friend and supremely talented artist.
"He truly was one of a kind, committed to his craft, to his friends and to his family. His warm personality, incredible generosity, and sharp sense of humour, were in stark contrast with the universe he depicted in his art."
The family went on to express gratitude for the "wonderful tributes" that had been written following his death.
"As much as Giger shunned the limelight, preferring his work to speak for him, he was greatly appreciative of every compliment he ever received and we know he would be amazed and humbled by the kindness that continues to be the subject of his eulogies.
"In a career with so many star-studded highlights, it is only natural that many have mentioned his world famous biomechanical creation for Alien... it was certainly a design which Giger prized, much as he took great pride in his collaboration with myriads of music industry and film artists, since he began his glorious journey as a world class painter, sculptor and designer."
Born in 1940, Hans "Ruedi" Giger studied architecture and industrial design in Zurich and was known for creating strange dreamscapes.
One of his pieces in particular - Necronom IV - inspired the alien killer in Sir Ridley's hit film.
He also worked on Alien 3 (1992) and more recently, appeared in a documentary about director Alejandro Jodorowsky's unmade film adaptation of the book Dune.
The 30-year-old is accused of driving under the influence of alcohol while more than twice the legal limit in Paisley on 21 February.
He entered a not guilty plea at the city's sheriff court.
The multi-platinum selling artist was arrested after being spotted driving a Mini Cooper S in Maxwellton Street, Canal Street and High Road.
A trial date in the case has been set for the end of June.
Lawyers acting for Mr Nutini said they had been unable to fully prepare his defence because of his South American tour.
Throughout April, the singer played shows in Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Brazil.
Solicitor Brian Lanaghan told the court that his client pleaded not guilty.
He added: "He has been abroad on business and flew back in last night so full instructions [from him about his defence in this case] have still to be taken.
"However, I am content for the matter to continue to trial."
Prosecutors claim Mr Nutini had 48 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath - more than double the 22mcg legal limit - while driving.
He first appeared in the dock over the claims in March.
Procurator fiscal depute Frank Clarke said prosecutors were still awaiting a "forensic calculation" of Nutini's alleged alcohol levels and that there were three witnesses against him - one civilian and two police officers.
Sheriff Craig Harris adjourned the case until next month.
Pralhad Kolhe has ordered fishermen not to use Cove Harbour, but he was told to remove boulders blocking access to the harbour by the council in January.
New boulders across the road to the site have now been installed.
The fishermen have collected more than 9,500 signatures on a petition and raised £3,300 to fund a legal campaign.
Locals say the harbour has been used for fishing for hundreds of years, but the landowner insists boat owners have "no right" to store their equipment on his property.
The dispute dates back to April 2014, when Mr Kolhe issued a legal notice to the fishermen ordering them to remove their boats from the beach.
A further notice was issued in September 2015 after the fishermen insisted they would be staying put, before the boulders were put up blocking off the pier in December.
Council officials wrote to Mr Kolhe in January about the boulders, but on Saturday new stones were seen being placed across the access road.
Mr Kolhe's representatives have not yet responded to a BBC Scotland request for a comment on the dispute.
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The North Bicester Surgery, in Bure Park, is planning to shut permanently on 30 September.
A spokesman said the decision was also taken because two of its partners were due to retire.
Patients will have to register at one of the town's four other GP practices before the surgery closes.
In February the government agreed a new contract with the British Medical Association (BMA) for GPs, which gave them a 1% pay rise.
Dr Andrew Gibson, senior partner at the surgery, said: "The decision to close the practice has not been taken lightly.
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He added that the surgery first started in 1993 and moved from prefabricated structures into a purpose-built NHS building in 2000.
Julie Dandridge, head of primary care and localities at Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, said she understood some patients may be worried about the closure.
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Debra Elliott, director of commissioning for NHS England (South Central), said the body would try to ensure the smooth transfer of patient care and records.
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But more than a quarter of those polled for BBC Local Radio by the pollsters COMRES think he has not helped keep the Church of England relevant in Britain.
The next Archbishop of Canterbury could be chosen later as the Crown Nominations Commission meets to discuss the candidates.
The commission will put forward its choice for approval by the Prime Minister and then the Queen.
The survey of 2,594 adults in England was carried out by phone from 24 August to 9 September.
The poll found 53% of people agreed that Dr Williams had been a good leader and 55% think he has been clear in telling people what he believes and why.
During Dr Williams's 10 years in the post, the Church has seen major upheavals over issues such as whether to create women bishops. It has also voiced its opposition to the government's gay marriage laws while Dr Williams's comments on issues like Sharia and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have often come under attack in the media.
"I'm a great fan," said Anne Waizenaker, the vicar of St Nicolas Church, in Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex, where a group of mostly elderly parishioners have gathered for a traditional, mid-week communion service.
"He's a great theologian, a man of great depth and I think for me he's been a great leader of the Church, I hope history will judge him kindly."
"He's been a leader in a very difficult situation," said retired priest Father Tom Winter. "The ordination of women, the consecration of women as bishops, the problem of homosexuals being ordained or not ordained. These are issues which he has not fundamentally got to grips with.
"But he stays true to what he believes and he does it in a very gentle, loving way. That for me is true leadership."
Paul Handley, the editor of the Independent Church Times newspaper and a seasoned Rowan watcher, said: "For the last few Archbishops there have been some rows brewing and quite a lot of them have come to a head in his time.
"He hasn't really been able to set an agenda of his own. He's attempted to make more of the pluralism side of our community and got slapped down for an aspect of that.
"But if you talk to religious leaders across the board, they all think of him as somebody who's opened the establishment to different views and different religions."
But a quarter of people told the BBC poll the current Archbishop has not made the Church relevant to modern Britain.
And at the more modern, Evangelical end of the Anglican Church, some people believe he could have done better as leader of the Church.
Even though it is only a short distance from St Nicolas in Shoreham, St Peter's Church, in Brighton, is a lively evangelical Church with a modern style of worship and a growing congregation of more than 600 people.
Worshipper Clive Newton said: "I think in standing back and trying to achieve balance, he's lost any direction or authority over people."
Source: archbishopofcanterbury.org
BBC Religion A-Z: Church of England
Rohip Nathaniel, also part of the congregation agreed, he said: "I think he's had a very tough time to be honest because he's been trying to please many people all of the time and I think that's been a problem. I would have preferred him to take a solid stance and stick to his guns."
Both men would like to see the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, who is popular with the conservative and evangelical wing, succeed Dr Williams.
The Reverend George Pitcher, who was the Archbishop's press secretary for a year, said that on the contrary, Rowan Williams has always been clear in the message he has sent out.
He said: "The Archbishop of Canterbury never says anything he doesn't mean, hasn't thought through and doesn't feel that the time is right for saying.
"He never speaks off the cuff. When he's said something which has upset politicians or some quarters of the media, I've never seen him or heard of him regretting it.
"It needed saying in his view and has been said, and it's given people permission to hold that view."
The next Archbishop will not find the job any easier. The Church of England has yet to make its final decision on consecrating women as Bishops and has expressed its opposition to the impending laws introducing gay marriage.
In addition, many parts of the worldwide Anglican Church - especially in parts of Africa - are still unhappy with the leadership from London.
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May left the BBC earlier this year after Clarkson was fired for hitting a producer.
They recently signed a "very, very, very expensive" deal with Amazon Prime.
But rival service Netflix has claimed the presenters "sold themselves for way more money" than they are worth.
"We have past episodes of Top Gear, so we have a pretty good gauge of what audiences like," the company's chief product officer, Neil Hunt, told Digital Spy in an interview.
"Our buying decisions tend to be somewhat data-driven. We have a lot of data to get the deals we want.
"Clearly it wasn't worth the money to make the deal."
Mr Hunt later clarified his comments in a statement, saying: "There is an audience for everything and it is not up to us to judge if Amazon has paid too much or not."
British broadcaster BT Sport previously said it, too, had declined to bid for the Top Gear trio.
Managing director Delia Bushell told The Guardian: "To be honest I didn't consider it. It just wasn't right for us.
"It's a fantastic franchise, but it made more sense for a global player like Netflix because Top Gear has huge US revenues as well."
Clarkson was suspended on 10 March, following an "unprovoked physical attack" with a Top Gear producer in a Yorkshire hotel. It was said to have occurred because no hot food was provided following a day's filming.
Following an internal investigation, the BBC decided not to renew the presenter's contract. His co-hosts then followed him in leaving the show.
They have now signed up to Amazon Prime to make a new car-themed programme, along with producer Andy Wilman, who also quit the BBC following Clarkson's "fracas".
Mr Wilman has said they had all agreed to a deal with Amazon because "they'll give us the freedom to make the programme we want... there's a budget to produce programmes of the quality we want and this is the future".
Although the show's budget has not been confirmed, the three-series, 36-episode deal was rumoured to have cost Amazon as much as £160 million.
The Top Gear brand will continue on BBC Two, with Chris Evans in charge.
The online retailer reported a $92m profit for the three months to 30 June, surprising investors who had expected another loss. Sales rose by 20% to almost $23.2bn.
The results sent shares in Amazon up 9.8% to $529.42, making it worth $246.5bn.
The company's stock has risen by 78% since the start of the year.
Amazon has not often reported a profit and last did so for the fourth quarter of 2014.
Instead, the 20-year old Seattle-based company has reinvested profits in a bid to improve the delivery infrastructure at the heart of its business.
Analysts said the results showed the firm's investment in its own business was finally beginning to pay off.
Revenue from its cloud operations - Amazon Web Services - nearly doubled in the second quarter, which analysts said showed the firm was now well positioned to grow.
Deutsche Bank analyst Ross Sandler said the fact it was increasing revenue and margins - the amount of money it makes after costs - was a "magical trend" that was being "rightfully rewarded".
"After questioning the investment rationale for years, Amazon is seeing the fruits of its labours in both revenue growth and operating margin," he wrote in a note to clients.
Barclays analyst Paul Vogel said it was now optimistic rather than cautious on the company's growth prospects.
"The scale of their distribution network is starting to generate better incremental margins," he added.
Amazon chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky told investors that the trend would continue as the company would continue to invest in "things that we think are big and important" while keeping costs under control.
Stuart Kerner, 44, from Kent, conducted an affair with the girl, then 16, at Bexleyheath Academy, south-east London.
Handing Kerner a suspended sentence, Judge Joanna Greenberg QC said the victim had become "obsessed" with him.
The judge told Kerner: "Her friends described her, accurately in my view, as stalking you."
A charity, Enough Abuse UK, said the sentence was unduly lenient.
The judge added: "If grooming is the right word to use, it was she who groomed you, (and) you gave in to temptation."
The married teacher, who was also the vice-principal at the school, received an 18-month sentence, suspended for 18 months.
Kerner, of Aylesford, was found guilty by a jury last month of two counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.
During the case at Inner London Crown Court, jurors were told what started out as a schoolgirl crush turned into an 18-month affair, which was discovered in 2013.
It was said Kerner took the girl's virginity on a yoga mat in an empty room at Bexleyheath Academy, the same week his wife had a miscarriage.
Kerner later drove the teenager to her home where the pair kissed and cuddled and had sex, the court heard.
Judge Greenberg said Kerner was "emotionally fragile" due to complications with his wife's pregnancy.
She added that this did not excuse his behaviour, but said it did help explain why someone with an "exemplary" character would commit such offences.
Kerner, who denied all the charges he faced, was cleared of four counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust and two counts of sexual activity with a child that related to alleged behaviour when the victim was only 15.
Judge Greenberg said she believed the victim was "intelligent and manipulative" and "showed no compunction" about lying when it suited her.
However, the judge also said the victim was a vulnerable girl.
She told Kercher: "The law demands that you are the responsible adult and that you show restraint, and we know that you failed to."
He was placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely and barred from working with children, also indefinitely.
In a video interview with police, the schoolgirl said: "It felt special. But, I dunno, it wasn't really. And admitting that does kind of hurt."
Marilyn Hawes, a former teacher and founder of the charity Enough Abuse UK which provides support for abuse victims, said the judge had been unduly lenient in her sentencing.
She said: "She was still a pupil and she had a right, as did the parents or her carer, to expect she would be secure and safe in those hours in school with someone who had been given that trust, and it was a total breach of trust.
"I just do not understand where the judge was coming from when she says she stalked him. He abused his position."
Varun Chopra, who recently returned to Essex from Warwickshire, made 79 before the hosts collapsed to 147-5.
Last pair David Masters and Jamie Porter edged Essex close to victory but Michael Hogan (5-45) and Timm van der Gugten (4-56) bowled them out for 252.
Earlier, Mark Wallace was run out for a season's best of 78 as Glamorgan added three runs to their overnight 293-9.
Essex openers Chopra and Nick Browne (30), who passed 1,000 Championship runs for the season, put on 92 together but the latter's departure just before lunch preceded a flurry of wickets in the afternoon session.
Masters and Porter were both dropped in quick succession off the bowling of Craig Meschede, but Van der Gugten bowled Porter to clinch a dramatic win for Glamorgan.
During the fourth day's play, veteran Essex seamer Masters confirmed he is to retire from professional cricket at the end of the season and captain Ryan ten Doeschate extended his contract until the end of 2018.
Meanwhile, Glamorgan announced that first-innings centurion Kiran Carlson was one of four players to agree new deals with the Welsh side.
Glamorgan bowler Michael Hogan told BBC Wales Sport:
"They're the ones you remember when the wicket's flat and the sun's out. It was pretty tough but it's certainly rewarding to get the win.
"It ebbed and flowed the whole game, but they're the ones you enjoy playing, we never gave up and in the last hour you get the win, so a fantastic result.
"It's a little bit of criticism for us that when we come up against the perceived better sides in the league, we seem to be up for it, and against the perceived lesser sides we seem to go in without as much intensity.
"If we can sort that out, we'll be a force but a great effort from the guys and I can't fault anyone."
The 48-year-old, who has held the same job at Burton and QPR, has agreed a two-year deal with the League One side.
The former Posh player will work with Grant McCann, who has also brought in Mark Tyler as goalkeeping coach.
"What he achieved with Burton alongside Jimmy was superb. It's a great addition for the football club," McCann said.
"David is very demanding and thorough. He says it how it is. His training sessions were intense and structured and that is what I am all about too."
Tyler, 40, has made 494 appearances for the club and is yet to retire, so could still feature as goalkeeper for Posh.
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The American, 34, coped with a gusty wind on Centre Court to win 7-5 6-3 and equal Steffi Graf's Open era record of major titles.
Kerber had beaten Williams in the Australian Open final in January but could not produce another shock.
Williams ends a losing run at Slams stretching back to Wimbledon last year.
Later on Centre Court, Serena and sister Venus claimed their sixth Wimbledon women's doubles title - and 14th Grand Slam trophy - with a 6-3 6-4 win over Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova.
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Fourteen years since she first won Wimbledon, Williams claimed the title for a seventh time after dropping just one set all tournament.
The world number one banished memories of last year, when she fell two matches short of a historic calendar Grand Slam, and of losing in the Australian and French Open finals this year.
"It's been incredibly difficult not to think about it," she said of finally winning number 22.
"It makes the victory even sweeter to know how hard I worked hard for it.
"This court definitely feels like home, I have a match later today in the doubles, so I'll be back out."
Williams moves alongside German great Graf in the all-time list of Grand Slam singles champions, and just two behind overall leader Margaret Court, the Australian who won 13 of her 24 major titles before tennis turned professional in 1968.
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Williams had tried and failed three times to win her 22nd major singles title but she finally got over the line with a performance that owed as much to nerve as to skill.
Kerber, 28, was the outsider but buoyed by her win over Williams in Melbourne, and the swirling wind added another element of uncertainty to the final.
The German's serve was under pressure immediately but after she saw off three break points in the second game, Kerber managed to contain Williams for the most part with her relentless hitting from corner to corner.
A pumped-up Williams roared in celebration after one lunging volley, and again when three serves got her out of trouble at 5-5, and it was Kerber's resistance which broke first.
After a carefully managed 12 games the German made only her fourth and fifth errors of the set to fall 15-40 behind, before Williams converted her second set point with a thumping backhand into the corner.
Kerber was not about to fold, however, finally earning her first break point of the match at 3-3 in the second set after one hour and 13 minutes - only to watch as Williams hammered a 117mph ace out wide.
And moments later an engrossing final came to a sudden end.
Kerber mis-hit a backhand to drop serve and Williams then powered through her final service game, punching away a forehand volley on match point and falling back on to the Centre Court turf.
Steffi Graf, seven-time Wimbledon champion on Facebook: "What an incredible performance by Serena at Wimbledon. Such a gift to all sport fans who get to continue to watch her add to an already amazing career #22."
Billie Jean King, six-time Wimbledon champion: "The difference was the serve, because their groundstrokes they matched up so well.
"It is the most beautiful serve ever. I remember seeing Serena when she was probably 11 or 12 and her technique was beautiful and she is such a terrific athlete.
"Serena hates losing and I think that is what makes her so great. If Serena can keep her motivation and stay healthy I think she can be the greatest ever. I think she is and will be, but she needs to do it."
Lindsay Davenport, 1999 Wimbledon champion: "This has been the goal since Serena left the tournament 12 months ago, to get to 22 and seven Wimbledon titles.
"She has been a woman on a mission for two weeks. She had one iffy match against [Christina] McHale and that was it."
John McEnroe, three-time Wimbledon champion: "I do think it is highly likely that will happen [Williams overtaking Court], she has tremendous will and desire. If you want to be the greatest of the great, that is the way you have to play.
"I don't see anyone on the horizon that will mean she doesn't get at least a couple more quickly."
Jane Ross turned and drove a low first-half shot into the corner of the net, but Slovenia were soon level through Kristina Erman's looping header.
Ross swiftly had Scotland back in front and Kim Little's penalty made it three.
Scotland are now six points clear of Iceland, who have two games in hand and travel to Belarus on Tuesday.
Scotland took their time to get the measure of the visitors, a defected Ross shot and a Little effort from close range the best they could muster before they opened the scoring.
However, after Slovenia's Lara Ivanusa shot wide, Ross found the net with a low drive from an identical position just outside the area.
Although Anna Signeul's Scotland side had scored 24 goals in qualifying prior to the game, they were missing their usual spark up front.
After Lara Prasnikar and Tjasa Tibaut threatened for Slovenia, Erman headed the equaliser when goalkeeper Gemma Fay was caught out of position at a free-kick and could not get back to keep out the looping ball.
Slovenia's joy did not last long. Hayley Lauder broke through after a neat switch of play from Little, and Ross had the simple task of tapping in the low pass.
Scotland ended the first half in a flurry and within five minutes of the restart doubled their advantage.
Little was adjudged to have been shoved off the ball, and the Seattle Reign midfielder slotted home from the spot.
Slovenia, a constant physical presence, refused to buckle, with Kaja Erzen poking the ball wide from inside the area before firing over a few minutes later.
Ross, looking for her hat-trick, flicked a ball towards the back post but goalkeeper Eva Vamberger managed to tip it wide.
Caroline Weir almost made it four when she raced on to a through ball, but a brilliant last-gasp challenge denied her with just Vamberger to beat.
Little curled a free-kick wide and minutes later cut inside her marker to send a deflected shot wide.
Scotland welcome Iceland in June with qualification for their first major finals all but assured.
It broke out in signalling cables underneath one of the platforms at about 03:00 BST.
The power has been isolated to the area and as a result South West Trains into Waterloo are severely delayed.
Services on the Hounslow loop and via Richmond and Kingston are not running and the bus station at Vauxhall has also been closed.
London Fire Brigade station manager John Ryan said: "Once the power was isolated firefighters quickly got to work to tackle the fire.
"We're currently assessing how much electrical cabling has been affected and damping down pockets of fire."
Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire cancelled the show as it felt the comedian's material was not "appropriate".
Ricky-Lee Cooke, who started a petition to overturn the decision, said people had the right to make their own choice.
Brown's manager accused the council of a "vendetta" against his client.
The authority said the comic was free to perform at a non-council venue.
Roy "Chubby" Brown was due to appear at Festival Hall, in Kirkby, in October.
Mr Cooke, whose petition has 465 signatures, said: "I'm a big believer in freedom of speech... I do believe it's censorship.
"It's for the people to decide, no one is forcing [them] to go. They know what the show is like.
"I do think [the material] is appropriate and I don't think the council should be making decisions like this."
Roy "Chubby" Brown is known for his so-called "blue" style of humour with some critics saying his act is "crude".
He rarely appears on mainstream television but did star in the TV programme the League of Gentleman as mayor of the fictional town, Royston Vasey - the comedian's real name.
Steven Lloyd, the comedian's manager, said: "We do shows for the fans, not for the council. This is purely a vendetta against Roy as they have not banned other comics from the venue.
"They booked the show last November and it took them [until] now to cancel it because they didn't want 'his type'."
He added that the comic felt "badly treated".
The council said in a statement: "In discussions about the provisional booking, a decision was taken not to go ahead.
"The booking was not confirmed, and tickets were not put on sale. There is no financial loss or missed income for Ashfield District Council."
In a previous statement it said it did not feel the booking was "appropriate for a council venue and not one that it wished to be associated with."
The FindASchool website has gathered data on access to places in England's state schools.
It shows the average cut-off distances for oversubscribed schools are 2.3km for primary and 4.8km for secondary.
The study found across the country there were 400 different permutations of entry requirements.
But the number-crunching of admission statistics, which includes some but not all academies, shows this is more of an issue in London than elsewhere.
Across England, just under half of schools, 46%, have more applications than places.
But in London, two-thirds of schools are oversubscribed. And in some boroughs, such as Greenwich, Kensington and Chelsea and Lewisham, 80% of schools lack enough places for the demand.
In Wales, there is less pressure on places, with 13% of schools oversubscribed.
The analysis from the website, part of the 192.com service, also shows how the chances of getting a school place can shrink when there is intense demand.
For 393 schools, pupils will not get a place if they live more than 500m away and for 91 schools, it depended on living within a distance of 300m.
This is again a bigger issue in London, where there are 300 schools where pupils have to live within 750m, compared with 14 in the North East.
The analysis also looked at the impact of a "sibling rule", where schools give priority to the brothers and sisters of existing pupils.
The study found that on average, 5% of places are taken by siblings, reducing the availability of places for others.
FindASchool founder Ed Rushton said that looking for a school place could be very stressful and that parents could face a "confusing array" of different admissions rules.
For individual schools this become "convoluted and opaque", he said, with one primary school in Rotherham having 23 different levels of priority for 16 reception class places.
A Department for Education spokesperson said: "We want every parent to have access to a good school place for their child. Despite rising pupil numbers, 95% of parents received an offer at one of their top three preferred schools this year and we recently committed to investing £23 billion in school buildings by 2021.
"It is for local authorities to ensure they have sufficient school places for their pupils."
His mother agreed for relatives of her ex-boyfriend to become her son's guardians when she gave birth aged 17.
The man who the boy now looks on as his father is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence for drugs trafficking, the High Court heard.
Two of the man's sons have also been jailed for drug dealing.
The boy's mother, who is 23 and from Surrey, told the hearing she was worried about the lifestyles of her son's new family and wanted to have him living back with her.
She began her legal fight in 2013 and has represented herself at a series of family court hearings because she cannot afford lawyers and is not eligible for legal aid.
On Wednesday Mr Justice Jackson ordered a new investigation into the boy's circumstances.
He said a family court judge must oversee a new trial and said "hard questions" had to be asked to find out whether the boy was being harmed.
Speaking outside the court, the boy's mother said: "He's living with drug dealers. That just can't be right.
"I agreed to him living with this family after he was born. I was 16 when I got pregnant and 17 when I gave birth.
"I've grown up since then. I can look after him now and I want him back," she said.
The 32-year-old has agreed a deal to play for the Melbourne Renegades in Australia's domestic Twenty20.
There would certainly be possibilities for him to come back and play Twenty20 cricket for us as an overseas player
He would appear as an Australian player and it would mean he would have to be an overseas player for Notts.
"If he plays in Australia as a domestic player he wouldn't be able to play in England as a domestic player," director of cricket Mick Newell said.
"Darren made me aware a couple of weeks ago that it was a possibility that it might happen," Newell added to BBC Radio Nottingham:
Pattinson, who made one appearance for England against South Africa in 2008, was born in Grimsby but raised in Australia.
He joined Notts in 2008 and has taken 171 first-class wickets, 79 one-day wickets and 64 wickets in Twenty20.
But Newell has not ruled out Pattinson returning to the club in the future, albeit as an overseas player for Twenty20.
"Darren is probably now edging towards one-day cricket as his future," Newell added.
"But there would certainly be possibilities for him to come back and play Twenty20 cricket for us as an overseas player."
Time is "running out" for Theresa May, says the Scotland on Sunday. Inside, Euan McColm says she has "neither the competence nor the authority" needed to continue as prime minister. "Her days as the occupant of 10 Downing Street are numbered," he adds.
Mrs May is "in office but not in power", says The Sunday Telegraph's headline. It reports that the resignation of her two chiefs of staff failed to halt a backlash from her MPs and she has been left increasingly "isolated and undermined".
Boris Johnson is being urged by a number of fellow ministers to oust Mrs May, according to The Sunday Times Scotland. It reports that five members of the Cabinet contacted the foreign secretary on Friday and told him they would support him in any leadership bid.
The Scottish Mail on Sunday carries a similar story, adding that Mr Johnson's supporters say he will not take any action while Mrs May remains in Downing Street - but it could be considered "destabilising" that his supporters are actively briefing about his virtues.
Mr Johnson has denied the stories however. In a tweet, he described the story as "tripe" and insisted the prime minister had his backing.
The Sunday Herald looks at the plans of the minority Conservative government to work with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). It says Theresa May is being accused of tying the government to a party "tainted with terrorism, in a desperate attempt to cling on to power".
The Sunday Mail describes it as a "toxic pact" and a "coalition of chaos". After concerns were raised about the DUP's attitudes to LGBTI issues, David Mundell - the openly gay Scottish secretary - told the paper that "you have to do business with people even if you don't agree with them".
He added: "There is absolutely no way they can influence social policy in the rest of the UK. That will not happen and it is not acceptable for that to happen."
Tory plans to scrap the pension "triple lock" could be blocked by the DUP, report The Sunday Post. Its says a party source has told the paper they would not support such a move - and as all the opposition parties oppose the change, "the plan is finished".
Meanwhile the Scottish Sun on Sunday leads with Gordon Strachan's reaction to the result of Scotland's World Cup qualifier against England. After a last minute Harry Kane goal cost Scotland a win, the teetotal manager joked: "I think this might be a good night to start drinking to be honest."
Speaking on his own programme, BBC Two's Andrew Marr Show, he said he had been "heavily overworking" in the year before the stroke, which was sparked by an intensive rowing machine session.
The 53-year-old presenter, who fell ill in January, said he was doing "a lot of physio" to help with his walking.
He added he would be returning to work.
Appearing in a pre-recorded interview on Sunday's programme, the journalist and television presenter took part in a discussion on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher before talking about his illness.
He told guest presenter Sophie Raworth: "I had a major stroke - I'm frankly lucky to be alive.
"I had been heavily overworking - mostly my own fault - in the year before that. I'd had two minor strokes it turned out, in that year, which I hadn't noticed."
Marr explained he had fallen into the "terrible" trap of believing what he read in newspapers, which encouraged people to "take very intensive exercise in short bursts - and that's the way to health".
He went on: "I went onto a rowing machine and gave it everything I had, and had a strange feeling afterwards - a blinding headache, and flashes of light - served out the family meal, went to bed, woke up the next morning lying on the floor unable to move.
"Beware rowing machines, or at least beware being too enthusiastic on rowing machines would be my message to the nation," he said.
Marr said the stroke had not impaired his voice or memory but had affected "the whole left hand side of my body, which is why I'm still not able to walk fluently".
"I do a kind of elegant hobble is the best I can manage - my left arm isn't much good yet and I've got a lot of physio still to do," he said.
However, the presenter added that, after concentrating on a period of "intensive physio", he planned to return to work.
"I'm certainly coming back. I've got a lot more to say about it all, but I'm going to wait until I've gone through the physio to do so."
Born in Glasgow, Marr began his career in journalism on the Scotsman newspaper in 1981, later moving to London to become its political correspondent.
He was part of the team which launched the Independent in 1986, later becoming its editor.
He joined the BBC as political editor in May 2000.
Marr has also presented a number of history programmes along with his politics show and has had five books published.
He is married to journalist Jackie Ashley and has three children.
His programmes, the Andrew Marr Show and Radio 4's Start The Week, continue to be broadcast with guest presenters in his absence.
Talks over the contract broke down in February and junior doctors have staged several strikes since then.
Ministers said on Thursday they would re-start talks if they focus on Saturday pay and unsocial hours.
The BMA's junior doctors committee is due to meet to consider its response.
Last Monday, the government said it was willing to pause the introduction of the junior doctors' contract in England for five days to allow for talks.
The BMA also agreed to defer any new threats of strikes for five days.
The BBC's health editor Hugh Pym quoted a source as saying the government's preconditions were seen as a complicating factor but that there would be "clarity about the next steps by the end of the day".
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has previously indicated the government is willing to compromise.
"We've already made three significant compromises on Saturday pay but what we can't do is have a system where hospitals can't afford to roster enough doctors on a Saturday," he said.
Mr Hunt had accused the BMA of refusing to negotiate over Saturday pay and said he would press on with introducing the contract.
The BMA said there were wider unresolved issues over working hours and it was unfair to impose a contract rather than continuing discussions.
Between January and early April there were four strikes by junior doctors in England affecting routine but not urgent care.
Last week there were two one-day strikes affecting all forms of care, including emergencies - the first such action in the history of the NHS.
The 12-person jury heard more than 70 hours of testimony from about 60 witnesses, many giving conflicting statements.
Here are extracts from various testimonies:
Mr Wilson said he had initially encountered Mr Brown and a friend walking in a road and told them to move to the pavement, drawing an expletive from Mr Brown.
Mr Wilson said he noticed Mr Brown had a handful of cigars. "And that's when it clicked" for him, he said, that the men were suspects in a theft at a convenience store reported minutes earlier.
He asked a dispatcher to send additional officers, then reversed his vehicle so that it was in front of Mr Brown and his friend.
As he tried to open the door, Mr Brown slammed it shut. Mr Wilson said he pushed Mr Brown with the door and Mr Brown hit him in the face.
He drew his gun and threatened to shoot if Mr Brown didn't move back, fearing another punch to the face could "knock me out or worse".
Mr Brown immediately grabbed Mr Wilson's gun and said: "You are too much of a pussy to shoot me." The officer said he thought he was going to be shot when Mr Brown dug the gun into his hip.
Mr Wilson said he managed to pull the trigger and the gun "clicked" twice without firing, before a shot went through the police car door.
Mr Wilson said Mr Brown stepped back and then looked at him with the "most intense, aggressive face".
"The only way I can describe it, it looks like a demon, that's how angry he looked. He comes back towards me again with his hands up."
Mr Wilson said he covered his face and fired the gun again, firing two shots in the car before Mr Brown ran off and he followed him.
When Mr Brown stopped, Mr Wilson told him to get on the ground. He said he fired a series of shots when Mr Brown kept coming towards him and put his right hand under his shirt in the waistband of his trousers.
He said he fired another round of shots as Mr Brown continued to gain on him, approaching as if he was going to tackle him.
Read more of Darren Wilson's testimony (Warning: Explicit language)
Mr Johnson said he was stunned when Mr Brown stole cigarillos from the store and expected to be arrested while they were walking home.
Mr Wilson drove on after originally telling them to get on the pavement, reversing his vehicle and coming back at the pair after they ignored his demand.
"After he pulled back, there was no more sidewalk talk, it was nothing, it was just anger."
He said Mr Wilson had opened his door suddenly, striking Mr Brown, then closed the door and grabbed Mr Brown by the neck. He said the two men engaged in a "tug of war", each holding on to the other's shirt and arms.
As the two wrestled, Mr Johnson said he heard Mr Wilson say: "I'll shoot." He said he never saw Mr Brown punch Mr Wilson and did not think he grabbed the officer's gun.
Mr Johnson described being in shock as he realised the situation was getting out of control.
"At the time I couldn't open my mouth. I couldn't speak.. I can see and hear the cuss words. I can see the frowns on their faces getting more intense."
After the initial shots were fired, Mr Johnson said he and Mr Brown ran off. After Mr Wilson shot again, he said Mr Brown stopped running and turned to face the officer.
"At that time Big Mike's hands was up, but not so much in the air because he had been struck... he said I don't have a gun but he's still mad, he still has his angry face. I don't have a gun... And before he can say the second sentence or before he can even get it out, that's when several more shots came."
Mr Johnson was asked if Mr Brown ran at the officer prior to the fatal volley. He insisted he did not.
He was working in a nearby building and saw Mr Brown leaning through the police car window and "some sort of confrontation was taking place".
He said a shot rang out and Mr Brown fled as the officer chased him with his gun drawn.
The witness said Mr Brown stopped and turned but never raised his hands. He said Mr Brown "ran towards the officer full charge". The officer then fired several shots but Mr Brown kept rushing toward him.
She and her husband were visiting a nearby apartment complex when they saw the shooting.
She said after the first two shots were fired, Mr Brown began running from Mr Wilson's vehicle but stopped, turned around and started heading toward Mr Wilson, who shot at him.
When asked if it appeared Mr Brown was approaching Mr Wilson in a threatening manner, she said: "No, he wasn't... I think he was stunned."
Now was not the time "to sneak off" given the historic atrocities committed by the former colonial power against Burundians, it said in a statement.
Belgium last week said those "whose presence is not essential" should leave because of increasing insecurity.
The unrest began in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek a third term.
Burundi has accused Belgium of links to opposition groups it blames for a spate of killings, charges Belgium denies.
"The Belgians did not only sow divisions in the hearts of Burundians... but on top of that they would whip Burundians in front of their families," the ruling party added, in a statement highly critical of Belgium's colonial role.
Belgium said it had about 500 citizens in Burundi but Robert Misigaro, from the BBC's Great Lakes Service, says there have been no signs of mass evacuations at the airport.
At least 240 people have been killed in unrest since April.
The violence has increased in recent weeks, with bodies found on the streets on a daily basis.
Last week, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution strongly condemning the escalating violence.
The French-drafted resolution also paves the way for a possible deployment of blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers.
Burundi's constitutional court backed Mr Nkurunziza's third-term bid, as his first term as president did not count towards the constitutional two-term limit because he was chosen by MPs, rather than in a popular election.
Mr Nkurunziza was duly re-elected with 70% of the vote in July.
10.4m population
50 years - life expectancy for a man
2nd poorest country in the world
85% are Hutu, 14% Tutsi
300,000 died in civil war
Correction 20 November 2015: An earlier version of this story wrongly said the CNDD-FDD had urged all Belgians leave the country. This was due to a translation error.
There was speculation that the annual competition would be rearranged for this weekend.
However, the GAA announced on Monday that dates for the rescheduled fixtures will be confirmed after a CCCC meeting on 12 January.
The four semi-final encounters on Saturday were called off because of adverse weather conditions.
In football, Munster had been scheduled to face Leinster at Pairc Esler, Newry, while Ulster were due to play Connacht at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh.
The hurling semi-finals involving the four Irish provinces at Pearse Stadium, Salthill, were also postponed.
The finals had been due to take place at Armagh and Salthill on Sunday.
Now executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, Mr Schmidt said there was no reason why a hundred billion pound tech start up could not be launched in Britain.
He said UK entrepreneurs tended to sell up earlier than their US counterparts.
But he said the lesson from the US was that when tech companies run, they can become "very, very big".
"If you have a strong franchise that's growing quickly, you're probably better off waiting a while [before selling]," he said.
This lesson could "easily be learned in Britain".
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Schmidt said that "Britain is the leader in e-commerce in the world, far ahead of the United States.
"Britain has every aspect to build billion pound, ten billion pound, hundred billion pound companies.
"You have the right regulatory environment. You've got the right role within [the European] continent. [Just] look at the e-commerce plays and service plays that are now happening in London.
"Europe is pushing on a European digital single market and in the timeframe of you building a small start-up, the Europeans will figure out a way of building a single digital market for your products."
He added there were no barriers to launching "a European-scale corporation that is larger than a US-scale corporation".
Mr Schmidt said the key to any successful start up was the product.
"The only thing that matters is the product quality," he said.
And in the age of social media, "lean distribution models are replacing big marketing and advertising budgets".
This means start ups can compete more easily with more established, big companies, he argued.
"If you have three people and a vision, you should be able to raise funds from friends and family, crowd-funding and early venture groups," he said.
The key, however, was having a "strong engineering lead". Without someone with a vested interest in the company to build the app or technology product, start-ups tend to struggle, he said.
Having someone in-house, rather than going to a third party developer, is vitally important, Mr Schmidt said.
You can hear the full interview with Mr Schmidt on the Today programme at 07.15.
The former Celtic captain believes it would be "absolutely ridiculous" to dismiss Deila with his side sitting top of the Premiership.
"It's an absolute nonsense that there's a certain overreaction to a manager who is sitting on top of the league with a game in hand." Boyd told BBC Scotland.
"There seems to be a furore of negativity surrounding the manager."
Celtic sit top of the league on goal difference from Aberdeen - who defeated the champions last week to bring the title race to life - having played a game fewer.
The loss at Pittodrie followed defeat in the League Cup semi-final to Ross County for Deila's side, and Sunday's uninspiring Scottish Cup win over part-timers East Kilbride did little to quell the Norwegian's critics.
However Boyd, who won three league championships with the Parkhead side, thinks removing the manager while the team are still in the hunt for trophies would be a mistake.
"A couple of games ago he got manager of the month for producing a team who scored a hell of a lot of goals in three games.
"We've got a great chance of winning another Double and can you imagine, if that was to be the case, sacking our manager? How would that go well for anybody coming in to take control of the football club, that your remit is to win a Treble every year? I think it's absolutely ridiculous."
"Aberdeen have done exceptionally well. They've got a great run of consistency, players who are playing well. That's been Celtic's problem this year."
Dons manager Derek McInnes told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound programme that managers at the top level always expect to come in for criticism, especially when managing a club with the demands of Celtic.
"Being a Celtic manager I think you have to expect that sometimes," McInnes said.
"I don't think we're ever as good as people say we are when we win; I don't think we're ever as poor as we are when we don't win.
"I think we are in an industry where we expect to be criticised. If we don't expect to be criticised then we probably shouldn't be in it.
"You're never going to please everybody."
"I mistakenly used an inappropriate and insensitive reference about the Holocaust and there is no comparison," he said. "For that I apologise. It was a mistake to do that."
Critics pointed out gas was used to kill Jews and others in the Holocaust.
Mr Spicer had been criticising Russia's support for the Syrian government.
The White House says Russia has been trying to deflect blame for a chemical weapons attack that killed 89 people.
US intelligence reports say the Syrian government used chemical weapons during air strikes. Syria denies this and Moscow has instead blamed rebel forces, which it says were storing chemical weapons which were hit in the raids.
The US responded by launching nearly 60 missiles on a Syrian military base.
Spicer had choice - apologise or dig
Why does everyone keep making Nazi comparisons?
Mr Spicer's comments, made during the Jewish festival of Passover, drew looks of astonishment from journalists.
Mr Spicer was asked to clarify his remarks during the news conference and garbled his words during the response.
"I think when you come to sarin gas, there was no, he [Hitler] was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Asshad [sic] is doing."
He added: "There was not, in the, he brought them in to the Holocaust centres, I understand that, what I'm saying, in the way that Assad used them, where he went into towns dropped them down to innocent, into the middle of towns, it was brought to, so the use of it, and I appreciate the clarification, that was not the intent."
But the comments sparked backlash online, where Twitter users quickly condemned the remarks and noted that Hitler used gas to kill Jews, German citizens and political opponents of the Nazi Party.
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, was among those to rebuke Mr Spicer.
Some users also criticised Mr Spicer for referring to concentration camps as "Holocaust centres".
Senator Ben Cardin weighed in on Twitter, saying: "Someone get @PressSec a refresher history course on Hitler state #Icantbelievehereallysaidthat".
He added: "Sean Spicer: Really? The term you were looking for was concentration camps".
The Anne Frank Center called on President Donald Trump to sack Mr Spicer.
Executive director Steven Goldstein said: "On Passover no less, Sean Spicer has engaged in Holocaust denial, the most offensive form of fake news imaginable, by denying Hitler gassed millions of Jews to death."
His statement added that the remarks were "the most evil slur upon a group of people" ever heard from a White House press secretary, and he should be fired.
In January, the White House was criticised for issuing a statement to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which did not mention Jews, Judaism or anti-Semitism.
White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus later defended the statement, arguing Mr Trump has family members who are Jewish and "there was no harm or ill will or offence intended by any of that".
Former prime ministers' numbers were among those visible on a government website for more than three months, Fairfax Media reported.
The details appeared invisible until they were highlighted with a cursor or copied and pasted elsewhere.
PM Malcolm Turnbull and some leading members of the government were not affected.
But Fairfax said the bungle hit Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, and former prime ministers Julia Gillard, John Howard and Paul Keating.
The information has since been removed from the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) website.
In a statement to the BBC, the department said the numbers were included on a report into parliamentary phone and data spending.
The report was created by private contractor TELCO Management, the statement said.
"In the most recent report provided by the contractor, it became possible to view the official mobile phone number of parliamentarians and their staff even though they appeared redacted from the published files," a DPS spokesperson said.
"The DPS removed the documents... shortly after it was alerted to the issue and is working with the contractor to investigate the cause."
The department would address privacy concerns with MPs, said the spokesperson.
The number of those affected was not revealed, but Fairfax said it ran into the hundreds.
TELCO Management has been contacted for comment.
Last week, the US dollar fell to a 15-month low against the yen and the Nikkei index lost more than 11%.
On Monday, however, the dollar rose to 113.95 yen from 113.25 yen on Friday in New York.
The bounce for the Tokyo market came despite official figures showing Japan's economy had contracted by 0.4% in the three months to December.
The worse than expected quarter-on-quarter figures did not stop the Nikkei 225 closing 7.2% higher at 16,022.5 points - its biggest daily percentage gain since late 2008.
Last week, Japan's markets traded sharply lower as a stronger yen against the dollar hurt the country's big exporters.
On Friday the Nikkei index closed down 4.8% to 14,952.6 points - below the 15,000 points level and its lowest close since October 2014.
But a retreat of the yen on Monday sent shares in the country's big exporters sharply higher.
Toyota finished the trading day in Tokyo up more than 9.5%, Honda gained 8% and Nissan rose 6.7%. Sharp and Sony gained just over 7% and 8% respectively.
Analysts said the yen could continue to weaken this year, which would be good for exporters.
"We retain our view that the yen will weaken towards 130 against the dollar by year-end, from 113 today," said Marcel Thieliant from Capital Economics.
Elsewhere, markets in China were divided despite worse-than-expected trade numbers.
On the mainland, where markets were open after a week off for Lunar New Year celebrations, the Shanghai Composite closed down 0.6% at 2,746.2.
In Hong Kong, however, the Hang Seng jumped 3% to 18,874.5 points after finishing lower on Thursday and Friday.
Trade numbers released on Monday showed China's exports in yuan terms fell 6.6% in January from a year earlier, while imports dropped 14.4%.
In US dollar terms, exports fell 11.2% from a year earlier and imports fell 18.8%, marking the seventh and 15th month of straight declines respectively.
The numbers mean the country was left with a record trade surplus of $63.3bn for the month, compared to $60.9bn in December.
Analysts said the January trade data was a reflection of slower external demand - particularly from trading partners like South Korea.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished up 1.6% to 4,843.5 points, while South Korea's benchmark Kospi index closed up 1.5% to 1,862.2 points.
He told an interfaith ceremony that everyone had been touched by the attack on their beloved city.
He spoke as it emerged investigators had found clear video images of two potential suspects carrying black bags.
Two bombs were detonated near the finish line on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 170.
The FBI is holding a press conference on the attacks.
There were several standing ovations as the president spoke earlier on Thursday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the main Roman Catholic cathedral in Boston.
Before his visit, the president declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts, which would allow the state to access federal funding to deal with the aftermath of the attacks.
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President Obama appeared in sombre mood as he joined city leaders, residents and victims at the prayer service.
He told the congregation: "The spirit of this city is undaunted; the spirit of this country shall remain undimmed.
"Everyone of us has been touched by this attack on your beloved city. Everyone of us stands with you. Because after all it's our beloved city too.
"They sought to intimidate us, to terrorise us," President Obama said, adding, "It should be pretty clear by now that they picked the wrong city to do it."
He was applauded as he warned the perpetrators of the attacks they would be brought to justice.
"We will find you," he said. "We will hold you accountable."
Crowds arrived early - in some cases as early as dawn - to wait for one of about 2,000 seats inside the cathedral.
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The refusal by Boston investigators to release images of two potential suspects has kept journalists guessing. The agency will only say the pictures will be publicised when and if appropriate. Some media organisations have tried to circumvent the official investigation.
The New York Post published a photo of two race attendees under the headline "Bag men", but later backtracked to say the pair were not suspects after all. It is not the first time journalists have got it wrong.
In 1996, following the Atlanta Olympics bombing, reporters conducted a trial by media of security guard Richard Jewell, after it emerged the FBI were treating him as a suspect. But he was innocent. Karen Greenberg, director of Fordham Law School's Center on National Security, tells me: "The FBI wants to mitigate public hysteria and avoid any reaction that is not evidentiary based. That means - at this point - no photos."
The BBC's Laura Trevelyan in Boston said people gathered patiently in the early morning sunshine for security checks to get inside.
Hundreds of people stood outside the cathedral during the service, while police at the bomb site listened to the president's speech on the radios in their patrol cars.
Former Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney also attended the prayer ceremony.
Later Mr Obama met with wounded victims, families and staff at Massachusetts General Hospital, and with race volunteers at a nearby high school.
First Lady Michelle Obama also visited patients at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
At least 14 bombing victims, including three children, remain in hospital in a critical condition. It is reported that 10 victims have had limbs amputated. Nails and ball bearings were said to be embedded in their flesh.
On Thursday Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the FBI wanted to speak to two men, but did not say they were suspects.
She did not give details of what was seen on the tape.
Ms Napolitano would not say whether the attacks were suspected to be the work of a domestic or foreign group, but said the investigation was continuing "apace".
She added that security had been ramped up at airports and transport hubs.
Investigators are going through thousands of images taken around the time of the attacks from security cameras, the media and people at the scene.
Officials have not said if they would publicly release more details of the case.
At least one of the Boston bombs was made from a pressure cooker packed with explosives, nails and ball bearings, investigators have told US media. The devices were placed in black bags and left on the ground.
The twin blasts killed Martin Richard, aged eight, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lu Lingzi, a postgraduate student from China.
No disturbances were reported in Sunday's ballot, but correspondents say voter turnout was only around 10%.
Polls also stayed closed in many areas affected by February's rallies, with the election commission saying the situation there remained too tense.
Thailand has been in a political crisis since mass rallies began in November.
Protesters are calling for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign, and want her government to be replaced by an unelected "people's council" to reform the political system.
The opposition alleges that money politics have corrupted Thailand's democracy and that Ms Yingluck is controlled by her brother, ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who lives in self-imposed exile.
Protesters marched through the capital, Bangkok, on Sunday, but there were no signs of voters being prevented from attending polling stations, as had been the case in early February.
The BBC's Jonathan Head, in Bangkok, says the low voter turnout can be partially explained through poor publicity.
But there has also been little interest in these elections because people do not believe they will end the political paralysis, our correspondent reports.
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The ballot will still leave too many parliamentary seats unfilled for a new government to be elected.
PM Yingluck is therefore stuck in a caretaker role, giving her cabinet very limited powers to govern, our correspondent says.
On Friday, protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban announced that demonstrators would end their occupation of central Bangkok in what was seen as a first sign of flexibility from the prime minister's opponents.
Talks are also planned next week between representatives from both sides.
Ms Yingluck leads a government that won elections in 2011 with broad support from rural areas. In response to the protests, she called snap elections on 2 February, which her government was widely expected to win.
However, the polls were boycotted by the opposition, and voting was disrupted by protesters at around 10% of polling stations.
Twenty-three-year-old Surrey left-arm spinner Ansari, uncapped in Tests, has been ruled out after dislocating a thumb playing against Lancashire.
Nottinghamshire's Patel, 30, made the last of his five Test appearances in December 2012 against India.
England face Pakistan in the first of three Tests on 13 October in Abu Dhabi.
Ansari, who suffered his injury on the same day his inclusion in the England squad was announced, saw a hand specialist and had an MRI scan on Tuesday.
His thumb will be reassessed by England and Surrey in about three weeks' time before a decision is made on whether he will join the England Performance Programme and Lions squads for the winter tour schedule.
"The timing of this injury was particularly cruel for Zafar and he is naturally extremely disappointed to have to pull out of the tour," said England and Wales Cricket Board national selector James Whitaker.
Patel, who also bowls left-arm spin, has a 15.57 batting average in Tests and has taken four wickets at an average of 64.25.
He was part of the England squad in 2012 that won a Test series in India for the first time since 1984-85, but has not featured for his country in any format since the Twenty20 series in New Zealand in early 2013.
"As a left-arm spinner and a middle-order batsman, Samit is a similar type of player to Zafar and his previous international experience and, in particular, experience of performing for England in sub-continental conditions will be an extremely useful asset to the squad in the UAE," said Whitaker.
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The 18-year-old striker scored eight goals in 18 appearances for United before finding the net three minutes into his England debut in May.
"At Christmas, I was trying to work my way into United's Under-21s side," he said. "To be here now is just amazing.
"It doesn't seem real, when you look back at it."
In an interview with FATV, the teenager added: "I wasn't really thinking about the England set-up as much because at United there were a lot of games coming thick and fast, so all of my focus was on those games.
"When I first went into the England changing room and saw all of the players' names on the back of their shirts, it didn't seem real.
"I tried not to think about it too much because that's probably where the pressure and stuff starts to get to people's heads and affect their performance."
Rashford did not feature in England's final pre-tournament friendly as Wayne Rooney started behind Tottenham's Harry Kane and Leicester's Jamie Vardy in an unimpressive 1-0 win over Portugal.
England's Group C campaign begins against Russia in Marseille on Saturday before matches against Wales on 16 June and Slovakia on 20 June.
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Play was stopped for about two minutes at the beginning of the second half after chants aimed at Milan's black players from the visiting supporters.
Roma captain Francesco Totti, who had complained to the referee about the chants, then went to speak to the fans.
An announcement was made ordering the chants to cease before play resumed, with the game going on to end goalless.
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Former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli and Kevin-Prince Boateng were part of the Milan team.
A friendly between Milan and Pro Patria in January was suspended because of racist chants aimed at Boateng.
Following that incident, the Italian Football Federation introduced new rules to help referees deal with racist behaviour.
Officials can stop play and ask for stadium announcements to be made.
Should any such announcements fail to have an effect on offenders, match and stadium officials are authorised to abandon the game.
In March, Fifa announced the formation of a new taskforce designed to tackle discrimination in the game.
Boateng, English referee Howard Webb and Football Association chief executive David Bernstein are all members.
Breazeale, 30, has won all 17 of his professional fights, with 15 knockouts.
Joshua, 26, won the title with a second-round stoppage of American Charles Martin on 10 April.
"I am looking to get past Breazeale in style and continue moving towards the unification fight everybody is waiting for," said undefeated Joshua.
Breazeale, who is an inch taller than Joshua at 6ft 7in, is a former Olympian and ranked 13th in the IBF rankings, below British pair Dereck Chisora and David Haye.
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Londoner Joshua, the 2012 Olympic super-heavyweight gold medallist, added: "It's sure to be explosive, both of us like to let our hands go and score knockouts."
British super-middleweights George Groves and Martin Murray will meet on the undercard in an eliminator bout for the WBA crown.
Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn had said his fighter's next bout was due to take place on 9 July at Wembley, but the plan was changed when Tyson Fury - the WBA, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion - announced his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko would take place on the same date in Manchester.
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At the Crown Court, William McWatters, 64, from Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, admitting breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO).
Upon release, he will spend six further months on supervised licence.
A judge said what he did was a "clear flouting" of the SOPO order, imposed for a separate offence.
A prosecuting lawyer said that on 3 April 2012, McWatters' home was searched by police officers.
They found an internet router and two mobile phones in the premises, one of which contained an indecent image of a child. A DVD contained two images of extreme pornography.
McWatters admitted possessing the indecent image of a child, two counts of possessing an extreme pornographic image and breaching the terms of his SOPO.
The lawyer said McWatters had contacted a woman of his own age via the internet. She lived in England.
He then "befriended" her 11-year-old grand daughter and texted her, as well as sending money over to her on her birthday.
In one text, he told her: "I wish I was 50 years younger", while in other messages he referred to her as "sexy". He also used "x" and "o" symbols for kisses and hugs.
McWatters has a criminal record for sex offences, which he did disclose to the girl's grandmother but which he blamed on a "bitter ex".
A defence barrister said that while his client admitted all the offences, there had been no direct contact with the child.
He said McWatters has not come to police attention in nearly three years since the search and arrest. The barrister said his client "accepts now that he shouldn't have been sending texts" to the child.
The judge ordered that McWatters serve another SOPO, to apply for ten years.
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There were 372 fatalities involving benzodiazepines, up 8% on the previous year, and the highest level since records began in 1993, according to the Office for National Statistics.
There were more than 10 million prescriptions for benzodiazepines dispensed in England in 2014, but there are growing concerns about the illegal supply of the drugs.
And research for the BBC's 5 live Investigates programme found websites openly offering a range of branded pills without a prescription or oversight from a qualified doctor.
The Home Office said the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has been commissioned to look into the issues surrounding the illicit supply of the medicines.
And in a statement, the Home Office added that there had been a "long-term downward trend in drug use over the last decade".
Keith Houghton's son Jason, 24, died in 2014 after he started taking benzodiazepines to help him sleep while working irregular shift patterns as a paramedic.
"He told us that he'd started working nights, which involved four night shifts in a row and then four days," says Keith.
"He was having difficulty getting back to sleep, he was that wired up."
Jason was able to source the drug himself online and quickly became addicted.
"It was clear from the get-go that he was buying them from online retailers which were based abroad," says Keith.
"There were some in Romania. There was one in Germany, another in Pakistan and he was basically ordering them from his home bedroom and getting them delivered by Royal Mail.
"We were so shocked, as any parent would be, that this was so available to anyone.
"If you've got a credit card and access to the internet you can order these kind of drugs straight to your home."
Manchester West coroner Alan Walsh recorded a verdict of death by misadventure because of the combined effects of diazepam and other medicines in Jason's system.
Manchester West coroner Alan Walsh recorded a verdict of death by misadventure because of the combined effects of diazepam and other medicines in Jason's system.
He called on Home Secretary Theresa May to take "urgent action" into the supply of benzodiazepines and other drugs online to prevent further deaths.
The coroner also highlighted concerns over one particular online retailer which had supplied several drugs to Jason in padded envelopes through the post.
In response, after an appeal by the Home Office, the medicines regulator the Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) was able to close down the site.
However, 5 live Investigates has established that a retailer operating under a similar name is currently offering to supply benzodiazepines and other medication. The website is offering 10mg branded benzodiazepine pills in packets of 1,000. It says it will deliver to any UK address within three to five days.
The MHRA said that websites reported to be suspected of operating illegally are investigated thoroughly and appropriate action is taken.
The retailer did not respond to requests for comment about Jason Houghton's death or its online activities.
Research published in The British Journal of Psychiatry in 2014 questioned 1,500 members of the general public about their use of benzodiazepines and so called "Z drugs" used to treat insomnia.
A total of 30% had misused one or more of these medications and 27% of these reported obtaining the drugs via the internet, while a further 11% bought them from abroad.
According to figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre, in 2014/15 nearly 18,000 people received hospital treatment for drug poisoning linked to benzodiazepines in England, while 584 children under the age of 18 were also treated.
Lady Rhona Bradley, chief executive of the substance addiction charity Addiction Dependency Solutions, said: "Addiction to prescription drugs is a hugely underestimated issue in the UK - estimates believe there could be more than one million people addicted to such prescribed medication as benzodiazepines.
"We need targeted treatment services, separate from mainstream alcohol and drug services.
"The biggest worry for us is that those who have become involuntarily addicted, become so reliant and desperate due to the lack of support, services and advice, that they turn to the internet to supplement their addiction."
Benzodiazepines are subject to legal restrictions in the UK both under medicines regulation and by the Home Office under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
However, considerable activity takes place online, outside UK jurisdiction.
A Home Office statement said: "Our approach to drugs is working and there has been a long-term downward trend in drug use over the last decade. We continue, however, to be concerned about the harms caused by drug misuse, including in relation to prescription-only medicines.
"That's why we continue to control a number of prescription-only medicines under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. These include benzodiazepines, tramadol, morphine, codeine and diazepam, and we have commissioned the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to look into the issues around the diversion and illicit supply of these medicines."
5 live Investigates is on BBC 5 live on Sunday 20 December at 11:00 GMT. You can listen online afterwards or download the programme podcast.
Sixteen-year-olds will have to choose between academic and technical options, according to the Post-16 Skills Plan.
The technical courses will be aimed at a set of skilled occupations and include a common core of English, maths and digital skills.
The government says the plans will help to harness the nation's talent.
The plan follows Lord Sainsbury's Report of the Independent Panel on Technical Education, which recommended simplifying the current system of technical education is provided through "15 high-quality routes", with standards being set by employers.
The report found the current "over-complex" system which "fails to provide the skills most needed for the 21st-Century" and highlights that this has serious consequences for the country's productivity, economy, and competitiveness.
Publishing the plan, Skills Minister Nick Boles said a technical education system was needed to harness the nation's talent.
"The Skills Plan is the next step towards that goal, building on the progress we have already made by investing in apprenticeships and creating a skilled workforce that is the envy of every other nation.
"This won't just help our young people get the best jobs but it will also boost our economy, benefitting us all."
The government said thousands of ineffective courses that short-changed employers and young people would be replaced with "straightforward routes into technical employment".
These are to be drawn up by employer panels.
Lord Sainsbury said currently, young people considering a technical education had to choose from more than 20,000 courses provided by 160 different organisations.
The government says there is no clear indication which course will give them the best chance of landing a job.
For example, a budding engineer can choose from a possible 501 courses, it says.
Each course will be offered by a single course provider, which will be awarded an exclusive licence in a competitive process.
And each will take place either at a college and include a work placement or through apprenticeships. The first routes will be made available from 2019.
The Association of School and College Leaders said it was essential that the government backed up its plan with more funding for colleges.
"The amount of funding they currently receive is woefully inadequate and this situation needs to be urgently addressed".
Gordon Marsden, shadow skills minister, said streamlining young people into a limited number of high-quality routes made sense, but there must be some opportunities to change and facilitate for fast moving developments, particularly in digital and technical skills.
But he added that to expect colleges to be ready to run the new courses from 2019 was "wildly optimistic".
Association of Teachers and Lecturers general secretary Mary Bousted said: "Forcing young people to choose the route to their future career at the age of 16 would institutionalise the divide between vocational and academic learning."
The proposals are reminiscent of Labour's 14-19 Diplomas. which aimed to create a parity between academic and vocational routes.
These qualifications were launched in 2008 in 14 subject areas, but scrapped within a few years by the coalition government.
Kayleigh Haywood, from Leicestershire, was found dead in undergrowth near Ibstock in November.
Stephen Beadman, 29, of Ibstock, has admitted raping and murdering Kayleigh but denies false imprisonment.
Luke Harlow, 27, of Ibstock, has admitted two counts of sexual grooming but also denies false imprisonment.
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Neighbours Beadman and Harlow, both of George Avenue, are alleged to have held Kayleigh against her will at Harlow's home between about 21:00 BST on Saturday, November 14 and 03:00 on Sunday, November 15.
Witnesses Samuel Green and Amy Dearden, who live together near Ibstock's Sence Valley Forest Park, told the court they heard a loud scream in the early hours of November 15.
Mr Green said he had gone to bed just before midnight.
"I was lying there. I can't be 100% sure how long I lay there and then all of a sudden I heard a loud scream, someone screaming 'mummy'," Mr Green said.
"It sounded like a female to me, and if I'm honest, whoever it was sounded frightened."
Ms Dearden said the scream of "mummy" sounded so close, she thought someone was in her garden.
"It sounded like a young child. Sam opened the window and shouted but nobody replied," she said.
The court also heard a man with a bloodied face was seen near to where Kayleigh's body was found.
In a police interview played to Nottingham Crown Court, Harlow claimed Kayleigh had drunk a bottle of wine after being dropped off by her dad at Ibstock leisure centre the previous Friday because she was "nervous" about meeting him.
Harlow said Kayleigh had drunk "a considerable amount of vodka" in his flat while he and Beadman had gone to the shops to get more alcohol.
On Sunday morning, Harlow said he woke up feeling "quite groggy" and did not know where Kayleigh was, although her shoes were still in his flat.
He then went to see Beadman.
"He [Beadman] had scratches all over his face which he didn't have on Friday night," Harlow said.
"He said he had got them at work, he is a landscape gardener. I didn't think anything of it at the time.
"I asked Stephen Beadman if he had seen her leave he said no."
The trial continues.
The Food and Drink Federation said: "Our sector faces a rapidly approaching workforce shortage and skills gap."
In its survey of the "farm-to-fork" supply chain, almost half of all businesses surveyed said EU nationals working in the UK were considering leaving.
It said that 31% of them have already seen EU workers leave the country.
The Federation is calling on the UK government to guarantee the rights of nationals from across the European Economic Area.
Ian Wright, its director-general, said: "It is only a matter of time before the uncertainty reported by businesses results in an irreversible exit of EU workers from these shores.
"Without our dedicated and valued workforce we would be unable to feed the nation."
In April a report by the Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee said: "Evidence ... suggests the current problem is in danger of becoming a crisis if urgent measures are not taken to fill the gaps in labour supply."
A government spokesperson said: "In June we published our offer to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK, confirming no-one living here lawfully will be asked to leave when we exit the EU and they will have a grace period to regularise their status."
The Federation said it had welcomed the government's announcement. However, of the businesses it surveyed:
The Federation is calling on the government to ensure there is no abrupt reduction in the number of EU in the UK the day the country leaves the EU, which "would cause significant disruption to the whole food and drink supply chain".
Mr Wright said: "This is why it is imperative that we receive assurances from government about their future, and that of our wider workforce."
Last month the National Farmers Union deputy president Minette Batters said: "The NFU cannot emphasise enough the urgent need for clarity and certainty on access to a competent and reliable workforce and all other issues relating to Brexit.
"The industry needs commitments that there will be sufficient numbers of permanent and seasonal workers from outside the UK post-Brexit."
A Government spokesperson commented: "After we leave the EU we must have an immigration system which works in the best interests of the UK. Crucial to the development of this will be the views from a range of businesses, including the agricultural, food, drink and manufacturing sectors.
"We will be setting out our initial proposals for this system in the autumn but we have already been clear there will be an implementation period after we leave the EU to avoid a cliff edge for businesses."
In the longer term the Federation says it accepts there will be a reduction in the number of EU workers.
"Our supply chain is aware of the expectation to reduce reliance on EU workers and is focused on upskilling wherever possible locally within the UK, with a strong emphasis on building skills through apprenticeships and investment in technology to support automation," it said.
Battling record fuel costs and unrelenting competition from subsidised rivals, Qantas has just announced 5,000 job cuts alongside an underlying pre-tax loss of 252m Australian dollars (£135m; US$225m) for the second half of 2013.
The cuts are part of the airline's ruthless make-or-break plan to revive its wilting fortunes by reducing costs by A$2bn over the next three years.
"Hard decisions will be necessary to overcome the challenges we face and build a stronger business," chief executive Alan Joyce said in a statement.
So can Australia's national carrier turn things around?
An airline that began with flimsy planes ferrying passengers in windy open cockpits in the 1920s has been lobbying the government in Canberra to ease limits in foreign investment or provide state intervention to boost its financial health.
While unwilling to pour taxpayers' dollars into the country's ailing car industry, Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey appears sympathetic to Qantas's plea for help.
Ministers are drafting new laws to allow foreigners to buy a majority stake in the airline and to strip away other restrictions.
The Qantas Sale Act, brought in under a Labor administration in 1992, prevents overseas interests owning more than 49% of the company. It also blocks any single foreign investor holding more than a quarter of its shares.
Qantas management has argued that the legislation distorts the market and stifles its ability to grow.
"The government is philosophically attracted to levelling the playing field," said the federal Transport Minister, Warren Truss.
The Labor opposition has insisted that Qantas should be supported by the state, because it would be against the national interest for it to fold.
Earlier this month, Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson took out a full-page advertisement in Australian newspapers urging Canberra not to give a financial leg-up to its arch-rival.
"Should the Australian taxpayer be forced by the Australian government to prop up the Qantas Group, as federal Treasurer Joe Hockey is suggesting, businesspeople worldwide should think twice about investing in Australia for fear of such intervention in their sectors," Sir Richard wrote in the ad.
"It is not right for the industry and it will not benefit the travelling public or the economy."
Sir Richard's comments were a further escalation in a sky-high dispute.
Qantas claims that it is unfairly hobbled in its fight for customers, because domestic rival Virgin Australia is largely owned by three government-backed operators - Air New Zealand, Etihad and Singapore Airlines.
Even Virgin Australia's usually measured chief executive, John Borghetti, felt the urge to come out swinging, accusing the competition of being underhand.
"This is all about Qantas trying to get a free ride, and there's no doubt about that," he argued on Australian radio.
The Flying 'Roo has repeatedly stressed that it does not want handouts, but rather a debt guarantee from the government that would allow it to borrow at more favourable interest rates. The airline is under pressure to tame its finances as ministers consider their next move.
Media commentators, however, have accused the carrier's executives of leaking information earlier this week about the sweeping job cuts to force Canberra to intervene at a time when unemployment in Australia is creeping higher.
"This is megaphone diplomacy at its worst," said John Durie from The Australian newspaper.
"The obvious intent of this [speculation about job losses] is to get some sort of government assistance, but each time we get one of these headlines, which are deliberately encouraged by Qantas, it just damages the Qantas brand and I think it is ultimately self-destructive."
Chief executive Mr Joyce is due to meet trade unions on Friday to discuss the job losses, but in union circles, there is anger and anxiety.
The national secretary of the Transport Workers' Union, Tony Sheldon, has blamed Qantas's ill-advised foray into neighbouring markets through its budget airline, Jetstar.
"Quite clearly the company has made some very poor strategic decisions about its investment in Asia with its Jetstar operations," he said earlier this week.
Mr Joyce has previously defended Jetstar's operations in Asia, but on Thursday, seemingly admitted to mistakes. "This performance by our airlines is unacceptable and the current position is unsustainable," he said on Thursday, referring to the budget carrier.
He also said Qantas would defer receipt of the three Boeing 787 Dreamliners it had ordered for Jetstar, as well as eight other Airbus A380s it had on order for the group.
Michael McCarthy, chief strategist for CMC Markets in Australia, says these are critical times for the famous old company.
"It certainly has sentimental support, but those of us who are involved in markets tend to think it must sink or swim on its own merit," he said.
In 1921, the Qantas fleet consisted of two humble biplanes. It has grown to become a treasured part of the Australian story, connecting not only distant parts of this vast island, but also providing a gateway to places far beyond.
A country now waits to see what sort of drama the next chapter of this turbulent story will bring.
In September, the government announced the Victorian prison building in North Square was among four English sites to close.
Most of Dorchester's 157 staff have been transferred to the former HMP The Verne on Portland, which will become a new immigration removal centre.
A closing ceremony took place at HMP Dorchester earlier.
West Dorset MP and Minister for Government Policy, Oliver Letwin said the buildings at Dorchester "weren't suitable for a modern prison".
"Dorchester prison officers and governors have worked very hard over the years to provide the best possible conditions in a very ancient setting," he added.
"But I am still in discussion with the ministry of justice to try to ensure that we have a resettlement prison within Dorset.
"To reduce reoffending, it's important that prisoners should be kept as near as possible to their families."
Mike Sear, of the Prison Officers Association, described it as a "sad day".
"The closure is taking a huge amount out of the local economy and we think it is a prison which is fit for purpose," he said.
The government said the closures of Dorchester, Reading, Blundeston and Northallerton would reduce the prison budget by £30m a year, whilst "modernising" the prison system.
A new £250m super-prison in north Wales that will house 2,000 inmates has also been announced.
The new immigration removal centre at HMP The Verne will provide around 600 additional places to hold immigration detainees awaiting removal from the country.
The remains of Saima Ahmed were found on Saturday 9 January at Gogar Mount House in Gogarstone Road and on the edge of nearby Gogarburn Golf Club.
Ms Ahmed had been reported missing by her family to the Metropolitan Police Service on 31 August 2015.
Her death is being treated as unexplained.
Ms Ahmed's family said they were "shocked" by her death.
Police said Ms Ahmed left her home in Wembley on the morning of 30 August.
They are appealing for information to help trace her exact movements that day and what led her to Edinburgh.
Detectives believe Ms Ahmed travelled by rail.
08:30 - Oakington Manor Drive, Wembley - Ms Ahmed leaves home.
09:57 - captured on CCTV alone in High Road, Wembley.
10:00 - High Road, Wembley - ATM outside Natwest Bank - Ms Ahmed is believed to have withdrawn money from her account.
10:08 - captured on CCTV alone entering Wembley Central Railway Station.
10:18 - Wembley Central Railway Station - boards a London Overground service bound for Watford Junction. She appears to have been alone.
Ms Ahmed is understood to have got off at Watford Junction.
11:06 - believed, but not confirmed, to have boarded a train bound for Northampton.
Her exact route after this time is unknown however police believe she may have travelled to Hemel Hempstead, Birmingham and then on to Edinburgh.
Officers are urging anyone who remembers Ms Ahmed or who may have spoken to her to come forward.
Ms Ahmed was a woman of Asian heritage, about 5ft 5in, of medium build, with shoulder length straight dark hair.
She was last seen wearing a dark long v-neck top, black trousers, black shoes and a black jacket.
Det Ch Insp Martin MacLean, of Police Scotland, said: "I have met personally with Saima Ahmed's family and have passed my condolences to them at this tragic and extremely difficult time.
"I have given them a commitment that we are doing everything we can to establish why Saima travelled to Edinburgh and the exact circumstances that led to her death.
"At this stage of our inquiry we continue to treat Saima's death as unexplained however there is no evidence of criminality as matters currently stand.
"Clearly there are a number of matters and facts we have yet to establish and it remains a mystery to Saima's family why she travelled to Edinburgh.
Ms Ahmed's family said: "We, Saima's family are extremely saddened and shocked by the death of Saima.
"She was a very loving and caring person who was part of a very close family.
"We are hoping someone can provide some information as to Saima's journey on the 30 August 2015 and help us to understand what happened to her."
Briggs, 25, featured in Saturday's 1-1 draw against Blackpool - his first appearance of the season.
He was sidelined with a hip injury and also unavailable for family reasons, as his son was born prematurely.
"I had a hard time with the birth of my son and then getting this injury. It's a hard thing to go through and I wouldn't wish it on anybody," he said.
"It's good to be back. It's been a difficult time."
Briggs, who started his career at Fulham, had an operation in August and required follow-up treatment.
"It's been a tough rollercoaster for me, but I worked hard and had the support of my family and I'm happy I'm back," Briggs told BBC Essex.
"My operation was successful but I had a few ongoing problems with my back and had to have a few injections. After that the rehabilitation went well."
The plane came down at Brinslade Farm, south of Marlborough, just before 18.30 BST on Thursday.
It has not yet been confirmed whether there are any casualties. An investigation into the cause of the crash is under way.
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service said it sent four appliances to the scene, where a field surrounding the plane had caught fire.
A spokesman for Wiltshire Police, said emergency services were in attendance and work was "ongoing at the scene".
"We currently have no further information in relation to casualties at this time," he said.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch, said: "We are aware of this incident at a site near Malborough in Wiltshire and an AAIB team is investigating."
The virus, rabbit viral haemorrhagic disease variation RVHD-2, had previously been detected elsewhere in the UK.
It can be potentially fatal to the animals.
Vets, including surgeries in Inverness, are encouraging people to have their pets vaccinated.
Gudrun Ravetz, president of the British Veterinary Association, said: "The risk of a rabbit contracting RVHD-2 is highest in situations where rabbits are kept in large groups with regular new additions, such as at breeders or rescue centres.
"However, we'd encourage all owners to speak to their vet about vaccinating their rabbits against this potentially devastating disease.
"Owners should also be aware that the vaccination for the original strain of RVHD doesn't appear to offer long-term protection against RVHD-2.
"But vaccines for this new strain are now available and your vet will be able to best advise you on this."
Dean Cody, of no fixed address, had been found guilty at Caernarfon Crown Court of killing David Kingsbury, 35.
The fatal attack took place in Old Colwyn on 5 January.
Sentencing Cody to life in prison, judge Mr Justice Griffith-Williams told him his criminal record was "as bad as they come for someone of your age".
He said: "You carried that knife because you are a committed criminal and an associate of criminals, and happy to throw your weight around in the Colwyn Bay area."
The judge added that while Mr Kingsbury had been very drunk and abusive to Cody, most people would have treated his insults "as the ramblings of a drunken man".
Emanuel Paraschiv and Marius Buzura, both 30, from London targeted the audience at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on 27 January.
Birmingham Crown Court heard Paraschiv, of Clarissa Street, Ilford, and Buzura, of Longbridge Road, Barking, admit conspiracy to steal on Friday.
They were each jailed for three years.
More on this story and other updates from Birmingham
Police said there had been reports concert-goers were targeted at the band's performances in Manchester on 23 January.
Anyone who thinks they may have had their phone taken should contact police.
They hung in there so well on day one to restrict England to 310-6, but I'm afraid they undid all their good work with some woeful batting and a couple of shocking misses in the field.
England, however, were excellent - no-one more so than two players whose places in the side have been under scrutiny: Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes.
Having once again demolished Sri Lanka's inexperienced batting line-up, I fully expect England to press home their advantage in this match and wrap up a straightforward win - and with it the series.
Moeen's unbeaten 155, his second Test hundred, was a typically majestic innings.
He reminds me of David Gower when he's in full flow: Yes, he can play limp, wishy-washy shots that get him out, but he is also capable of sumptuous, elegant strokeplay, and the good far outweighs the bad.
Sri Lanka had opportunities to snuff him out - he was dropped on 36 and 105 - but sport is all about taking your chances and he played with great confidence for a man who has had a few low scores recently.
Moeen was batting at number seven and this will no doubt lead to calls for him to move up from his usual position of eight, but I wouldn't move him anywhere.
We haven't seen the best of Chris Woakes so far in his fitful England career, but on Saturday I think we did.
After making a good contribution with the bat, he carried the form and confidence from taking 9-34 in the County Championship into his bowling, and ran through the Sri Lankan middle order - assisted by some hapless batting.
I've been impressed with Woakes ever since he made his debut against Australia in 2013 - people tend to have a rather negative reaction to him, but he is a fine cricketer who can be relied upon to do a good job for the team.
He's never going to give you the sort of talismanic all-round contribution that Ben Stokes is capable of. In all likelihood, Woakes will have to step aside when Stokes is fit again.
All Woakes can do is make that decision as hard as possible for the selectors, and who knows, if he can continue taking wickets, he could even put pressure on players such as Steven Finn, who has looked short of his best rhythm in this series so far.
Sri Lanka needed to bowl England out for 360 to give themselves a chance in this game, and if they had hung on to two simple chances in the opening half-hour of the day, they would have had every chance of doing just that.
That rather set the tone for the rest of the day and they simply capitulated in the face of some aggressive England batting and disciplined bowling.
At least in the first Test they could blame the conditions - well, I'm sorry, but there was no excuse for the way they batted on Saturday. The pitch didn't do much, but with a mountain of runs hanging over them, their batting was simply abject.
There will be those who say that one-sided days like this strengthen the case for Test cricket to be split into two divisions.
I'm not in favour of that - you have to try to support these countries who are playing Test cricket. You have to accept that Sri Lanka are in a transitional phase, having lost two all-time great batsmen in Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
Having said that, I'm not sure it's in anyone's interests to send them up to Leeds and Durham for two Tests so early in the year.
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The problem, which was traced to Yoker, was not believed to be weather-related.
ScotRail said the disruption would continue until the end of service on Thursday and urged people to make alternative arrangements.
Affected lines were Delmellington to Airdrie/Bathgate/Cumbernauld, and Rutherglen to Partick/Milngavie in both directions.
Bradley intercepted a loose pass near the halfway line and chipped Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa from 40 yards to give the visitors the lead.
Former Arsenal striker Carlos Vela equalised with a low, 20-yard shot.
Mexico are top of the qualifying group on 14 points with four matches left. The US are third on eight points.
The top three qualify automatically for next year's World Cup in Russia, while the fourth-placed team face an Asian confederation team in a play-off.
"Any time you can get a point here that's great," said Bradley.
"The mentality and the commitment from every guy was really, really good and now we keep moving ourselves forward."
Researchers have studied the records of pioneering explorers, including Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton.
The study suggests that Antarctic sea-ice is much less sensitive to climate change than the Arctic, which has declined dramatically.
The research has been published in The Cryosphere journal.
A century ago Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton were among those who ventured into completely uncharted territory.
They were the bravest explorers of their age. At the time, their voyages brought a totally new understanding of the Antarctic landscape. And now their records are giving scientists new data on the impacts of climate change.
Some data collected by whaling vessels suggests the extent of Antarctic summer (December, January, February, March) sea-ice was significantly higher during the 1950s, before a steep decline returned it to around six million square kilometres (average across the four months) in recent decades.
But the log books of the "heroic explorers" show that over the long term, the amount of ice has changed very little. It has merely ebbed and flowed.
Dr Jonathan Day of the University of Reading who led the study says his analysis indicates that the extent of Antarctic summer sea-ice is at most 14% smaller now than during the early 1900s.
"The Antarctic sea-ice a hundred years ago was fairly similar to what it is today. That is not much if you contrast this with the Arctic which has lost 26% of its extent," he told BBC News.
Dr Day says his results suggest the climate of Antarctica may have fluctuated significantly throughout the 20th Century, swinging between decades of high ice cover and decades of low cover, rather than a steady downward trend.
"We know that sea-ice in the Antarctic has increased slightly over the past 30 years, since satellite observations began. Scientists have been grappling to understand this trend in the context of global warming, but these new findings suggest it may not be anything new.
"If ice levels were as low a century ago as estimated in this research, then a similar increase may have occurred between then and the middle of the century, when previous studies suggest ice levels were far higher."
Captain Scott died along with his team in 1912 after missing out on being the first to reach the South Pole by a matter of weeks. Shackleton's ship sank after becoming trapped in ice in 1915 as he and his crew attempted the first ever cross-Antarctic trek.
Scott and Shackleton went to the Antarctic in search of glory - but a century on - their ultimate legacy will be to have helped scientists learn more about climate change.
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He told the SNP conference in Aberdeen that he recognised the "challenges" to address, but insisted the party was delivering in education.
Opposition parties passed a Holyrood motion saying the SNP were "failing teachers, parents and pupils".
But Mr Swinney said the picture of the education system they paint "bears no resemblance to reality".
The deputy first minister said the government had set itself a "huge task" in tackling the attainment gap between schools, adding that "everything we do" is focused on this.
He said: "Across Scottish education, I recognise there are challenges to address. But we are making strong progress.
"Last year our young people achieved record levels of Advanced Higher passes, with the level of Higher passes second only to the record high achieved in 2015.
"More young people from the most deprived communities now leave school with at least one higher or equivalent. And the proportion of young people leaving school for positive destinations reached a record high in 2015/16.
"These achievements are no accident. They are the result of the right choices being made."
Mr Swinney insisted the government "makes the tough choices in the best interests of the people of Scotland", hitting out at opposition parties who recently inflicted a defeat on the government over its education record.
He said: "They try to paint a picture of Scottish education system that bears no resemblance to reality. At no point do the opposition recognise or acknowledge the efforts of everyone in education at all levels who make success happen for children and young people.
"But then, that is the luxury of opposition."
He continued: "For all the progress we have made, we know there is more still to do. That sometimes requires making tough choices and not shying away from difficult choices.
"The easy choice to make would be to wait, to see how things pan out. That applies equally to education as it does to our constitutional future.
"But I am not prepared to wait and see if the current way of doing things will be enough to deliver an education system that is world class, a system that can provide equity and excellence for all our children."
The Pallas's cats are the first to be born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland site. In the wild the species are found in Iran, Mongolia and China.
The park has already unveiled other new offspring including young capercaillie and a snowy owl chick.
Grey and fluffy, the kittens will be raised by their parents Beebop and Alula.
The zoological society said Pallas's cats were under threat in the wild and a European Zoo Association captive breeding programme was being managed by Highland Wildlife Park staff.
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has taken blood and urine samples from the boxer, who has denied the charges.
On Wednesday night, Punjab police arrested the boxer's sparring partner, Ram Singh.
Vijender Singh was questioned last month after police seized 26kg (57lbs) of heroin from a flat in Mohali.
Fifteen people, including a Canada-based Indian, were held in connection with the drug haul, believed to have a street value of 1.3bn rupees ($24m; £16m).
One of the arrested men allegedly said he had sold drugs to the boxer.
The boxer had refused to take a dope test ever since the scandal broke, but finally agreed to give samples on Wednesday.
"The blood and urine samples of Vijender and other boxers have been taken," Sports Minister Jitendra Singh said late on Wednesday.
"I will wait for the results before deciding on any action. I don't want to speculate. But even if Vijender has made a mistake, he should of course be punished or penalised, but after that his rehabilitation should start," the minister said.
Meanwhile, Punjab police on Wednesday night said the boxer's sparring partner, Ram Singh, had been arrested "for custodial interrogation".
They said they had recovered 5kg of a party drug from the home of one of his relatives at the weekend.
A few days ago, the police said in a statement that investigations had revealed that Vijender Singh "had consumed heroin about 12 times and Ram Singh about five times" between last December and February.
The police also said that the boxer had spoken on the phone a number of times to a man described as the main suspect, said to be based in Canada.
Vijender Singh became a national hero when he won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
He also represented India at the London Games, although he did not win a medal.
The boxer has endorsed big brand names and makes regular appearances on reality television shows and at Bollywood parties.
He has also been awarded India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award,
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British astronaut Tim Peake videoed time-lapse footage of a lightning storm he saw from the International Space Station.
He recorded it as the ISS flew from North Africa over Turkey towards Russia.
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Claudio and Massimiliano Chiarelli were killed on Sunday by wildlife rangers in Mana Pools National Park.
They belonged to a volunteer anti-poaching unit and were shot while repairing a fault on their vehicle.
The elder Mr Chiarelli worked as a professional hunter, running safaris for European tourists.
Born in the Italian city of Padua, Claudio Chiarelli lived in Zimbabwe for more than 30 years, where his son was born.
The President of the Zimbabwe Safari Operators Association, Emmanuel Fundiram, told the BBC his death was a "huge loss not only to the family but the hunting fraternity in Zimbabwe".
The two men had been deployed to relieve conservation officials despatched to follow the trail of suspected poachers.
"The rangers... saw movement in the thicket, heard voices and opened fire, accidentally shooting and killing on the spot the pair," the park's authority said in a statement.
The incident is under investigation. Mana Pools has long been a target of poachers who kill elephants for their ivory.
Lord Howard told the BBC the UK should secure "access" to it instead.
He also said Brexit negotiations should be concluded "as soon as we can" to avoid prolonged uncertainty about the UK's future relationship with the EU.
The government has not said when it will start the formal exit process, other than it will not begin this year.
There is also uncertainty over the nature of the UK's relationship with the bloc post-Brexit, especially whether it intends to remain a member of the single market, which offers free movement of goods, finance and people around the EU without any tariffs, quotas or taxes.
European leaders have repeatedly stressed that the UK cannot stay in the single market without accepting the free movement of EU citizens.
The UK voted to end its EU membership by 51.9% to 48.1% in a referendum on 23 June.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Lord Howard - who backed the Leave campaign - said the British people voted for control of their own laws, immigration and borders and for the UK to have the right to make free trade agreements with other countries.
"I don't think you can have those things without leaving the single market. I don't think we should be or need to be members of the single market.
"Of course we want access to the single market which is an entirely different thing".
The peer, who led the party 2003 to 2005, said "every country in the world" had access to the single market to sell their goods and the "important question" was "what are the terms on which you have access".
"Every European country which is not a member of the EU, with the exception of Belarus, has a free-trade agreement on goods with the European Union. That means no tariffs, no tariff barriers, free trade on goods.
"I have no doubt that's what we're going to get," he said, saying that it was in the EU's own interest.
Rejecting the argument that Britain may not be able to get the deal it wanted, he insisted: "We are not a supplicant. We will get a good deal."
Lord Howard said it would be a good idea "to bring these negotiations to a conclusion as soon as we can" and while it was perfectly reasonable for the government to take time to look at all the angles "uncertainty is something we don't want to prolong".
He also said terms such as "hard" or "soft" Brexit were unhelpful and unnecessary, saying a "fair" Brexit deal - to both the UK and the EU - was what was needed.
Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted "Brexit means Brexit" but she is coming under sustained pressure from political opponents to set out the government's Brexit strategy and its vision for the UK's future outside the EU.
Mrs May has refused to give a "running commentary", saying it would be an error to "reveal our hand prematurely".
But she has said the government was committed to securing the "right deal" for Britain, that includes a "good deal" in trading goods and services, as well as controls on immigration.
Meanwhile, French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has said, if elected, he would give Britain an opportunity to reverse its vote to leave the EU by negotiating a new treaty with Germany for EU members, the Financial Times reports.
The paper quotes him as saying: "I would tell the British, you've gone out but we have a new treaty on the table so you have an opportunity to vote again. But this time not on the old Europe, on the new Europe.
"Do you want to stay? If yes, so much the better. Because I can't accept to lose Europe's second-largest economy while we are negotiating with Turkey over its EU membership.
"And if it's no, then it's a real no. You're in or you're out."
Adams replaces Lucas Alcaraz, who was sacked on Monday after a 3-1 home defeat by Valencia that leaves them 19th in La Liga.
The 50-year-old had been working at the Spanish club since November and is vice president of the company owned by Granada's club president.
His first game will be at home to Celta Vigo on Sunday.
Adams left Azerbaijan side Gabala in 2011 and previously managed Wycombe Wanderers and Portsmouth.
He has worked alongside Granada's president John Jiang in his role as vice president of the Chinese businessman's DDMC company and has been sporting director for Chinese Super League club Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.
Adams played 669 times for Arsenal between 1983 and 2002, spending 14 years as captain, and won 66 England caps.
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"It would make much more sense for Adams' new role to be a temporary one, buying some time while the club makes longer-term plans for next season and beyond.
"Certainly, Adams being named permanent manager would not fit very well with the 'Spanish structure' he spoke about in his interview last month.
"And until today, everything Adams had said about his role at Granada suggested that he was happy to take a backroom director's role rather than holding ambitions to become first-team manager, and that remains the most likely scenario beyond the current season.
"But considering his strong relationship with the club's owner, of course he could end up getting the job on a permanent basis."
The baby is called Sky, which means "cloud". It's only a nick-name, a stop-gap sobriquet because her parents have many other things to think about before they decide what to call their new child.
"It's just until her mother has time to choose one," says the baby's father, Svavar Halldorsson.
Admittedly it's not unusual for babies to be nameless for up to six months in Iceland. What's different in this case, is that Sky's mother is too busy to decide on a name because she's running for president.
While some mothers of a newborn would struggle to get out of the house first thing, Thora Arnorsdottir leaves her modest home in a suburb of Reykjavik at 08:30 to hit the campaign trail, four-week-old Sky in tow.
It's not Thora who is carrying the baby, but her partner of eight years, Svavar, with whom she has two other children, aged six and four.
She is also stepmother to his three older children from a previous relationship. Ms Arnorsdottir and Mr Halldorsson aren't married yet. She says they thought about tying the knot this summer, but she's been rather busy, so that plan has fallen by the wayside.
Ms Arnorsdottir already had a high-profile job as a television reporter in Iceland where she is a household name, when, two months ago, while heavily pregnant, she announced she was running to be the country's head of state.
As she criss-crosses the barren Icelandic countryside trying to reach voters outside the capital, Thora Arnorsdottir mostly breastfeeds Sky in the campaign minibus.
Ms Arnorsdottir acknowledges that some voters will think she's trying to take on too much but she's undaunted.
"It's the most natural thing in the world to have a baby," she says in fluent English.
"She comes everywhere with us. We've always divided duties at home: we've both been working in full-time jobs and Icelandic women have always worked no matter how many children they have and that won't change. It doesn't matter what the job is or if they're called 'president'."
Ms Arnorsdottir decided to run after receiving requests from the public.
There were a few at first, then an avalanche of letters from people encouraging her to stand against the incumbent, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, who is hoping to win a record fifth term.
During his 16 years in office, President Grimsson has been virtually unopposed. A serious challenge to an incumbent president is unheard-of here.
But Ms Arnorsdottir believes he has got tired of being the guardian of Icelandic culture and has changed the role of president from largely being one of a figurehead, to being too political.
Indeed, following the Icelandic banking crash in 2008, Mr Grimsson drew on previously unused presidential powers to veto the Icelandic parliament's controversial Icesave legislation outlining plans to repay £3.1bn to Britain and the Netherlands for debts incurred during the financial crisis.
He put it to the taxpayers to decide, in not one, but two referendums, and Icelanders voted against it. For that, he remains very popular with voters who believe he's looking out for them and not simply doing the bidding of parliament.
Mr Grimsson is also seen by many as a safe bet because he's established, while Thora Arnorsdottir, however well known from the television, lacks experience.
In the wake of the banking crash, many of the male politicians in Iceland were voted out and replaced by women.
The current prime minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, is a gay woman with children from her previous marriage to a man; the speaker of parliament is female and the first female bishop was inaugurated last Sunday.
So Iceland is progressive when it comes to women in top positions.
Indeed the country has already had a female president, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, who was the world's first democratically elected female head of state in 1980.
"It might sound big news in other countries," says President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson who refuses to comment on the campaign per se, or on his rival, "but so far, we've achieved a state in Iceland where it's not particularly remarkable that a woman holds high office."
Indeed, Icelanders aren't particularly in awe of Ms Arnorsdottir for being a young mother of three with a newborn baby.
Her supporters back her because she is the first viable contender to Mr Grimsson in nearly two decades.
"I watch my children and I just think I want to do what I can to influence the society they're growing up in," Ms Arnorsdottir says.
"Which values we are building, what kind of atmosphere there is. Talking with the elderly, they say 'You've got three kids? I had 10!'.
"I've always worked hard and even though this job is being a president, it doesn't change anything. I think the challenge is a matter of getting used to the unusual idea."
If Ms Arnorsdottir wins, her 42-year-old partner will become a house husband. He will relinquish his career, also as a television journalist (he and Ms Arnorsdottir met on location).
"They tell me I'm a role model," Mr Halldorsson says as he expertly holds the baby while Ms Arnorsdottir meets people in an old people's home on another campaign stop.
"I'm happy with that. It doesn't make me a lesser man. I can change diapers and still watch the football, cook and fix the car."
On her 17-hour day campaigning outside Reykjavik, Ms Arnorsdottir drives past the Snaefellsnes Glacier, renowned for its mystical powers.
People living nearby claim it is one of the earth's few energy sources. If she were looking out of the minibus window, Ms Arnorsdottir may have been hoping for some of that mystical power to help trump her rival and some of the energy to do the job if she succeeds at the polls on Saturday.
Her critics say her campaign has been weak because she hasn't taken a stand on any particular issues or made clear why voters should choose her rather than Mr Grimsson, other than she wants to be a unifying figure for the country.
She admits it would be radical if she were elected but, as history has shown, Icelanders can surprise at the ballot box.
Russian generals said attacks by rebels, some US-backed, had increased sharply over the past 24 hours.
Gen Viktor Poznikhir said the rebel groups had "not met a single obligation" of the truce.
President Vladimir Putin earlier accused the rebel groups of exploiting the ceasefire to regroup.
Russian General Vladimir Savchenko said "the situation in Syria is worsening", with 55 attacks over the past 24 hours, leading to the deaths of 12 civilians.
Gen Poznikhir said Russia, an ally of the Syrian government, was doing all it could to rein in Syrian troops.
"If the American side does not take the necessary measures to carry out its obligations... a breakdown of the ceasefire will be on the United States," he said.
"The United States and the so-called moderate groups they control have not met a single obligation they assumed in the framework of the Geneva agreement."
The terms require moderate rebel groups to separate themselves from jihadists.
"Without separating, the government troops' hands are tied," Gen Poznikhir said.
"Our repeated messages to the American side are left without a response.. There is doubt that the US is able to influence the moderate opposition they control."
Ceasefire breaches have been reported from both sides since the truce began.
The US is yet to respond to the latest Russian statements.
But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry did speak by telephone on Saturday.
Mr Lavrov said he had urged the publication of the Syria ceasefire document, echoing a call from Mr Putin, and for US military officials to be deployed to monitor the truce.
In televised remarks during a visit to Kyrgyzstan, Mr Putin said Moscow was keeping to its obligations under the truce, and the Syrian government was "fully abiding" by the agreement.
But he said that the US seemed to be trying to maintain the rebels' military capability in its conflict with the government, adding that this was a "dangerous path".
"What we're seeing now is not the separation of the terrorists from the healthy part of the opposition but an attempt by these terrorists to regroup," he said.
Previously Moscow has threatened to resume air strikes on "moderate" rebel groups if this separation did not happen.
If the ceasefire holds for seven days, the US and Russia have agreed to plan joint attacks on the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham group, which was previously known as the al-Nusra Front, and on IS.
Separately, the UN says it is still waiting to be able to deliver aid to the besieged city of Aleppo.
Some 20 trucks have been waiting since Monday for safe passage from Turkey into Syria and on to rebel-held east Aleppo.
However, the UN says it has not yet received permits from the Syrian government to allow the trucks into opposition areas, where at least 250,000 people are in desperate need of food and medicine.
This was meant to be a trust-building exercise, but nearly a week after the truce began, the blame game has begun.
There was deep scepticism from the rebels about details in the plan which called for their separation from extremist groups. That is why they never formally accepted the deal.
It was always a major sticking point. Were US backed groups supposed to surrender territory to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham? Or were they required to fight them? It was never clear. Either way, the stipulation would leave them far weaker on the battlefield. But refusing and standing in the way of much-needed humanitarian aid would not have been popular.
Now this weekend, the main rebel groups are due to meet to discuss their position. Their mistrust of the government and its Russian allies runs deep. They see the obstruction of aid deliveries on the border as a stalling tactic, and one which they have seen before.
If aid doesn't reach besieged areas soon, the ceasefire's days are numbered. And co-ordinated strikes against IS won't happen.
The 29-year-old, who had only joined from AC Milan three days earlier, was accidentally caught on the right side of his head by Lorient midfielder Didier Ndong 15 minutes into the match.
"Jeremy was operated on under local anaesthesia on Wednesday night to sew up his ear," Bordeaux said.
"We wish a speedy recovery to our player and hope to see him back soon."
Gabon international Ndong said: "I apologise to Jeremy Menez, and to Bordeaux, and hope to see him back in Ligue 1 action soon.
"It was completely involuntary but had unfortunate consequences for him."
The Fine Brothers' "reaction videos" show people responding to online clips.
But a plan to license "react" to other video-makers was met with a digital backlash, costing the brothers hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
They have now apologised and said trademark applications will be rescinded.
"Hello, we're here to apologise," The Fine Brothers, Rafi and Benny, wrote in a blog.
Some of The Fine Brothers' most successful series include Kids React, Teens React and YouTubers React.
Videos in a similar style have been produced by many YouTubers - often with "react" in the title.
Among trademark applications filed by the brothers last year were the terms "Kids React", "Adults React" and the word "react" itself.
The duo responded to criticism that license agreements might be used to "police" online video by saying this was a "valid concern".
"Though we can assert our intentions are pure, there's no way to prove them," they added.
The trademark scheme, which they had named the React World program, has been discontinued, existing trademark applications have been rescinded and past YouTube copyright claims have also been dropped.
"This has been a hard week," the brothers wrote.
In reaction videos, people - from children to celebrities - are shown an object or video clip and their response is filmed.
For example: a child in 2015 marvelling at the size of an old style printed encyclopaedia.
Because reactions like these are amusing to people who grew up with printed encyclopaedias, such videos tend to get shared widely on social media.
The list of reaction videos published by The Fine Brothers is enormous - from "Teens react to 90s fashion" to "Elders react to Star Wars: The Force Awakens".
The format has been used by many others, including US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres.
Trade marks are the distinctive name or symbol used to identity a product made by a manufacturer or a good distributed by a dealer.
Trade mark law is generally concerned with avoiding consumer confusion regarding the origin or manufacturer of a product.
One YouTuber who had expressed disappointment over the trademark applications was Jon, from Many a True Nerd.
"I'm delighted, but not hugely surprised," he told the BBC after hearing about the U-turn.
"Given the huge subscriber number falls they've seen, sometimes over 10,000 lost subscriber per hour, the risk to their business was too great to ignore."
Jon added, though, that he felt The Fine Brothers would struggle to regain trust among those alienated by the episode.
"I think this movement and its consequences represent that YouTube as a community is quite determined to stay a free and open platform, and that makes me optimistic for the future," he said.
Ryan Morrison, a video gamer turned lawyer, had also been critical of The Fine Brothers' plans.
Previously, he had offered to support video-makers in a legal challenge to The Fine Brothers' trademark application.
"People were scared, and they were right to be," he told the BBC.
"I immediately offered to help, and the outpouring of support and willingness to join in my opposition filing was unlike anything I'd ever seen."
The understanding which they had comes to break down, recriminations follow, and sometimes, full throttle revenge.
But the roots of the embarrassment that has sent social media into overdrive in the last day were laid before Twitter was invented.
In fact, the origins of the spectacular parting of ways are fifteen years ago.
Notwithstanding the stink the allegations former Conservative donor Lord Ashcroft makes in his new book about David Cameron's high jinks at university, the stories are the final, and maybe inevitable end of a tortured relationship that has dogged the Conservative Party for many years.
And although Lord Ashcroft denies it, it looks a lot like revenge.
While Downing Street does not want to "dignify" the more salacious claims which may have more impact in the public's minds, what may prove trickier in the long run is what Lord Ashcroft claims about his tax status.
David Cameron came into politics making, as new leaders tend to, all sorts of claims about how he wanted to clean things up; he wanted a new kind of politics (just in case you'd been wondering, Jeremy Corbyn wasn't the first).
But he inherited a tricky situation from his predecessor, William Hague - a relationship with an extremely wealthy and eager backer, Lord Ashcroft, who after concerns in the Civil Service about his tax status made this promise to the-then Tory leader back in 2000.
"The undertakings I gave were confirmed in a memorandum to William Hague dated 23 March 2000.
"These were to 'take up permanent residence in the UK again' by the end of that year… In subsequent dialogue with the government, it was officially confirmed that the interpretation in the first undertaking of the words 'permanent residence' was to be that of 'a long term resident" of the UK.
"I agreed to this and finally took up my seat in the House of Lords in October 2000'."
That deal was not publicly known, and after David Cameron took over in 2005, with his promises of new, more transparent ways of doing things, questions about Lord Ashcroft and his tax affairs continued.
The Conservatives needed him, as all political parties need money, and between 2002 and 2011 he gave more than £5m.
But the scrutiny over his affairs was a headache that refused to disappear.
Some Conservative MPs at the time wondered privately if the relationship was really worth it.
Labour, despite their own woes over party funding, asked again and again about Lord Ashcroft's finances - was he paying tax in this country as he ought to as a member of the Lords?
Those questions in the end led to the peer and the Conservatives publishing the details of his non-dom status just before the election in May 2010.
And the focus on Lord Ashcroft probably led to changes in the law around non-doms.
But the attention and embarrassment of the whole affair meant, for some Conservatives, that Lord Ashcroft was seen as tainted.
His money had certainly been useful, but there was no way he could be given a major role in government if and when they won.
As is clear from his account of events published today, the job he says he was offered after the 2010 election was seen as derisory, not fitting a donor of his stature.
But once the Conservatives were in government, the political baggage that came with his cash meant it was perhaps no longer worth keeping him close.
David Cameron won't be able to avoid answering again similar questions to those he had to back then.
When did Lord Ashcroft tell him about his tax affairs? How could he really not have known?
Did he really never ask until just before their publication in 2010?
But Downing Street's hope is that the former peer's agenda is so clear, that the pressures pass.
But with more to come from Lord Ashcroft's book, there'll be nerves too about what comes next.
Mr Corbyn, who is being challenged by Pontypridd MP Owen Smith, visited Merthyr Tydfil and will go to Swansea on Friday.
They took part in the first hustings of the leadership contest in Cardiff on Thursday night.
Mr Corbyn said no community in Wales would be "left behind".
He spoke to hundreds of supporters at a rally in Merthyr Tydfil's Penderyn Square, the scene of the start of the 1831 Merthyr Rising.
"We're reaching out to every community in every part of this country," he told the crowd.
"Yes, in order to take part in this election, yes, in order to strengthen our party, but also to reach out to those who have become disillusioned with politics because they don't see a political solution to their problems", Mr Corbyn said.
As the Labour leader left the event he was followed by a large group of supporters, some of whom asked for "selfies" or tried to speak to the leader.
Ahead of the visit, Mr Corbyn told BBC Wales he was "very confident" in the support for his leadership in the south Wales valleys.
"We had the event last night in Cardiff. We've got the event today in Merthyr and were going on to Swansea this evening. We're doing a lot of campaigning all over the UK.
"No-one and no community will ever be left behind by Labour," he said.
The Labour leader Mr Corbyn claimed Labour had gained seats at the last assembly election, despite the party's overall number of Senedd seats having fallen from 30 to 29.
"The assembly election results, we gained some seats as well as losing one," he said. "We've made a lot of progress there."
In fact, Labour won no extra seats at the May poll, and lost Rhondda to Plaid Cymru.
Meanwhile, Mr Smith has won his first trade union endorsements from Community and the Musicians' Union.
Mr Corbyn is being supported by Aslef, Communication Workers Union, the Fire Brigades Union and the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians.
During Thursday's hustings, Mr Corbyn vowed to fight to keep Port Talbot Steelworks open and also to invest in transport projects.
Mr Smith said he would invest an extra £1bn a year in resource funding, saying the Welsh Government could increase spending on the NHS by 4% every year in the next parliament.
Party members, affiliated trade union supporters and so-called registered supporters are able to vote in the election.
The result of the poll will be announced on 24 September.
One of Mr Corbyn's Merthyr Tydfil-based supporters is Margaret Davies, mayor of the county council and Labour councillor for Cyfarthfa ward.
Speaking in a personal capacity she said Jeremy Corbyn "has spent his life by" his policies. "I trust Mr Corbyn to implement those policies," she said.
Brendan Toomey, Merthyr Tydfil Labour council leader, is backing Owen Smith. He said he was supporting the challenger "because he's got a coherent plan for government".
On Thursday, Mr Smith told BBC Radio Wales he feared the Labour Party could not close the gap on the Conservatives.
"Most people in the country don't think the Labour Party is going places, most people think Labour has lost credibility in recent years and lost further credibility in recent months," he said.
On the same day Mr Corbyn set out 10 pledges "to rebuild and transform Britain", promising to invest £500 billion in infrastructure, manufacturing and industry.
"For too long, too many communities in Britain have been neglected, too many people's potential has been left untapped and their talents undeveloped," he said.
Jonathan Ollivier died ahead of the final show of Matthew Bourne's production of The Car Man at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre on August 9.
Bourne's New Adventures company is now proposing a project for youngsters in Northampton as a "positive legacy".
A spokesman said it "wanted to create more stories like his" in the town.
Ollivier, 38, started dancing as a boy in Northampton and began his professional career at Cape Town City Ballet, also dancing for companies including the Northern Ballet Theatre and the Alberta Ballet Company in Canada.
He worked on a number of roles with New Adventures including The Swan in Swan Lake and, on his death, was described by Bourne as an "irreplaceable artist".
The proposal is being steered by Re:Bourne, the company's charitable-arm, which works with young people from all backgrounds and encourages those who may not have access to the arts to get involved with its work.
Director James Mackenzie-Blackman said he had met with the Ollivier family who were "really thrilled" the company wanted to initiate a project in his hometown.
"Jonny discovered dance unexpectedly - we want to create more stories like that in Northampton and if we can do that, it will be a very positive legacy," he said.
"It's in the very early stages but we hope to go into communities were there is either poor uptake of arts or difficulty accessing them.
"What's really struck us in the past week and a half is how many young dancers - especially male dancers - have been inspired to dance by Jonny. That's really touched us and we would like to see if we can replicate some of those values in his hometown."
The Ollivier family have set-up a fundraising page in memory of the dancer with all donations being split equally between Re:Bourne and the London Air Ambulance.
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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) report said the gases ignited as they came into contact with the hot surface of a projector in Studio 19.
Its report, compiled over six months, follows the fire on 23 May.
It said flames spread through the landmark building from the studio used by a student for an exhibition.
The student has not been named.
The Mackintosh building, completed in 1909, is widely regarded as the finest work built by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scotland's most influential architect and designer.
The report into the fire said voids in the walls and old ventilation ducts allowed the fire to take hold in neighbouring studios and spread upwards destroying the Mackintosh library, which was recognised as being one of the finest examples of art nouveau in the world.
An improved fire protection system was being installed at the time of the blaze but was not operational, the report said.
GSA director Professor Tom Inns said the fire was a "horrible accident" and a review would seek to learn lessons from it.
He said: "Obviously there are many features in the building which contributed to the fire - those are the things that are highlighted in the report.
"So we need to think about, as we go into the restoration process for the building, what things we need to take on board, what lessons we can learn from that, in terms of how we bring the building back."
He said that also applied to the east wing of the building, which was not damaged by the fire, but which has the same design features as the west section where the blaze took hold.
An appeal has been launched to raise £20m for the restoration of the historic building - but some observers believe the eventual cost could be as high as £35m.
The report said the fire started in Studio 19 in the north basement, west wing of the Mackintosh Building.
A student exhibition space made from chipboard and wooden studs had been constructed there.
It consisted of high expansion foam panels fastened to three of the walls, with one wall left blank to receive projected images from a projector mounted on the opposite wall.
At the time of the incident gaps between the foam panels were being filled-in by applying foam directly from a canister of expanding foam.
The report said: "Fire was caused when flammable gases (isobutane, propane and dimethyl ether) used as a propellant within a canister of expanding foam was discharged in close proximity to the projector.
"These flammable gases were drawn into the projector cooling fan."
The SFRS said the projector was not defective but added: "It is likely indirect ignition of the flammable gases occurred as it passed in and around energised electrical components of the projector.
"Once ignited, the flame front would have grown in size consuming plastic components and the plastic casing of the projector, flames then impinged onto the foam which was placed on the wall directly behind it."
The report said the design of the building contributed to the spread of the fire.
"A major contributory factor for the fire spreading throughout the building was the number of timber-lined walls and voids, and original ventilation ducts running both vertically and horizontally throughout the building," it said.
It said: "A vertical service void ran the entire height of the building to roof level and acted like a chimney. It allowed flames, hot gases and smoke to travel vertically."
GSA said information from the SFRS Fire Report will be used to inform the Mackintosh Building restoration and GSA's broader approach to health and safety management.
But it restated its thanks to SFRS for its work to save a significant part of the Mackintosh Building, its collections, archives and the work of staff and students.
A statement said: "Progress is being made on plans for the restoration of the Mackintosh Building.
"The building is now wind and water tight, is being cleared with services being reinstated to allow works to commence.
"And specialists from Kirkdale Archaeology are forensically excavating the remains of the Mackintosh Library, the outcomes of which will inform the restoration."
It aims to have the building fully restored and operational as a working art school, exhibition space and visitor attraction between 2018 and 2019.
The 91-year-old self-proclaimed ruler of the Principality of Hutt River in Western Australia, abdicated power in February.
Now a court has ruled that he and one his sons must pay A$3m (£1.8m; $2.3m) in unpaid taxes.
The judge in the case dismissed their claims to sovereignty over their 18,500-acre farm as having "no legal merit or substance".
The Principality of Hutt River, 500km (300 miles) north of Perth, says it seceded from Australia in 1970, though the government does not acknowledge this.
Self-proclaimed Prince Leonard Casley declared independence after a dispute with the government over wheat quotas.
The farm, which has a population of about 30, created its own tax system and laws and issues its own currency, stamps and passports.
Tourists can pay a few dollars for a visa and a personal tour of the site, which is bigger than the Vatican, Monaco and Nauru, but is not recognised by any government.
The Australian Tax Office has long been chasing the prince and his son, Arthur Casley - known as Prince Wayne - for overdue taxes.
In 1977, the farm briefly declared war on Australia over one demand for payment.
The latest case alleged that Prince Leonard failed to pay income tax between 2006 and 2013. A similar claim was made against his son.
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Western Australia sided with the tax office, and ordered Prince Leonard to pay A$2.7m, while Prince Wayne was ordered to pay A$242,000.
"Anyone can declare themselves a sovereign in their own home but they cannot ignore the laws of Australia or not pay tax," Justice Rene Le Miere said
"It is not sensible or a proper use of judicial resources to recite and analyse all of the defendants' utterances masquerading as legal submissions," he said.
"It is all gobbledygook."
Prince Graeme, who took over as ruler in February but was not implicated in the case, said he was "disappointed" by the court's decision.
"We're a fully independent country," he told the BBC. "We don't believe the income was earned within the Australian jurisdiction."
He suggested that an appeal may be lodged on grounds of human rights violations due to the "mental torture" caused by repeated court cases.
ITN filmed Mr Hunt talking to the News Corp boss near the Aquatics Centre.
Labour's Jim Sheridan said the film suggested "no contrition" for mistakes since Mr Hunt faced questions over his handling of News Corp's BSkyB bid.
But Mr Hunt's office said the meeting was an "exchange in passing".
News Corp said it had "no comment" to make on the affair.
Rupert Murdoch had been invited to the Olympics by London Mayor Boris Johnson.
In the video, shot on a mobile phone in the Olympic park, the News Corp chairman and Mr Hunt are seen smiling, shaking hands and conversing briefly before the culture secretary gets into a car and is driven away.
Mr Sheridan, who sits on the Commons committee which probed the phone-hacking affair, said: "It looks like the relationship [between Mr Hunt and Mr Murdoch] is as close as ever.
"The relationship between the Conservative Party and the Murdoch empire still looks strong.
"And after everything that's gone on, the very fact that Boris Johnson invited Murdoch to the Olympics is outrageous.
"What do Milly Dowler's family make of that I wonder? There appears to be no contrition whatsoever for the mistakes."
Mr Murdoch was questioned by MPs and Lord Leveson in connection with the phone-hacking scandal, which led to the closure of his News of the World title, after it emerged journalists had hacked into thousands of mobile phones, among them one belonging to schoolgirl murder victim Milly Dowler.
Former News International head Rebekah Brooks and other senior journalists have since been arrested and charged with various offences related to phone hacking.
A spokeswoman for Mr Hunt said the meeting between had been an "exchange in passing".
She said: "They met in the margins at an event and they said hello and it's nothing more than that."
She confirmed that Mr Hunt did know that Mr Murdoch would be at Olympic Park as a guest of Boris Johnson, but said the greeting was by chance.
The cabinet minister was in the Olympic Park to watch GB swimmer Rebecca Adlington's event, the spokeswoman said.
"They happened to be in the same place. They just said hello. If you meet someone you know, you normally say hello. It wasn't prearranged," she added.
Mr Hunt's relationship with the Murdochs was examined by the Leveson inquiry into media ethics after it emerged the cabinet minister had written a memo to Downing Street backing a News Corp takeover of BSkyB.
Although the memo was written before Mr Hunt inherited the job of deciding whether the takeover should go ahead, critics said he had compromised his role because he could be seen to be not impartial.
At the time, the culture secretary said he "strictly followed due process" in the matter, and denied that News Corp had any "back channel" of influence with his office.
Mr Hunt also said claims made on 4 July 2011 that Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked had made him re-evaluate the News Corp bid.
The culture secretary's special adviser later resigned over "inappropriate contact" with News Corp.
Home Secretary Theresa May said the extension of his role as commissioner would "provide continuity" for the Met.
The next mayor of London would have the chance to "take an informed view" about the force's leadership, she said.
The announcement follows recent criticism of the Met for its handling of sex abuse allegations.
Operation Midland, which looks at claims that boys were abused by powerful men from politics, the military and law enforcement agencies in the 1970s and 80s, is the focus of particular criticism,
The force's record will be scrutinised in a review led by an ex-judge.
Sir Bernard told BBC Radio 4's Today programme police would no longer automatically believe complainants who reported historical sex abuse, but would be "open-minded" and "empathetic".
Mrs May said she recognised "the vital work the commissioner has done in fighting crime and in reforming the Metropolitan Police Service".
"He has been at the forefront of the vital and important challenge of policing London at a time of heightened security," she said.
Sir Bernard said he was "proud to continue" in the role "and proud of the confidence shown in the way my officers and staff work day and night to keep London safe and catch criminals."
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: "This is good news for the Met and for London. Over the last five years Bernard Hogan-Howe and his dedicated officers and staff have overseen a significant drop in overall crime and kept the city safe in the face of the heightened terror threat.
"At the same time confidence in the force has significantly improved."
The new mayor will take office in May.
She was left with "possible life-threatening head injuries" when she was struck by a force vehicle with its blue lights flashing in Bristol city centre.
Police said the 33-year-old woman was hit at the junction of Stokes Croft and Ninetree Hill at 22:00 GMT on Saturday.
A man was arrested on suspicion of assault and a knife seized, police say.
The woman is being treated at Southmead Hospital.
Avon and Somerset Police said the force's professional standards department had been advised of the incident due to the fact a police vehicle was involved, and that it had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Bob Corker, the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, warned that efforts to fight so-called Islamic State and counter Iran were being hurt.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut air, sea and land links with Qatar three weeks ago.
They accused Qatar of aiding terrorist groups and Iran - charges it denied.
On Friday, the emirate was presented with a 13-point list of demands to end the crisis that included shutting down the Al Jazeera news network, cutting ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, and curbing diplomatic relations with Iran.
A government spokesman in Doha said the list confirmed that "the illegal blockade has nothing to do with combating terrorism - it is about limiting Qatar's sovereignty, and outsourcing our foreign policy".
The restrictions have caused turmoil in the oil- and gas-rich nation, which is dependent on imports to meet the basic needs of its population of 2.7 million.
President Donald Trump initially expressed his support for the actions taken against Qatar despite it hosting the largest US military base in the Middle East.
But his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, acknowledged on Sunday that some of the demands issued by its neighbours would "be very difficult to meet" and called for "dialogue leading to resolution".
In a letter sent to Mr Tillerson on Monday, Mr Corker said he had been pleased with Mr Trump's recent trip to Saudi Arabia, where he attended a summit of the Gulf Co-operation Council.
The Republican noted that the president had agreed with the GCC's six member states, including Qatar, to "ease regional conflicts" and establish "deeper security co-operation".
"Unfortunately, the GCC did not take advantage of the summit and instead chose to devolve into conflict," he added.
"All countries in the region need to do more to combat terrorism, but recent disputes among the GCC countries only serve to hurt efforts to fight [IS] and counter Iran."
"For these reasons, before we provide any further clearances during the informal review period on sales of lethal military equipment to the GCC states, we need a better understanding of the path to resolve the current dispute and reunify the GCC."
Under US law, Congress must be formally notified 30 days before the sale of any weapons to foreign governments, giving lawmakers time to block it if they object.
Last month, a resolution seeking to stop the sale of about $500m (£393m) of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia for use in the Yemen conflict - part of a $110bn (£86bn) arms deal negotiated by Mr Trump in Riyadh - was only narrowly defeated in the Senate by 53 votes to 47.
A crew was called in the early hours to a garden fire in Bury Road, Branksome Park, but was confronted with a two-storey detached property completely ablaze.
Eight more fire crews had to be sent to the scene. It was eventually extinguished at 11:25 BST.
Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said there were no reported injuries.
The parasitic worm disease is endemic in many parts of the tropics and sub-tropics. Africa is a hotspot.
But it has been shown that prawns will avidly eat the water snails that host the parasite, breaking the cycle of infection that includes people.
The impact was most eloquently demonstrated on the Senegal River.
There, the Diama Dam was built close to the estuary in 1986, blocking the ability of prawns to migrate up and down the water course, decimating their presence.
When scientists restocked the crustaceans upstream of the barrier in a controlled experiment, they saw a dramatic fall in schistosomiasis re-infection rates among the local population.
But the ecological consequences of dam construction are often complex and hard to unwrap, and the team could not therefore know for sure how applicable this approach might be to other areas.
So they did an analysis - to look at multiple dam systems worldwide to see how these mapped across decades-long records of schistosomiasis and the traditional habitat ranges of the large migratory prawn, Macrobrachium.
To be clear, no-one actually went out into the field to count prawns, but the results of the analysis were nonetheless compelling: damming was followed by greater increases in schistosomiasis in those areas where prawns had historically been present versus those zones not known to be big prawn habitats.
The inference being that the loss of the crustaceans was a major factor in the rise in infection.
“Where there were dams, schistosomiasis increased, but it increased more - at least double on average - where we expected these predators to be, traditionally - compared to those dammed watersheds where they have not been,” explained Dr Susanne Sokolow from Stanford University and UC Santa Barbara, US.
And her colleague, Prof Giulio De Leo, added: “We ended up finding that something like 280 million to 350 million people live in areas that are endemic for schistosomiasis and could potentially benefit from this type of intervention (prawn re-introduction).
“We are talking in fact about 40% of the 800 million people that are potentially at risk of schistosomiasis and this is because most of the people tend to concentrate in coastal areas where there is also historical presence of these migratory prawns that happen to be voracious predators of the snails that amplify schistosomiasis.”
Sokolow and De Leo gave details of their latest work at the recent American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
Satellites track snail disease risk
They are now working with various groups in Africa (the Upstream Alliance) to try to develop sustainable means of maintaining prawns in affected rivers.
This includes prawn aquaculture farms. The crustaceans are corralled in netted areas close to the river bank to keep on top of the snails and then harvested for food. Schistosomiasis cannot be caught by eating the prawns, so it is a strategy that has economic as well as a health benefits.
The team is also examining the role other predators could play, such as catfish and ducks. Both will eat freshwater snails.
Another idea is to tackle the problem at source - the dam. It should be possible to retrofit barriers with some kind of prawn bypass, akin to the “ladders” that aid salmon in other parts of the world to get to their upstream spawning grounds.
The capital investment required at existing dams could be very large, however.
The native African prawn Macrobrachium vollenhovenii is the focus of attention and biotechnology (non GM) techniques are available that allow all-male progeny to be produced in aquaculture farms.
Using only males is preferable on a few counts. They grow fast and big and consume more snails, but being male they do not need to migrate in the same way as females, which require a saline estuary for spawning - so the dam becomes less of an issue.
But prawns are not a “silver bullet”, cautions Dr Sokolow. A suite of solutions will ultimately be necessary.
“There’s a drug treatment that works very well - praziquantel. It clears the worms out of people and is 98-99% effective. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have lasting effects, so people the very next day - people living in poverty, especially, where there isn’t clean and safe water to access - are back out in the rivers and streams getting re-infected," she told BBC News.
“Clearly, there are other factors in play, such as the building up of agricultural systems that follow the construction of the dams. That increases population densities and potentially puts agrochemicals in the river that influences the system. But when you add in the loss of the prawns, the situation becomes worse; and it suggests that this tool of restoring prawns could be a big factor in helping to reduce and mitigate the impact of dams on schistosomiasis.”
Christi and Bobby Shepherd, of Horbury, near Wakefield, were poisoned at the Louis Corcyra Beach Hotel in 2006.
The hotel said it had decided to demolish the bungalow now "proceedings were over". An inquest last week ruled the pair had been unlawfully killed.
Thomas Cook chief executive Peter Fankhauser met the children's parents after issuing a public apology.
On Friday it emerged the electrician convicted in connection with the deaths had been back working at the hotel complex until his dismissal on Thursday.
In a statement, the hotel said he was "no longer working for the company".
"Now that all proceedings including the inquest are over we have decided to demolish the bungalow," it added.
"This will be done after the hotel operations have ended for the season."
The family of Christi, seven, and Bobby, six, had pleaded for bungalow 112 to be torn down and a playground built in its place. They had asked Thomas Cook to "push through" their request.
Although the company no longer sends British tourists to this hotel, it still provides business for the Louis hotel chain in other resorts.
In 2010 three people, including the manager of the Louis Corcyra Beach Hotel and two members of staff, were found guilty of manslaughter by negligence and sentenced to seven years.
Eight other people were cleared, including two Thomas Cook travel reps.
The children were on holiday at the hotel with their father Neil Shepherd and his now wife, Ruth, when they died.
The inquest heard the faulty boiler had been housed in an outbuilding attached to the side of the bungalow where the family had been staying.
The children's parents had previously criticised the tour firm for not apologising to them directly during the two-week hearing in Wakefield.
On Monday the firm revealed it had donated £1.5m to the children's charity Unicef. The money was the remainder after legal costs of a £3m damages settlement from the Greek hotel.
On Wednesday Mr Fankhauser had said he was "deeply sorry" about the deaths.
"It is clear that there are things that we as a company could have done better in the past nine years," he added.
He met Mr Shepherd and the children's mother Sharon Wood on Thursday and it was announced the family would receive an undisclosed "financial gesture of goodwill" from the firm.
Mr Shepherd said they planned to make donations to a series of charities.
Police were sent to Brae Hill Park at about 02:00 BST on Sunday, 29 March and found Lawrence Pritchard when they arrived.
He was given first aid by officers until an ambulance arrived and took him to hospital.
Mr Pritchard, from north Belfast, died in hospital on Friday night.
A man in his 40s was arrested at the time and later released on police bail pending further enquiries.
Chancellor George Osborne said in this year's Budget that the Royal Mint would manufacture a new coin in the hope of reducing counterfeiting.
The competition is open to those of any age, no matter where they are from, the Treasury said.
The new currency is expected to be in circulation in 2017.
The current proposed design is a 12-sided coin similar in shape to the pre-decimalisation threepence piece, more commonly known as the "threepenny bit".
The winning design should display an image which symbolises Britain or "Britishness", the Treasury said.
Mr Osborne said: "Think about your favourite landmark, or a great British achievement or a symbol from our Islands' story. The winning design will be in millions of people's pockets and purses. It'll be heads you win; tails, it's your design."
The winner will also receive a fee of £10,000 in exchange for the right to use their design, and be invited to visit the Royal Mint in south Wales.
Entries will only be accepted on an official submission form, and all designs must be submitted by Thursday 30 October.
Alongside the competition the Treasury is holding a public consultation on the design and specification of the new coin which closes on 21 November.
The former Celtic and Scotland defender was relieved of his duties as Tannadice boss last year after just one win in the first nine games of the season.
McNamara, now York City manager, holds no grudges against United but insists his record was second only to 1983-title winning manager Jim McLean.
"The last six months at the club weren't nice," said the 42-year-old.
"But everyone has their time in the firing line and I'm a stronger person because of it."
Ex-Partick Thistle boss McNamara spent over two years on Tayside before being replaced as boss by Mixu Paatelainen in October.
"I regret certain things but a lot of other things were out of my control," he explained.
"The club was in a bad position at the time and I inherited other people's problems."
McNamara led the Tangerines to three top-six finishes in the Scottish top flight and two cup finals but lost key players with Ryan Gauld, Andrew Robertson, Gary Mackay-Steven and Stuart Armstrong sold on.
And he insists the plug was pulled too quickly during what he described as a longer term project.
"I think every manager would say that is the case, but yes, for me yes," he said.
"In Scottish football there is no-one else who lost players like we lost or moved on.
"My record at United speaks for itself in terms of win ratios and getting to finals.
"I think it is second only to Jim McLean in the club's history."
United are 11 points adrift at the bottom of the Premiership having won just three times in the league since changing manager.
McNamara seems to have found peace in Yorkshire, even if the pressure to avoid the drop has followed him south.
York sit third bottom of League Two but recent results seem to suggest he has turned things around.
But does he have an eye on returning north at some point?
"Not at the moment," he said.
"I'm enjoying being away from certain things although it's hard being away from the family - I'll look at bringing them down in the summer."
McNamara claims no other manager in Scotland had to deal with the loss of key players the way he had to during his time in charge at Tannadice.
The club have just posted a healthy profit but when the former Celtic and Scotland defender arrived in early 2013, the club was in a very precarious financial position and the books had to be balanced.
So as United stare relegation in the face with a bulging bank balance, what could their side have looked like if money wasn't an issue under McNamara?
Royal Tank Regiment corporals Matthew Hatfield, 27, from Wiltshire, and Darren Neilson, 31, from Lancashire, died when an ammunition round exploded as they were in a tank at Castlemartin Range on 14 June.
One other soldier remains in a serious condition in hospital.
The MoD, Dyfed-Powys Police and Health and Safety Executive are investigating.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of all those killed and injured in this terrible incident."
Speaking after their deaths, Lt Col Simon Ridgway, Commanding Officer of The Royal Tank Regiment, said Cpl Hatfield and Cpl Neilson were "exceptionally talented soldiers who loved what they did".
"The regiment has lost two real characters and feels truly honoured to have served with them. They will both be sorely missed," he added.
The MoD suspended tank live firing exercises as a precaution following the incident until the outcome of the investigation is known.
This applies to all British military, wherever they are in the world.
The 1st and 2nd Royal Tank Regiments merged in August 2014 to form The Royal Tank Regiment, which is based in Tidworth, Wiltshire.
The Army's website said the regiment was "preparing for a live fire exercise at Castlemartin in Wales", which was scheduled to take place at the range between Monday and Friday last week.
In May 2012, Ranger Michael Maguire died during a live firing exercise at the training base. An inquest later found he was unlawfully killed.
Arter, 25, and his partner lost their child at birth in midweek.
Despite his loss, Arter played for 86 minutes as the Cherries added to last Saturday's 1-0 win over Chelsea.
"I just felt coming in and trying to take my mind off things would make it a bit easier. My family would want me to play," Arter told the club website.
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Republic of Ireland international Arter was close to tears after being booked after 84 minutes, and was substituted two minutes later before being embraced by his manager Eddie Howe at the full-time whistle.
Howe said the player "handled himself with real dignity throughout the process".
"While people maybe grieve in their own way, I found it easier to come in and play and try and do everyone proud," Arter said.
"I said before the game that one reason I wanted to play was to dedicate the game to everyone associated with my family - my family that are here and not here."
Arter also paid tribute to his team-mates and staff at AFC Bournemouth.
"The support of everyone at the club is why I felt like I wanted to play as well," he said.
"They have been unbelievable for me this week and made things a tad easier. I am sure my partner at home will be really proud too. It's a game that we can look back on with a lot of pride."
Up to 20 members of the playing squad are suffering with a stomach complaint.
Thursday's training session was cancelled, but Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac is hopeful the majority of the stricken will recover for kick-off.
"We're hoping a lot of those who come tomorrow (Friday) morning will be feeling a lot better," said Pivac.
"We've rearranged our day tomorrow to compensate for that and we'll have a bit of a walk-through in the afternoon, and then another walk-through on game day. It's not ideal."
The former Fiji coach says he has never experienced such a large number of players being ill at the same time.
"It's a first for me, but these things happen and nothing surprises you as a coach when you've been around a while," said the New Zealander.
"You've always got to have a Plan B and a Plan C, and that's why we have the larger squads."
Scarlets may have to draft in players from lower-tier feeder teams.
However, two Welsh Premiership clubs that Scarlets have close ties with are involved in Swalec Cup semi-finals on Saturday, with Carmarthen Quins hosting Cross Keys and Llandovery at Pontypridd.
Pivac's men have been in the top four all season, but face a stern challenge from defending champions Glasgow, who have won seven in a row and overtook the Scarlets in third place last weekend.
Wyke College, in Hull, was closed after receiving a threatening email on Friday morning.
Humberside Police sent officers to the school but later said on Twitter the threat was thought to be "one of a number of hoax emails sent to educational facilities worldwide".
Details of other sites targeted have not been released.
The force said the college had been closed as a "precautionary measure" while an investigation takes place.
The spokesperson said: "It is not thought that there is a threat to the safety of the staff, students or public, however Humberside Police officers have been deployed to the location to provide reassurance and complete an investigation into the threats received."
College principal Jay Trivedy said: "There was an email that was sent to our offices this morning and the email indicated that there was a security issue.
"Obviously our students and our staff are our top concern and and what we've done is make the decision to close the college today."
However, he said he was "disappointed and angry" at the disturbance to student.
"It's very sad that something like this can disrupt so many individuals and their work," he said.
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and the Department of Health and Social Services would get more money next year under the proposals.
The biggest losers would be the Departments of Culture, Arts and Leisure; Employment and Learning; and Environment.
Each is facing budget reductions of almost 13%.
Employment Minister Stephen Farry said the impact of the proposed cut to his department would be "severe".
He said it would amount to a "four figure reduction" in places in each of the Northern Ireland universities under the current proposals and "many thousands of places being lost within further education".
"It will seriously limit our ability to invest in skills, that is the key driver of the transformation of our economy," he added.
"We will see cuts in the number of university places, we will see reductions in terms of what we can offer through further education.
"That will mean restricted life opportunities for young people."
Mr Hamilton has said next year's budget is "the most challenging task this executive has ever faced".
He has suggested the Department of Health receives an additional £200m for front line services. However, other areas within the department's responsibilities, such as the Fire Service, would be subject to cuts.
Sinn Féin has said it will have further discussions on the budget paper circulated by the finance minister.
The paper includes proposals to reduce the size of the public sector wage bill, through a voluntary redundancy scheme and "pay constraint".
Overall, the budget, if agreed by Sinn Féin, would see the health budget increase by 3% and the enterprise budget by 5%.
However, education would see a 1% cut.
On Monday, Mr Hamilton said he felt education should no longer be protected from cuts.
If next year's draft budget is not agreed by Friday, Stormont will lose out on a £100m loan from the Treasury.
Sinn Féin said the executive is facing "very difficult decisions".
A spokesman for the party said "the Tory cuts to public services" were an "ideologically driven assault on the welfare state" and were at the heart of the financial crisis the Northern Ireland Executive is facing.
However, despite the reduced funding, he said the party would continue to work to reach an agreement on a budget "which defends core public services, particularly health and education".
Earlier, Mr Hamilton said he believed the education budget could no longer be protected from cuts.
The education ministry is held by Sinn Féin, but ,so far, the party has given no indication it is prepared to accept the proposals contained in Mr Hamilton's paper.
Without agreement between Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party the budget could not be passed.
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has said the job of resolving budget questions would be taken from the Stormont parties, unless they agree a draft budget by the end of the month.
Ms Villiers said that while there was some flexibility in the process of consultation, it was crucial the parties stuck to the timetable.
Khaled El Azibi, Ibrahim Naji El Maarfi and Mohammed Abdalsalam fled Bassingbourn Barracks and carried out the attacks last October.
Cambridgeshire Police said the men have been released from prison and were at secure immigration units.
A lawyer for one of their three victims said the woman was "dismayed".
Solicitor Richard Scorer said: "It's difficult enough to recover from a situation where you're set upon by a stranger and sexually assaulted.
"But if you have to do that in the knowledge that that person has now come to this country and is trying to build a life here, I think that is very, very, very difficult to deal with, and completely wrong and unacceptable.
"I think it's a breach of their human rights and really we can't allow this to happen".
The cadets, who were among 300 being trained to support the newly-formed Libyan government, stole bicycles and rode into Cambridge city centre on 25 October.
During the early hours of the next day they were involved in attacks on three teenagers near Corn Exchange Street.
They each received sentences of between 10 and 12 months and have since been released from prison.
Two other cadets were convicted of raping a man in the city on the same night and were jailed for 12 years.
The grounds for El Azibi, El Maarfi and Abdalsalam claiming asylum have not been revealed.
But immigration experts have told the BBC they could claim they were being persecuted in their home country, or there is now a "fear of persecution" for bringing Libya into disrepute as a result of their criminal convictions in the UK.
The attacks led to the UK government cancelling the training and sending the troops back to Libya.
At the time it was revealed a "very small handful" of Libyan soldiers had claimed asylum, with Prime Minister David Cameron telling MPs that no soldiers should be allowed to stay in the country.
Daniel Zeichner, Labour MP for Cambridge, said: "Most people would be astonished that people who committed sex crimes be rewarded for it. It's a pretty bitter blow to those who have suffered pretty horrible attacks."
However, he added that "everyone has the right to be treated the proper way" and blamed the Conservative government and Ministry of Defence for the "appalling mess" that led to the attacks taking place.
The Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire, Heidi Allen, has been contacted for comment.
The Home Office, which does not comment on individual cases, said: "Those who break our laws should be removed from the country at the earliest opportunity and we will seek to remove any foreign national offender who receives a custodial sentence for a criminal offence."
But was the episode concocted to generate maximum publicity for the group's controversial views? Did a master troll take the media and politicians for a ride?
Daryush "Roosh V" Valizadeh, the founder of Return of Kings (ROK), openly and unashamedly courts outrage.
"There is nothing the media can do anymore to hurt me, and even if they paint me as a baby murderer, I will still gain readers because of it," he wrote after a BBC documentary was critical of his ideas.
"As long as my name exits the mouth of my enemies, I win, and I will continue to win."
Roosh V cancels 'Return of Kings' events
By that criterion, Roosh V was well and truly a winner this week.
Opposition to ROK's proposal to hold a men's "social happy hour" in cities around the world on Saturday started with a petition in Australia that quickly gathered thousands of signatures.
Valizadeh's reaction was to announce on Twitter that he had booked a trip to Australia.
A storm of media outrage followed, prompting Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton to request an urgent briefing and foreshadow denying the 36-year-old American blogger a visa.
"I will sneak into your country, hold my meetings, laugh, and then slip out. Your gay authorities won't stop me," Valizadeh wrote in response. He baited female journalists with sexual requests and claimed he would enter Australia by boat.
But he had never applied for a visa and the "ticket" he posted to Twitter of his planned trip was an itinerary screen grab that could be generated without booking a trip.
In fact, Return of Kings' anti-feminist position is so extreme that some commentators believe it is a "troll" group that exists solely for the purpose of upsetting people.
The site feature such headlines as "The myth of date rape drink spiking", "How to turn a feminist into your sex slave" and "How to convince a girl to get an abortion".
The group's community beliefs state that "a woman's value significantly depends on her fertility and beauty", whereas "a man's value significantly depends on his resources, intellect and character".
Return of Kings' leaders say their campaign is sincere, but they don't deny setting out to provoke strong reactions from the feminists, gay rights campaigners and their other perceived enemies.
"We write our ideas in a way that draws attention to our work and entertains our audience, because we believe our perspective has value and is worth spreading. Do not confuse provocative art with trolling," writes one contributor to the site.
Australian cybercrime expert and former police officer Susan McLean agreed that the group's actions did not constitute trolling in the "classic" sense.
"Trolling usually involves groups or individuals that would concentrate on one person and hammer them online, as opposed to threatening to stick it to them at the local pub," Ms McLean said.
"But it certainly is a misuse of technology, [using] threats and harassment to cause upset among us here in Australia."
Ms McLean said she believed Valizadeh's targeting of Australia was considered, given the climate of increased awareness towards abuse against women and the debate on free speech.
Domestic violence and women's issues have been hot-button topics in Australia, driven by 2015 Australian of the Year Rosie Batty's advocacy on the issue.
"His views grate against those that are held by Australian civilised society and he's using that as a springboard, knowing full well he'll create a media frenzy, angst and anger," she said.
Australia has in recent years refused to issue visas to a number of people whose views were considered out of step with community standards.
Rapper Tyler the Creator and pick-up artist Julien Blanc were both refused entry to the country after campaigns accused them of promoting misogyny.
Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights Project at the Institute of Public Affairs, said this had prompted strong debate about the limits of free speech and whether Australia's laws went too far in restricting that right.
"These cases have given the individuals concerned a very high degree of prominence in the media and so it's seen as a bit of a tactic they can use to get a lot of free exposure," Mr Breheny said.
As outrage spread from Australia to the UK, US, Canada and elsewhere, Roosh and ROK remained defiant, attempting to move their meet-ups to private forums.
"Since this meetup was never intended as a confrontation with unattractive women and their enablers, I'm moving to save as many of these meetups as I can before Saturday," he wrote on the ROK website on Wednesday.
In the UK, a Scottish National Party MP urged the home secretary to block Roosh from attending events in Scotland or England, although there was no indication that he was planning to do so.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson also weighed in, tweeting that "your pro-rape, misogynistic, homophobic garbage is not welcome".
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and a host of other politicians voiced similar sentiments.
On Thursday Valizadeh announced he was cancelling the meet-ups because he could not "guarantee the safety or privacy of men who want to attend".
It was a victory of sorts for ROK's opponents. But the name Roosh V is far better known than it was at the start of the week. The ROK website doubled its usual traffic to 82,000 unique users on 1 February.
On Thursday, Valizadeh tweeted: "I'm currently more popular than Jeb Bush … lol." It seems likely that Valizadeh got exactly what he was looking for.
The Perth-based firm put the dramatic decline in profits down to the global fall in oil prices. In 2015, Brent crude prices fell more than 45%.
Woodside's net income came to $26m (£18.18m) from $2.41bn a year earlier.
However, the firm's chief executive said it would be able to withstand the current oil price landscape.
"Woodside, with its low cost of production, is well positioned to withstand this commodity cycle," chief executive Peter Coleman said.
"A strong performance from our operating assets, disciplined financial management and productivity gains reflect our ongoing commitment to delivering value for our shareholders."
He added that the company had maintained strong levels of liquidity and low levels of committed capital expenditure.
Woodside's Sydney-listed shares finished the day down 7% on the profit report. Over the last 12 months, the firm's shares have shed close to 22%.
Woodside has a long history of liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations and concentrates much of its domestic production in Western Australia.
Its exploration operations span the Asia Pacific region, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Atlantic margins and Latin America.
The company has a Singapore office that supports its trade and shipping activities as well as interests in Canada and Timor-Leste.
Five viewers complained after former police minister Nick Herbert used the swear word while quoting another guest.
Presenter Jo Coburn interrupted Mr Herbert and offered a full apology at the end of the show, which was broadcast at midday on 22 May.
Ofcom will investigate whether the BBC breached broadcasting standards.
During the programme, Mr Herbert had been asked whether police would react badly to a recent speech made by Home Secretary Teresa May.
In his response, he quoted a disparaging remark which he claimed fellow guest and former policeman Peter Kirkham had made on Twitter about Mrs May.
'Slip-ups'
Coburn interrupted the politician, telling him "we won't have any more of that" and cautioned him to speak "without repeating any of those expletives".
Mr Herbert later defended his actions, saying he had used the term "disapprovingly".
In addition to the presenter's on-air apology, the BBC also issued a formal apology saying: "Daily Politics is a live programme and, as with any live broadcast, occasionally slip-ups may happen.
"We apologised to viewers for any offence caused."
Ofcom has an obligation under the broadcasting code to investigate cases which might cause potential harm or offence.
An investigation does not necessarily mean the broadcaster involved has done anything wrong and not all investigations result in breaches of the broadcasting code.
Anthony Burnett and Joseph Redmond were found with gunshot wounds in a burnt-out car at Ravensdale Park, Dundalk, on 7 March 2012.
Their deaths were linked by Irish police to a drugs feud.
The man, who's in his 30s, was detained on a European Arrest Warrant in Alicante.
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Betty Jeffery was on her way to a funeral in Pitsea, Essex, when a woman tried to grab hold of her handbag.
In response, Ms Jeffery punched her on the nose.
Basildon police are seeking information on the attacker, described as in her 20s and wearing an olive green jacket and burgundy tracksuit bottoms.
The Argentina Football Association confirmed the 28-year-old picked up the injury during City's 3-1 Premier League win over West Ham on Sunday.
No timescale has been given for his return, with Aguero potentially facing FA charges for elbowing Hammers defender Winston Reid.
Argentina play Uruguay on Friday, before facing Venezuela on 7 September.
Lionel Messi has also been training with Argentina after reversing his retirement decision, which was made at the start of August.
However, the 29-year-old Barcelona man has suffered a hamstring injury ahead of travelling to South America and whether he plays "will depend on how the injury develops", according to his club.
Argentina are currently third in the qualifying table after winning three of their six games.
Father Michael Higginbottom was found guilty of the "cruel and sadistic" abuse of a teenage boy at St Joseph's College in Upholland, Lancashire.
He was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court of four counts each of a serious sexual offence and indecent assault.
The 74-year-old, of West Farm Road, Newcastle, was jailed for 17 years.
The court heard the victim, now in his 50s, was aged between 13 and 14 at the time of the abuse, which began about a week after arriving at the school.
He said he was locked in Higginbottom's living quarters and ordered to undress before being sexually assaulted.
The victim said he would be hit with a strap if he did not go to the physics teacher's quarters at allocated times.
In a statement read to the court, he said: "My sexual abuse happened so often I became numb to what was happening to me.
"I cried so often I believe I could have drowned in my own tears."
He said he used to pray that he would die to escape the abuse.
"There are worse things than death - living with an evil man and being left alone at Upholland," he said.
Higginbottom denied ever sexually abusing a boy in his care.
The court heard Higginbottom would give electric shocks to pupils as a punishment.
Sentencing, Judge Andrew Menary QC said: "For a period of six months in the late 1970s you made a young boy's life a living hell.
"What you did to him there effectively destroyed the remainder of his childhood and did a good job of destroying any faith he ever had."
He added: "You employed methods which today, if not then, would be recognised for what they were - cruel and sadistic bullying."
During the trial, the court heard previous allegations had been made against Higginbottom in 2007 by another former pupil and the Catholic Church had settled out of court for £35,000.
Police had investigated the claims and, although Higginbottom had been charged, no evidence against him was offered in court and not guilty verdicts were entered.
St Joseph's College, in Upholland, which has now closed, was attended by boys aged 11 to 18, many of whom were considering becoming priests.
The court heard the victim also made allegations against two other priests at the school, but both had since died.
Higginbottom was told he would have to sign the sex offenders register for life.
The USAF announced last year that it would be pulling out of RAF Mildenhall, RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth by 2020-23.
The three bases are among 12 sites the MOD said it could sell for an estimated £500m.
The MOD said the 12 sites would provide land for 15,000 homes.
Source: MOD
Mark Lancaster, defence minister, told the House of Commons more detailed plans for each site would be released later this year.
He said: "Defence has the strongest incentive to become more efficient with every pound we make by disposing of excess land reinvested into a defence budget that keeps Britain safe.
"Every acre that we can free up will ensure more people have the opportunity to own their own home."
The USAF calculated the closure of RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, coupled with changes at neighbouring RAF Lakenheath, would see the loss of 2,900 local jobs.
After last year's announcement by the USAF, the Mildenhall, Alconbury and Molesworth (MAM) Working Group was formed by local councils and business groups to look at future uses for the bases.
Matthew Hancock, Conservative MP for West Suffolk and chairman of MAM, said: "This early decision by the government on the future of RAF Mildenhall is very good news and I am pleased there is a clear plan of action.
"Of course those affected and working on the base need to be supported through these changes and I will ensure this happens."
Alconbury and Molesworth provide about 1,500 civilian jobs.
Jason Abelwhite, Conservative leader of Huntingdonshire District Council, said: "In terms of civilian jobs, it is some years away, so we've got plenty of time to think about it.
"Alconbury is in a growth area near Huntingdon, so that element doesn't present us with a great problem, but Molesworth would be a stand-alone, middle-of-nowhere, development which could bring huge, huge challenges."
Hundreds of residents and relatives of those on board lit candles and observed a minute's silence for the victims.
Flight QZ8501, carrying 162 people from Surabaya to Singapore, disappeared on Sunday. Debris from the flight was located in the sea on Tuesday.
Seven bodies have been retrieved, but weather conditions have hindered further salvage efforts.
There were 137 adult passengers, 17 children and one infant, along with two pilots and five crew, on the plane.
The majority of those on board were Indonesians.
Hundreds of people, including young children, turned out to the vigil in Surabaya on Wednesday evening.
Surabaya's Mayor Tri Rismaharini said: "Let us pray for the grieving families of those on board the plane. Let us pray this will be the last tragedy for Surabaya."
All New Year's Eve celebrations in East Java province were cancelled.
In Jakarta, the capital, residents began new year festivities with a prayer for the victims. A number of other cities cancelled or scaled down their new year celebrations.
Earlier on Wednesday, the first two bodies from the crash were flown back to Surabaya. The bodies were in coffins numbered 001 and 002, as they had not yet been identified.
The other five bodies are reportedly on board a ship headed to a harbour near the town of Pangkalan Bun in the Indonesian part of Borneo.
Four of the seven bodies are male and three female, one of them a flight attendant.
Family members of those on the flight have been asked for DNA samples to help identify the victims.
It is not yet clear what happened to the plane but its last communication was a request to air traffic control to fly higher to avoid bad weather. The pilot did not respond when given permission.
A three-day search culminated on Tuesday with the discovery of remains including aircraft parts, luggage and three bodies in the Karimata Strait, south-west of Pangkalan Bun.
Search teams recovered four more bodies on Wednesday, before the search was called off for the day due to adverse weather.
Strong winds and 2m waves left helicopters grounded and prevented divers from searching the waters.
Ships have been deployed to search for wreckage from the plane. Officials are hoping to recover the black box flight recorder, which could provide information about the crash.
The Associated Press news agency quoted one official as saying the bodies of victims could end up being washed up on beaches.
"It seems all the wreckage found has drifted more than 50km (31 miles) from yesterday's location," Vice Air Marshal Sunarbowo Sandi said.
The search is being led by Indonesia but is a multinational effort. Singapore has sent ships equipped with sensors to detect pings that may be emitted from the plane's black boxes.
Malaysia, Australia and Thailand are also involved, while the US destroyer USS Sampson has been sent to the zone.
AirAsia previously had an excellent safety record and there were no fatal accidents involving its aircraft.
Capped 43 times by Scotland, the centre has signed a six-month contract with the Premiership club and hopes to stay for longer after a largely frustrating two-year spell in France with Biarritz.
De Luca, 32, said: "Mentally, I'd kind of prepared myself for retiring.
"There wasn't much out there (in terms of offers) apart from in lower leagues and I didn't want to do that again."
Dumfries-born De Luca started his career with Edinburgh and rejoined the capital outfit after a year with Border Reivers before moving to the French second division in 2014.
"My family all came out to watch my last game for Biarritz and they were very emotional," he told BBC Scotland.
"I started talking to Wasps just after that, so it was a weird time but a time I've learned a lot from. Hopefully I can take that forward going into this opportunity.
"To be honest, the last few years at Biarritz I thought the chance had passed me by for high-level rugby again.
"So to be given this opportunity with such a high-end club, I'm really looking forward to the challenge and seeing if I can still cut it.
"It's a six-month contract, so I've got to hit the ground running and really impress from the word go because I want to stay here and be part of what seems to be a really exciting club."
De Luca is Wasps' 11th signing of the summer and the Scot is looking forward to teaming up with the likes of England fly-half Danny Cipriani and mercurial Australian Kurtley Beale, who are also among the new batch of recruits.
"It was one of the reasons I wanted to come," he said. "I want to play with the best and be part of that.
"I'm really looking forward to hopefully linking up with these guys, playing some exciting rugby and adding to what already is a fantastic backline."
Despite securing the move to Wasps - who finished third in the Premiership last season - De Luca is not expecting a return to the Scotland squad under Vern Cotter.
"Of course we never give up, we always put our names in the hat, but realistically there are better players than me there now who have done more in their short term than I did in my 40 caps," he admitted.
"It would be wonderful, but I'm not expecting that fairytale to continue."
Scotland's encouraging strides in the Rugby World Cup and Six Nations impressed De Luca, who believes the mindset of the squad under Cotter is a long way from his days in the dark blue jersey.
"I was involved in what was a predominately tough phase for Scottish rugby," he recalls.
"For whatever reason, we've all taken our fair share of blows and it's just part and parcel of the game unfortunately.
"I'm still in touch with a lot of the boys. I've got good friends there, including the current captain (Greig Laidlaw), and they just seem to know exactly what it is they're trying to do.
"It's really refreshing. They've been given this confidence and the ability to go out and show what they've got.
"A lot of the time when I was involved, across the board really, it was about minimising mistakes and all the attention was on your mistakes.
"Therefore, when you go out and play, that's all you're thinking about. Just subtle things like that change the mindset.
"I think you see that, when they go out there, they play with fun, they have a smile on their face.
"If something goes wrong, they smile and laugh it off - it's not the end of the world.
"They've got some great players and it's great to see them playing with a swagger. It's a situation to envy and I just hope it continues for them."
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said Saudi Arabia had confirmed munitions bought from the UK in the 1980s had been dropped.
Since 2010 it has been illegal under British law to supply the bombs, which put civilians at risk by releasing small bomblets over a wide area.
Labour said it was "deeply worrying" cluster bomb use had been confirmed.
The UK is supporting the Saudi-led coalition which is fighting the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen.
In a statement to MPs, Mr Fallon said the UK had not supplied any cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia since 1989.
But he added that Saudi investigations had concluded that some UK-made cluster bombs had been dropped.
The BL-755 bombs will no longer be used by the coalition, he added.
Source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Amnesty International, which says it has documented the use in Yemen of a cluster bomb manufactured in the 1970s, has called on the UK to trace weapons made and sold before the ban.
Earlier the Saudi state news agency reported a coalition spokesman saying cluster bombs were only used against "legitimate military targets".
He added: "It has become apparent that there was limited use by the Coalition of the UK-manufactured BL-755 cluster munition in Yemen.
"This munition was used against legitimate military targets to defend Saudi towns and villages against continuous attacks by Houthi militia, which resulted in Saudi civilian casualties."
Piper, born Roderick Toombs in Saskatchewan, Canada, was one of the main stars of the wrestling circuit from the mid-1980s.
During his career, he won more than 30 titles and was inducted into WWE's Hall of Fame in 2005.
His death comes a month after that of Dusty Rhodes, another Hall of Fame member, aged 69.
The cause of Piper's death was not revealed. He had successfully fought Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2006.
"Roddy Piper was one of the most entertaining, controversial and bombastic performers ever in WWE," said chairman Vince McMahon.
The 13-time world champion Paul 'Triple H' Levesque tweeted that Piper was "a legend and an icon".
He was best known for his rivalry with Hulk Hogan and together they headlined some of wrestling's biggest events.
Hogan and his partner, Mr T, beat Piper and his partner, 'Mr Wonderful' Paul Orndorff at the first WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden in March 1985.
Cast as a villain early in his career, Piper once cracked a coconut over the head of one of his rivals, Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka.
But he gained praise after branching out into acting, starring in the cult 1988 film They Live.
Its director, John Carpenter, said: "He was an under-rated actor and just a marvellous entertainer and I feel like I've just lost one of my close friends."
They had long argued a dedicated channel would provide a better service for Gaelic speakers than individual Gaelic programmes on the major channels.
They also argued that a dedicated Gaelic channel could play a major role in helping to safeguard the future of the language itself.
Uniquely for a BBC service within the UK, it is a joint venture.
Some of the programmes are paid for by the BBC - others are the responsibility of MG Alba, funded by government money.
However, there was disappointment once it became clear that the channel would only be broadcast on satellite TV - watched in 43% of Scottish homes - although programmes can also be accessed online through the BBC Iplayer.
Supporters argued it was vital that the channel should also be broadcast on Freeview, like all the other public service channels.
BBC management came up with a plan which would make this possible.
The downside was that it would mean that the BBC's radio stations would have to come off Freeview whenever BBC Alba was on the air.
The BBC Trust put off a decision earlier this year as it was also due to carry out a wider review on how all BBC services should be broadcast.
It has now backed the scheme after extensive research, although no date has been set for BBC Alba's appearance on Freeview.
Some are hopeful it will be appear on Freeview by the time the digital switchover takes place in central Scotland next May and June.
In practice, BBC Alba will be available in almost every home in Scotland and the challenge for the station will be to demonstrate that it can offer value to as many people as possible and appeal to viewers who cannot speak Gaelic.
Some newspaper commentators have claimed it is difficult for Alba to show it is doing this, as normal viewing figures are not available for the station.
Instead, other forms of research have been used.
It is understood one reason for this is that the sample used to compile normal ratings does not include viewers in the islands of Scotland.
Although the BBC's radio stations will no longer be broadcast on Freeview once this happens, it is possible that they may return in the future as a result of technological improvements.
Despite this, the main radio stations will still be broadcast on FM and medium wave as usual while the digital stations - such as 1 Extra and BBC7 - will still be available on satellite, cable, through digital radios and online.
Deciding between the merits of BBC Alba and the radio stations was a difficult decision.
However, the alternative to this could have involved the BBC buying capacity on another part of the Freeview system at commercial rates - capacity which might not have been able to reach viewers served by relay transmitters.
The BBC Trust has also ruled that Gaelic programmes should remain on BBC Two Scotland, although it will no longer be specified as the BBC's key channel for Gaelic.
However, the way Gaelic is scheduled on BBC Two Scotland is changing.
Gaelic programmes were broadcast in a two-hour block on Thursday evenings until recently.
Individual programmes are now appearing in a variety of slots across the schedule although the overall amount of Gaelic in peak viewing hours should stay the same.
Smith suffered the injury against Edinburgh in September 2013 and had six operations in the following 12 months.
He will now concentrate on his role as an Ospreys coach, which he had been combining with his playing duties.
"It's been a tough three years for me physically. I've given it everything I can but it's the only decision available to me now," said Smith.
"I've worked hard over the last two years or so trying to get my fitness back to where it needs to be as a pro rugby player, and it's been a long road."
Smith made his Ospreys debut against Connacht in February 2007 and made 94 appearances, scoring three tries.
The former Wales youth international took over as Ospreys' elite youth performance manager in December 2014.
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After 270 council election results, the anti-immigration party won two seats but with a net loss of 11 councillors.
The BNP lost all five of its seats in Stoke-on-Trent, where it launched its election campaign in England, and one of its two councillors in Burnley.
BNP candidates finished ahead of Liberal Democrats in four seats in the Welsh Assembly, but failed to win any.
Before the vote, party leader Nick Griffin said he was confident a candidate would reach the 7% needed to gain a seat, but none reached the threshold.
In Stoke-on-Trent the wards previously held by the BNP were all subject to boundary changes, and due to those changes there were 16 fewer seats available.
The party, which had two MEPs elected in 2009, lost almost half its council seats in last year's local elections, losing all 12 of its seats on east London's Barking and Dagenham Council.
As well as elections in England, the BNP also fielded 32 candidates for the Scottish parliament and candidates for the assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland.
However, the party had to rein back on its campaign spending with debts of more than £500,000, which it has said it expects to pay off by the end of the year.
The BNP has been hit by internal divisions and was facing doubts over its future after costly court cases brought against it including one by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
The party has said it will not be incurring any more debts as a result of Thursday's elections.
The BNP contested 338 seats in the 2010 general election and lost its deposit in 266 of them.
Hearts host the Kirkcaldy side in their replay on Wednesday after a 1-1 draw.
Scottish champions Celtic host Inverness Caledonian Thistle in one of three all-Premiership ties.
Ross County entertain Aberdeen, while Partick Thistle travel to face St Johnstone, with Rangers hosting Championship side Greenock Morton.
Top-flight Hamilton Academical also face second-tier opposition and are away to Dunfermline Athletic.
Championship strugglers St Mirren's reward for their surprise win away to top-flight Dundee is a trip to Methil to face in-form League One side East Fife.
Two replays will decide who plays in the final tie.
The winner of the game at Hampden between League One side Queen's Park and Championship visitors Ayr United will host a team from League Two, with Clyde entertaining Stirling Albion.
On the way to beating Rangers in last season's final, Hibs defeated Hearts 1-0 in a replay after a 2-2 draw at the same fifth-round stage.
Caley Thistle are the only Premiership side to have taken a point from Celtic, who beat Albion Rovers 3-0 on Sunday, this season.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers though insists the game is not about revenge.
"The only reason to win is to get into the next round," Rodgers told BBC Scotland. "We deserved to win the away game earlier in the season (the 2-2 draw with Inverness), their goalkeeper had an outstanding game.
"You're always happy to get a home draw and we'll look forward to that when the time comes.
"I'm not thinking about (the treble), my thinking is each game. We're in every competition to win it. We've had a good win, now we move on to Wednesday night (at home to St Johnstone), which will be a tough game for us, and try to maintain the momentum."
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Rangers v Greenock Morton
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Ties to be played 11/12 February
Killers Jeremy Bamber, Peter Moore and Douglas Vinter had asked the court to rule on whole life sentences.
The murderers said condemning them to die in prison amounts to "inhuman or degrading treatment". They argued all sentences should be regularly reviewed.
The Ministry of Justice said the government welcomed this decision.
Bamber was jailed for shooting five members of his family dead in Essex in 1986.
He has always protested his innocence, claiming his schizophrenic sister shot the victims before turning the gun on herself at their farmhouse at Tolleshunt D'Arcy.
Peter Moore, from Kinmel Bay in Conwy county, was convicted of murdering four men for his sexual gratification and Douglas Vinter, of Normanby, Teesside, killed both his wife and a work colleague.
The trio's legal team had argued that any sentence under which the offender's rehabilitation cannot lead to a review of release breaches articles three, five and seven of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The men lost their appeal to the court that whole life tariffs condemning prisoners to die in jail amounted to "inhuman or degrading treatment".
The judges ruled that the whole life tariff is not "grossly disproportionate" and in each case London's High Court had "decided that an all-life tariff was required, relatively recently and following a fair and detailed consideration".
Lawyers representing Vinter plan to appeal against the ruling on his case.
In a statement released by his supporters, Bamber said: "If the state wishes to have a death penalty, then they should be honest and re-introduce hanging.
"Instead, this political decision that I must die in jail is the death penalty using old age or infirmity as the method.
"It is a method whereby I'm locked in a cell until I'm dead - no matter if it should take 70 or 80 years to happen. I shall be dead the next time I leave jail."
'Quite extraordinary'
Bamber said both the trial judge and the Lord Chief Justice set his minimum tariff as 25 years.
"Quite why the home secretary felt that I should die in jail when the judges felt otherwise is a mystery," he said, adding that it was "quite extraordinary" that the European Court felt it was "reasonable" for him to die in jail.
Following the ruling, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said the government "strongly welcomes this decision".
He said: "We argued vigorously that there are certain prisoners whose crimes are so appalling that they should never become eligible for parole.
"We are pleased that the European court has upheld the whole life tariff as a legitimate sentence in British courts."
Workers at Big Pit, in Blaenavon and St Fagans, in Cardiff are the first to walk out in this latest run of strikes.
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has said the strikes will run every weekend from 9 April to 1 May.
National Museum Wales said it is facing a cut in its budget and needs to make savings.
The action follows a strike over Easter after talks about a pay row broke down.
National Museum Wales said it was facing a 4.7% cut in its annual grant in aid from the Welsh Government and weekend payments cost about £750,000 a year.
PCS members are protesting against plans to stop extra payments to weekend and bank holiday staff.
However, two brave souls are wearing only swimsuits and woolly hats, about to dip their toes - and more - in the water.
Jenny Latto and Anna Neubert-Wood are part of a recently-formed sea swimming group, which goes out regularly in all weathers.
So why open water, and not a pool?
Mrs Neubert-Wood said: "You're out in the elements, you're connecting to nature. There's always a chance that a fish might jump up at you or a seal might swim alongside you."
Mrs Latto said she gets nervous before taking the plunge.
However, she said: "Once you're submerged and your body's under, it's fine. It's the coldness in the water which I find invigorating, and you don't get that in a swimming pool."
According to Scottish Swimming, more people are taking to the open water.
The organisation runs a number of courses to prepare people for the hazards of wild swimming.
Kirsten Philips, Scottish Swimming spokeswoman, said: "The popularity of these events have grown and grown. And many people are taking part with the view to do open water swimming in 2016.
"There's always been a love of the great outdoors and this is an extension of this.
"The mass participation events such as the Great Swim series have captured the imagination and people realise you don't have to be an elite swimmer to take part in these."
However, she warns that swimmers need to be prepared.
"The coldness of the water can really take people by surprise. The body can go into shock and while the surface of the water may look calm, you don't see the undercurrents.
"And the sense of direction is often more difficult swimming in the open, and with the currents and weather conditions you can swim off track."
The Portobello pair follow safety guidelines and never swim alone. They also look out for each other in the water.
Emerging from the sea after their morning splash, Mrs Latto and Mrs Neubert-Wood said they felt refreshed and ready to face the day.
Despite numb fingers and toes Mrs Neubert-Wood said: "That was amazing. Now the sun's out and if you close your eyes you can imagine you're somewhere warm."
Mrs Latto said it was addictive.
She said: "I just feel completely refreshed. It gives you a boost of energy, and your mood is completely lifted and you just feel brilliant."
Luckily, there are Turkish Baths nearby where they can warm up.
Militants led by the jihadist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) took over parts of the cities of Falluja and Ramadi in late December.
Since then, troops and allied tribesmen have struggled to regain control.
The number displaced by the unrest is the highest since the peak of the sectarian insurgency from 2006 to 2008.
A further 1.1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) have still not returned to communities in Iraq wracked by violence since 2003.
By Nahed AbouzeidBBC Arabic, Baghdad
The tourist village of Habbaniya, south-west of Falluja, was once a popular destination for the Iraqi elite during Saddam Hussein's rule. It has now turned into a refuge for those fleeing the fighting in Anbar.
Inside the village's chalets and seven-story hotel are hundreds of families, crammed into rooms that lack adequate sanitation and other basic facilities.
In the absence of appropriate medical care due to the army's blockade of the area, skin diseases and viral and bacterial infections are spreading uncontrollably. Children and women are the most vulnerable, especially pregnant women who cannot get access to female doctors.
The main roads in and out of Fallujah and Ramadi are part of the battlefield as the army aims to secure supply routes for troops and tries to cut off militant groups.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said some 50,000 families had fled their homes since clashes erupted in Ramadi and Falluja after security forces dismantled a long-standing anti-government protest camp led by the Sunni Arab community.
While security forces backed by pro-government tribesmen have made steady progress in retaking areas of Ramadi, they have not launched an offensive to recapture Falluja, fearing a repeat of the two bloody urban battles US troops fought in the city in 2004.
Over the weekend, Anbar Governor Ahmed al-Dulaimi gave the militants a week to surrender, but said officials would not negotiate with Isis.
"With the conflict in Anbar continuing UN agencies continue to receive reports of civilian casualties and sustained hardship in communities impacted by the fighting and the influx of internally displaced persons," said UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming.
Most of the displaced had fled to outlying communities in Anbar province, while 60,000 had ended up in more distant provinces, she added. Many are living in schools, mosques and other public buildings and urgently needed humanitarian aid.
In Anbar, Ms Fleming said access remained a challenge, citing reports that a consignment of World Health Organisation (WHO) medical supplies had been detained at an Iraqi army checkpoint since 30 January.
Many bridges have also been destroyed and roads blocked.
The 23-year-old Ireland team captain beat Murodjon Akhmadaliev of Uzbekistan on a unanimous points decision in Doha.
Conlan shaded the first round and clearly took the second but had to hang on at the end after being knocked down in the final minute.
He adds the world crown to his European and Commonwealth titles.
Conlan had already qualified for next year's Olympic Games in Rio.
"I am a bit embarrassed at getting knocked down in the last round," said Conlan.
"It is the first time I have been on the canvas in my life. He hit me sweet on the chin and it was the best punch I have ever been hit with.
"But I recovered really quickly and I am really happy."
Irish light-heavyweight Joe Ward is also through to the final at the World Championships and fights Julio La Cruz of Cuba on Thursday evening.
Earlier, Michael O'Reilly lost a controversial decision to Hosam Abdin of Egypt in their box-off for a place at the Olympics.
CCTV footage was released showing a succession of vehicles, including a coach, making the manoeuvres near Crick, Northamptonshire in July.
Police were unable to trace the vehicles but said the footage had highlighted "selfish" driving.
Road safety charity Brake said the drivers "seemed to have got away" with their "risky behaviour".
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Motorists drove the wrong way down a slip road to get off the M1, near Crick, to avoid a queue further ahead caused by a serious accident at Junction 19.
A coach driver was spoken to by police following the incident and resigned.
Brake spokesman Dave Nichols said the "selfish drivers" put their lives and other people's at risk.
"They seemed to have got away with their risky behaviour, despite it being caught on film," he said.
PC Dave Lee, of Northamptonshire Police Safer Roads Team, said in July the drivers had been "behaving ridiculously" and "risking lives".
After a Freedom of Information Act request by the BBC revealed no drivers would be prosecuted, Mr Lee said: "Although the CCTV footage clearly shows the motorists committing offences, it is not clear enough to read the number plates of most of the vehicles involved and so we have been unable to trace the owners and take the action we would like to.
"We released the footage to show how some motorists do put themselves and others in danger by acting selfishly and to remind people that the rules of the road are there for a reason, to keep all road users as safe as possible."
Wigton-based coach company Reays confirmed their driver who performed an illegal U-turn had resigned, but did not want to comment further.
Chasing 201 for victory, Wayne Parnell (3-33) reduced Middlesex to 11-2 and Denly's inspired spell secured victory.
The highlight was a superb one-handed return catch to dismiss James Franklin.
Earlier, Sam Northeast's 55 helped Kent post 200 all out after Toby Roland-Jones (3-35) removed in-form opener Daniel Bell-Drummond for a duck.
Bell-Drummond had scored centuries in his previous two One-Day Cup outings against Somerset and Sussex, but his stay at the crease on Sunday lasted for only one legitimate delivery.
Roland-Jones' first ball was a wide, but Bell-Drummond edged the second behind to wicketkeeper John Simpson to fall without scoring.
After a shaky start to their reply, Nick Compton (37) and Franklin (33) looked like getting Middlesex close to Kent's total, but Compton's dismissal by James Tredwell sparked another collapse of four wickets for 22 runs.
Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service said 25 firefighters were still damping down hotspots and observing the area.
Most of the fire engines left at about midnight, after 75 firefighters were deployed to tackle the blaze at its height.
The Forestry Commission said the hot weather was a "contributing factor".
The fire started at about 13:40 BST off the B1107 between Thetford and Brandon, near Kingfisher Lake.
Derek Sim, fire station manager at Thetford, said he expected crews to remain on site for the rest of Thursday.
"The fire got into the undergrowth and it's quite difficult to deal with when it's in the undergrowth," he said.
"It's very dry, the wind is just picking up and the temperatures are expected to rise again today.
"It's mostly been undergrowth damage although some of the lower levels of the trees have been damaged by the fire."
Roger Woods, communications manager for the Forestry Commission, said on Wednesday the weather was a "contributing factor" and they were on "high alert".
The site is Forestry Commission land and was planted with Corsican pine in 1988.
The forest's series of concerts will go ahead as planned as the blaze affected a different part of the woodland.
A fire investigation into the cause is to be launched.
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Dibben, 22, won the final two sprints to reach 48 points - the same score as Andreas Graff - but crossed the finish line of the 160-lap race first.
Earlier, Andy Tennant edged out fellow Briton Owain Doull by 0.175 seconds to win bronze in the men's pursuit.
Laura Trott, who won GB's first gold medal on Thursday, helped the hosts win another bronze in the team pursuit.
But it was the talented Dibben who stirred the 8,000 crowd into a thunderous roar as he attacked on the final sprint to win a four-man battle for gold.
"I'm lost for words," Dibben told BBC Sport. "I came into this to give it my all. I rode it like an omnium points race. For 100 laps I was at my limit and in the last 20 everyone else just died off."
So impressive was the Team Wiggins rider's performance, the European omnium bronze medallist has given the British selectors an Olympic dilemma.
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The celebrated Mark Cavendish finished on 84 points after three events in the omnium, an excellent performance in the elimination race on Friday night boosting his chances of a medal.
British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton has said the Manxman has to finish in the top three to secure his spot for Rio.
Even if the 30-year-old achieves that aim in London, the selectors face a conundrum as Cavendish's inclusion in the omnium would mean having to select him as part of the five-man team pursuit, and his coach Heinko Salzwedel has admitted the rider has a "long way to go" to reach the required standard.
His main rival for a place in the team is Dibben, who is currently the stronger of the two in the team pursuit and is a classy omnium operator.
"That's going to put him right back in contention for the omnium," said Boardman. "I wouldn't want to be a selector with Cavendish doing so well in the omnium."
But Cavendish, who is hoping to balance his road commitments with his quest for a first Olympic gold, is well placed with the kilo, flying lap and points race remaining on Saturday.
In the day's two other events, he finished sixth in the 15km scratch and 13th in the pursuit, his weakest event.
Boardman said the Briton rode a "fantastic" strategic race in the elimination.
Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy added: "He's been off the track for a while but you could see his brilliance coming back at the end. He can't afford to have a bad event now. He has to be consistent. The points event is a good race for him - he's got to make sure he's not outside the top three or four in each event."
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Britain's quartet of Trott, Elinor Barker, Ciara Horne and Joanna Rowsell Shand put Thursday's disappointing qualifying display behind them with two superb rides on Friday.
They broke the British record with a time of four minutes 16.350 seconds to qualify for the bronze medal race and went on to beat rivals New Zealand by nearly four seconds to secure third place in 4:16.540.
Trott, the women's scratch world champion, said the team wanted to "prove people wrong" after a ragged ride on Thursday.
"We were disappointed at how we rode and to come back fighting and post 4:16 in two races was better than we thought we were going to do," said the double Olympic champion.
Trott, who could end these championships with a hat-trick of medals as she competes in the gruelling six-event omnium over the final two days, said Friday's performances had given her momentum.
In the last competition before the Olympics, this week's team pursuit offered a glimpse at how closely contested the event will be in Rio with the United States going close to breaking the world record in the semi-finals and dipping below 4:17 to win gold in the final.
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Team-mates Tennant and Doull produced a sensational finish with just a 10th of a second separating the pair as Tennant won in 4:18.301.
Welshman Doull, 22, hauled himself back into contention in the closing stages, but was pipped by his fellow Team Wiggins rider.
"That's the icing on the cake for me," said 28-year-old Tennant. "To come away with individual bronze medal - if you'd asked me three weeks ago, I'd have been betting against myself."
Italy's Filippo Ganna (4:16.141) secured gold, beating Germany's Domenic Weinstein (4:18.275) in the final.
Olympic champion Jason Kenny qualified in second place as he made a strong start to the individual sprint competition.
The 27-year-old has endured a lean few years since winning two gold medals at the London 2012 Games but showed promising signs by advancing serenely to the quarter-finals.
Team-mate Callum Skinner joined him there by beating defending champion Gregory Bauge.
Kenny was just 0.001secs behind fastest qualifier Matthew Glaetzer of Australia while Skinner was fifth fastest in 9.824.
Police were called to the Chimney Corner Hotel in Mallusk at about 03:20 GMT on Sunday.
When they arrived a man in his 30s was being treated by ambulance staff for stab wounds and a man in his 20s was subsequently arrested.
The injured man is currently in hospital being treated for what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.
Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
Reaction Engines Ltd (REL) of Culham, Oxfordshire, ran a series of tests on key elements of its Sabre propulsion system under the independent eye of the European Space Agency (Esa).
Esa's experts have confirmed that all the demonstration objectives were met.
REL claims the major technical obstacle to its ideas has now been removed.
"This is a big moment; it really is quite a big step forward in propulsion," said Alan Bond, the driving force behind the Sabre engine concept.
The company must now raise the £250m needed to complete the next phase of development.
This would essentially take the project to the final designs that could be handed to a manufacturer.
Although the British government has put significant sums into REL's technology in the past, the company's preference is to pursue city finance.
"The project to date has been more than 90% privately funded, and we intend to continue with that type of structure," explained Tim Hayter, the CEO of Reaction Engines Ltd.
"Yes, we would encourage government money but we're not reliant on it and we're certainly not depending on it.
"What is more important to us is government endorsement. That gives everyone the confidence that the UK is behind this project."
REL's idea is for an 84m-long vehicle called Skylon that would do the job of a big rocket but operate like an airliner, taking off and landing at a conventional runway.
The vehicle would burn a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen but in the low atmosphere the oxygen would be taken from the air, in the same way that a jet engine breathes air.
Only once it had achieved very high speeds would Skylon switch to full rocket mode, burning onboard fuel supplies.
Taking its oxygen from the air in the initial flight phase would mean Skylon could fly lighter from the outset with a higher thrust-to-weight ratio, enabling it to make a single leap to orbit, rather than using and dumping propellant stages on the ascent - as is the case with current expendable rockets.
If such a vehicle could be made to work, its reusability should transform the costs of accessing space.
But its success depends on the Sabre engine's ability to manage the very hot air entering its intakes at high speed.
These gases have to be cooled prior to being compressed and burnt with the onboard hydrogen.
REL's solution is a module containing arrays of extremely fine piping that can extract the heat and plunge the inrushing air to about -140C in just 1/100th of a second.
Ordinarily, the moisture in the air would be expected to freeze out rapidly, covering the piping in a blanket of frost and dislocating their operation.
But the company's engineers have also devised a means to control the frosting, permitting the Sabre engine to run in jet mode for as long as is needed before making the transition to full rocket mode to take the Skylon spaceplane into orbit.
It is the innovative helium cooling loop with its pre-cooler heat-exchanger that REL has been validating on an experimental rig.
"We completed the programme by getting down to -150C, running for 10 minutes," said Mr Bond. "We've demonstrated that the pre-cooler is behaving absolutely as predicted."
The UK Space Agency asked Esa's propulsion division to audit the tests, and the Paris-based organisation has declared its satisfaction with the outcome of the experimental programme.
"One of the major obstacles to developing air-breathing engines for launch vehicles is the development of the lightweight high-performance heat exchangers," it said in a statement.
"With this now successfully demonstrated by REL, there are currently no technical reasons why the Sabre engine programme cannot move forward into the next stage of development."
Dr Mark Ford, who heads the propulsion engineering group at the agency, added: "The gateway is now open to move beyond the jet age."
The next phase is a three-and-a-half-year project. It would see a smaller version of Sabre being built on a test rig. The demonstrator would not have the exact same configuration as the eventual engine but it would allow REL to prove Sabre's performance across its air-breathing and rocket modes.
"Its parts will be spread out slightly; there's no need for us to package it as we would a real engine," said Mr Bond.
"Also, we will want the ease of access to exchange parts, so it will look a little bit like an anatomy exhibition."
The UK government is currently assessing what its involvement should be in the next phase of Skylon/Sabre, but David Willetts, the science minister, was keen on Wednesday to add his personal support to the project: "The engine being developed by Reaction Engines is a potential game-changer in terms of space technology," he said.
"This successful testing validates the assessment made of the engine concept by the UK Space Agency back in 2010 and is yet another example of the UK's world class space industry. It would be a fantastic achievement if we could one day use this home-grown technology for our own commercial space launches."
Esa is certain to do more study work with REL. Although it is currently working on new versions of its Ariane rocket - a classic expendable vehicle - the agency also wants to keep an eye on future launcher technologies.
REL itself is considering other applications for its technology. These could include incorporating Sabre-like heat-exchangers into existing gas turbine jet engines to improve their fuel-burn efficiency; and also into desalination plants.
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The news comes as survivor James Nugent demanded to know why it was still awaited when an investigation on last year's Clutha bar helicopter crash in Glasgow had been published.
Mr Nugent was among nine people who survived when a Super Puma went down.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the inquiry was progressing.
Sarah Darnley, 45, from Elgin, Gary McCrossan, 59, from Inverness, Duncan Munro, 46, from Bishop Auckland, and George Allison, 57, from Winchester, lost their lives in the Shetland crash.
Keith Conradi, the chief investigator at the AAIB, told BBC Scotland: "There's no delay, these reports are complicated, they take a long time and we need to get it right.
"It's in its later stages and should be out by the end of the year, early next year."
Mr Nugent said of getting a report: "It does not bring the people that were involved back, but it does maybe help to give some closure.
"We are still sitting here with open wounds.
"I feel they do not want to give us answers."
James Maurice Henderson, of Limehill Road, Lisburn, admitted his careless driving caused the death of Alexander McEntee, 65, from Castleblaney, County Monaghan.
It happened on the A5 Mulvin Road between Newtownstewart and Victoria Bridge.
Henderson will be sentenced next month.
He also admitted causing grievously bodily injury to his own wife Hazel Henderson.
A prosecution lawyer told Dungannon Crown Court, that no mechanical defects were found with Mr Henderson's vehicle.
The court heard that the collision occurred when Henderson drove straight ahead, "for some unknown reason", instead of following the contours of a shallow bend in the road.
Mr Henderson's defence agreed that the case be adjourned for pre-sentence reports and for an impact report from the family of Mr McEntee.
Leicestershire struggled early on as Ben Sanderson (6-58) took three wickets for nine runs in just five overs.
Eckersley hit 107 in 160 balls, including 11 fours and two sixes, as he helped Leicestershire to reach 519.
The visitors took two early wickets before Rob Keogh put on 91 for the third wicket with Rob Newton, who had made 69 when Northants closed on 142-4.
After his 117 and 104 against Derbyshire, Eckersley became just the third Leicestershire batsman in their history to score a century in three consecutive innings.
Leicestershire batsman Ned Eckersley told BBC Radio Leicester:
"There's been some sticky periods for me where I haven't got the runs I wanted so it's great to come here and put us in a good position.
"Ben and I managed to switch momentum and put them back under pressure. Ben was brave and we got into a good flow and made a big stand.
"The wickets at the end of the day give us something to go into tomorrow. There's definitely some spin there and a couple a turning off the straight so that's positive signs for us."
The opinion of the advocate-general effectively ends Nestle's attempts to trademark the snack.
It also brings to an end the latest chapter in the internecine chocolate wars between Nestle and Cadbury.
The High Court had already rejected Nestle's trademark application in 2013.
Advocate-general opinions are usually, although not always, followed by the European Court judges.
Had its application been successful, Nestle would have been able to prevent competitors making rival chocolate bars of the same shape and size.
But Nestle faced significant opposition to is trademark application from bitter rival Cadbury's and its US owner, Mondelez International.
The advocate-general opinion is the latest development in a more than 10-year battle between Nestle and Cadbury fought in the courts, which started when Cadbury tried to trademark the purple colour it uses on its Cadbury chocolate wrappers.
Nestle objected and finally had the original decision allowing Cadbury to trademark the colour overturned in 2013.
Now it appears Cadbury has had its revenge.
Nestle argued that, over time, the four-fingered chocolate bar's physical form had acquired a distinctive character associated with the company since its launch in 1935, and should become a trademark.
It did not seek to trademark the two-fingered bar.
It cited a survey in which 90% of people shown a picture of the bar, without any names or symbols embossed on it, mentioned KitKat in their comments.
But a rival bar called the Kvikk Lunsj, meaning "quick lunch", launched in Norway in 1937 is available in some UK shops, and although less well known, looks similar.
Patients and staff were evacuated from Cerahpasa hospital on Wednesday after a man receiving treatment at the clinic threatened to shoot himself and others.
Officers were deployed to negotiate with the man, a young police officer.
Earlier reports that the armed man had taken several people hostage proved incorrect.
The chief consultant of Cerahpasa hospital, Zekayi Kutlubay, who was evacuated from the facility, said that there had been "no hostage crises", adding that the man was "alone in the room".
Dr Kutlubay said that the man had been receiving psychiatric treatment for the past two years.
He said that the hospital had previously submitted a report stating that the man should not be permitted to carry a gun.
"His firearm was taken away," Dr Kutlubay said, adding that the gun in the officer's possession on Wednesday was not his issued firearm.
The incident comes amid tension in Istanbul following several attacks in crowded areas, including the deadly assault on the Reina nightclub on New Year's Eve which left 39 people dead.
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His side bounced back from the 16-16 draw in Ireland to beat Scotland 27-23 in Cardiff.
After France, Wales face England at Twickenham on 12 March before hosting Italy in Cardiff.
"If we can beat France then you're potentially playing England for the Championship," said Gatland.
"That's what it boils down to. That's taking nothing away from Italy in the last game, but if we win the next two the motivation will be there against Italy at home.
"But one step at a time."
Wales, who have won their last four matches against France, trailed until the 65th minute against Vern Cotter's Scotland team before tries from Jamie Roberts and George North broke the visitors' resistance.
The New Zealander singled out man of the match Roberts and winger North for special praise after their match-winning exploits.
"We had a couple of chances and we took those chances," he added.
"Jamie Roberts was man of the match and deserved to be, and we saw something special from George North too.
"Sometimes you need that in games, you need someone to do something special for you.
"It was a tough game - we had to dig deep and we had to grind out a victory.
"We had to use everything we had in the tank with the six day turnaround it was tough as well."
Gatland also praised the impact of the substitutes, with Gethin Jenkins, Bradley Davies and Dan Lydiate - all with more than 50 caps to their names - helping Wales see out the win.
Roberts says Wales need to produce a markedly improved performance to beat France.
"In every facet, we need to improve our defence certainly, we need to improve our attack," Roberts told BBC Wales Sport.
"But we did some good stuff, and we need to look at the positives, improve on the positives, and the negatives as well."
Roberts' midfield partner Jonathan Davies says the Harlequins centre's efforts are a barometer for Wales' performances.
"Jamie's showing great form at the moment - in a rich vein of form - and when he plays well, we play well we normally get the result," said Davies.
The inquest into the deaths of 30 Britons at the Royal Courts of Justice heard that lives could have been saved.
Some units took about 30 minutes too longer than they should have to reach the scene, according to the report from a Tunisian inquiry read out in court.
It also said the gunman had taken a drug that causes "extreme anger".
Islamist Seifeddine Rezgui killed 38 people at the five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba, near Sousse, on 26 June 2015, before he was shot dead by police.
The attack was the deadliest on Britons since the 7 July 2005 London bombings.
A summary of an investigation by Tunisian Judge Akremi was read out in court, which said that a post-mortem examination showed that Rezgui had been shot 20 times.
It added that toxicological tests revealed the presence of a drug, the main effects of which include "the feeling of exhaustion, aggression and extreme anger that leads to murders being committed".
The summary said another effect of such drugs is that they "enhance physical and mental performance".
The judge's report also included an assessment by the secretary of state to the minister of the interior responsible for security matters.
He had examined cameras which "showed that the tourist security team vehicle patrol and bike patrol deliberately slowed down and did not intervene to stop the terrorist attack at that time".
The patrol committed "what is considered a serious mistake, and that its delay was deliberate and unjustifiable".
He referred to a unit that went in search of more body armour and weapons instead of going straight to the scene of the incident, a move he said was "unjustifiable" as the vehicle was equipped with enough weapons to stop the attack.
The assessment said that what this team did "amounts to an offence for which it must take the blame".
The inquest heard from the head of the operations room for the Northern Sousse National Security as part of the Akremi report summary.
That person, whose role was to co-ordinate the various security authorities, said the refusal to intervene to stop the attack was "due to simple cowardice, when they could have prevented the loss of life".
The report summary referred to the divisional head of the Tourist Security Police in Sousse, saying: "He stated that he panicked and was afraid because there was an armed attack on the tourist area for which he was responsible."
It was the divisional head, referred to as AE, who made the decision to stop off for more weapons instead of rushing to the incident, according to the report summary.
Judge Akremi observed that AE spent more than eight minutes inside the police station.
"AE could have intervened and stopped the terrorist attack in no more than three minutes," he said.
"In fact it took AE more than 30 minutes to arrive at the scene."
It added that it took others about 35 minutes to reach the scene, when it should have taken them no more than five minutes.
A delay for one unit was "due to lack of clarity of information", while another responder "deliberated over whether the intervention would be effective".
The inquest heard that quad bike units were delayed because they were in "very poor condition" and "incapable of driving over sand".
The delay of those on horseback was said to be the result of "caution" they had shown in getting there after hearing the terrorist was armed with a Kalashnikov.
The inquest was adjourned to 23 February.
Willstrop, 32, has slipped to world number 24 after suffering a career-threatening hip injury.
But he took 64 minutes to beat Egypt's Elshorbagy 11-4 11-7 10-12 11-7 in Seattle to reach the quarter-finals.
"In the context of everything that has gone on over the past 18 months this is one of my best ever performances," said Willstrop.
Willstrop joins fellow countryman and the man he lost to in last year's Commonwealth Games final, second seed Nick Matthew, in the last eight.
"I feel great for the moment but I can't get too carried away - it's not the end," he said.
In the quarter-finals, Yorkshireman Willstrop faces Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez, who has become the first South American to reach this stage (Saturday, 02:00 GMT).
Matthew beat Mohamed Elshorbagy's brother, Marwan Elshorbagy, 13-11 12-10 11-5. He now plays Egypt's Tarek Momen (Saturday, 04:00 GMT).
Dr Jasmine Donahaye called for a national debate on why women are not represented as widely as men such as Sir Gareth Edwards, Aneurin Bevan and Tommy Cooper.
She became interested after writing a biography of author Lily Tobias.
There are statues of Queen Victoria in Wrexham and Boudicca in Cardiff City Hall.
Dr Donahaye told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement there are lots of generic women and angel statues in Welsh towns and cities, but few individuals.
"People who read (Lily Tobias' biography) are taken aback. They ask 'how come we have never heard of her? Why was she lost and fell from view?'"
Cardiff North AM Julie Morgan said the contributions of many women "have been submerged".
She said there is a health board named after "the Welsh Florence Nightingale" Betsi Cadwaladr, but no statue.
Mrs Morgan also said she would like to see statues of the Davies sisters, Gwendoline and Margaret, who contributed their vast art collection to the National Museum of Wales.
"An unchecked Iran has the potential to travel the same path as North Korea and to take the world along with it," Mr Tillerson said.
President Donald Trump earlier ordered a review of the Iran nuclear deal.
However, the US admits that Tehran is complying with the 2015 agreement.
Iran has so far made no public comments on the latest developments.
Iran has repeatedly denied accusations by the West that it was ever trying to develop nuclear weapons.
On Tuesday, Washington accused North Korea of trying to "provoke something", after Pyongyang conducted a failed missile test over the weekend.
In response, North Korea said it may test missiles on a weekly basis, and warned of "all-out war" if the US takes military action.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Tillerson said the Iran review, which he announced in a letter to Congress a day earlier, would not only look at Tehran's compliance with the nuclear deal but also its actions in the Middle East.
Mr Tillerson accused Iran of undermining US interests in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
"A comprehensive Iran policy requires we address all of the threats posed by Iran, and it is clear there are many," he said.
In announcing a broad review of Iran policy the Trump administration has not jettisoned the nuclear deal.
But Rex Tillerson has come pretty close to saying the agreement is not worth keeping, even though he's had to admit it's working.
This week the secretary of state informed congress that Tehran is keeping its side of the bargain to restrict its nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, which he's required to confirm every 90 days.
In spoken remarks, though, he talked only of Iran's bad behaviour and linked that to the future of the deal - a message that will resonate far more on Capitol Hill and to which it was probably aimed.
Former President Barack Obama would have agreed with all the charges: that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism, that it supports proxies which undermine US interests in the region, that it's hostile to Israel and that its ballistic missile tests challenge UN Security Council prohibitions.
But Mr Obama kept those issues separate from the nuclear agreement, which would have been impossible to achieve without that narrow focus.
Mr Tillerson, on the other hand, called this a mistaken approach and said the review would take a comprehensive look at all of the threats posed by Iran.
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The secretary of state earlier acknowledged the Iranians had met the terms of the 2015 deal, but raised concerns about the country as a "state sponsor of terrorism".
President Trump has described the landmark agreement as the "worst deal ever".
However, his predecessor Barack Obama argued the deal, between Iran and six world powers including China, Russia and the UK, was the best way to prevent Iran getting a nuclear weapon.
Sanctions were lifted after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) certified Tehran had restricted its sensitive nuclear activities.
Jeffrey Chandler, spotted driving at 90mph near Penrith in June, tested positive for Class A and B drugs.
The 53-year-old, of Ventura Close, Manchester, admitted drug-impaired driving and possessing cannabis.
The judge at Carlisle Crown Court handed him a four-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.
Recorder Andrew Shaw said Chandler's drug readings indicated a "staggeringly high level of cocaine use".
He also ordered him to complete a rehabilitation requirement, a three-month night-time curfew and a 30-month driving ban.
Ted Harris, from Oldbury, was driving a Honda Jazz which crashed with an Audi S4 in Wolverhampton Road, Sandwell, about 19:00 BST on Saturday.
He suffered serious injuries in the collision at the Castle Road East junction and died on Sunday night.
Officers closed the road temporarily on Monday to carry out a reconstruction to establish what happened.
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The Audi driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.
Sgt Steve Newbury, of West Midlands Police, said: "We are keen to hear from anyone who was travelling along the dual carriageway at the time of the collision and saw what happened.
"Our thoughts remain with Mr Harris's family as they come to terms with his loss."
A number of loyalist protesters tried to force their way into Belfast City Hall where the vote took place.
Two security staff at the hall and a press photographer were also injured. Separately, trouble broke out on the Lower Newtownards Road in east Belfast.
The council voted to fly the flag only on 15 designated days during the year.
It marks a change to the current policy by which the flag is displayed outside the building 365 days a year. The council's decision has angered many loyalists.
Some of the protesters who had gathered outside the city hall used metal barriers, bottles and golf balls to attack police.
A PSNI spokeswoman said they had deployed additional resources to deal with public disorder in both central and east Belfast.
There was an attempt to hijack a bus on the Albertbridge Road, and there are reports that St Matthew's Catholic Church came under attack.
Of the five officers who were hurt, two women were taken to hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life threatening.
An Associated Press photographer sustained a head injury while covering the violence at the city hall.
The vote was called when nationalist councillors - who now hold a majority on the council - proposed a motion to remove the Union flag completely.
However, both Sinn Fein and the SDLP backed a compromise amendment, proposed by the Alliance party, to display the flag on designated days, in line with the current policy at Stormont.
The Alliance motion was passed by 29 votes to 21.
Minutes later, a number of loyalist protesters broke through the rear gates of the grounds of the city hall and tried to force open the doors of the building.
BBC Northern Ireland's political reporter, Martina Purdy, who was at the scene, said one security guard appeared to be bleeding from a head wound while a policewoman had sustained a hand injury.
She said the protesters had shouted "shame" and "no surrender" when they broke into the courtyard, waving flags.
A pane of glass was shattered as the demonstrators tried to break open the doors of the 106-year-old building.
Windows were also smashed on a number of cars parked within the courtyard, including a vehicle belonging to a DUP councillor.
SDLP councillor, Tim Attwood, who took part in the vote, said: "This was an appalling spectacle, resulting in significant damage to property and, most alarmingly, injury to a number of those seeking to keep city hall secure, and our thoughts are with those who were hurt.
"Any attempt at a resort to mob rule cannot be countenanced."
DUP councillor, Christopher Stalford, said there was "absolutely no excuse" for the violence which erupted after the vote.
However, he added: "Those who started this debate should have known from the outset that it would stir up tension and cause division.
"I trust as they look back on the damaged relationships, costly consultations and energy expended, they will realise their focus was wrong.
"Indeed, all those who supported this stripping away of British identity are just as guilty and foolish."
Marie Hendron from Alliance, said she believed the violence had been "orchestrated". She said it was a "disaster for this city".
However, she said it was also a "historic night for Belfast" and the council had shown its commitment to a shared future.
"For the first time in their history both Sinn Fein and the SDLP have voted in support of the Union flag. This proves in a practical way that they acknowledge the constitutional position of Northern Ireland," the Alliance councillor added.
Ahead of the vote, more than 1,000 loyalists gathered in May Street to protest about the proposal to change the flag policy.
Nationalist councillors had argued that removing the flag would create a more equal and neutral environment in a divided city.
However, unionist councillors had accused Sinn Fein and the SDLP of "raising tensions" and abusing their majority on the council.
Combined, Sinn Fein and the SDLP now outnumber unionist councillors by 24 to 21.
He said that some of those who backed the SNP's cause of independence felt "let down" by its record in government.
Mr Rennie said voters had a choice between boosting health and education over the next five years or another referendum campaign with the SNP.
The Lib Dems currently hold just five seats in the Scottish Parliament.
In his speech at the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference, Mr Rennie offered an alternative to the "targets, controls and top-down diktats" which he said had damaged local health provision and policing.
And he painted a picture of families divided by the independence referendum campaign.
"Last week I met a woman in Anstruther who told me that the relationship with her daughter had broken down," he said.
"It had been like that for over a year. It started with an argument about independence.
"Her family is not alone. An opinion poll found that a quarter of a million people believe their relationship with a friend or family member has been permanently damaged as a result of the independence referendum.
"For the sake of the country, we need to move on from those divisions."
The Lib Dem leader added: "Nicola, our constitution has had our time. Surely our police, our NHS and our schools deserve our time now."
He warned that national testing in schools would undermine progress and bring in the "destructive teaching to the test".
And he said a targets culture was also damaging nursing and the police.
In an appeal to 'Yes' voters, Mr Rennie told delegates at the Vine Venue in Dunfermline: "I want to make a direct plea to supporters of independence today - if you want to fix the problems facing your local GP surgery, if you want to end industrial-scale stop and search on our streets, if you want to put the treatment of mental ill-health on an equal footing with physical health, if you want all these things, then try out the Liberal Democrats."
Tim Farron MP, the leader of the UK Liberal Democrats, also addressed delegates.
Mr Farron criticised Prime Minister David Cameron for cutting tax credits for almost 250,000 Scottish families, and Mr Cameron's reaction to the independence referendum result. He also highlighted why Scotland should stay in the European Union.
He added: "The first minister told the SNP conference that she was happy to fight on their record in government - well, we are happy to fight on their record too.
"On health - a GP recruitment crisis, a real terms fall in spending, waiting time targets missed and missed again for thousands and thousands of patients, preventable deaths 20% higher in Scotland than in England and chronic underfunding of mental health.
"On education - class sizes up, college places slashed, literacy for the least well off down, and ever decreasing student grants.
"And across the board, from climate change targets missed to the ongoing fiasco of Police Scotland, the SNP have let Scotland down."
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Sixth seed Konta, 26, secured a 6-2 6-2 victory against the player who beat her at the French Open in May.
She showed few signs of a back injury which forced her to pull out of her Eastbourne semi-final last week.
Konta will face Croatia's Donna Vekic, who beat her in the Nottingham Open final last month, in the second round.
Konta needed little over an hour to power past Hsieh, breaking the world number 113's serve five times in a routine win.
"I'm very happy to come through that. She is a tricky player on any surface," said Konta.
"She beat me at the French Open and I was looking forward to playing her again to try and beat her."
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Konta is the first British woman to be ranked in the top 10 at Wimbledon since 1984, raising hopes she can become the first home player to win the ladies' singles title since Virginia Wade in 1977.
Konta's form on the grass has been largely positive this year - she reached the Nottingham Open final, and made the last four at Eastbourne last week.
But between those two tournaments she struggled in a heavy defeat by American Coco Vandeweghe in Birmingham.
There had been doubts about her fitness after her heavy fall in Eastbourne, but she came through a practice session on Sunday and had no problems with her movement or power on Monday.
With a wide-open draw missing the pregnant Serena Williams, the Briton is one of several names being talked up as a contender.
However, she had won only one main-draw match at the All England Club, beating Monica Puig before losing in last year's second round to 2014 finalist Eugenie Bouchard.
After missing two break points in the opening game, Konta punished Hsieh's serve in the third game but showed a brief moment of nerves when she allowed the Taiwanese player to fight back from 40-0 to level.
Konta put that behind her quickly, taking Hsieh's serve again in the next game and then going a double break up at 5-3.
She served out the opening set in style, stooping for a cross-court forehand winner that clinched the set in little over half an hour.
Konta raced through the second set as she moved a double break up to lead 5-1, missing two match points before serving out an easy victory with an ace down the middle.
"It is massive compliment that the fans have expectations that I can do well," she told BBC Sport.
"I'm working hard to be performing at my best level and I'm aiming to be here for the full fortnight."
Former British number one Annabel Croft:
"It was a very business-like performance from Johanna Konta and her team will be pleased with that.
"Konta was fairly consistent and that will come together more as she goes through the tournament.
"She served well, had a very good second serve, her backhand was rock solid.
"All in all I thought it was a very good performance."
There are plans to increase the maximum sentence for carrying a knife in Scotland from four to five years.
The study suggests enforcement should also be backed by assurances police are working to protect young people and careful use of stop and search powers.
It was carried out by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research.
The report states: "Some scholars have expressed reservations over the effectiveness of increased custodial sentences, suggesting that those who carry knives tend to be young people who are less likely to foresee both the short-term and long-term consequences of their actions."
It adds: "Evidently, education has an essential role in reassuring young people that carrying knives is unnecessary. Indeed, it may be the only way in which fears can be addressed, and the only way in which knife-related crime can be reduced amongst those who perpetrate it as a result of fear."
The study's author Rebecca Foster told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "Carrying a knife actually increases your risk of being victimised, it's bringing danger into an environment that doesn't need to be there.
"So if you emphasise that a knife will not protect you - will actually do more harm than good - and that's really drummed into young people and you've got people who have directly experienced knife crime and therefore believable, not just some person who doesn't know what they're talking about, then it's hoped that this can convey the message."
Stop and search has more than doubled in recent years and the report also cautioned that this may exacerbate and create tensions and feelings of mistrust.
The research was commissioned by the Scottish government and a government spokesman said education and prevention were key to reducing knife crime.
He added: "This is why we fund the No Knives Better Lives youth initiative, that works with local partners to deliver a range of activities in schools and communities to get the message across to young people about the dangers and consequences of carrying a knife, encouraging young people to make more positive life choices.
"Our priority is to change the culture in which some young people think that carrying a knife is acceptable."
Jane Dailly, national co-ordinator at the No Knives Better Lives national delivery team, said: "The findings of the report support the key principles of No Knives Better Lives - that education and prevention is key to reducing knife crime.
"No Knives aims to reduce the incidence of knife-carrying amongst young people in Scotland by raising awareness of the related risks and consequences, changing attitudes and perceptions, and promoting positive life choices."
A look through the early press archives shows that his most predictable trait as MP of the north London constituency was to do the unpredictable.
Opinions on his style of dress have never been far away, either.
The first half of his tenure tells of a man sympathetic to controversial causes; of rebellion; and even of the gift of an organic marrow.
1983
- Mr Corbyn ignores convention for his maiden speech by making controversial statements. He attacks the Conservative government, newspapers and critics of Islington Council and accuses the government of "robbing Islington of £23m in rate support grant [the central government grant given to local authorities which can be used to finance revenue expenditure]".
He says he will speak up continuously for a borough "maligned by the government and the press mercilessly".
- He campaigns for a lorry ban in Islington following an accident in St Paul's Road in which two people were killed and a house seriously damaged.
He tells the Islington Gazette that "there never was a justification for allowing the size and weight of lorries that exist on our roads and there is even less justification with the completion of the M25 for any opposition to a heavy goods vehicle ban throughout London".
1984
- Mr Corbyn is arrested with 100 other anti-apartheid demonstrators outside the South African embassy.
- He is given his first dressing down for scruffy dress in the Commons with Conservative MP Terry Dicks calling for sanctions against those who do not conform to dress standards. Archway residents tell the Islington Gazette they do not mind that he wears an old polo-necked sweater knitted by his mother.
- His surgeries attract the Islington Gazette's attention because he provides tea, TV and toys and sessions for Turkish people with interpreters.
1986
- Asian Times reports he opposes plans to introduce one-person operation on the 43, 149 and 279 bus routes. He says: "One-person operation is mad. It will make it very difficult for frail and elderly people to get on the bus."
1987
- He receives £250 for wrongfully being arrested outside the South African embassy.
- The hiring of Ronan Bennett - convicted in 1975 for the murder of an Ulster police inspector - as Mr Corbyn's Commons researcher attracts condemnation and raises the issue of security clearance for Commons staff. Mr Bennett's sentence had been quashed on appeal after he served 13 months in prison. [He is now a high profile author and screenwriter, and a murder inquiry was reopened in 2011.]
1988
- More complaints about Mr Corbyn's dress. Conservative MP Richard Holt complains to the Speaker that he is allowed to debate despite not being "properly attired" in a collar and tie. Mr Corbyn tells the Islington Gazette: "Frankly I am not interested in what Tory MPs think of what I wear."
1990
- A letter to the Islington Gazette criticises the time Mr Corbyn spends on international cases. A resident says he is more interested in Central America and Chile than the closure of Twelve Trees residential home.
- He is presented with an organically-grown marrow at Gillespie Park summer fair. Ninka Shepherd who grew it remarks that "he always answers all his letters and [is] one of the most hard-working MPs in Parliament".
- Sending his son Ben to a private Montessori nursery courts criticism. He tells the Chronicle he has no choice because only children with poor parents get a place in a council-run nursery and with his MP salary it rules him out.
1991
- He appears at Highbury Magistrates' Court for not paying his poll tax bill of £481. Sixteen other residents join him, all opposing the levy on grounds other than inability to pay.
He tells the Times: "I am here today because thousands of people who elected me just cannot afford to pay."
1993
- On BBC Radio 4's PM programme he criticises Labour leader John Smith for "failing to articulate the views of the mass of the people".
Islington Labour councillor Greg Hayman tells the Islington Gazette: "It is typical of Jeremy to put the boot into the leadership when John Smith is 20 points ahead in the opinion polls."
1996
- He campaigns for a third inquest to be held into the death of Leon Patterson from Islington, found dead in a police cell in Greater Manchester in 1992.
1999
- The decision over where Mr Corbyn and Claudia Bracchitta's son Ben is to be schooled prompts accusations of hypocrisy.
Ms Bracchitta tells the Observer: "I couldn't send Ben to a school where I knew he wouldn't be happy. Whereas Jeremy was able to make one sort of decision, I wasn't."
The Observer reports that by its GCSE results, Islington is the third worst education authority in the country; while Holloway, where Ben was offered a place, is on the list of failing schools.
2000
- Seventeen years into his job he warns that Labour lost the local council election because "there was a perception they were not delivering quality of service".
- He tells the Highbury and Islington Express: "I remember when Arsenal won the cup at Wembley in 1998 and I missed a goal. I asked the man next to me who scored and he said, 'Marc Overmars. Now, Mr Corbyn, what is happening with my plumbing?'"
Thanks to Islington Heritage Centre.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou shook hands at the start of the talks, which were seen as largely symbolic.
China views Taiwan as a breakaway province which will one day be reunited with the mainland.
But many Taiwanese see it as independent and are concerned at China's growing influence.
The awkward questions that could crop up
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"Both sides should respect each other's values and way of life," Mr Ma said as the talks began at a luxury hotel.
Mr Xi told the Taiwanese leader: "We are one family."
The meeting "has opened a historic chapter in the cross-Strait relations, and history will remember today", he added.
The meeting took place in neutral territory on the sidelines of a state visit by Mr Xi to Singapore.
Relations between China and Taiwan have improved under Mr Ma since he took office in 2008, with better economic ties, improving tourism links, and a trade pact signed.
The two sides split in 1949 when the Kuomintang lost to the Chinese Communist Party in the civil war and set up a new government in Taiwan.
Mr Ma described the talks as "positive and friendly", but no major agreements or deals appear to have been reached.
Mr Ma said in advance that the issue of the South China Sea disputes, which has dominated recent concerns in the region, would not be brought up.
Mr Ma proposed reducing hostility across the Taiwan Strait, expanding exchanges and establishing a cross-strait hotline, according to Taiwan's central news agency.
He said this was part of consolidating the "1992 consensus" - the agreement under which both sides recognise the principle of "one China" but define it in their own ways.
Similar remarks were made by Mr Xi, who said upholding the consensus would help "the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation".
It is not entirely clear why the meeting has happened at this time, as neither side has properly said.
Mr Ma has built his presidency on closer links with China, so there is a good reason for him to meet Mr Xi, says the BBC World Service's Asia editor, Michael Bristow.
There is also a presidential election in Taiwan in January. Mr Ma might think the meeting will give a boost to his party's candidate, who is trailing in the polls, our correspondent says.
China also has something to gain, and that also concerns Taiwan's election. Mr Xi's decision to talk reminds Taiwanese voters that China is far friendlier to a government of Mr Ma's nationalist party than one formed by the opposition, which leans towards independence for Taiwan.
It is a calculated gamble for Mr Xi, as China's attempts to influence Taiwanese voters have previously backfired, our correspondent adds.
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Growing fears over China's influence have led to widespread dissatisfaction in Taiwan.
President Ma's Kuomintang (KMT) Party suffered a crushing defeat in local elections last year, a result that was widely seen as a rejection of Mr Ma's push for closer ties with China.
In the Taiwanese capital there were protests before the talks and one group tried to enter the parliament building.
State media in China heralded the meeting, with an editorial in the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily calling it a "victory of peace and rationality".
It said critics were "displaying jiggery-pokery from a small circle. Such extremism is bound to be stigmatised".
At least 7,000 people have been living there in squalid conditions.
Migrants queued peacefully to be processed, but there are concerns some will refuse to go because they still want to get to the UK.
Almost 200 children from the camp have been brought to the UK, some of them under the "Dubs" arrangement, according to UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd.
The number includes 60 girls who were at high risk of sexual exploitation, she said.
But the process of transferring some of the estimated 1,300 unaccompanied children from the camp was halted on Monday at the request of the French.
The dismantling of the camp is expected to start on Tuesday.
Long queues formed earlier outside reception centres in the camp as the French authorities worked to determine whether individual migrants were with family members or travelling alone, and whether they were deemed to be vulnerable.
After processing, they boarded buses to different parts of France where they will be given the opportunity to claim asylum, or face deportation.
Forty-five migrants, all young men from Afghanistan, are settling into the Miramar hotel, an empty holiday centre that looks out to sea.
At the local pizzeria, residents have gathered to vent their discontent. They complain that the migrants will disturb the tranquillity of the resort. They are also worried that the young men will be unsupervised and break into homes that have been closed up for the winter.
Less vocal are those who don't mind the arrival of the Afghan migrants, those who think it's only human to welcome those who have spent so many months in the squalor of Calais.
For the migrants, it should be a short stay. They will be encouraged to claim asylum in France and then maybe move onto more permanent housing. But even here, several hundred kilometres from Calais, the allure of the UK is still strong.
From the hotel you can clearly see the island of Jersey - British shores are still without reach.
At least 40 of the 60 coaches planned to transport them have now left, according to BBC correspondents at the scene.
In a statement (in French), French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 2,318 migrants had been "given shelter" on Monday.
He said 1,918 adults had been taken away on 45 buses to 80 reception centres.
Four hundred minors were transferred to "provisional reception centres" within the camp, he added.
The first step of the clearance had taken place in a "calm and controlled manner", he said.
Some volunteers complained earlier that the migrants had not been given enough information about the plans and warned of a sense of confusion and chaos.
About 7,500 beds are being made available in 450 centres across France. So far migrants have been taken to the regions of:
Rue des Garennes links the Jungle camp to the new migrant processing centre, and is a street of suitcases and resignation.
At 05:00, three hours before the clearance operation was due to start, groups of refugees and migrants began to form a queue. Since then, a mass exodus from the camp, and hundreds are now lining the road waiting for a coach to take them away.
Towards the back of the queue is Adil from Sudan, carrying two bags, a football and a guitar. "My dream is dead, the people you see here, they are broken. We can't believe it's over."
Inside the camp, aid workers from Care for Calais are moving tent to tent, warning migrants that if they do not leave, they will be arrested. The police presence is large, with many huddled in riot vans, keeping out of the cold, and making the most of the calm.
Children will be housed in the camp's converted shipping containers while the rest of the Jungle is dismantled.
The "Dubs amendment" rules allow particularly vulnerable children - such as girls and those under 13 - refuge in the UK, even if they do not have family already in the country.
The operation to clear the tents and shelters is expected to take three days.
The French interior ministry said "police might be forced to intervene" if there was unrest during the demolition.
There are reports that British activists from the No Borders group have travelled to the Jungle to try to disrupt the process.
Violence has frequently broken out as migrants, mainly from Africa and the Middle East, attempt to board lorries bound for the UK and clash with drivers and police.
Most believe there is a better prospect of finding work. Many want to claim asylum, although others want to enter incognito and remain as illegal workers.
The language issue is also important - many speak English but do not have a European language. Some also have relatives in the UK and that is a big draw.
Some are attracted by a belief that there is better housing and education available.
Some commentators believe illegal migrants also perceive Britain as a "soft touch" for benefits and a better place to find "black economy" jobs, although studies do not necessarily back up this view.
A UK-funded wall 1km (0.6 miles) long is being built along the main road to the port in an attempt to deter would-be stowaways. The UK government is reported to have contributed about £1.9m (€2.2m) to the cost of the wall, which is due to be finished by the end of the year.
Speaking to the BBC, the head of the organisation that runs the port of Calais, Jean-Marc Puissensseau, said business had declined due to attempts by migrants to board trucks.
"The port has been really suffering [for] more than one year, because each night there were some attacks, or [migrants] were throwing branches, trees, everything to try to slow down the traffic and then to get into the trucks," he said.
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Last year more than one million migrants - many fleeing the civil war in Syria - arrived in Europe. Countries struggled to cope and division arose in the EU over how best to deal with resettling people.
An EU-Turkey pact to try to stop migrants crossing to Greece and moves by Balkan nations to close their borders have driven down the number of people using the so-called eastern Mediterranean route.
However, migrants from African countries such as Eritrea and Somalia as well as West African nations such as Nigeria and the Gambia are continuing to attempt the crossing from Libya to Italy.
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.
Bath fly-half Ford was a replacement for Luther Burrell in England's 39-28 win in the first Test, while Nowell replaces Marland Yarde.
Ford starts at number 10, with Owen Farrell moving to inside-centre and Burrell dropping out.
"We've picked a 23 to get the job done," England coach Eddie Jones said.
Jones has opted for a 6-2 split on the bench, with Jamie George, Jack Clifford and Elliot Daly named among the replacements.
"We weren't satisfied with last weekend's performance and we know there's lots to improve on," he said.
"We know the job isn't done. We came here to win a Test series and that's what we intend to do."
England captain Dylan Hartley said that the squad is buoyant after achieving only England's fourth Test win in Australia, but must build on it if they are to clinch the three-Test series.
He said: "That win means nothing unless we back it up this week. We enjoyed making history, but the bigger picture is this week and all our energies have gone into this.
"We have had the best week's preparation and we're desperate for this game."
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Replacements: Jamie George, Matt Mullan, Paul Hill, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Jack Clifford, Danny Care, Elliot Daly
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Replacements (three to be omitted): Tatafu Polota-Nau, Toby Smith, Greg Holmes, James Horwill, Dean Mumm, Wycliff Palu, Ben McCalman, Liam Gill, Nick Frisby, Christian Leali'ifano, Luke Morahan
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The panda, who lives in Edinburgh Zoo, was spotted by his keepers playing with a large ball in his sleeping den after the lights had already gone out for night time.
Yang Guang obviously fancies himself as a bit of a Cristiano Ronaldo, as he kicks the ball around the room.
He even scores a goal as he gets the ball through the door and has to run outside to get it back!
Alison Maclean, who looks after the pandas at Edinburgh Zoo, said: "The footage of Yang Guang playing with the ball is fantastic. The new toy must have caught his imagination and it looks like he thoroughly enjoyed his kick about."
The Public Accounts Committee said the shortfall in doctors, nurses and midwives could even get worse if ministers did not get a "better grip".
The group also warned there had been "no coherent attempt" to work out the staffing needed for a seven-day NHS.
But the government defended its record, pointing to the extra money being invested in the NHS this Parliament.
By 2020, the NHS budget is expected to have risen by just over £8bn once inflation has been taken into account.
The cross-party group of MPs acknowledged this in its report, but cast doubt on how far that would stretch given that ministers are trying to increase the availability of staff and services at weekends.
The report looks at clinical staff - those who provide care, including doctors, nurses, midwives and ambulance crews.
These account for more than 800,000 jobs - two-thirds of the entire NHS workforce.
It said working out the exact shortfall was difficult, but said estimates made two years ago suggested the NHS was short by about 50,000.
The report was published as it emerged that emergency surgery at a Nottinghamshire hospital has been suspended because of a shortage of junior doctors.
Surgical patients at Bassetlaw Hospital are now being transferred to Doncaster Royal Infirmary - almost 20 miles away.
Managers at the hospital said there was a lack of overnight staff and the problem was affecting 10 to 14 patients a week.
The MPs were scathing of the leadership provided by the government and national bodies, such as Health Education England, in recent years.
It said NHS trusts had been given conflicting messages - being urged to cut overheads to save money, while investing in staff in the wake of the Stafford Hospital scandal.
This has created a situation whereby the NHS had reduced the number of training posts available for core groups such as nursing, while struggling to retain staff, despite increases in demand for services.
The report said the high level of spending on agency staff seen in recent years was "largely the consequence" of this bad planning.
While NHS leaders have been quick to blame "rip-off" fees, prompting them to introduce a cap on how much can be charged, the report pointed out that most of the rise was a result of the NHS needing locum staff to fill gaps.
Committee chairman Labour's Meg Hillier said there were "serious flaws" in the approach of government.
"Front-line staff are the lifeblood of the service yet the supply of these staff in England is not keeping pace with demand.
"This poor workforce planning means patients face the possibility of longer waiting times and a greater cost to the public purse."
British Medical Association leader Dr Mark Porter said this is a "disastrous" situation.
And Royal College of Nursing general secretary Janet Davies added: "What we have seen so far is how short-term decisions and budget cuts lead to nothing but lowered standards of care which could so easily have been avoided."
But a Department of Health spokesman said plans were in place to increase the number of staff in the NHS thanks to rises in spending.
"By 2020, we expect to have 11,420 more doctors working in the NHS, coupled with 10,000 nursing, midwife and allied health professional training places through our reforms. "
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Ken Harris, 102, celebrated with wife Margaret, 99, after being parted for the first time since the war.
Mr Harris feared he would never again see his beloved wife after he went into hospital with a broken hip.
But the couple, who were married in 1937, have been reunited again at a nursing home in Llangynidr, near Crickhowell, in Powys.
"They hold hands every day now because of the memory of being separated in the war," said daughter-in-law Pat Harris, 75.
Mr Harris, who has carried a photograph of their wedding day in his wallet since, was deployed to Burma in World War Two with the South Wales Borderers.
The couple from Llanhilleth, near Newbridge, who have two children, Alan and Ann, have spent every day together since.
That was until Mrs Harris was moved into a care home after being diagnosed with dementia.
The former butcher was then admitted to hospital after breaking his hip in a fall just six weeks before their 80th anniversary and believed it would be the last time he would see his wife.
But after spending a month in hospital, Mr Harris was given the all clear to leave and was found a room in the same care home as his wife in the Brecon Beacons.
"Ken went to war and Margaret stayed home working as a doctor's secretary but he always had her photo in his wallet," added Mrs Harris.
"When Ken went into hospital he didn't think he would ever see her again. It is so fortunate that a room became available at Margaret's home.
"It has been a real battle trying to keep them together. Ken gave his life for his country and he deserves to be able to be with his wife.
"They are a very loving couple and we are so proud to have celebrated their 80th anniversary with them."
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Friends and relatives of the dead gathered outside the Glasgow pub where a police helicopter crashed on 29 November last year.
They were joined by police and medics for the silence at 22:22 GMT, the time contact was lost with the aircraft.
Earlier in the day, a service was held at Glasgow Cathedral.
The service was attended by families and friends of the victims, as well as Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who said afterwards that the crash was a tragedy that would "live in Glasgow's memory forever".
"But out of adversity last year came an incredible spirit as the city pulled together," she added.
"We saw from our emergency services and ordinary members of the public such an amazing response."
Dozens of floral tributes and candles were placed outside the Clutha to mark the anniversary.
The crash killed pilot David Traill and PCs Tony Collins and Kirsty Nelis, who were on board the Eurocopter EC 135.
Those killed in the pub were John McGarrigle, Mark O'Prey, Gary Arthur, Colin Gibson, Robert Jenkins, and Samuel McGhee. Joe Cusker was pulled from the wreckage alive but later died in hospital.
A preliminary report into the crash found both engines on the aircraft failed but did not point to an exact cause of the crash. A fuller report is expected next year.
During Saturday's service, the Philip Tartaglia, the Archbishop of Glasgow, said victims of the crash "have never been forgotten, especially not by those who love them most and who miss them most sorely".
But he said he hoped people would become "better, more compassionate, more understanding human beings" following the tragedy.
The service and silence were among a number of events held to mark the first anniversary of the crash.
Also on Saturday, police officers faced firefighters in a commemorative charity ice hockey match at Braehead Arena.
On Friday night, a benefit concert was held at the Barrowland in Glasgow to launch a charity in memory of those who died.
Smith, 21, set a new 'snatch' personal best of 97kg in the -63kg weight division as she finished ninth overall.
Her subsequent 124kg 'clean and jerk' and overall total of 221kg beat Michaela Breeze's previous GB record.
However, GB need to secure more ranking points at the European Championships in April to secure a place in Rio.
That event, in Norway, represents the team's final opportunity to earn a sole berth for a British woman because they have not picked up enough points from the 2014 and 2015 Worlds.
Smith beat fellow Briton, 16-year-old Rebekah Tiler, who was 13th at the event in Houston, USA.
Tiler, who usually competes at -69kg, achieved 93kg in the 'snatch' and 118kg in the 'clean and jerk' phases.
Smith's placing at the event is the best result for a British lifter at a World Championships since Breeze came fifth in 2002.
"To be competing alongside some of the best in the world was a real privilege," said Smith on her Instagram account.
"Hopefully someday soon I'll give them a run for their money. Ninth place at the World Championships isn't too bad at all."
Two-time Commonwealth champion Breeze said: "That was a phenomenal effort.
"It's great to see her moving in the right direction heading towards Rio and I'm sure she'll go home now and say 'enough with the dieting, this is my weight'.
"We'll see them both go head-to-head at the Euros and it's going to one heck of a fight come that event."
China's Deng Wei set a new 'clean and jerk' world record of 146kg en-route to a total of 259kg which secured gold.
Russia's Tima Turieva claimed silver with 248kg as Hyo Sim Choe of North Korea took bronze with a combined total of 243kg.
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Silva scored just three minutes in from six yards out after Pablo Zabaleta had time and space to cross low from the right.
Middlesbrough goalkeeper Brad Guzan produced a number of fine saves to deny Silva, Leroy Sane and deflect an Aguero shot on to the post.
But Aguero finally made the result safe for the visitors when he converted from Sane's low cross to earn his side a Wembley semi-final.
City have reached the last four of the FA Cup for the first time in four years as Guardiola aims to win some silverware in his first season in English football.
The Spanish manager also had the luxury of taking off Sane and Aguero before City play the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie in Monaco on Wednesday. City hold a 5-3 lead after a thrilling first leg.
City had defeated West Ham, Crystal Palace and Huddersfield Town so far in the competition and completely dominated against Middlesbrough.
The visitors had 69% of possession and 10 shots on target compared with only three from the hosts at a packed Riverside Stadium.
City's movement off the ball was excellent as they repeatedly carved open a Boro defence that could not cope with the visitors.
Poor marking enabled Zabaleta to get free early on and his low cross was missed by Raheem Sterling before Silva lashed City ahead.
Only an outstanding performance by Guzan kept his side in it as he produced a number of saves to frustrate the visitors.
Aguero, who had earlier hit the post, got a goal he deserved when he finished well from the delivery from the excellent Sane.
For Middlesbrough, 18th in the Premier League, it was another afternoon to forget.
Not only were they outclassed, they also suffered two injuries to key players as forward Rudy Gestede and defender Bernardo limped off.
Gestede had two attempts - heading just over and also having a header cleared off the line by Pablo Zabaleta - before going off after only 26 minutes with what appeared to be a lower back injury.
Boro have scored the fewest goals in the Premier League - 19 in 27 matches - and may now be without a striker who only joined them in January in a £6m move from Aston Villa.
Defender Bernardo also went off early in the second half with 19-year-old centre-half Dael Fry coming on to make only his second appearance of the season.
Boro, against the run of play, had a late chance to score but John Stones cleared off the line after goalkeeper Claudio Bravo had parried Fabio's header.
With 11 Premier League games left, Boro can now focus their attentions on trying to stay in the top flight.
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It's not all about the FA Cup, they need to survive in the Premier League too, but Middlesbrough really couldn't have done much when City are in this form. They have had a football lesson.
City were always going to win this, we knew that when we saw the team sheet. They had put the big boys on the pitch.
Full credit to Middlesbrough. They are an honest, genuine side but were just lacking in a class finisher. It was 2-0 but it could have been a lot, lot more.
I do fear for Middlesbrough. They have got to be more adventurous against teams in the bottom half - the ones you think they should beat.
They are currently playing a counter-attacking game and, apart from Adama Traore, they don't have the legs to get forward quickly.
Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka, speaking to BBC Sport, said: "It is easy to say that the best team won, but I am really proud of my players - they made an amazing effort.
"This is the way we need to keep competing because we will win more than lose. The past two games were awful for us so I was a bit concerned about the atmosphere when they scored the first goal so quickly, but they keep going, with high pressure, trying to win back the ball.
"As a coach you can't be more proud of your players. I have told them now that I take much more positive things than negative."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "We were outstanding from the beginning. We have now played three teams from the Premier League and one from the Championship.
"We played a good performance and were there from the first minute. We have missed a lot of chances throughout the season and the game should have been over 30 minutes before. We need to improve that, but I am happy and we can play Monaco.
"When you attack good, you defend good. We want to play in this way. Claudio made a good performance and that is why we were able to have another clean sheet. I like to work with these guys. I'm so happy."
Manchester City are back in Champions League action against Monaco on Wednesday (19:45 GMT kick-off).
Both City and Middlesbrough are next in Premier League action on 19 March. Middlesbrough entertain Manchester United (12:00) before City play at home against Liverpool (16:30 GMT).
Match ends, Middlesbrough 0, Manchester City 2.
Second Half ends, Middlesbrough 0, Manchester City 2.
David Silva (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Adam Clayton (Middlesbrough).
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ben Gibson.
Attempt blocked. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by David Silva.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ben Gibson.
Attempt blocked. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaël Clichy.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Clayton (Middlesbrough).
Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Sergio Agüero.
Foul by Sergio Agüero (Manchester City).
Adam Clayton (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gastón Ramírez with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Fernando (Manchester City).
Gastón Ramírez (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces Yaya Touré.
Attempt blocked. Adam Clayton (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough).
Attempt missed. Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Antonio Barragán with a cross.
Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pablo Zabaleta.
Attempt blocked. Fabio (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Álvaro Negredo with a headed pass.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Clayton (Middlesbrough).
Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
Fabio (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ben Gibson.
Offside, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero tries a through ball, but Raheem Sterling is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
Substitution, Manchester City. Nolito replaces Leroy Sané.
Foul by Gaël Clichy (Manchester City).
Adama Traoré (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Middlesbrough 0, Manchester City 2. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leroy Sané with a cross.
Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Gastón Ramírez replaces Grant Leadbitter.
Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
Memon was hanged at a prison in Nagpur in the western state of Maharashtra.
The serial blasts killed 257 people, and were allegedly to avenge the killing of Muslims in riots a few months earlier.
India rarely carries out death sentences - only three other people have been executed since 2004.
There was tight security around the Nagpur prison on Thursday morning, and in parts of the state capital, Mumbai.
The March 1993 blasts targeted a dozen sites, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, the offices of national carrier Air India and a luxury hotel.
Memon was hanged hours after the Supreme Court dismissed a final plea to stay the sentence.
His lawyers had argued that executions can only be carried out after seven days have passed following the rejection of a mercy petition.
The court opened its doors in the dead of the night to hear his last appeal for mercy, but rejected it just before dawn.
The court ruled that because his first mercy petition had been rejected last year, the execution met the required rules, said media reports.
Memon, a chartered accountant, was sentenced to death in 2007 by a special court in Mumbai after being convicted of providing financial and logistical support for the bombings.
He was the only one of 11 people convicted for the bombings to have his death sentence upheld on appeal. The sentences on the others were commuted to life imprisonment.
The additional chief secretary of the state government confirmed to the BBC that Memon's body would not be buried inside the prison compound, and would be handed over to his family once a post-mortem had been carried out.
Memon's case has divided opinion in India, with many calling for the suspension of the death sentence.
Yakub Memon's brother, Tiger, is widely seen as having been the mastermind behind the attacks, alongside gangland boss Dawood Ibrahim. Both remain in hiding.
Several influential journalists, politicians and members of civil society had sent a letter to the president asking for him to "spare him from the noose of the death for a crime that was master-minded by someone else to communally divide India".
After decades of building giant reactors in domes big enough to swallow a cathedral, nuclear engineers are thinking small.
They believe part of the solution to the energy crisis will come from factory-built mini-reactors, just 23m (75ft) long, delivered to the site on the back of a lorry.
Fans of small modular reactors (SMRs) say they will avoid the problems of delay and cost over-run that has beset traditional reactors.
Most importantly, they say, "mini-nukes" as small as a tenth the size of a conventional reactor would be much easier to finance.
Finance has become the biggest obstacle to new nuclear plants.
The UK is locked in nuclear paralysis because EDF hasn't yet confirmed the funding for the planned Hinkley C nuclear power plant - despite the backing of two of the world's richest governments, France and China.
Footloose investors scanning the world for money-making opportunities tend to turn away when they see a nuclear reactor taking years to build, fraught with technical and political risk.
Solar and wind energy offer much more predictable returns in a fraction of the pay-back time.
But SMR fans say mini-nukes as small as 50 megawatts (MW) could change that. They suggest it's as simple as placing your order and waiting for a reactor to turn up. Then plug and play - and wait to get your money back.
If you want large-scale power, just line up a dozen SMRs side by side. It's a bit more complicated than that, of course, but potential offered by this technology is exciting governments worldwide.
In his most recent Budget, the Chancellor George Osborne announced a competition for the design of small modular reactors for use in the UK.
There are two catches.
First, there's still no solution (in the UK at least) to what to do with the nuclear waste. The government appears willing to go ahead with new nukes without knowing what happens to spent fuel and contaminated equipment.
Second, no-one has actually built an SMR yet, and it's likely to take until the 2030s or 2040s before SMRs are widespread and making a real contribution to hitting carbon emission targets.
The firm claiming to be leading the global SMR race is the US government-funded NuScale. It expects to have its first American SMR in operation by 2025, and hopes to be ready to generate in the UK in 2026 at the earliest.
The veteran nuclear champion Dame Sue Ion believes SMRs will play a vital role in the 2030s and 2040s when transport and home heating will need to be de-carbonised in order to meet the commitments in the UK's Climate Change Act.
"Personally I think SMRs are probably the future of nuclear," she says. "These things can be making a substantial contribution from the early 2030s onwards.
"I'm really confident because it's not new technology - it's evolutionary technology from light water systems that have been around for 50 years.
"We're not doing something brand new - we are just doing it more efficiently and cost-effectively."
The USA, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan and Argentina are all interested in SMRs. China has been operating a prototype since 2000. Several firms in the UK are showing interest.
However, there are cautionary voices. Experts warn that to make it worthwhile building it, a reactor factory would need 40-70 orders.
Yet given the strength of interest globally that may not be such a huge challenge in a world that's committed to predictable low-carbon energy.
And the time scale is a big stumbling point for many.
According to John Sauven of Greenpeace there's a high risk it will take longer than predicted to bring small scale nuclear on-stream.
"Remember the nuclear industry promised in the 1950s that it would deliver energy too cheap to meter," he says.
"Since then it's been completely overtaken by wind and solar energy which are much safer, reliable and cheaper.
"With nuclear it's always jam tomorrow. We've got to decarbonise the energy industry now."
Other critics warn that renewables and energy storage are progressing so fast that the energy industry won't need the sort of round the clock "baseload" power produced by nuclear in the medium term future.
The energy commentator Kees van der Leun tweeted: "By the time [of the 2030s and 2040s] the growth of cheap solar and wind will have obliterated the chance of making any money with 'baseload'."
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The prime minister said Monday's live TV grilling on Channel 4/Sky News had shown: "I am prepared. I am ready to go. Jeremy Corbyn is not."
She said she wanted a "deep and special" partnership with the EU.
But Labour's Angela Rayner said Mrs May had made the UK "a laughing stock".
Speaking in Wolverhampton, the prime minister said Mr Corbyn's position on Brexit would leave him "alone and naked in the negotiating chamber" with the European Union.
"He is simply not ready to govern and not prepared to lead," she said.
"And with Brexit negotiations due to begin only 11 days after polling day, he is not prepared for those negotiations."
She claimed Mr Corbyn had "lurched chaotically from half-baked plan to half-baked plan" since the Brexit vote, adopting seven different approaches to EU withdrawal.
She accused him of promising to tear up the government's Brexit white paper and ditch its Great Repeal Bill, which she said would set back the process of negotiation further.
"This is not the time for a weak government and a weak leader to be making it up as they go along."
Mr Corbyn's decision to rule out walking out of Brexit talks without a deal "means being willing to accept any deal, however bad, signing up to any bill, however vast, accepting any terms, however unreasonable", she said.
But shadow education secretary Angela Rayner claimed the way Theresa May had handled Brexit negotiations so far "has made us look like ogres across Europe"
"If you see the pictures now, Theresa May is at the back of the queue whenever she's talking to the leaders of Europe," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"We're a laughing stock across Europe and we don't need to be."
Christie, 26, clocked a time of 42.565 seconds to finish ahead of Canadian Jamie Macdonald and Netherlands skater Yara van Kerkhof.
The Nottingham-based Scot has been training with men and "learning to lose" to boost her medal prospects.
She was controversially disqualified three times at Sochi 2014 but won World Cup and European honours last season.
"It's been great to be back here in Calgary," said Christie.
"I haven't had the most straightforward of competitions with a few falls on Friday and Saturday. My coaches and support team worked with me and my equipment overnight and the adjustments paid off."
Christie was also part of the GB ladies relay team who broke the 3,000m British record on Friday.
The team of Christie, captain Charlotte Gilmartin, Kathryn Thomson and Samantha Morrison finished in four minutes 13.719 seconds, with the previous record having stood at four minutes 14.57 secs.
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Mortimer was due to take to the stage alongside Reeves in Glasgow next month as part of a 25th anniversary show.
Neil Reading, spokesman for Mortimer, 56, said he needed "several weeks" to recover from the operation.
Reeves said: "I'm so pleased the operation has gone well and Bob is fixed. Many thanks to the surgeon."
Their tour, 25 Years Of Reeves And Mortimer: The Poignant Moments, was due to start on 8 November.
Mr Reading said: "Bob would like to thank his consultant and all the nursing staff at the hospital for looking after him so well.
"He now needs several weeks to fully recover, so unfortunately the first leg of the UK tour will be cancelled.
"Bob very much hopes to be fit and well enough to perform the second leg in January next year."
The tour is expected to combine elements from TV shows like Shooting Stars and Vic Reeves Big Night Out, with characters such as Man With The Stick, The Stotts and Mulligan and O'Hare.
All ticket holders for performances from 8 November to 4 December are advised to contact their point of purchase for a refund.
It is hoped the January and February 2016 shows will go ahead as planned.
When the tour was announced earlier this year, Mortimer said: "Playing in front of a living audience is where it all began for us."
He added: "I will ensure that Vic arrives at all dates smartly dressed and unarmed. I promise not to mention football, JLS or apricots during the performances.
"Should you choose to attend, be warned - I will be not be wearing a toupee."
Fellow comedians and broadcasters have wished Mortimer well on Twitter, including Jack Dee, Charlie Higson and Sherlock actor and writer Mark Gatiss who said: "All love and luck @RealBobMortimer for a speedy recovery, pet."
Absolute Radio presenter Christian O'Connell said: "Get well soon @RealBobMortimer. The man's a true gent and been making me laugh for years."
Pointless star Richard Osman wrote: "The loveliest, funniest man you could ever hope to meet. Get well soon."
The heart is covered in blood vessels that feed it with oxygen and nutrients.
But fatty deposits - which are more common in smokers or overweight people - can clog up these arteries.
A heart bypass - official known as a coronary artery bypass graft - uses blood vessels from other parts of the body to rewire the heart's blood supply.
Arteries and veins from the the arm, chest and leg are used to bypass any blockages.
Some patients have only a single bypass, but it is more common for two, three (a triple heart bypass) or four grafts to be needed.
It is a common operation with around 20,000 taking place in England alone every year.
Athlete Stepanova, who helped expose state-backed doping, was ruled out when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned from Rio any Russian who had served a doping suspension.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) outlawed that ruling on Thursday.
But Stepanova, 30, said she was "hugely sad and heartbroken" at a lack of IOC support and therefore will not appeal.
Stepanova, who served a two-year ban for blood passport abnormalities in 2013, was not included in Russia's team but had hoped to be invited to the Games by the IOC to compete under a neutral flag.
She and husband Vitaly, a former Russian anti-doping official, said in a statement that the IOC had "turned a blind eye" to the risks the 800m runner took in exposing "systematic cheating in Russia".
"We believe that in exercising this discretion to deny Yuliya a place in the competition, it sends a message that the World Anti-Doping Code and the values of Olympism are merely words on a page," the statement added.
"As a result, we will not file an appeal to Cas."
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Alec Stewart from Dundee has completed seven degrees since returning to further education aged 65.
Mr Stewart started an MA General Studies last year and now plans to gain entry to another course at Abertay University.
The pensioner said his latest degree would be in either environmental science and technology or criminology.
He has previous qualifications from both Abertay and Dundee University.
These include degrees in American and French studies, town planning, sociology and philosophy.
Mr Stewart said: "After I retired I wanted to see what was possible and to go into higher education to do something I could enjoy.
"My three sons are graduates so I knew what it was about and felt I could cope.
"I've made a point in my late years of studying different subjects."
Mr Stewart started work as a labourer in Dundee before serving as an RAF radar operator for ten years.
He said: "I say to myself 'use your brain Alec and change your subject with each degree'.
"It means your brain is pretty full of a lot of stuff.
"I find that once in a tutorial or seminar group the younger students get to know you and they are always asking questions.
"They always want to know who the old man is."
Tax credit claimants with a household income of more than £20,000 will see any historic overpayments clawed back at a much faster rate.
The UK tax authority said this would cut the time that people spent in debt.
But campaigners have argued that some claimants will face "serious financial hardship".
Entitlement to tax credits - a top-up for those on low incomes - is generally calculated by referring to a claimant's previous year's income.
Sometimes, pay rises or more hours of work mean that claimants may receive too much from the tax credits top-up. This money then needs to be repaid to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
The amounts of overpayment can sometimes be quite high, but families may have spent the money, so find it difficult to repay.
Repayments are often made by reducing subsequent tax credit awards, and it is this cut in payments that has been changed.
Previously, payments were reduced by a maximum of 25% in order to pay back outstanding overpayments.
Under changes newly in force, but announced in the March 2014 Budget, those who still owe money to HMRC will see their latest tax credit award cut by up to 50%, if they have a household income of more than £20,000.
It is understood that HMRC want to retrieve previous overpayments quicker, so the books are settled before benefit claimants move over to the new system of Universal Credit.
Campaigners are concerned that clawing back the money too quickly could leave some families in financial difficulty.
"We fully support the need for HMRC to recover overpayment debt, but this should not be at such a rate that it has the potential to plunge people into serious financial hardship," said Anthony Thomas, chairman of the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group.
"This change is likely to catch people out, as they may not be aware that their payments are about to reduce by an additional 25%. This is likely to hit those with high childcare costs or who receive extra payments due to disability even harder, as their awards will be higher."
The group is calling on HMRC to protect those with high childcare costs or who receive payouts owing to disabilities to be protected from the new, faster, repayment system.
A spokesman for HMRC said: "This change is simply about recovering overpayments faster and more efficiently. It will allow customers to return to full payments sooner and reduce the burden on families who previously would have repaid their debt at a slower rate.
"We wrote to all affected tax credits customers to tell them about the measure in March, so that they can manage any potential change to their finances. If anyone is worried about being unable to pay their debt, they should get in touch with HMRC as early as possible, so that we can help."
The government says some of those affected will benefit from higher pay, thanks to the National Living Wage, and more generous tax allowances.
Exeter's chances of reaching the last eight are all but over after three previous losses in Pool Five.
But the Chiefs led 7-6 at half-time courtesy of a Thomas Waldrom try, before Bordeaux wing Nans Ducuing was sent off for an illegal challenge on opposite number Olly Woodburn.
Returning hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie clinched it for Exeter with a late try.
Exeter's 13-7 defeat by Bordeaux last Sunday virtually ended the English side's chances of reaching the quarter-finals.
But head coach Rob Baxter demanded a strong display, with matches against Bath, Saracens and Leicester coming up over the festive period.
Two penalty kicks from fly-half Lionel Beauxis, the second after Mitch Lees was sin-binned for slowing the ball down at a ruck, gave the hosts an early lead.
But Exeter hit back with a try from Waldrom, the number eight barging over from the back of a ruck after Henry Slade had split the Bordeaux defence.
Slade's conversion gave the visitors a slender half-time lead but Beauxis booted Bordeaux ahead again after Kai Horstmann stole the ball illegally at a line-out.
Eight minutes into the second half, Woodburn was taken out in the air by Ducuing as he claimed a kick and the Bordeaux winger was shown a red card.
Ducuing had his eyes on the ball but the fact that Woodburn was flipped and landed on his neck gave the referee no other option, according to the law.
A regulation Slade penalty edged Exeter ahead again before Cowan-Dickie rumbled over from close range.
Bordeaux full-back Geoffrey Cros should have scored in the corner but dropped the ball over the line before Slade made certain of victory with a late three-pointer.
Bordeaux's defeat makes Clermont and Ulster, who play each other on Sunday, favourites to advance to the knockout stages.
Exeter head coach Rob Baxter: "We have to keep challenging the players but ultimately, when you look at the changes we made and the fact we won, it's pretty pleasing.
"Some of our players, like Henry [Slade] and Jack [Nowell] will only get better from this.
"Overall though it's an excellent result and I was pleased with the attitude we showed in defence. That played a big part in us winning the game."
Bordeaux-Begles: Cros, Ducuing, Lonca, Vakacegu, Dubie, Beauxis, Audy, Taofifenua, Avei, Clerc, Palmer, Botha, Goujon, Edwards, Tauleigne.
Replacements: Doubrere for Audy (50), Civil for Taofifenua (63), Auzqui for Avei (63), Cazeaux for Botha (62), Madaule for Edwards (33).
Not Used: Poux, Serin, Buttin.
Sent Off: Ducuing (49).
Exeter: Dollman, Nowell, Whitten, S. Hill, Woodburn, Slade, Chudley, Rimmer, Cowan-Dickie, Williams, Lees, Atkins, Ewers, Horstmann, Waldrom.
Replacements: Campagnaro for S Hill (61), Low for Rimmer (56), Maunder for Chudley (56) Malton for Cowan-Dickie (74), Armand for Ewers (31), Dennis for Atkins (59), Holmes for Williams (45).
Not Used: J Simmonds.
Sin Bin: Lees (29), G Holmes (64).
Ref: John Lacey (Ireland).
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He won World Championship gold in 2009 at the age of 15, before going on to clinch European and Commonwealth titles, as well as an Olympic medal, all before he turned 20.
Many have since endured the pressure of being dubbed 'the new Daley', but on the same day he was crowned World champion for a second time, another 15-year-old from Plymouth was making his mark in a different kind of diving.
Aidan Heslop was below the age limit to enter the International Cliff Diving Championships in Switzerland, but was given special dispensation to compete - and triumphed from the dizzy height of 18.5m against his more experienced rivals.
Asked how his seniors would have felt seeing him beat them, Heslop told BBC Sport: "They see me every year, so they know what's coming.
"You're meant to be 16 to compete and the first year I came I was limited to diving from the lower side, but this was the first year I was allowed to compete from the high side."
Heslop has been cliff diving competitively since he was 12, but most of his training time goes towards the more conventional 10m platform events.
In June he won individual bronze at the European Junior Championships in Norway and the teenager is now targeting next year's Commonwealth Games in Australia, where he hopes to represent Wales.
"We have been in discussions. Ben Fox, the manager of Welsh diving, usually comes down to Plymouth once every month just to check up on me," he said.
"I'm quietly confident [of being picked]," added Essex-born Heslop, who qualifies for Wales through his mother. "There are a good four people who are ahead of me for England at the moment."
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Four-time Olympian and 1990 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Robert Morgan was the last Welsh diver to compete at a major championships - almost 20 years ago.
While 3m and 10m diving feature in the Olympics, cliff diving does not, though there has been talk of adding the sport to the Games to entice a younger audience.
"I'd be very interested [in cliff diving at the Olympics]," said Heslop. "It hasn't been put in yet because of the lack of nationalities doing it.
"It works exactly the same [as platform diving], it's just much higher with more somersaults."
Heslop does his cliff diving training at a quarry in Liskeard, which allows him to dive from as high as 24m.
His triumph in Switzerland came against 20 other competitors from nine countries - though the teenager still feels certain emotions before launching himself off the top.
"It's very dangerous, that's why they call it an extreme sport - but you have a boat nearby, scuba divers, and you have a certain skill level," he said.
"The smallest mistake can cost a lot really, so it needs to be very safe.
"There's a lot of adrenalin and you do have to be scared - if you're not, there's something wrong."
As the crowds dispersed after Australia won the first women's rugby sevens gold in Games history, Marjorie Enya entered the pitch and asked Brazil player Isadora Cerullo to marry her.
Enya, a 28-year-old manager at the venue, grabbed a microphone and delivered an emotional speech before the couple embraced to applause.
"As soon as I knew she was in the squad I thought I have to make this special," Enya told BBC Sport.
"I know rugby people are amazing and they would embrace it."
Enya said she had not been nervous about popping the question so publicly to her partner of two years, insisting: "She is the love of my life."
Cerullo, 25, was part of the Brazil squad who finished ninth in the inaugural Olympic outing for sevens.
They started as 12th seeds, having only qualified as hosts.
The couple live in Sao Paulo, where Cerullo, who has dual US citizenship, moved to focus on making Brazil's squad for the Games.
"The Olympic Games can look like closure but, for me, it's starting a new life with someone," added Enya. "I wanted to show people that love wins."
She has watched it with her family in Sweden for as long as she can remember.
The appeal of Britain's small screen dramas abroad is being dubbed "The Crown effect" after the biopic series about the British Queen.
Added to the impact of a weaker pound it is helping set the scene for a bumper year for UK tourism.
Linnea spent Easter visiting the Peak District, the Lake District and the Cotswolds.
"You have the lovely green hills. You've got the seaside, the cute houses, the pub culture, you've got everything," she says.
She's a fan of the property show, Escape To The Country, too, which is also shown on daytime television in Sweden.
A Barclays survey suggests that Linnea is not alone in choosing to explore Britain thanks to a passion for UK's small screen drama exports.
The popularity of the Netflix series, The Crown, dramatising the life of Queen Elizabeth II and a string of other recent successes such as Poldark, Sherlock and Downton Abbey are whetting travellers' appetites.
Amongst Chinese tourists interested in visiting the UK, 44% said TV programmes had driven their interest. More than a quarter of Americans planning a UK visit said the same.
On top of that, the weaker pound this year is convincing tourists from both home and abroad, that they'll get more for their money if they holiday here.
A third of those interested in holidaying in the UK cited the exchange rate as a reason in Barclays' survey.
Recent figures show that visitor numbers to the UK in January and February were 6% higher than last year.
VisitBritain, the UK's tourist body, reports that flight bookings to the UK for April to September this year are 21% higher than last year. And 2016 was already a record breaking year for in-bound tourism.
Barclays surveyed 10,000 respondents. Amongst those outside the UK, 63% said they were more likely to consider pitching up on UK shores this year. And responses from the UK suggest "staycations" could rise by around 30%.
Firms in the tourism sector are reporting an uptick in business.
"Operators are reporting good forward bookings. We're seeing the first few months exceed expectations," says Mike Saul, head of Hospitality and Leisure at Barclays.
Scott McCready rents holiday cabins on the Devonshire coast. He says sterling's fall last year following the referendum vote had a marked and immediate effect on his bookings.
"It went bananas. It was like someone flicked a switch. Within a couple of days all the available units to let were booked for whole of last summer."
He expects to be fully booked again this year, largely thanks to the trend for Brits to holiday at home.
Hannah Mercer, 35, will count herself among them this year.
In the past she and her husband, an American, holidayed in the States. This year, in part thanks to the poor exchange rate, they're looking closer to home.
"We'd want nice British experience like a country walk, a pub lunch, that kind of stuff" she says.
They're looking at Cornwall and Devon.
"It won't be dry all week," she concedes. "But if you get at least one or two days of sunshine, you've done pretty well. "
Speaking at a Bafta event on Monday, Lygo said he wants more "happy, life-affirming" dramas like The Durrells and The Good Karma Hospital.
"I bet you well over half our drama output will always have in some way crime at its heart," he added.
But he said such programmes "don't have to be quite so brutalised".
"I'm a bit tired of endless murders where in the first five minutes someone, always a woman or a child, is abducted, raped, knifed, killed or bludgeoned," said Lygo.
"In comes a hard-bitten cop with a drinking problem or a woman who never got over the fact that her parents were murdered and couldn't solve the crime, and in six weeks they find the killer and it ends up being Pauline Quirke around the corner.
"There are brilliant versions of that show and not great versions and I just feel: enough. They will always be around but the success of the Durrells was a positive thing, a sweet, happy, well-made brilliantly performed show, perfect for a Sunday evening."
There has been lots of debate over the last couple of years about the prevalence of rape and sexual violence in contemporary TV drama, including a recent opinion piece by Radio Times TV editor Alison Graham, who suggested "the brutal opening scene in ITV's new crime drama Paranoid is one murder too many".
One column in the Daily Mail described BBC Two drama The Fall as an "invitation to share an extended rape fantasy".
But the programme's writer, Allan Cubbit, defended the programme in an interview last month.
"There has been one female death in The Fall across the first 11 episodes and that was the character of Sarah Kay. The other ones are reported, but I only showed the murder of one woman on screen, which I needed to do to show what it was that Paul Spector [Jamie Dornan's character] was about.
"I don't expect to be applauded for my restraint, but I do think that compared with a great many other dramas I could mention The Fall has never indulged itself in that way."
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The Everton midfielder took part in training on Wednesday but is still regarded as a doubtful starter.
Wales have Ben Davies available after injury ruled the Tottenham defender out of November's draw with Serbia.
Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale and Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey are also fit having been sidelined.
The Republic will be without injured duo Daryl Murphy and Shane Duffy for their crucial World Cup qualifier against Wales.
Wes Hoolahan, Ciaran Clark and Harry Arter have withdrawn from the squad while Robbie Brady is suspended.
McCarthy has not played since 5 March because of a hamstring injury and was rated as extremely doubtful for the match at the Aviva Stadium.
He warmed up with the Irish squad in front of media at Abbotstown on Wednesday morning, and was able to continue for the closed part of the session.
Manager O'Neill and Everton boss Ronald Koeman have clashed on more than one occasion over the Republic's use of McCarthy on his return from injury.
Seamus Coleman, Shane Long and Jonathan Hayes, who sat out Tuesday's training, were all able to take a full part in Wednesday's session.
This is an enormous match for both sides, but the onus is on Wales to win as they aim to close the four-point gap between themselves in third place and the Republic of Ireland at the top of Group D.
Only the group winners secure automatic qualification for the 2018 World Cup, while the eight best of the nine second-placed teams must enter the play-offs.
With three wins and a draw from their opening four fixtures, the Republic of Ireland are in a commanding position.
They can afford to approach Friday's match with caution, knowing a draw would be enough to keep a sizeable gap between themselves and Wales, but the Republic's assistant manager, Roy Keane, is not entertaining that notion.
Asked whether his team's injuries would mean they play more defensively, his response was a flat: "No."
He added: "I know from working with the manager and the staff and the group of players we have, if you think our mindset going into the game on Friday night at the Aviva is a draw, then you are sadly mistaken.
"We're here to win."
For Wales, meanwhile, this is being billed as a match they must win.
After exceeding all expectations by reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2016, they entered this qualifying campaign as top seeds in Group D.
With a trip to second-placed Serbia to come in June, it would seem Chris Coleman's side would need at least four points from these two games to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for next year's tournament in Russia.
Coleman, however, is reluctant to declare Friday's encounter in Dublin a "must-win" match for his team.
"People will look at this and say it's do or die but I don't see that," he said.
"All I see is a huge challenge, a great game for us. We've always wanted to be involved in games like this, when the pressure is on for all the right reasons, which means we're competing at the right end as opposed to halfway into it and competing for nothing, competing for pride. That's not the case.
"We can't control how the game is billed by everybody else - everybody will sensationalise it. We will prepare as we always prepare.
"Once we start talking about points and the result, that's for everyone else to talk about. We need to concentrate on our performance and what we need to do to meet this challenge. That's all we've ever done and that's what we'll do."
Wales 0-0 Republic of Ireland (14 August 2013) An injured Gareth Bale watched from the stands as Wales played out a goalless friendly against the Republic of Ireland at the Cardiff City Stadium.
Speaking in the Polish capital Warsaw, Mr Trump urged Russia to "join the community of responsible nations".
The Kremlin rejected his comments.
The US leader has travelled to Hamburg for the G20 summit, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time.
He also faces differences with other leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said last week that the G20 would focus on the Paris climate deal - which the US has withdrawn from.
Up to 100,000 protesters are expected over the two-day event and police have warned of potentially violent clashes. They have already confiscated a number of homemade weapons.
"It's important because you have the biggest meeting of all of the leading rulers of the main countries in the world - the G20 - and I don't like some of the politics that they're doing, especially that of [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan, of Putin and of Trump," one protester told the BBC.
In Warsaw, Mr Trump argued that the future of Western civilisation itself was at stake and asked whether the West had the "will to survive".
He urged Russia to join the "fight against common enemies and in defence of civilisation itself".
Mr Trump referred to Russia's "destabilising" behaviour twice in one day in Poland. But the Kremlin spokesman has shrugged that off, saying simply that Moscow "does not agree". It's all part of the wait-and-see approach here.
Russia once had great hopes that Donald Trump could rescue relations from the pit into which they were plunged after it annexed Crimea from Ukraine. Almost six months into the Trump presidency, there may be increasing pessimism.
But the Kremlin is calling Mr Trump's meeting with Mr Putin on Friday an important chance to get acquainted. Perhaps it is betting that personal dynamics will help overcome policy differences.
After all, officials here insist that it is simply "Russophobia" in the US that has prevented President Trump "getting along" with Russia as he said he wanted.
They have certainly noted how in Poland he shied away from accusing Russia unequivocally of meddling in the US elections. Moscow has argued all along that there is no proof. In public at least, Mr Trump appeared to agree with that.
The US leader also hailed Poland as an example of a country ready to defend Western freedoms.
Poland's conservative government shares Mr Trump's hostile view of immigration and strong sense of sovereignty.
Giving a news conference ahead of his Warsaw speech, Mr Trump also:
NTV correspondent - "After the icy reception [Trump] was given in Europe in May, what he needs now are comfortable and favourable surroundings, a picture along the lines of 'look at how they adore us here'."
Ren TV presenter - Trump was keen to play on differences within Europe and help Poland "cobble together an Eastern European bloc opposed to EU leaders... Trump is only too happy to pour oil onto the fire of European discord."
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The 20-year-old, from Guernsey, came third at the British trials on Sunday to boost his World Championship hopes.
It has been a breakthrough season for Chalmers, who initially planned to run at the Island Games before pulling out.
"I actually got a phone call yesterday offering me a lane which I turned down, as crazy as that sounds," he said.
"If you're running at the Olympic Stadium, there's potentially a bit of money there as well and it would definitely have been the highest level race I've ever done in my life.
"But it's just the wrong timing, to put it plainly. I've run half-a-second quicker than I thought I would [this season] and that's suddenly opened a lot of doors, so I'm a victim of my own success a little bit."
Chalmers, who only started in the sport four years ago, ran 46.11 seconds at the 400m trials in Birmingham, just short of his personal best time of 45.64 seconds, set in June.
He missed out on automatic qualification for next month's World Championships in London, but hopes to figure as part of Great Britain's 4x400m squad.
"If they take five, six or seven athletes then, based off my performance, I'm definitely in the mix to be considered for that," he added to BBC Sport.
"But it's really out of my control now. I'll just have to wait and see whether I'm picked for that."
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Cameron Chalmers says he turned down a 400m spot at this weekend's London Anniversary Games to rest before next week's European Under-23 Championships.
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Pivac joined the Scarlets as assistant coach in July before Easterby announced his decision to move.
He takes over the head coach role with immediate effect, though former Ireland international Easterby will remain at the Scarlets until October.
"Joining the Scarlets was an exciting challenge for me," said Pivac.
"I am honoured that the Scarlets have the faith and belief in me to take the squad forward and build on the good work and solid foundations that Simon and his team have put in place."
Former Auckland coach Pivac said Easterby played a key role in his recruitment and he was also influenced by Llanelli's famous 9-3 win over the All Blacks in the 1970s.
"There were two factors why I chose Scarlets, the fact that Simon Easterby jumped on a plane and came to New Zealand rather than a lot of talks going on for a long period of time.
"[And] As a young boy growing up listening to the All Blacks play Llanelli in 1972 on the radio back home, I've never forgotten that moment.
"Knowing the Scarlets has a proud history, like the union I've come from, was important to me and coming to an area where they live and breathe rugby like home."
In addition to his role at Auckland, New Zealander Pivac coached Fiji to the Pacific Tri-Nations and was also coach of the side which won the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
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A total of 79 people are either dead or missing presumed dead after a huge fire engulfed the west London tower block last week.
Following the tragedy, the NI Housing Executive carried out an inspection of its 32 tower blocks for fire safety.
Concerns have been raised about the cladding installed on Grenfell Tower.
The Housing Executive confirmed cladding was used during the refurbishment of Eithne House and Cuchulainn House in the New Lodge area of north Belfast.
Whincroft House and Carnet House in east Belfast are currently being clad.
Last week, Colm McQuillan of the Housing Executive said the type of cladding on Grenfell Tower had not been used on tower blocks in Northern Ireland as far as he was aware, but that this was being checked.
"We have rigorously tested the cladding that has gone onto our buildings to an extent that it fits and meets all fire safety regulations," he said.
The Executive has now said that the cladding used in Northern Ireland is of a different type.
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The Magpies are yet to win a Premier League game under McClaren and are 19th with two points from six games - they have won three of 25 games in 2015.
"No-one said this job was going to be easy, we didn't think it would be," said the former England and Derby boss.
"I am trying to change a lot and being here two and a half months, it's very difficult to change things quickly."
McClaren oversaw a slump at promotion-chasing Derby last season in the Championship and has won only two of his last 19 league games at the Rams and Newcastle.
But having been appointed in June, the 54-year-old said he had discovered more about his squad in the last week following defeat by West Ham last Monday.
"Certainly, it involves hard work and sticking together and keeping calm and that is what we have to do," he said. "It is a long season, and we have come in and in the last week learned a lot about our team.
"There are a lot of things - mentality, getting a bit more belief, so there are things to work on. Things we knew before and now have just been confirmed. We will lick our wounds and work hard on the training field as normal."
Despite BBC pundit Garth Crooks claiming McClaren "could be out of a job by Christmas" if their form remained the same, the Magpies boss said: "There is history that needs changing and turning around, give it time.
"I believe in that squad of players and we need to fight. I think we did that in the second half, and nearly got back in the game."
"We thought the last two games would be a test for us and we would know a lot more and we know now this is a tough job."
Newcastle went behind to two Odion Ighalo goals as last season's Championship runners-up established control at St James' Park, where Newcastle have won twice this calendar year.
Daryl Janmaat's second-half goal gave encouragement to the home supporters, but they were left without any reward with Newcastle only scoring three goals in six matches this season.
Former Newcastle striker and manager Alan Shearer was unimpressed with what he saw on Saturday - and was clearly angry as he analysed their performance on Match of the Day.
"This is a Newcastle team that got battered by the media after they lost at West Ham on Monday. I thought they would go out today and have a right go. But no," said Shearer.
"Midfielder Flaurian Thauvin turned up at the ground in a tuxedo. That was funny at the start of the season but it isn't now. This is serious.
"It was far far too easy for Watford, who were brilliant but helped by Newcastle's defending. The lack of quality was alarming
"From start to finish Newcastle were abject and the manager has big problems."
Former Tottenham player Garth Crooks had earlier said on Final Score: "The more Watford go on and play the way they did today, the more they will gain belief. Newcastle lacked belief, ability and confidence, and McClaren is struggling to inject it.
"The way things are going, McClaren could be out of a job come Christmas. The expectation at St James' Park is sky-high. Can he match that expectation? I doubt it. The fans need to see something, effort at least."
Newcastle host champions Chelsea in their next Premier League game before travelling to top-of-the-table Manchester City.
Hospital sources told reporters that 34 government soldiers had been killed and 150 wounded in fierce fighting.
The coastal city was seized by the militant group in February 2015.
Forces aligned to Libya's government of national accord launched an operation in May to re-take Sirte.
Overnight, Libyan and US warplanes carried out air strikes and mortar bombardment of districts one and three in the north of the Mediterranean city.
Tanks and rocket-propelled grenades were used in the battle.
The brigades loyal to the government said IS militants had deployed five car bombs on Sunday to try to stop the advance.
Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) have walked out of Alfreton Grange Arts College in Derbyshire for the last five days.
The school's interim management decided to change the school day from five periods to nine this term.
Alfreton Grange, which has spent the last two years in special measures, is still rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted.
The Torch Academy Trust were asked to take interim control earlier this year in a bid to improve standards before it becomes a sponsored academy.
It said the the new timetable was designed to provide more pupil support time in order to secure higher achievement".
But Nick Raine, from NUT Midlands, believes the changes are actually damaging pupils' education.
"We're facing crisis in terms of pupils leaving and parents withdrawing them," he said.
Some parents said they supported the strike.
"The way it's running with the nine lessons, it's too much for the children," said Christine Gdula.
"They are not having time to get into their lesson, take their coats off, settle down before the lesson's finished. "
The A59 at Kex Gill, between Harrogate and Skipton, closed on 5 January after cracks were found on the hillside.
A survey showed part of the slope had moved 80cm (31in) following heavy rain at Christmas.
There were concerns over water that had become trapped in the slope.
North Yorkshire County Council has installed additional drainage channels and placed large rocks to strengthen a supporting wall.
The council said it had installed monitoring equipment in the slope.
Conservative county councillor Don Mackenzie said he was aware that the closure of the road had caused disruption.
"Stabilising these steep slopes above the A59 has been a difficult and complex operation and we have been working seven days a week to try to complete the work in as short a time as we are able safely to do so," he said.
"The slopes are steep and this high ground is subject to harsh weather conditions, but we have been able to push on with the work more recently."
Scotland's Martin Laird, joint leader overnight, is four shots off the pace after bogeying three of his final five holes at Bethpage Black in New York.
Argentine Emiliano Grillo and the USA's Rickie Fowler are 26-year-old Reed's closest challengers on six under par.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy carded a 69 to move to two under par.
The 27-year-old, who has had an ankle injury, is playing his tournament since missing the cut at the PGA Championship this month and chasing his first PGA Tour win of the year.
World number one Jason Day is among a group of six players, also including Jordan Spieth, who are tied for fifth on four under.
Olympic gold medallist Justin Rose made the cut after improving on his opening-round 73 with a one-under 70 that featured three birdies.
The Barclays is the first of four FedEx Cup events, with the overall winner earning $10m (£7.6m).
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Having lost the first leg, things were made worse for the Belfast club as they had defender Caoimhin Bonner sent off for a high tackle in the 11th minute.
Midfielder Vladimir Boljevic blasted in a superb strike to give the hosts the lead just before half-time.
Joan Tomas made it 2-0 to send Larnaca into the third qualifying round.
Cliftonville, who had lost the first leg 3-2, did not have many chances in the return match which was played in 28C heat.
Levi Ives saw a shot saved early on while former Portadown defender Chris Ramsey, on as a substitute, had a shot blocked.
AEK will play Spartak Moscow in the next round.
Cliftonville, who beat Differdange 03 in the first round, will now focus on preparing for the new domestic season.
Gerard Lyttle's men start the league campaign away to Ards on 6 August.
Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Roald Dahl's family favourite took £5.2m between Friday and Sunday, while the latest Star Trek film took £4.7m.
Third place, meanwhile, was taken by Andre Rieu's 2016 Maastricht Concert.
Screenings of the event made £1.4m, topping the new Ghostbusters' £1.3m.
The female-led "reboot" of the 1984 fantasy comedy topped the UK and Ireland box office last week.
Star Trek Beyond, the 13th film in the Trek series and the third to feature younger versions of the original show's characters, was the top film in the US and Canada over the weekend.
Rieu's orchestral show, which featured a 60-piece orchestra and singers, is now the UK's highest-grossing music concert, according to Screen Daily.
The previous box office record for a concert screened in UK cinemas was set by Rieu himself last year.
The Dutch violinist's 2015 concert made £1.1m from 460 cinemas - more than 100 fewer than screened this year's event.
This week's top five was rounded out by The Secret Life of Pets, which took £1.2m on its fifth weekend on release.
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The Sense report says most parents of disabled children also find negative attitudes from other parents a key barrier to accessing mainstream play.
Disabled children and their parents end up being excluded from communities in England and Wales as a result, it adds.
The government says disabled children must not be discriminated against.
The three-month Case for Play inquiry into the issue, chaired by former Education Secretary Lord Blunkett, found disabled children were missing out on play opportunities vital to their emotional, social and physical development.
It says insufficient funding at a local level, and negative attitudes to disabled children and their families are significant barriers.
Lord Blunkett said: "We know that play is vitally important for children with multiple needs and their families, bringing a wide range of developmental and emotional benefits.
"However, our inquiry found that all too often the parents of children with multiple needs point to barriers they face in accessing and enjoying play.
"It means that disabled children don't have the same chance to form friendships, and parents are prevented from taking a break from caring.
"Both disabled children and their parents are excluded from their own communities."
The inquiry heard from the families of 175 disabled children, with multiple needs, and received a further 175 pieces of evidence.
A snapshot survey of the families revealed nine out of 10 felt their child did not have the same chances to play as other children.
Two-thirds said they did not have enough information on accessible play opportunities in their area, while just over half had been turned away from play settings that had failed to meet their duties under the Equality Act.
The report also highlighted a lack of a strategic approach to funding play for children with multiple needs at a local or a national level across England.
A Department for Education spokesman said: "We are committed to ensuring disabled children can access early years education and that play opportunities are accessible to disabled children.
"We don't want to see any children discriminated against and to help this we have introduced the biggest reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disability system in a generation, focusing support on individual needs and aspirations."
The operation, involving the Department of the Environment, the coastguard and the National Trust, began just after 16:00 BST on Monday.
The initial suggestion was that it was a Sei whale which had died of old age, but the DoE later said tests had confirmed it was a juvenile fin whale.
Next to the blue whale, the fin whale is the world's second largest mammal.
Joe Breen of the DoE said the past summer had been "extraordinary" for sightings of both whales and dolphins off the north coast.
"We followed about 70 or 80 dolphins up and down the coast this summer," he said.
"We had reports of humpbacked whales off Rathlin and there was an unusual sighting of a Beluga whale off Dunseverick. We know things are happening within the sea."
Contractors for the National Trust worked to remove the whale from Portstewart strand.
They were helped by contractors who had been working on the nearby A26, when it became clear that they would need a much larger digger to lift the whale.
In the end, three diggers worked together to haul the whale off the beach.
"I have never seen a sight like it, three diggers in harmony pulled it up on to the trailer. It was incredible to watch," Mr Breen said.
Russell lost his whip in the Powerstown Handicap Hurdle and took Enright's stick before the final straight.
The stewards found that both riders had breached Rule 272, which is related to bringing racing into disrepute.
"I never set out to do this, it wasn't premeditated. The suspension has come as a bit of a shock," said Russell.
Russell was riding favourite Leave At Dawn, with Enright on Backinyourbox. Both horses finished well down the field.
The pair will are banned from racing on 20 and 21 December, as well as the action from 26-28 December, which includes big festive meetings.
The top seed faced a tricky first-round opponent in Makarova, Russia's world number 29, but won 6-3 6-3.
Williams, 34, will monitor how her shoulder reacts ahead of her second-round match against Vania King.
"I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see, I haven't been able to play that much since Wimbledon," said Williams.
"Every day I'll just see how it goes."
Williams had played just three matches since winning Wimbledon, but impressed against 2014 semi-finalist Makarova in the night session.
"I love coming out here in front of this New York crowd, it's super special," said the six-time champion, chasing an open-era record 23rd Grand Slam singles title.
"I got off to a really fast start - I wanted to get some momentum."
Venus Williams, seeded sixth, survived 63 unforced errors to beat Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine 6-2 5-7 6-4.
Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska and fifth seed Simona Halep lost four games between them as they progressed, while leading names Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and Juan Martin del Potro went through in the men's draw.
Australia's Bernard Tomic apologised after making lewd comments to a spectator - the world number 19 insisted he was "baited".
Tomic, 23, trailed Damir Dzumhur 5-4 in their first-round match when an exchange with a spectator began.
As well as two explicit comments, Tomic said: "I will give you some money to make you feel good."
Courtside microphones picked up the comments by Tomic, who would go on to lose 6-4 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-0) to Bosnia's Dzumhur.
""He definitely baited me the whole set for me to say that. But I do apologise," the Australian said of the spectator. "He was just sort of saying negative stuff.
"I had problems on the other end, as well, with a few people in the corner. They were saying some negative stuff to me, in my language of Serbian-Croatian.
"The microphones didn't pick that up. But I obviously caught the blame for that."
"I'm getting old, I have to work a bit more on my serve, I guess," joked Croatia's Ivo Karlovic after being told he only hit 10 aces in the final set of his win over Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun.
The 37-year-old set a US Open with 61 aces on his way to a first-round victory - 22 of them in the second set alone as Karlovic passed Richard Krajicek's record of 49 set 17 years ago.
"I knew there were a lot of aces because at one stage I was serving one on almost every point but I didn't know it was a record," said Karlovic.
Police confirmed the discovery following a search by emergency services which had been called to reports that one person was trapped in the vehicle.
The incident happened on Lapwing Road, next to the Braehead shopping centre in Renfrew, at about 13:20.
The car was later lifted out of the water by a recovery vehicle.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Inquiries are continuing to establish the exact circumstances of how the vehicle came to enter the River Clyde, with crash scene examiners conducting an investigation at the location."
A post-mortem examination will take place to establish the exact cause of death.
A hole could be seen in a safety fence where the vehicle crashed through and into the river.
The site is close to a large housing block, and a crowd gathered at the police cordon.
Witnesses said the car was seen driving "at speed" and clipping another two cars before breaching the metal fence and entering the water.
One resident who asked not to be named said: "I heard a loud noise and minutes later there were police everywhere then the helicopter arrived.
"I heard that it was a woman driving alone."
Iran and Kuwait are the most affected countries, largely because of sand and dust blowing in from Syria and Iraq.
Mismanagement of land and water amid conflicts in the region has been a key factor, as well as climate change.
Meteorologists say sand and dust storms are also happening in new places like some parts of Central Asia.
"In the Middle East there has been a significant increase in the frequency and the intensity of sand and dust storms in the past 15 years or so," said Enric Terradellas a meteorologist with the World Meteorology Organisation's sand and dust storm prediction centre for the region.
"One of the main sources of sand and dust storms is Iraq, where the flow of rivers has decreased because of a race in dam constructions in upstream countries.
"That has led to the disappearance of marshes and drying up of lakes both in Iraq and Iran, and the sediments left behind are very important sources of dust in the region."
Deserts have always been the source of sand storms in the region, but scientists say unsustainable mining, oil extraction and agriculture as well as intensive military conflicts are worsening the situation.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has predicted that Iraq could witness 300 dust events in a year within 10 years, up from around 120 per year now.
Iranian health department officials have said 14 provinces are affected today by dust storms, including Tehran.
"The air is so polluted here and I have developed breathing problem," Jasem, a businessman in Ahvaz in southwest Iran told the BBC, coughing over the phone.
"Coughing is usual thing for me now and we need to keep the windows closed and use the air-conditioner all the time."
Iman, a university lecturer in south-eastern Iran, said going out was becoming increasingly difficult.
"We can feel the sand coming in from the west of the country and we don't let our kids play outside the house."
Scientists said data from Syria was not easily available, but that there were enough grounds to believe that it is another major source of sand and dust.
"People aren't tending the land in agricultural areas appropriately - which means planting crops and tending them in a way that is sustainable - because they are off either being refugees or involved in the fighting," said Nick Middleton of St Anne's College, Oxford, one of the reviewers of the UN study.
"So the former agricultural areas, I suspect, are more active as wind erosion sources now."
Meteorologists say some parts of Central Asia are also experiencing the storms.
"The Aral Sea is drying up and the dust problem is also increasing in Kazakhstan and Mongolia, for instance," said Alexander Baklanov, another sand and dust storm expert with the World Meteorology Organisation.
The dust and sand from Mongolia and the Gobi desert reach China, the Korean peninsula and Japan, where they have caused major health concerns.
Storms from the Sahara desert are also believed to be spreading lethal meningitis spores throughout central Africa.
"A dust storm consists of massive amount of particulates in the air and when people breathe it, these can get down their lungs and cause respiratory illness and heart disease and so on," said Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, a health and climate change expert with the World Health Organisation.
The WHO has said dust storms contribute to poor air quality that is blamed for the death of 7 million people every year.
The two-day annual event, which concluded on Sunday, included a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and a Russian-built Cold War MiG aircraft.
Swansea councillor Robert Francis-Davies said: "We're certain it was a record-breaking weekend.
"The vast numbers who came along for the two days will have been a valuable boost to city centre businesses."
At the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition in London, scientists make visitors gaze in amazement as small balls vanish before their eyes.
This "invisibility stand" is one of the 22 projects being presented to the public this year.
Among them are special glasses that help blind people "see", tanks to capture sunlight and the so-called "smart traffic control".
Royal Society president Sir Paul Nurse told BBC News that the exhibition was a showcase not only for British science, but for the society in general.
"We have a constant evolution of our understanding of the world, and it's important to see how science can be applied for human good, how it can be used to improve the quality of life, to improve health and to drive economic growth," he said.
The project involving "invisible" materials - called metamaterials - has attracted a lot of attention, with school children taking turns to hear the scientists explain the nature of the research.
Metamaterials are materials unavailable in nature, in which the microstructure is changed to create unusual properties such as bending of electromagnetic waves.
"I've never quite seen anything like it before; and if one day, I could have an invisibility cloak just like Harry Potter, that'd be fun!", said 13-year-old Keil Smith.
Professor Ulf Leonhardt of the University of St Andrews, one of the project leaders, told BBC News that in future, this technology could be applied in the areas of communications, wireless energy transfer, sensors and security.
He said that the "magic" illusion of disappearance stems from bending light in an unnatural way.
"In the 'cloaking' device, you bend light around something so that you don't see the object, but you also don't see that the light has been bent - it enters the device in a straight line and it also leaves the device in the same direction in came from, as if nothing had happened to it," he said.
"This makes objects undetectable and therefore invisible."
Besides the "cloaking" device, the team also demonstrated how small balls made of sodium polyacrylate literally vanished as they were immersed in water.
Tom Philbin, also from the University of St Andrews, explained that the balls had the exact same optical properties - the same refractive index - as water.
"So if you have two materials that are different like these balls and water, but their refractive index is the same, then as far as light is concerned, they're exactly the same thing," he said.
Mr Philbin said that H.G. Wells used these principles in his classic novel "The Invisible Man" - his character made his refractive index exactly the same as air, so that light could not tell him apart from the air and he thus became invisible.
"But to do that, you'd have to change your entire composition, to make your refractive index the same as air, which you can't really do," added the scientist.
At another stand, visitors learn about facial recognition technology - and how it can be applied to robots.
The team behind the project seeks to understand how the brain perceives faces, and then "teaches" robots to recognise the emotions of people they interact with.
"By understanding our expressions and being able to make meaningful expressions back, this new socially aware technology will make it possible to fit robots into our daily lives in the future," the leader of the study, Professor Peter McOwan of Queen Mary, University of London, told BBC News.
Professor Alan Johnston from University College London explained that there were a number of places where robots and people co-existed in social environments.
For instance, he said, in Scotland one robot helped in an office, and in Lisbon, Portugal, robots were teaching school children to play chess.
"It's important for these machines to recognise how to act socially - to see when people are looking happy or sad," he said.
"And our robots are able to understand your expressions, to then change their faces accordingly.
"The robots can smile, look surprised, and do a range of different things."
Wind power has long been viewed as an important source of renewable energy - but scientists are now trying to use the latest technologies to improve turbines that have existed for decades.
Researchers from Coventry University have teamed up with pupils from Alcester High School to improve the efficiency of a wind turbine called Savonius that was developed at the dawn of the 20th Century.
The turbine generates electricity by converting rotational energy produced when the wind blows on the blades of the rotor, makes them turn, and then turns a shaft.
This particular turbine has always been considered a poor electricity generator - but the team has managed to make it more efficient by increasing the number of fins on the rotor.
"We've been testing in the wind tunnel, and we found out that the more paddles the rotor has, the more efficient it becomes, as there's more surface for the wind to blow against - and it can produce more electricity," said 13-year-old Eve Winsper.
Steve Sarson, head of technology at the school, explained that they used computer-aided design and manufacturing techniques to turn something that has been first developed a long time ago into a much better device.
Another energy-harvesting technology has also made it to this year's exhibition.
But this time, scientists from the National Physical Laboratory have researched ways to harness energy that is otherwise wasted - dissipated as vibration, motion, heat or sound.
Once captured, this energy is then transformed into electrical power.
One of the researchers, Dr Patrick Joseph-Franks, explained that there were several ways of doing so.
"One is a thermoelectric generator - if you warm two metal plates up by rubbing your hands, getting friction and thus generating heat, it then will be turned into electrical power," he said.
"The second device is somebody pedalling on a bicycle and it is connected to a generator, and the third system is a piezoelectric device - if you squeeze it or bend it, you put a strain on it and it produces an electrical signal and you can capture that."
None of these technologies are new, but today, it is becoming more and more economically important to capture energy instead of wasting it.
And some companies are already doing it.
In Tokyo, power-generating mats have been installed under the floors at two train stations - they capture the vibrations of the thousands of commuters and then transform this energy into electricity.
A report by Amnesty International accuses the Popular Protection Units (YPG) of razing entire villages after capturing them from Islamic State (IS).
This appeared to be in retaliation for residents' perceived sympathies with or links to the jihadist group, it says.
The YPG has consistently denied accusations of forced displacements.
However, the YPG - a key ally of the US-led international coalition against IS - and its political parent the PYD have admitted to some "isolated incidents".
Coalition air strikes, as well as air drops of weapons and ammunition, have helped the militia to drive IS out of large parts of northern Syria this year.
The Amnesty report came as the US said it had dropped more than 45 tonnes of ammunition to rebels in north-western Syria.
On Tuesday, Amnesty said its researchers had uncovered evidence of "alarming abuses" carried out by the YPG - the military wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) - in towns and villages controlled by the Kurdish Autonomous Administration in Hassakeh and Raqqa provinces.
Its report quoted one witness in the village of Husseiniya, in Hassakeh province, as saying: "They pulled us out of our homes and began burning the home... they brought the bulldozers... They demolished home after home until the entire village was destroyed."
Satellite images illustrated the scale of the demolitions in Husseiniya, Amnesty said. Of 225 buildings visible in June 2014, only 14 were still standing by June 2015.
Meanwhile, in villages south of the town of Suluk, some residents told Amnesty's researchers that YPG fighters had accused them of supporting IS and threatened to shoot them if they did not leave.
While in some cases residents acknowledged that there had been a handful of IS supporters in their villages, the majority did not back the jihadist group, Amnesty concluded.
In other cases, residents alleged that YPG fighters had ordered them to leave, threatening them with air strikes if they failed to comply.
"They told us we had to leave or they would tell the US coalition that we were terrorists and their planes would hit us and our families," one person told Amnesty's researchers.
In one incident, YPG fighters allegedly poured petrol on a house, threatening to set it alight with the inhabitants inside.
Amnesty said the YPG had sought to justify its actions, insisting that they were necessary for the civilians' own protection or militarily necessary.
"In its fight against IS, the Autonomous Administration appears to be trampling all over the rights of civilians who are caught in the middle," Amnesty's senior crisis adviser Lama Fakih warned.
The YPG is part of a new alliance of Arab and Kurdish groups, called the Democratic Forces of Syria, which was announced on Monday.
A Pentagon spokesman said C-17 transport aircraft, supported by fighter escorts, had dropped pallets of supplies overnight to Syrian Arab groups fighting IS in Hassakeh province.
It said the rebel leaders had been vetted by the US.
The air-drop comes days after the US abandoned a $500m (£326m) plan to train thousands of "moderate" rebels to fight IS.
Eyewitnesses said two women were hit when the panel fell on the 07:45 BST Southern service from Tattenham Corner to Victoria.
Katie Burkes, 28, said she suffered bruising and whiplash when the panel fell on to her shoulder. Southern said no injuries were reported.
Southern has apologised and said a full investigation has been launched.
Ms Burkes, from Purley, south London, said: "The woman across from me looked really panicked and then the whole ceiling came down and fell on my shoulder and her shoulder.
"Everyone in the carriage got up and was holding this panel up in the air, and then turned it on its side.
"The driver of the train came on and asked if everyone was ok, but the staff at East Croydon didn't know how to deal with it. There wasn't a manager there and no first aider.
"Southern needs to ensure it's safe. If someone was having a heart attack what would happen? They wouldn't have much chance with no first aider there. [Southern need to] be respectful of how much people are paying for trains."
A Southern spokesman said reports were received of a ceiling panel dislodging in one of the carriages on the 07.45 Southern service from Tattenham Corner to Victoria.
"Southern staff at East Croydon station boarded the train to attend to passengers and it was reported at the time that there were no injuries," he said.
London Ambulance Service confirmed it did not attend the scene.
On-loan players Josh Sheehan and Rhys Healey struck either side of the break for the hosts.
Ex-Newport midfielder Danny Rose hit back, but Kal Naismith fired a penalty high as the visitors dominated the latter stages.
Defender Enda Stevens levelled and midfielder Naismith made amends late on from a free kick to seal victory.
Newport County manager Graham Westley told BBC Radio Wales: "I've not gone in there and blasted them at all. It's disappointing, but if you let your emotion take over you can get angry about losing the lead.
"I'm sure there was a lot of angry people leaving the ground thinking 'how can you lose a two-goal lead?' Well you can lose a lead if you make mistakes that cost you goals against a good quality outfit."
Match ends, Newport County 2, Portsmouth 3.
Second Half ends, Newport County 2, Portsmouth 3.
Rhys Healey (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Christian Burgess (Portsmouth).
Substitution, Newport County. Mark Randall replaces Ben Tozer.
Substitution, Newport County. Jordan Green replaces Abdoulaye Méité.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Amine Linganzi replaces Noel Hunt.
Goal! Newport County 2, Portsmouth 3. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Foul by Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County).
Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Newport County. Marlon Jackson replaces Tom Owen-Evans.
Foul by Scot Bennett (Newport County).
Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darren Jones (Newport County).
Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Newport County 2, Portsmouth 2. Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Danny Rose.
Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County).
Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Sheehan (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Gareth Evans (Portsmouth).
Attempt saved. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Rhys Healey (Newport County).
Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Carl Baker.
Attempt missed. Josh Sheehan (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Darren Jones (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Noel Hunt (Portsmouth).
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Delay in match Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Abdoulaye Méité (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kal Naismith (Portsmouth).
Foul by Rhys Healey (Newport County).
Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot is too high. Kal Naismith should be disappointed.
Penalty conceded by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Portsmouth. Kal Naismith draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt saved. Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
The #tractorselfie4rob campaign was started in memory of Northamptonshire farmer Rob Chapman, 29, from Thurning, who killed himself last year.
Farmers as far away as Australia, the USA and Canada have joined in.
Money is being raised for the Papyrus charity, which campaigns to stop young people from taking their own lives.
The selfie campaign was the brainchild of Mr Chapman's friend Alex Paske, from Stamford in Lincolnshire, who described him as a man who "loved life and loved his farming".
This campaign is about "how to deal with depression if you do suffer from it... and remove the stigma that seems to exist, particularly within the farming industry," she said.
"There are lots of mental health issues within the industry for a variety of reasons, including isolation and spending long hours alone with your thoughts."
The tractor selfies are also intended to raise awareness of two fundraising fun runs taking place in December in aid of Papyrus.
More than 550 people have joined in and donated to a Just Giving page raising more than £3,000 so far.
"It's gathering momentum that we weren't expecting at all," Miss Paske said.
Those who do not have a tractor to hand "have been very creative".
They have been posing with toy tractors, tractor garden ornaments, curtains covered in tractors and pictures on computer screens.
Miss Paske hopes people will take selfies, nominate others and donate £1 for each nomination.
She added: "We hope to raise awareness of mental health within the farming community as well as keep Rob's memory alive with his greatest love at the forefront of it all - tractors."
Figures obtained by a BBC Radio Wales Freedom of Information request showed from the academic year 2013-14 to 2015-16 the number of allegations went up from 1,370 to 2,044.
A plagiarism expert said universities had been "caught on the back foot" by technology and were battling with a "culture" of copy and pasting.
The NUS said it was a "concern".
A spokesman added: "It's important to remember that the vast majority of students don't engage in academic malpractice at all.
"But those who have done tell us that it's because they're facing an incredible amount of pressure and they don't feel able to seek the support they need."
In the three academic years from 2013-14, 98 students from Wales' eight universities were prohibited from sitting future exams following allegations of collusion or plagiarism.
Dr Mike Reddy, an independent expert on academic integrity and plagiarism, said: "In some ways we're still assessing in a very 19th Century way, 'write an essay, write a report' and yet people coming up now have never lived without the internet.
"So we do need to reflect those changes [and] embrace those new technologies ourselves.
"I think the universities generally are being caught on the back foot.
"It might be that they come from a culture, background or experience where copy and pasting… is an acceptable thing to do."
He acknowledged lecturers were being put in a difficult position: "It shouldn't just be about policing and penalty because that's a very poor relationship.
"I don't want my students to see me as a potential police officer of judge and jury, I want them to see me as a colleague.
"Universities have got a duty of care to existing students... if a student walks away with a 2:1 it's something they earned, they deserved and not something they got because they copied and pasted."
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Cheating of any kind is not acceptable and poses a threat to standards at our universities as well as individuals and employers' confidence in the validity of qualifications gained."
Universities in Wales responded to the figures saying they took the problem "extremely seriously", that "robust procedures" were in place and "advances in plagiarism detection software" meant better detection.
Four-time world champion Scott, the second most successful sailor in Finn Gold Cup history, won gold at Rio 2016.
Mills and Clark improved on the silver won in London by winning Olympic gold in the women's 470 event in Rio.
"It's awesome for us," said 37-year-old Clark, who retired this summer following her third Games.
Awarded annually to one female and one male nominee, the winners will be announced on 8 November in Barcelona.
"I always think of the World Sailor Awards as the sailing Oscars so to be nominated for the first time is really exciting," added Clark.
"The standard of women's sailing is high and everyone within our category won gold in Rio so it will be really tough, but if we do win, it would be an amazing finish to our partnership."
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Nominated alongside Mills and Clark are Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands, France's gold medal-winning windsurfer Charline Picon, Argentine Cecilia Carranza Saroli and Brazilian 49erFX Olympic champions Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze.
Meanwhile, Scott will face competition from New Zealand pair Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, 470 champions Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic of Croatia, Argentina's Santiago Lange and Paralympic champion Damien Seguin of France.
The two sides are meeting for the first time in nearly three years to negotiate an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the two-state solution formula.
Who is taking part in the negotiations?
In Jerusalem, the Palestinians will be represented by senior negotiator Saeb Erekat and senior Fatah official Muhammed Shtayyeh. Israeli Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni and prime ministerial aide Isaac Molcho will represent the Israeli side.
US Middle East Peace Envoy Martin Indyk and his deputy, Frank Lowenstein, have been named as envoys to the meeting.
Since his appointment in February, US Secretary of State John Kerry has invested much political capital and time in convincing the two sides to resume talks.
What has happened so far?
The two sides met with US mediators on 29 and 30 July in Washington to officially launch the peace talks.
This came after Mr Kerry got the parties to agree to resume negotiations. The terms of the deal he hammered out have not been disclosed.
But as part of the process, Israel has agreed to release 104 long-serving Palestinian prisoners. This began with 26 in the early hours of 14 August.
The Palestinians, for their part, are expected to refrain from upgrading their membership of UN agencies.
The resumption of talks was preceded by the Israeli government's announcement of the construction of some 2,000 new settler homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The Palestinians voiced dismay but Mr Kerry said the move was "not unexpected".
Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are considered illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.
What are they talking about?
Mr Kerry said in late July that all final-status issues - Jerusalem, borders, security arrangements, settlements and Palestinian refugees - would be on the table.
He did not specify a timetable and added that both sides had agreed to keep the contents of meetings confidential.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an April meeting with Mr Kerry that Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state would be among the first issues.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told reporters in Cairo in July that the talks would focus first on borders and security.
What's the timeframe for the peace process?
The US has announced that final-status talks will be held for nine months. Officials on the two sides have indicated their agreement to this.
After the initial Jerusalem talks, the parties will meet later in Jericho in the West Bank, although a date for this round has not yet been set.
Why is it so hard to reach agreement?
The negotiations will resume amid challenging circumstances for both sides.
The Palestinians are divided politically between the West Bank-based Fatah and Islamist Hamas movement, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007, and has condemned the talks.
Some other Palestinian groups, such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), staged protests against the talks.
Mr Netanyahu also faces internal challenges. Despite the public support for peace talks, some of his coalition partners - for example the Jewish Home party - and members of his own Likud party oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state.
More importantly, the two sides appear to have wide gaps separating their optimal positions. The Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of their state, an idea that is vehemently opposed by some parties in the Israeli cabinet, who maintain Jerusalem should be the undivided capital of Israel.
Mr Netanyahu's government is likely to insist on keeping some Israeli settlements in the West Bank or East Jerusalem as part of a final deal. Previous talks have suggested mutually-agreed land swaps with the Palestinians as a way to achieve this.
What has been agreed in previous deals?
The 1993 Oslo accords ushered in a new era with the formation of the Palestinian Authority as an interim body and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
But the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 put the process on hold. Subsequent Israeli governments carried out more territorial withdrawals and signed further economic agreements, but without ending the conflict..
In September 2008, the two sides appeared to be close to signing a final peace deal during talks between former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Mr Abbas. However, this round ended fruitlessly after Mr Olmert's resignation over corruption charges and the alleged refusal by Mr Abbas to accept the Israeli offer.
What is at stake for the rest of the region?
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has long been seen as a driver of negative sentiment towards Israel in the Middle East and the wider Muslim world.
But the talks are resuming against the backdrop of regional upheavals after the Arab Spring. Since 2011, many neighbouring Arab countries, especially Egypt and Syria, have been in turmoil.
At stake is also the legacy of the Obama administration, and its push for better ties with the Muslim world.
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The 44-year-old Dutchman "intentionally insulted" King Willem-Alexander, accusing him of being a murderer, thief and rapist, the Dutch judiciary said.
He was convicted of breaking seldom-used royal defamation laws.
A Dutch political party has proposed scrapping the laws and the king has pledged to accept the outcome of any debate on the issue.
Profile: Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
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The court in Overijssel suspended 16 days of the sentence and the man will not spend any more time in jail, having already spent 14 days in preventative custody last year.
He was found to have doctored images of executions online to include the king's face in place of those of the actual victims, the judiciary said.
"This behaviour is unacceptable in our society and demands that a penalty be imposed on the suspect," it said in a statement.
The Dutch D66 political party is campaigning to abolish the lese majeste law, which was last used in 2014 after an activist shouted obscene slogans about the royal family during a protest.
Prosecutors initially charged the protester but reversed the decision after the move was condemned as an attack on freedom of speech.
The Netherlands' lese majeste law dates from 1881 and carries sentences of up to five years jail or a fine of 20,000 euros ($22,200; £16,700).
In total 18 prosecutions were brought under the law between 2000 and 2012, half of which resulted in convictions, Dutch TV reported.
The remains of three skeletons were found inside Rosslyn Chapel when work to the heating system required floor slabs to be lifted.
Radiocarbon dating of two of the skeletons indicates they could have been buried in the mid-15th Century.
They were possibly buried at about the same time the chapel was constructed.
It is thought the skeletons were male and that at least one of them had undertaken heavy or repeated physical activity, with well-developed bone surfaces at the sites of muscle insertions.
Bones that had previously been disturbed were also found in the chapel precinct, with these dated back to between the 15th and 17th centuries. These were thought to be the remains of an adult male.
The AOC Archaeology Group in Midlothian carried out the excavation and analysis of the bones for the Rosslyn Chapel Trust, with the bones then prepared for reburial in line with guidance from Historic Environment Scotland.
Lindsay Dunbar, fieldwork project manager at AOC Archaeology Group, said: "Opportunities to work at such a world-famous and iconic monument as Rosslyn Chapel come along rarely, so it was with great anticipation that AOC undertook the archaeological monitoring during the construction of the new visitor centre and works at the chapel.
"The discovery of both disturbed and in situ burials was especially exciting given the limited amount of excavation necessary within the chapel to complete the conservation works.
"AOC was allowed ample time to complete the full excavation of the burials and the good preservation of the human bone allowed full osteoarchaeological analysis to be completed.
"Whilst it is unlikely that the burials represent the clergy, it is clear that to occupy such a space within such a small chapel means that these burials are of people important to the chapel."
Ian Gardner, director of the Rosslyn Chapel Trust, said: "The analysis provides valuable information about the age of the remains but, inevitably, questions remain unanswered about the identity of these men and their roles here.
"Today's ceremony to reinter the remains was simple but a very fitting way to return them to Rosslyn Chapel."
The Rosslyn Chapel featured in Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code.
Jones and Dagnall were dismissed after an unseemly first-half tussle, with Dagnall catching Jones as he chased a through ball, with both players ending up sprawled in combat on the edge of the box.
Dagnall was shown two yellow cards by referee Darren England, while the injured Jones was issued a straight red and carried off on a stretcher.
Matt Godden had given Stevenage an early lead, the striker latching onto a short throw-in and volleying neatly into the far corner after his first effort was blocked by George Ray.
But Crewe - who could boast back-to-back home wins and a point on their travels from their last three outings - demonstrated their improvement under new boss Dave Artell as they piled on the pressure.
Jordan Bowery drove wide and defender Ben Nugent failed to get a close-range effort on target, instead helping the ball out of the Stevenage box. Jon Guthrie then volleyed wide after Callum Cooke's blast was blocked.
The game erupted between Dagnall and Jones in the 25th minute, with veteran keeper Chris Day coming off the bench to go between the posts for Boro.
Stevenage were undeterred as they doubled their lead in the 36th minute when defender Fraser Franks headed home after Luke Wilkinson had nodded the ball back across the box.
James Jones halved the deficit when he fired home from the spot in the 71st minute after Wilkinson tripped George Cooper but Stevenage held on for an eighth league success on their travels.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Crewe Alexandra 1, Stevenage 2.
Second Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 1, Stevenage 2.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Connor Ogilvie.
Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage).
George Ray (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Ben Nugent (Crewe Alexandra) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt blocked. Alex Kiwomya (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
Foul by George Ray (Crewe Alexandra).
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Callum Cooke (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dale Gorman (Stevenage).
Attempt saved. Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Luke Wilkinson.
George Ray (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Foul by Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra).
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Substitution, Stevenage. Dale Gorman replaces Matt Godden.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Attempt missed. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Charlie Lee.
Attempt blocked. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Stevenage).
Goal! Crewe Alexandra 1, Stevenage 2. James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Penalty Crewe Alexandra. George Cooper draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Charlie Lee (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra).
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Tom Pett (Stevenage) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Challinor, 41, took over in 2011 and won promotion to the fifth tier for the first time in the club's history last season.
He has won three promotions with the side since joining from Colwyn Bay.
"This has been in the offing for a while now and I'm delighted to get it sorted. I always wanted my future to be here," Challinor said.
The National League North champions have already signed six players this summer, with the new season starting in August.
John and Lynette Rodgers died on a beach at Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape on Friday 24 October.
A joint funeral is to be held for the couple at First Holywood Presbyterian Church in Holywood, County Down, where they were married two weeks ago.
The ceremony is due to take place on the morning of Monday, 2 November.
Mrs Rodgers, 26, was a physiotherapist from Holywood.
Her 28-year-old husband was originally from Ballygowan, County Down, and worked for a printing company in Holywood.
Following a 3-0 win over hosts VFL Osnabruck earlier in the afternoon, Lex Immers gave Cardiff the lead against St Pauli.
Maurice Litka equalised for but Lasse Sobiech's own goal before the break sealed victory for Cardiff.
Frederic Gounongbe, Declan John and Anthony Pilkington scored in the win over Osnabruck.
Summer signing Gounongbe headed Cardiff in front from Fabio's cross during the first half of a game played over two periods of 30 minutes.
Second half goals from Wales international John and Pilkington sealed victory.
But protesters remain at the sites in Central district and Mong Kok, and police said their action was aimed at easing traffic, not ending protests.
The protesters, calling for full democracy, have occupied parts of Hong Kong for more than two weeks.
China has agreed to direct elections for Hong Kong's leader in 2017 but wants to control who can stand.
Protesters say this is not democracy.
The early days of the protests saw huge numbers attend nightly rallies. At the end of last month tensions escalated after police used tear gas and baton charges on protestors.
Since then, there has been no use of force and police presence has been minimal.
In recent days numbers on the streets have dropped but small groups, some sleeping in tents, remain at the three sites at Mong Kok, at Causeway Bay and in Central, around government offices.
On Monday during the operations in Central and Mong Kok, police wore high-visibility jackets but no riot gear.
"Today we haven't come to clear the area," one police officer told protesters, the Associated Press reports. "We just want to clear the barricades blocking the road and take back the government's tools and other property."
The police action came a day after Hong Kong's leader CY Leung stressed that Beijing would not change its mind on reforms despite the protests.
He did not rule out the use of force to end the demonstrations.
"We've resorted to all kinds of persuasions... We absolutely would not prefer clearing the venue, but if one day the venue has to be cleared, I believe the police will use their professional judgement and training using minimum amount of force," he said.
Mr Leung again ruled out resigning and said that the protest movement had "lost control".
Mr Leung's government called off talks with protesters a day before they were to take place last week, saying students' refusal to end their campaign had made "constructive dialogue" impossible.
His new album, Blackstar, reached number one, selling almost 150,000 copies since its release last week.
It had already been on course to top the charts before news of his death was announced on Monday, said the Official Charts Company.
Thirteen Bowie tracks also entered the top 100, led by Heroes at number 12.
The song, which originally peaked at 24 in 1977, is joined in the top 40 by Life On Mars, Starman, Let's Dance and Space Oddity.
In total, Bowie sold 241,000 albums and 167,000 singles over the course of the week, while his songs were streamed more than 19 million times on services like Apple Music and Spotify, which said streams jumped by 2,822% following news of his death.
The star accounts for 25% of this week's Top 40, with the best-sellers including greatest hits collections Nothing Has Changed and Best Of 1969/1974.
Hunky Dory was the most popular of the Bowie's classic albums, charting at 14. The 1971 record includes the singles Life on Mars and Changes, as well as Kooks, an ode to Bowie's son whose lyrics went viral earlier this week.
BBC 6 Music is celebrating the music of David Bowie this weekend with specials from Steve Lamacq and Adam Buxton.
Elsewhere, Justin Bieber maintained his grip on the top five singles, with his Ed Sheeran-penned ballad Love Yourself spending a sixth week at the top.
His previous singles Sorry and What Do You Mean each slipped one place - to three and four respectively - pushed down by Shawn Mendes' new single Stitches.
The top five was rounded off by Sigala's dance track Sweet Lovin', up from number eight last week.
Elsewhere, Little Mix scored their 13th top 40 hit with Secret Love Song a duet with US singer Jason Derulo, which entered the chart at 34; while Craig David's career comeback continues apace, as the grime collaboration When The Bassline Drops, featuring Big Narstie, climbs 21 places to Number 15.
In doing so, it gives the British singer his first top 20 single since 2007's Hot Stuff (Let's Dance).
In the album chart, Elvis Presley holds firm at number two with If I Can Dream, featuring orchestral arrangements of his biggest hits. Adele's 25 fell to number three, giving up the top spot for the first time since its release last November.
Justin Bieber's Purpose is at four, while Stevie McCrorie - who won last year's edition of The Voice UK - scores a new entry at 35 with his first post-victory release, Big World.
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A Mercedes hit cables and conductors in the city centre, with a man, 32, arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
The incident happened early Sunday morning with an electrical box catching fire after being hit.
A Western Power Distribution spokesman said power to most homes was restored within five minutes.
The midfielder is doubtful with a hamstring injury sustained five minutes from the end of Saturday's Premiership defeat by Crusaders at Seaview.
The 29-year-old is the club's second top scorer this season, having notched 18 goals, 12 of those from penalties and four from free-kicks.
Kane joined Ballymena from Cliftonville in 2011 and can play at right back.
Only striker Cathair Friel, with 19 goals, has found the net more often for United than Kane.
Both Ballymena and Carrick are looking to win the League Cup for the first time in their history and the clubs are meeting in a domestic decider for the first time since the 1984 Irish Cup final, which Ballymena won 4-1.
United have picked up the County Antrim Shield twice in recent years, but were losing finalists in the 2014 Irish Cup final and the 2015 League Cup decider.
Carrick last picked up senior silverware in the 1992-93 season, when they collected the County Antrim Shield.
Ballymena manager David Jeffrey won the League Cup six times during his time as manager of Linfield.
Ballymena reached the final by beating Newington YC, Linfield, Warrenpoint Town and Coleraine while Carrick accounted for Ballyclare Comrades, Armagh City, Dungannon Swifts and Glenavon.
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Hans Lipschis was taken into custody in Aalen after prosecutors concluded there was "compelling evidence" that he had been complicit in murder.
Mr Lipschis acknowledges he served with the Waffen SS at the camp in occupied Poland, but claims he was only a cook.
Last month, the Simon Wiesenthal Center named him as number four on its list of most-wanted Nazis.
The organisation accused him of participating in the mass murder and persecution of innocent civilians, primarily Jews, at Auschwitz between October 1941 and 1945.
"This is a very positive step, we welcome the arrest, I hope this will only be the first of many arrests, trials and convictions of death camp guards," the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Efraim Zuroff told AFP news agency.
Mr Lipschis is the first person arrested as a result of a series of new investigations launched by the German authorities into some 50 former Auschwitz guards who are still alive.
His house was searched by police and he was then brought before a judge and remanded in custody.
An indictment against him is currently being prepared, according to the Stuttgart prosecutor's office.
Auschwitz was the biggest Nazi extermination camp, where more than 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, were murdered.
Prosecutors have pointed to a re-interpretation of criminal law after the conviction of John Demjanjuk in May 2011.
Demjanjuk was found guilty of being an accessory to the murder of 28,060 Jews while he was a guard at the Sobibor death camp in occupied Poland.
His case means that potential defendants might no longer be able to hide behind the argument, in court, that they were simply following orders.
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Mr Lipschis' wartime identification papers prove he belonged to an SS company deployed as guards in Auschwitz. He was reportedly granted "ethnic German" status by the Nazis.
He has told neighbours and reporters he worked only as a cook and saw nothing of the gas chambers and crematoria.
One German newspaper has previously reported that Mr Lipschis, who was born in what is now Lithuania in 1919, finished World War II fighting for Germany on the eastern front.
He moved to Chicago in the US in 1956, where he lived until 1983, when he was expelled for having concealed his Nazi past.
At the time it could not be proved that he was personally responsible for any killings.
He returned to Germany and his whereabouts, in Aalen, have apparently always been known to the authorities.
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Callum Wilson's bicycle kick opened the scoring for Bournemouth after Max Gradel's deflected header fell kindly.
The Cherries were forced to make three substitutions through injuries as goalkeeper Artur Boruc was a spectator for much of the game.
But Vardy levelled after being fouled in the box with four minutes to play.
The 28-year-old's hard running was the brightest feature Leicester's display and he tricked Bournemouth defender Steve Cook into scything him down with some neat footwork.
The result means Claudio Ranieri remains unbeaten in his first four matches in charge of the Foxes, while Eddie Howe's Bournemouth go into the international break with four points from their first four games in the top flight.
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Riyad Mahrez had been Leicester's stand-out performer of the season so far, scoring four goals in the first three games.
But against Bournemouth he was taken off at half-time after a poor display. The 24-year-old was clattered into by Max Gradel almost immediately from kick-off and Ranieri said after the game the Algerian winger had struggled to recover.
Instead it was Bournemouth who looked by far the more dangerous side in the opening 45, but in the second half they struggled to cope with the changes enforced on them by injury.
Boruc had a quiet first half but remained alert to save from Jeff Schlupp and Danny Drinkwater before Vardy levelled from the penalty spot - despite the Polish goalkeeper getting a hand on it.
With England playing San Marino and Switzerland in two European Championship qualifiers next Saturday and Tuesday, it will not have escaped manager Roy Hodgson's attention that it is an Englishman who jointly leads the Premier League scoring charts.
Wilson scored a brilliant hat-trick in last weekend's 4-3 win at West Ham and got his fourth goal of the campaign to level with Mahrez after showing brilliant predatory technique to turn home Bournemouth's first-ever top flight goal at home.
Charlie Daniels' cross from the left was met by Gradel, his header hit a Leicester back and Wilson swivelled sharply before smashing home beautifully with his back to goal.
The 23-year-old is not in contention for a place in Hodgson's squad but had his link-up play with summer signing Lee Tomlin been slightly more polished, he could have scored a few more.
Tomlin showed good promise in the playmaker role but Leicester's defence was solid. At times you might argue it was too solid, as first Bournemouth left-back Daniels, then his £8m replacement Tyrone Mings, who came on for his Premier League debut, and lastly winger Gradel were all forced off through injury.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe, speaking to BBC Sport: "We were still dominant for long periods but I think the injuries were key in the game, particularly in our ability to change tactically, and it's not nice when you see your team-mates going of injured.
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"They all look nasty and at the moment they are in the treatment room being assessed, although we won't know how serious they are until they get scanned.
"I think we've had a decent enough start in terms of performances. I'm a bit disappointed not to have got more points. I thought we could have got three today, but sometimes you have to be a grateful for a point."
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri, speaking to BBC Sport: "We conceded the goal and until then we were playing well. After the goal we slowed down the tempo and had no great personality.
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"There were 10 minutes when Bournemouth played very well. In the second half we put them under pressure and made some good chances. I think at the end we deserved to draw.
"It's important to take one point from a difficult match. We have a week now where the players go to their national team and when they come back we must re-start with the same mentality."
Bournemouth will be hopeful of picking up more points from their next three games against Norwich, Sunderland and Stoke after the international break.
Leicester will look to keep their good run going through matches against Aston Villa and Stoke before welcoming Arsenal.
Match ends, Bournemouth 1, Leicester City 1.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 1, Leicester City 1.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Tommy Elphick.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Yohan Benalouane.
Attempt blocked. Simon Francis (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Tomlin.
Marc Pugh (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yohan Benalouane (Leicester City).
Foul by Callum Wilson (Bournemouth).
Wes Morgan (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City).
Substitution, Leicester City. Yohan Benalouane replaces Ritchie de Laet.
Offside, Bournemouth. Simon Francis tries a through ball, but Callum Wilson is caught offside.
Goal! Bournemouth 1, Leicester City 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Penalty conceded by Steve Cook (Bournemouth) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Leicester City. Jamie Vardy draws a foul in the penalty area.
Adam Smith (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City).
Attempt missed. Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Shinji Okazaki.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Adam Smith.
Foul by Adam Smith (Bournemouth).
Joe Dodoo (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Eunan O'Kane (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Eunan O'Kane (Bournemouth).
Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Adam Smith (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Joe Dodoo (Leicester City).
Marc Pugh (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Joe Dodoo (Leicester City).
Substitution, Leicester City. Joe Dodoo replaces Marc Albrighton.
Lee Tomlin (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City).
Foul by Callum Wilson (Bournemouth).
Robert Huth (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
Foul by Marc Pugh (Bournemouth).
Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Marc Pugh replaces Max Gradel because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
The 32-year-old was offered reduced terms by the Bluebirds, but has decided to end his 10-year stay at the club and drop down a division to League One.
The former Aston Villa trainee and England Under-21 international made 450 appearances for the Welsh side.
Whittingham is boss Tony Mowbray's first signing since Rovers' relegation.
"I've had ten-and-a-half awesome years at Cardiff City, reached several cup finals that I never thought I'd reach, won promotion and played a lot of games at this great club," Whittingham said in a statement on Cardiff's website.
"For me now, it is time for a new challenge. I'm not one of those footballers who can train all week and sit and watch a match. I want to play as many games as possible - and I think at this stage of my career this move will help me to do so."
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The 37-year-old was expected to appear at Glasgow's Justice of the Peace Court on Monday.
The warrant was granted by Justice of the Peace Alistair McLean after the player did not appear.
Mr McCulloch is alleged to have driven at 81mph in a 60mph zone on the M8 motorway on 8 July last year.
The party blamed an "administrative error" for failing to register the accommodation costs of activists involved in the Battlebus 2015 operation.
The admission follows a Channel 4 investigation.
A Conservative spokesman said the party had already brought the error to the attention of the Electoral Commission.
The Tories insisted the Battlebus operation was part of the national campaign organised by Conservative Campaign HQ and, as such, the expenditure did not form part of the spending by individual candidates.
But Channel 4 said its investigation suggested the operation was focused at a local level, so should have been declared as such.
An Electoral Commission spokeswoman said: "The commission is currently conducting an investigation into the Conservative Party's 2015 General Election spending return and will consider carefully any new allegations that are raised as part of the Channel 4 news programme.
"In line with the commission's enforcement policy, the commission does not comment on ongoing investigations, as to do so may hinder the conduct of the investigation."
The Conservative Party issued a statement saying its activists were campaigning "across the country for the return of a Conservative government" and, as such, their activities were regarded as national not local expenditure.
"As is apparent from our national return, the party declared expenditure related to our CCHQ-organised Battlebus," it said.
"However, due to administrative error it omitted to declare the accommodation costs of those using the vehicles. This is something we have already brought to the attention of the Electoral Commission in order to amend the return."
"The party always took the view that our national Battlebus, a highly-publicised campaign activity, was part of the national return - and we would have no reason not to declare it as such, given that the party was some millions below the national spending threshold. Other political parties ran similar vehicles which visited different parliamentary constituencies as part of their national campaigning."
The 31-year-old made 22 league appearances last season and has been appointed vice-captain.
Ashton, who has previously played for Shrewsbury and Wrexham, joins former team-mate Ashley Grimes at Haig Avenue.
"He was always going to be my first-choice left-back," manager Andy Bishop told the club website.
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Isaac Cumberlidge, from Castle Primary School in Mow Cop, Staffordshire, also scored 100% in a Sats maths paper.
The number-crunching prodigy "has the ability to understand complex ideas far beyond his years", his head teacher Jill Mason said.
Isaac's mother, Gail Cumberlidge, said the family were "delighted with his achievement".
Calculating he might be able to streak ahead of his age group, Issac joined weekly maths masterclasses at Congleton High School two years ago.
He also received one-to-one support from the senior school.
The modest maths-master said: "The teachers have been fantastic at both schools and I am looking forward to the next challenge."
Ms Mason revealed Isaac "enjoys the challenge of solving number problems".
She said: "Although we are not surprised by his fantastic performance in the exam, as we knew he would do really well, we are still extremely proud of him and his personal triumph."
His beaming mum added that, although "naturally talented," Isaac had "worked extremely hard this year".
Gervais tweeted that he was "over the moon" to be recognised for his Channel 4 comedy Derek, while Carter said he was "thrilled and delighted".
Carter's co-star Joanne Froggatt said she was "humbled" by her own citation.
Yet Lee Daniels, creator of Empire, has expressed disappointment at his hit show only receiving three nominations.
The director of Precious and The Butler posted a strongly-worded video on Instagram appearing to take aim at members of the Television Academy, organisers of the annual awards ceremony.
The show's only nomination in the acting categories was for Taraji P Henson, for outstanding lead actress in a drama.
Daniels has since released a new message suggesting he was "just having fun".
Five-time Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus responded to her latest nomination in the voice of her latest character, Veep's Selina Meyer.
"As President, my staff and I are too busy doing the people's business to watch television," said the ex-Seinfeld star, who has now won three Emmys for Armando Iannucci's political satire.
"Nonetheless, we are thrilled to be a part of this celebration of creativity."
The actress finished her statement with the words "Go Jon Hamm!" - a reference to the Mad Man star's nomination for outstanding lead actor in a drama series.
The actor, who plays ad man Don Draper in the critically acclaimed series which has just come to an end, has been nominated for the award every year since 2008 but has yet to win.
Hamm's cast-mate Elisabeth Moss called her nomination for the lead actress in a drama award "the most amazing surprise" and "incredibly humbling".
Viola Davis, meanwhile, said "it would be great to bust through and make history" by becoming the first black actress to claim the lead actress in a drama prize.
The How to Get Away with Murder star is one of two African-Americans up for the award, the other being Henson for Empire.
Emilia Clarke, up for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, said it felt "bloody amazing" to be nominated alongside her Game of Thrones co-star Lena Headey.
"To finally have two of us in a category, two women, it's very cool," said Headey, adding that she had learned about her own nomination on Thursday morning after being kept up all night by her new baby daughter.
"My new baby's been awake all night, so I feel like she may have known something I didn't," the British actress told Variety.
Game of Thrones is up for 24 nominations in all, five more than its nearest competitor, American Horror Story: Freak Show.
David Oyelowo, who missed out on an Oscar nomination last year for Selma, said it was "incredibly gratifying" to be nominated for lead actor in a limited series or TV movie for HBO drama Nightingale.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, said she was hoping to have "a glass of champagne or some tequila" to celebrate being recognised for her role in BBC series The Honourable Woman.
"I will celebrate by jumping up and down at every alley and every step of the way in Paramount Studios," said Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor when asked how he would mark his inclusion in the lead actor in a comedy series.
"I will make a spectacle of myself," he continued.
Jane Krakowski, meanwhile, said her supporting actress nomination for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt would give her "motivation to stay on [her] diet".
"When I got the call that I received a nomination, I thought I was being Punk'd," she told the Hollywood Reporter. "My heart has not settled down."
This year's Emmy awards ceremony, hosted by Saturday Night Live star Andy Samberg, will be held in Los Angeles on 20 September.
The island nation beat Botswana 1-0 at home earlier this year to register their maiden victory in either Africa Cup of Nations or World Cup qualifying.
It came at the 20th time of asking and leaves Comoros with an outside chance of reaching next year's Nations Cup.
"Now we are confident we can win at home," Abdou told BBC Sport.
"We have to win this game to hope to be able to go through. It will be tough to be honest but we are aiming to win and will see what happens after that."
Even with a shock victory against the Burkinabe, Comoros would also need to register a historic first qualifying away win - in Uganda in September - to have any chance of an unlikely qualification for Gabon 2017.
Lying bottom of Group D with three points, four behind joint leaders Burkina Faso and Uganda, Comoros' faint dreams are also relying on other results going their way.
Nonetheless, the victory over Botswana - which came more than 3,000 days after first contesting a qualifier - has established new targets, especially for the fans.
"They think we are going to be in a tournament - that's normal as a fan," said Abdou, who has captained the side since 2011.
"The fans over there believe in us and we have to believe in ourselves as well."
The Botswana result beat Comoros' previous best in qualifiers which came in 2018 World Cup qualifying when they earned an away goals win over Lesotho in the first round.
That victory set up a tie against Ghana who they held to a goalless draw in Comoros before being eliminated after losing 2-0 away.
"At home everything is possible," said Abdou, who plays for Millwall in the third tier of English football.
"At home we feel confident and we can make this game hard for them."
Abdou hopes youngsters back home dreaming of a life in sport can follow his example of making it in Europe, where nearly all the squad are based - most of them in France.
However, he says they are being held back by a lack of facilities in his impoverished nation, an archipelago of islands in the Indian Ocean with a population of around 750,000.
"The young players are hungry to learn," the 31-year-old explained.
"I think they have a bright future but of course we need help and a lot of new facilities to make them train every day - week in, week out - to be good footballers. We have a lack of facilities."
"We also need a lot of coaches to make them train like here in Europe and I think that will help."
Comoros are one of Africa's lowest-ranked teams, rated 49th by Fifa out of the continent's 54 nations, but their placing of 159 is the highest since they joined the game's world governing body in 2005.
Abdou credits an increase in experience - with the team having played their maiden African qualifier as relatively recently as 2007 (in a joint 2010 World Cup/Nations Cup qualifier) - with registering their first win, played out in front of a capacity crowd of 8,000.
"We are such a good young team and we have had a lot of games as well, so I think the experience made us win this game," he said.
"In years back, we would have lost that game. The atmosphere was unbelievable.
"I've been there since 2010 and every time we play at home, we nearly win or we draw, but this time we managed to win. Everyone was happy and it was a great feeling."
While Comoros host 2013 Nations Cup runners-up Burkina Faso this week, Uganda travel to face Botswana, who have four points.
The results of the National Student Survey (NSS) were released on Tuesday.
It showed that 93% of respondents in Northern Ireland declare themselves to be "satisfied with the quality of their course".
John D'Arcy, director of The Open University in Northern Ireland, said they were thrilled.
"As experts in the delivery of flexible, part-time higher education we are proud to be able to offer quality courses, support and access to education to people in Northern Ireland," he said.
"It's our mission to continue to provide students here with the best study opportunities and experience possible.
"I'd like to pay tribute to our staff across the Open University who have helped achieve this endorsement from our students."
The Open University (OU) is the largest academic institution in the UK.
Since it began in 1969, the OU has taught almost 1.9m students.
In 2013, The Open University officially became one of three universities in Northern Ireland, as it is now funded by the Northern Ireland Executive through the Department for Employment and Learning.
In Northern Ireland, there are more than 4,000 part-time students.
The National Student Survey (NSS) is led by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, but funded by the four UK HE funding bodies, along with the National College of Teaching & Leadership and Health Education England.
The announcement comes despite several cabinet ministers, including Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, having called on Downing Street to rethink its position on the 1% cap on public sector pay.
The limit on pay rises affects dentists, nurses, doctors, police and military, as well as those that work for local government bodies.
The majority of public sector workers who contacted BBC News to voice their opinions wished to retain their anonymity, fearing that disclosure would hinder the relationship with their employers.
Steve had been a police officer for over 20 years and commented that he and his colleagues are losing faith in the government.
"I can say on good authority that the lack of staff and low morale is at critical levels," he explains.
"More staff are off sick with stress and every day we just want to get through the shift.
"Pay and pensions have been decimated and people are looking to leave in their droves."
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The pay cap also affects local council staff like Adam, from Cambridgeshire, who works for a District Council.
"My pay has effectively stayed the same for over six years.
"I haven't worked for the public sector for that long so my pension is of limited benefit, but better than nothing.
"I will have to work till I'm at least 69-years-of-age to pay off my mortgage."
Another person frustrated with the pay cap is Bianca, a nurse working in the paediatric intensive care unit of a hospital.
"It's important to emphasise that I did not go into nursing for the money, but I did not go in to nursing to be unappreciated and underpaid either," she says.
"Giving up valuable time with my family and friends for £23,500 a year and experiencing what I can only describe as chronic fatigue, starts to seem like too big of a sacrifice.
"I have watched children die and I have held their parents' hands through it. I have held a child's airway open and given them breaths when they were suddenly unable to breathe themselves.
"The sacrifices that we as nurses make for minimal pay and appreciation are demoralising. It will pain me to leave but ultimately I believe it will be better for my better mental health.
The limit on pay rises also affects prison officers such as Nick who has worked in the industry for over 27 years.
"My pay has been frozen since 2010 with the exception of a one-off consolidated payment of £300 in 2014!
"The Prison Service has once again submitted a recommendation of 1% to the Prison Service Pay Review Body for staff on the new 'Fair and Sustainable' conditions.
"I will not sign up to the recommendation as it would be a pay cut as well as reducing my pensionable pay."
By Wais Bashir, UGC and Social News team
The remains of Saima Ahmed, 36, were found on Saturday 9 January at Gogar Mount House in Gogarstone Road and on the edge of nearby Gogarburn Golf Club.
She left her home in Wembley on 30 August last year.
It is not yet known why she came to Edinburgh.
Her death is being treated as unexplained.
Her exact route is unknown but police believe she may have travelled to Hemel Hempstead, Birmingham and then on to Edinburgh.
Saima was described as Asian, about 5ft 5in, of medium build, with shoulder-length, straight dark hair. She was last seen wearing a dark long V-neck top, black trousers, black shoes and a black jacket.
Det Ch Insp Martin MacLean, of Police Scotland, said: "We have received only a small number of calls since we launched our appeal last week, which demonstrates the challenges we continue to face given the amount of time that has passed since Saima was reported missing.
"Saima's death remains unexplained as we continue to carry out various lines of inquiry.
"We're committed to doing everything possible to establish the circumstances surrounding her death and I thank the people who have come forward thus far.
"Today, I again ask anyone who has information that might assist with our ongoing investigation to contact police immediately.
"There are a number of matters we are working hard to establish and I believe the public will hold the answers.
"Even the smallest piece of information could have a huge impact in the wider context of the investigation."
The Council for Science and Technology is writing to the education secretary to warn about the loss of such laboratory experiments.
The advisory body wants experiments to be protected in a shake-up of GCSEs and A-levels in England.
The council says that without practical lessons, science is "like studying literature without reading books".
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "The Council for Science and Technology rightly notes that our reforms 'will give teachers space and freedom' to conduct more experiments and practicals."
The council, which provides strategic advice to the prime minister, says that cramming for exams is restricting the opportunities for practical learning.
This focus on grades is "pushing inspiring practical work into the margins as teachers concentrate on preparing for examinations".
The council's letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove says that rather than being an optional extra, such practical experiments are the "essence of science and should be at the heart of science learning".
The changes to GCSEs and A-levels, including removing the modular structure of exams, should be used as an opportunity for more practical experiments, says the council.
Rather than "repetitive preparation for tests", the council says teachers should be able to "devise innovative and challenging practically based science curricula for their students, including more independent, project-based work".
Accompanying the letter is a report which argues that there has been a "steady erosion" of laboratory skills in school science over the past 20 years.
Prof Jim Iley, executive director of education and science at the Royal Society of Chemistry, said: "We cannot stress strongly enough the importance of developing practical skills in the lab."
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "By scrapping modules and January assessments, our reforms will end the constant treadmill of exams and leave more time for experiments and practicals in science.
"We have also prioritised experiments in our new curriculum. Pupils will focus on practical work in primary school so they are ready to move on to more advanced laboratory work in secondary school."
The Trislander aeroplane - first used by airline Aurigny in 1971 - has been replaced by planes operated by Blue Islands.
It is part of a merger agreement by the two airlines to save on costs.
Former Trislander pilots said it marked the end of an era and they were sad to see the plane go.
However, Trislanders will continue to fly between Alderney, France and Guernsey for the time being.
Although only Blue Island's planes will be used on the Guernsey to Jersey route, both carriers will take bookings for the seats, which will be sold on an equal basis.
The Briton referenced one of the former heavyweight boxing champion's famous quotes - "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" - on his slowing down lap.
He added: "Ali was someone who inspired me so much. I'd love to be able to dedicate this to him and his family."
Hamilton is now just nine points behind championship leader and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who was fifth.
Hamilton said he was constantly thinking of Ali - who he met a few years ago - in the last 15 laps of the race in Montreal, adding: "It was really, really weird.
"I was driving and I was just thinking of him and thinking maybe he would be watching the race, I don't know."
Hamilton, the defending champion, described Ali as a "unique, iconic individual who had a character unlike anyone else's".
He added that he had admired Ali's confidence and charisma, as well as his ability to "outwit and outsmart his opponents".
The 31-year-old also said he wanted to be like Ali when he was growing up.
"Coming from a family of similar background in a sense of ethnicity, it was someone to look up to," said Hamilton.
"In Formula 1, there was no-one of the same colour as us as a family, so it was another athlete for me to look up."
Sunday's win, the 45th of Hamilton's career, followed his victory in Monaco, prior to which Robserg held a 43-point lead over the triple world champion.
"I feel incredibly grateful and very blessed to have had these two great weekends," said Hamilton.
"I'm just going to keep working hard. As you can see, I'm super-focused. Onwards and upwards hopefully."
A collision with Hamilton as they disputed the first corner behind the fast-starting Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel left Rosberg ninth on the first lap.
The German said he had been angered by the situation at the time but later accepted that it had been tough but fair racing.
"It was very costly for me because I lost a lot of places and from then it was an uphill battle," he said.
"It was a hard manoeuvre from him but racing and I need to do a better job next time."
A crowdfunding campaign has raised £15,000 to kick-start the project at Nantgarw Chinaworks, near Caerphilly.
Items made there from 1817 were highly revered for their translucent appearance, but the factory closed just four years later.
Now experts believe they have uncovered the recipe and are preparing to use it.
The campaign, which has also been backed by an Arts Council of Wales grant, has 119 supporters so far.
Donors have contributed varying amounts and will receive "rewards" ranging from museum tours to one of the first new pieces to be fired.
The drive to restart production at the site, which is now a museum, was borne out of the desire to recreate artist and potter William Billingsley's original recipe.
Once considered the whitest, finest and most translucent porcelain ever made, crockery and decorative items made at the chinaworks were fired in bottle kilns before being sold to royalty and aristocracy.
But the product was very difficult to fire, leading to losses of up to 90% and the ultimate closure of the works in 1821.
The exact formula and production methods have remained unknown for 200 years, but researchers believe they have identified the ingredients and a process which is "pretty close" to the original.
A team, including resident artists, clay manufacturers, chemists, university specialists, mould makers and porcelain experts, will begin testing it out once new equipment, including kilns, have arrived.
Charles Fountain, project manager at Nantgarw Chinaworks, said work to produce the rewards for donors would begin in autumn with production on new pieces expected to start next year.
"We have a starting point for a recipe we feel is pretty close, [but] until we start making it and testing it, we won't know how accurate it is," he said.
"The long-term objective is not to be reproducing original pieces but to commission contemporary artists to make new works," he added.
"Because of its attributes, such as it's translucency, it lends itself to a lot of contemporary designs such as lighting.
"We are very, very grateful for all the support that we have had from the public."
It is the third time the island have played in the fourth tier of the global tournament, having been relegated on their previous two appearances.
Jersey won Division Five in May, having made the World Twenty20 global qualifiers in 2015.
"We think we've got a young squad with a lot of experience and we're really confident," said coach Neil MacRae.
"It's a huge tournament because we have the potential to play the highest level we've ever played at if we get promoted."
The island side, who have been an international cricket nation since 2005, finished in the bottom two in both the 2008 Division Four event in Tanzania and the 2014 tournament in Singapore.
But they go into the 2016 event following a third World Cricket League tournament win in four, having won the World League Five final in May.
"We're really excited, we've come off a great effort in division five earlier in the summer and a big win against Oman in the final, who are our first opponents in the USA," MacRae told BBC Radio Jersey.
"Two years ago in Singapore it was a tough week for us, but I thought that the players did exceptionally well in tough conditions out there.
"We now go out there off the back of winning World Cricket League Five again and a squad which is two years more experienced, so we're really looking forward to the challenge."
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The CMA report recommended that price comparison websites should no longer be obliged to show deals on which they do not earn a commission.
Consumers would therefore be unable to see some of the cheapest deals available.
The CMA report was released on June 24, the day of the EU referendum result.
Angus MacNeil, the chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) said the CMA's recommendation would mean that price comparison sites would become advertising sites.
"This will lead to further consumer distrust of the whole edifice around energy," he said.
Luke Watson, the boss of a smaller supplier, GB Energy, joined in the criticism.
"To be really honest, I am quite staggered at that particular course of action."
Six small suppliers previously wrote to the energy secretary, Amber Rudd, to express their concern about the plans.
In response, Roger Witcomb, chair of the CMA's energy market investigation panel, said the job of price comparison sites was to provide better deals for customers.
He said they should do that by negotiating with energy suppliers, as currently happens in other markets.
"What we're doing is putting energy back where motor insurance and home insurance and broadband deals already are," he told MPs.
He said that Citizens Advice already runs a website which compares all the energy deals available.
"We only need one of those," he said.
In February 2015 a report by MPs on the ECCC criticised price comparison sites for "hiding" the cheapest deals. It said consumers who had been misled as a result should receive compensation.
The CMA report found that 70% of domestic customers using the big six suppliers were on expensive default variable tariffs.
As a result it said that such consumers could save £300 a year by switching. Overall consumers were paying £1.4bn more than they should be, a figure downgraded from the CMA's previous estimate of £1.7bn.
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Martin Cave, a member of the CMA's energy panel, told the MPs that the inquiry should have recommended that fuel bills should be capped in the short term.
He was listed as a dissenter in the report.
Harry Crouch 14, and Harrison Barratt, 13, from Luton, came up with the idea to mark the war's centenary.
"Peace Babies" sweets, later known as Jelly Babies, were introduced in 1918 to mark the end of war.
The boys, who are raising money for Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes, have almost doubled their original target.
"It's been inspirational, seeing teenagers doing something like this," said Harrison's mother Joanne Marshall.
She said the boys had so far raised almost £2,000.
More than 15,000 sweets have been donated to the boys' campaign by shops and wholesalers in Luton.
They have been selling the £1 bags of "Peace Babies" in batches of 11, symbolising Remembrance Day.
Ms Marshall said the boys had had a great deal of support from the local businesses and members of the public.
"It is so heart-warming in this day and age for two teenagers to devote so much time and effort to support two great charities and they have gained tremendous support from the community," she said.
The boys' aim is to spread the idea to other schools across the country and raise many more thousands of pounds, Mrs Marshall added.
Mohanna Abdhou was shot in Malvern Road, Kilburn, on Friday night and died at the scene.
Post-mortem tests gave the cause of death as a single gunshot wound.
Police believe the 20-year-old, known as Montana, was standing with a group when they were approached by "two males" on bicycles who fired "a number of shots at the group".
A police spokesman said: "It was still daylight when this attack took place and the location is very near a school playground.
"This was a cowardly attack on a young woman who was out enjoying the warm weather in the company of her friends."
The two suspects have both been described as being of medium build and dressed all in dark clothing.
The force said their faces were covered, which "would have made them stand out on such a warm evening".
Caitlin Ruddy was hit by a wave on the north pier and thrown into the water at Cullercoats Bay on 16 January. She died after suffering a cardiac arrest.
The RNLI is campaigning to raise awareness of the dangers of water after coastal deaths hit a five-year high.
Cailtlin's stepfather Ashley Cook, said they could not thank the RNLI enough.
"What the RNLI did that night to help Caitlin, putting their lives at risk as well, we couldn't thank them enough, so that's why we want to try and support them as much as we can," he said.
Helen Williams, from the north of England RNLI, said people "underestimate" the water thinking it looks "calm, beautiful and inviting".
"The water isn't always our friend, the rips that can be in the water, the movement of the water, can quickly pull people out of their comfort zones and out of areas where they feel comfortable.
"It's about making sure that people understand what's going on on the surface might not be what's lying underneath."
The RNLI said nine people died around the North East coast in 2015, with 168 people losing their lives across the UK.
Caitlin's mother, Sabrina Cook, said she would like larger signs installed near coastal areas to raise awareness of the dangers of the sea.
She said: "I wouldn't want any parent to have to go through what we've been through.
"It gets harder not easier. Parents just need to cherish their kids' lives really because anything can happen."
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The deal, reportedly worth more than £100,000 a week, replaces the five-year agreement he signed in February 2015.
"Everyone knows what I feel for this club," said Kane, 23, who has scored five goals in 17 England appearances.
"To sign another contract is a special feeling. We have got a great young squad and the club is moving in the right direction."
Kane has scored six goals in 10 appearances for Spurs this season, despite missing 10 games with an ankle injury.
He scored 21 times in the top flight in 2014-15 and won the Golden Boot with 25 league goals last season.
Officers were called by the ambulance service to reports of a man unconscious on Ilford Lane in Ilford on Tuesday night.
Despite the efforts of paramedics to save him, the man died at the scene.
It is the second fatal shooting of a teenager in London in a week. On Sunday, an 18-year-old was shot in the head in Barking, east London.
The man shot dead in Ilford has yet to be identified and a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.
Tests on fresh stocks of Maggi have found them to be safe, with levels of lead well below permissible limits, Nestle India said in a statement.
Previous tests already cleared existing stocks, so the latest results pave the way for the return of the noodles.
Nestle had challenged a government ban on the noodles after some tests found lead levels beyond statutory limits.
Maggi arrived in India in 1983 and can be found in corner shops across the country.
Nestle India said it had received results from three government accredited laboratories mandated by the Bombay High Court in August to carry out tests and all the new samples of Maggi noodles had been cleared.
Nestle itself has conducted more than "3,500 tests representing over 200 million packs in both national as well as international accredited laboratories for testing and all reports are clear", the statement said.
The company said it would make its "best endeavour to commence the sale of Maggi noodles within this month as well as continue engaging with states where permissions are needed or specific directions may be necessary".
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had banned the popular noodles citing tests that deemed the instant noodles to contain "unsafe and hazardous" amounts of lead.
India separately sued Nestle for $100m (£64m) over "unfair trade practices".
The company, which has 80% of India's instant noodles market, has already destroyed 400 million packets of Maggi products.
More than 200 officers are searching for Eric Frein, 31, in Pennsylvania's dense north-east woodlands.
Pennsylvania police said they found an AK-47 rifle, ammunition and other items left behind by the survivalist.
He is accused of killing Capt Bryon Dickson outside a barracks and critically wounding another officer.
"I do believe we are close to him at this point," said Lt Col George Bivens of the state police.
Officers are continuing to search the area around Mr Frein's parents' home, searching hunting cabins, campsites and other temporary shelters in the Pocono mountains.
The search has been hampered by rugged terrain and forest canopy heavy enough in places to block police helicopters' view of the ground.
Mr Frein has been added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List and $175,000 (£107,000) has been offered for information leading to his capture.
On 12 September, a sniper opened fire outside the Blooming Grove state police barracks during an evening shift change.
In addition to the death of Capt Dickson, State Trooper Alex Douglass was wounded in the attack.
Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan said Mr Frein had survivalist training and had "made statements about killing law enforcement officers and also to commit mass acts of murder", according to the Wilkes-Barr Times-Leader newspaper.
Police said he also took part in a re-enactment group whose members play the role of soldiers from eastern Europe.
On Thursday, thousands of law enforcement officers came to pay their respects to their slain comrade.
Friends and colleagues called Dickson a devoted officer.
During a eulogy, fellow officer Derek Felsman remember Dickson as "impeccable" in both his work and family life, saying he regularly worked past his regular hours to get drink-drivers off roadways.
"He held himself to the highest standards as evidenced in every aspect of his life," he said.
The 32-year-old Brazilian will replace Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado, Williams announced on Monday.
Massa said: "When I was a kid, I always dreamed of racing for Williams, Ferrari or McLaren and I'm glad to be signing with another icon of the sport."
Felipe Massa believes Williams can benefit from a major change in Formula 1 rules to jump up the grid next season.
New engine and chassis regulations are being introduced in 2014 and the Brazilian told BBC Sport he sees his move from Ferrari as a "restart" for both him and his new team.
"This year, Williams are having a very difficult championship," he said of 2013, which has been the worst season in Williams's history. "But in 2014 everything is different and it is not impossible to be fighting for top four or five in the constructors' championship. We need to believe and fight for that."
Massa visited the Williams factory for the first time on Monday and said he was impressed with what he had seen.
"I'm so convinced [in Williams's potential] because it is a big change next year. Everything changes - the car will be completely different - and I think Williams has all the capacity to do a good job.
"With all this change, the direction I can see [in the team] for next year is more important than anything."
Maldonado is likely to move to Lotus to replace Kimi Raikkonen but also has options at Force India or Sauber.
Raikkonen was confirmed as Fernando Alonso's new team-mate at Ferrari in September.
Williams have signed Massa, who leaves Ferrari after eight years in which he won 11 grands prix, on a three-year contract to add experience as they attempt to rebuild the team.
They are having what is set to be the least successful season in their history.
The Oxfordshire-based team, who dominated F1 for large portions of the 1980s and 90s, have so far scored only one point and lie ninth of 11 teams in the constructors' championship with two races to go.
Massa hopes a restructure and recruitment programme under new technical director Pat Symonds - who has won championships with Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso at Benetton/Renault - will lead to improved fortunes next season, when new engine and chassis rules ensure all teams start again almost from scratch.
Massa, who lost out to Lewis Hamilton in the 2008 world title fight by just one point but helped Ferrari win the constructors' title in 2007 and '08, said he hoped his "experience will be useful in helping the team in its effort to move on from a difficult period".
He said Williams were his "best option", adding: "The team wants to grow. It is already a big team but they are really pushing hard to go back to what they were in the past.
"It is a team to fight for the championships and good results and I really want to be a part of it. I understand what they are doing to get stronger. I think we can be very successful and I believe it is the best choice compared to the other choices I had."
Team founder and principal Sir Frank Williams described Massa as "an exceptional talent and a real fighter on the track".
His daughter Claire, the deputy team principal, added: "Felipe has demonstrated his talent and speed over the years, as well as his ability to motivate and drive a team to championship success."
She added that Bottas, the 24-year-old who is in his first season in F1, was "an exciting young talent".
Claire Williams said the team's driver announcement was "a key step towards our goal of returning Williams to the front of the grid and part of our ongoing plans to ensure we are stronger in 2014 and beyond".
Maldonado leaves Williams following the breakdown of the relationship between driver and team.
The Venezuelan scored one victory in his three seasons with Williams - in Spain last year, the team's first since 2004 - but had grown frustrated this season at the team's poor form and wanted to leave.
Williams did not want to keep him, feeling his driving was too erratic and that his technical feedback was below par.
Maldonado was linked with the team's sponsorship deal with Venezuelan state oil PDVSA, but Williams are said to have negotiated a settlement that will end that contract by mutual consent.
Bottas said: "I am happy to be staying with the team as I embark on my second season in Formula 1.
"I have faith in Williams and know we can do so much better in the future than our current performance shows.
"I am looking forward to having Felipe as my team-mate. He is a quick and experienced driver and together we will be pushing to the maximum to improve the car and get as many points as we can next season."
Twelve months after the entire town was evacuated, the community is a long way from a full recovery.
Convenience store owner Sunny Katoch remembers handing out water and supplies to neighbours as they fled the smoke and fast-moving flames of the wildfire.
It was Alberta's largest-ever evacuation, with over 88,000 people forced to leave the Canadian oil town on a moment's notice.
Katoch's store sits at an intersection. As he and his remaining staff locked down the premises and the gas pumps, the manager "could see cars lined up to the south and to the north. It was chaos".
"I can remember the ash falling all over, flames, you could clearly see them," he recalls.
By 17:30 local time on Tuesday 3 May - just two days after the brushfire was first discovered about 20 km (12 miles) outside the city and 45 minutes before the entire town was placed under mandatory evacuation - Katoch pilled himself and two employees into his Honda and headed home to pick up his wife and two children. His car was the only one on the road heading north.
"That was not a good feeling," he says.
He collected his family left the city. The usual four-and-a-half-hour drive south to Edmonton took 14.
Every Fort McMurray resident has a story from that day.
Families were separated, people grabbed whatever they could - whether it made sense or not - and beloved family pets were left stranded.
"The one thing that unites us all is that there's the narrative - the initial beginning - which is that everyone had to evacuate," says Jordan Redshaw, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo communications manager who ran the official Twitter account throughout the crisis.
Nicknamed "The Beast" for its size and ferocity, the fire was the costliest insured natural disaster in Canada's history, with insurance costs totalling an estimated C$3.6bn (US$2.6bn/£2bn). Adding the costs to the government brings that price tag to C$5bn.
About 10% of all structures in the town were destroyed.
Despite the chaos, no one died in either the fire or during the evacuation.
At the time, Szymon Bicz told the BBC how he and his colleagues rushed into town from their work site to grab basic necessities before fleeing the city.
"The smoke was closing in on us. It was a very, very unpleasant experience, to be honest," he said.
He was not sure whether his rental apartment would be spared by the fire.
His apartment "somehow survived," Bicz , who moved to Canada from Sheffield, told the BBC last week over the phone.
He recalls the rush to leave town at the fire advanced - driving on the sidewalks and grass to bypass vehicles abandoned in the escape.
"That experience was very traumatic. It was so unusual. You never get anything like this in the UK, I've never seen anything like this on such a scale. It was very, very difficult to deal with in the initial days," he says.
He says the town remains deeply affected by last year's disaster.
"Lots of people never (went) back. People keep selling the properties now," Bicz says. "Probably they don't want to put their families through that again."
But Bicz is committed to the town and brought his family over from the UK in July. He says many have pulled together in the wake of the wildfire.
"All the good people who still want to be here are here, you know?" he says.
Painter Russell Thomas recalls the morning of 3 May as "beautiful".
"There was no smoke, anything," he says. He left town early for a painting workshop and only later learned the wildfire was moving quickly towards Fort McMurray.
He rushed back to get his family but says he "hit a wall of fire and smoke as (the neighbourhood of) Beacon Hill was going up in flames".
"Traffic came to standstill and I couldn't get back to my family," says Thomas. He fled south, his family fled north, finding shelter with other residents in the oil sands work camps. They eventually caught a flight to Calgary, where he met them.
His painting supplies were still in his car and he started painting immediately. One image, a stylised portrait of now retired Fort McMurray Fire Chief Darby Allen's tired face, ended up being shared thousands of times on social media.
"It somehow captured the Zeitgeist of the moment for people who were living through this thing," says Thomas, who thought people saw his art as a symbol of the bravery and stoicism of the fire fighters working to control the blaze.
A number of fire fighters who fought the massive wildfire have since developed respiratory problems or mental health issues.
Alberta wildfire authorities say the fire, which eventually spread across almost 600,000 hectares before being brought under control in July, no longer poses a danger.
When the snow has completely melted, fire fighters will scan the area to destroy any remote hot spots still remaining.
The cause of the Fort McMurray fire remains under investigation.
Fort McMurray is likely safe from another wildfire threat for years because the blaze burned much of the natural fuel that feeds forest fires.
The Thomas home was undamaged, but he says he knows many for whom process of reconstruction has been hard. Over 2,500 homes were destroyed. The AFP reported this weekend that 15,000 people had still not returned.
Initial planning estimates suggest the bulk of residential recovery will be complete by the end of 2018 - 18 months away.
Thomas says "the fact we have a community at all is in my mind a miracle".
Katoch was not one of the lucky ones. His home was among those destroyed by the flames.
"It was a heavy moment for me," he says about learning the first house the family ever owned - they had only taken possession of it in December 2015 - had been razed.
He says he sees similar strain on his neighbours' faces.
"Some of them are rebuilding their houses, some have a plan to leave the city, some are having problems with their insurance, some are having problems around health," he says.
"People are living day-to-day."
The steady decline of oil prices had already taken a toll on the oil sands-dependent economy in Fort McMurray when the fire hit, though the municipality's mayor said last week she did not expect the town's population to shrink.
The upcoming construction boom is also expected to create almost 9,000 jobs this year and will begin in earnest soon - the municipality recently issued permits for some 650 new buildings.
That is good news for Katoch, who hopes to move into his soon-to-be rebuilt home in six months.
"We try to deal with resilience and courage. Life goes on," he says.
Sara Thornton told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire budget cuts and the changing nature of criminality meant police in England and Wales had to prioritise.
She said it "could be" that if an iPad was stolen from a home an officer would not come round to investigate.
There had to be a "conversation with the public" over priorities, she added.
Ms Thornton has said that forces need radical reform if they are to survive budget cuts.
"Crime is changing in this country, she said.
"There are a lot less burglaries than there used to be, a lot less car crime, but the sorts of crimes that are on the increase - sexual offences, concerns about terrorism, cyber crime - that's where we really need to focus.
"We need to move from reacting to some of those traditional crimes to think about focusing on threat and harm and risk and protecting the public.
"If we're really serious about putting a lot of effort into protecting children, for example, it might mean if you've had a burglary, for example, and the burglar has fled, we won't get there as quickly as we have in the past.
"Of course, we will still want to gather evidence, but we might do it in different ways."
The former Thames Valley chief constable took up her role in April when the NPCC replaced the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo).
She said police budgets had been cut "significantly" - by 25% over four years - and they were expected to be cut further.
"Over 10 years we will have lost about 70,000 posts and I don't think it's possible to carry on doing what we've always done, as we will just fail the public but also cause unacceptable stress among our officers and staff," she said.
Ms Thornton said burglary was an important crime for police.
"But think of the threat to our children from sexual offences, from sexual abuse, from online abuse, that's what we've got to prioritise," she added.
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The End of History, made by Fraserburgh firm BrewDog, is 55% alcohol, and came in 12 bottles made using dead stoats, squirrels and a hare.
Advocates for Animals had branded the bottles "perverse" and a "stupid marketing gimmick" and Alcohol Focus Scotland also criticised the move.
One of the buyers told the BBC Scotland news website it was a piece of history.
BrewDog co-founder James Watt said all 12 bottles sold out within four hours.
The Aberdeenshire firm said the beer was the world's strongest and most expensive.
One buyer, economics student Chris Mair, 33, of Suffolk, who lives in Edinburgh, bought a bottle made using a stoat.
He said: "It's one of a set, I have bought special BrewDog beers before.
"If I had not bought this one I would always have wished I had.
"It's a piece of brewing history, I think it will always be the world's strongest beer."
He explained: "It will be a collectors item. You would be mad to open it. It would be like opening a rare bottle of whisky."
Ball dedicated a song to Antiques Roadshow cameraman Billy Yates at the start of Saturday's show.
The DJ had taken a four-week break from the airwaves after Mr Yates, 40, was found dead at his London home.
She said: "Your messages have meant the world to us all, and so I send you love from the bottom of my heart."
Ball told listeners she had been through a "tough time" but she and Mr Yates's family had been inundated with support, including from "many of you who've experienced your own loss and grief in similar circumstances".
She also thanked Kate Thornton, Suzi Perry and Melanie C, who stood in for her on the weekly 15:00 to 18:00 BST show in her absence.
The DJ started her show with soul song Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) by Frank Wilson, saying: "Billy was a truly special chap, and the things he loved to do, he loved to make everybody laugh, he loved to love and he loved to dance.
"So Billy Will Yates-face, this one is for you angel."
Ball and Mr Yates had been in a relationship for several months following her separation from her husband of 18 years Norman Cook - who performs as DJ Fatboy Slim - in September 2016.
Afterwards Ball, 46, shared a picture of a flower on her Instagram page, along with the caption: "My sweet love X".
Police were called at 18:40 BST on 4 May to Mr Yates's flat in Putney, south west London, where he was later pronounced dead.
The Metropolitan Police said at the time his death was not being treated as suspicious.
The incident took place in Cables Wynd at about 23:00 on Friday 26 August.
A 25-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his leg and was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Police said it was an "isolated incident".
A firearm, believed to be used in the incident, was recovered. A 30-year-old has also previously been arrested and charged.
The 25-year-old was expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.
Michael Sean Carson, 74, and known as Kit, from Cambridge, was detained on Friday on suspicion of indecency with children and indecent assault.
He has worked for clubs including Peterborough United, Cambridge United and Norwich City.
Police said a man in his 70s arrested on Friday was bailed until 6 March.
Catalonia's parliament passed the resolution in November, aiming to establish a republic within 18 months.
But the Constitutional Court has approved an appeal that was filed by the central government two days later.
However, Catalan leaders have vowed to ignore the court's rulings.
Their independence declaration calls for the Catalan government only to comply with laws that it has established.
The Constitutional Court made one of its quickest rulings ever in order to come to a decision before the general election campaign begins on Friday, El Pais reported.
Catalonia is a highly industrialised and populous region in Spain's north-east that accounts for about a fifth of the country's economic output.
Publicly, the radical left Syriza party is maintaining a unified stance on voting "No" to the terms of the eurozone bailout. But deepening splits have been showing for weeks over the debt talks with international creditors and that unity is unlikely to continue after the vote.
Already, dissent has emerged among the Independent Greeks, a nationalist party whose 13 MPs help give Syriza a majority. Several want the referendum to be called off and one, Costas Damavolitis, publicly backs a "Yes" vote.
Syriza came to power in January with 149 MPs, only two seats short of a majority, but factions within the party are pulling Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in different ways.
So which are the factions and what do they want?
Between 30 and 40 MPs, seen as hardline leftists, do not want a deal with the eurozone at any cost and it is thought Mr Tsipras called the referendum because he could not have secured their backing in parliament for a deal.
Most are in favour of a return to the drachma, although they refrain from saying it openly.
Costas Lapavitsas, a UK economist and Syriza MP, has long campaigned for a return to the drachma, blaming the bank closures on the European Central Bank's decision not to extend its cash assistance to the banks. But he accepts the party's policy is for change within the euro.
"He's known as the drachma professor," says political correspondent Christos Michaelides of Greek website Protagon. "But every time he goes on TV the 'Yes' vote climbs."
Another MP, Stathis Leoutsakos, believes the government should already start preparing to print drachmas, arguing that money is merely made of paper.
A key figure in this hardline group is Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, who believes a "strong 'No' from the Greek people on Sunday will be above all a big 'Yes' to an independent and sovereign Greece". He is seen as commanding the support of at least 15 MPs.
Syriza emerged from a communist past and has several MPs who still see themselves as revolutionary Marxists or Maoists.
Much of the debt negotiation with the EU has been carried out by Western-educated ministers who are strongly in favour of remaining in the eurozone.
Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis and deputy Foreign Minister Euclid Tsakalotos are seen as particularly moderate and are thought to have had significant reservations about the decision to call a referendum.
To these can be added Parliament Vice-President Alexis Mitropoulos, who says he does not want the responsibility of leading Greece out of the eurozone. And then there are MEPs Stelios Kouloglou and Kostas Chrysogonus, who are seen as dissidents within the party.
Another small group of MPs within the moderate camp were originally on the left of Socialist party Pasok, but defected and now find themselves on the right of Syriza, says Christos Michaelides. "These are mainly unionists who had jobs in public services. These are not embedded in the Syriza philosophy."
However, there is no suggestion that they will defy the party line in favour of a No vote.
At the heart of the party are the prime minister himself and his closest confidants, State Minister Alekos Flambouraris and State Minister Nikos Pappas. Within this group can be included a good number of loyalist MPs, who will stick to the party leader regardless of the result.
Nevertheless, Mr Tsipras's position will largely be decided by Sunday's referendum.
"Tsipras is caught between different tendencies," says Othon Anastasakis, director of the European studies centre at Oxford University.
If he secures a "No" vote, he argues he will be in a far better position to reach a debt deal with the eurozone.
But a "Yes" result would almost certainly bring him and his party down.
Did Tsipras change course?
Greece's charismatic finance minister was sidelined for some time after eurozone negotiations collapsed in May.
"He has been a loose cannon and nobody knows at what times he has influenced Alexis Tsipras. He was sidelined but over the last three weeks he has become very dominant again and Tsipras has given him more liberty to act," says Othon Anastasakis.
He has vowed to resign in the wake of a "Yes" vote. But, like Mr Tsipras and his entourage, he sees a speedy deal with the eurozone after a "No" vote as inevitable.
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A statement said the musician and her Qatari businessman husband, Wissam Al Mana, were "thrilled" to welcome the infant, Eissa Al Mana.
"Janet had a stress-free healthy delivery and is resting comfortably," the publicist added.
Speculation about her pregnancy surfaced last April when she postponed her Unbreakable tour.
She posted a video on Twitter at the time in which she told fans that she was postponing the tour because "there's been a sudden change".
"I thought it was important that you be the first to know," she said, adding: "Please, if you can try and understand that it's important that I do this now."
She said she wanted to focus on planning a family with her husband, whom she wed in 2012.
Jackson had earlier been spotted in London shopping for baby essentials.
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Janet Jackson is far from the only famous face to give birth later in life.
Oscar-winning Halle Berry had her second child at 47, three years ago, and John Travolta's wife Kelly Preston gave birth to her third child at 48.
Geena Davis - best known for her role in Thelma and Louise - became a mother later in life. Her first child, a girl, arrived when she was 46, followed two years later by twin boys.
But these mothers - and Jackson - are all positively young when compared to the world's oldest new mothers.
There are at least three women in India who claimed to have given birth when at least two decades older than the pop singer.
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The comedy series, which has been airing since 2012, will be broadcast from Rio to mark the end of the Paralympics.
The seven adverts will be signed by David Ellington, a deaf actor and artist.
He will lip-sync, dress up as a cupcake salesman and wear a swimming cap and trunks as part of the break.
A fully signed and audio described version of the break will also be available on All 4's Watch Live feature.
The ad break has been produced with the support of the charities Action on Hearing Loss and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) with each brand involved donating to the charities.
David Steadman, executive director for fundraising and marketing at Action on Hearing Loss, said: "There are currently 11 million people in the UK living with hearing loss and we are very encouraged to see the innovative steps that Channel 4 is taking to ensure that everyone is included."
The first series of The Last Leg was broadcast in 2012 to run alongside the Paralympic Games in London.
The show's success led to it being kept on by Channel 4 as a comedy talk show, looking back at the week's news events and featuring interviews with special guests.
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At 55th in the world rankings, Northern Ireland are Group C's bottom seeds.
Norway are ranked 11th, one place ahead of the Dutch, with the Republic in 32nd spot and Slovakia 41st.
Only the seven group winners will qualify automatically with the four best runners-up involved in a play-off for the one remaining European spot.
Qualifiers will take place between 11 September 2017 and 4 September 2018.
After being defeated by the USA in the 1991 World Cup final, Norway beat Germany in the 1995 final in Sweden.
Norway's fortunes have waned somewhat over the past 20 years but they have qualified for all seven World Cup tournaments and reached the last 16 in Canada two years ago before being beaten 2-1 by England.
Northern Ireland drew 0-0 with group opponents Slovakia in a friendly in early March.
In their most recent games earlier this month, the Northern Irish were beaten 3-1 in two away matches against Wales.
However, Alfie Wylie's side did defeat 38th-ranked Portugal in an away friendly in January.
The Republic of Ireland women's team made headlines earlier this month after the squad threatened to pull out of a friendly against Slovakia because of unhappiness over their treatment by the Football Association of Ireland.
The dispute, over resources and compensation for lost earnings while on international duty, was eventually resolved and the Republic played the game against Slovakia, winning 1-0 thanks to a Stephanie Roche goal.
Women's World Cup 2019 European qualifying draw:
Group 1: England, Russia, Wales, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kazakhstan.
Group 2: Switzerland, Scotland, Poland, Belarus, Albania.
Group 3: Norway, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Northern Ireland.
Group 4: Sweden, Denmark, Ukraine, Hungary, Croatia.
Group 5: Germany, Iceland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Faroe Islands.
Group 6: Italy, Belgium, Romania, Portugal, Moldova.
Group 7: Spain, Austria, Finland, Serbia, Israel.
Slow left-armer Singh, 21, took 6-144 as the Bears' difficult season continued with another innings defeat - this time by Hampshire at Southampton.
"I'm quite happy with my bowling," Singh told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.
"I don't want to change too much, I just want to get better and better."
After making his first-class debut against Oxford MCCU in April, Singh has been given his chance in the Championship side partially through the absence of Jeetan Patel, who is with the New Zealand squad at the Champions Trophy.
He bowled in tandem with Patel when he took his first wicket in the rain-affected draw against Somerset at Taunton before bowling 50 overs to claim six wickets against Hampshire.
"Nothing was happening," he said. "There was a bit of turn towards the end and I started to mix it up a bit. I came on and took one, took two, then three and four - and eventually finished with six.
"My ambition is just to play more regular first-team cricket now, especially with the likes of Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell who've got more experience.
"Jeetan Patel is a very big help. He's a world-class bowler. He tells different things you've never heard, so I get a lot of tips."
India-born Sukhjit Singh, who came to England as a 10-year-old, has been part of the set-up at Warwickshire since he was 16.
A six-month stint at former Australia batsman - and current coach - Darren Lehman's cricket academy followed, which Singh described as "tough" but a "good place to go".
After being part of the Bears' pre-season tour to Dubai this summer, Singh played Minor Counties cricket for Staffordshire, having made his Warwickshire Second XI debut at the age of 18 in July 2014.
Having so far figured in three away matches, Singh, better known as Sunny, is still to make his Bears first team-home debut.
That will not happen now, at the earliest, until 26 June when the Bears host Lancashire at Edgbaston, in the inaugural round of day/night Championship games.
The Bears are currently into a 17-day break without a competitive game before they take on Essex in the Championship at Chelmsford, starting on Monday 19 June. But they have two T20 games against Shropshire at Bridgnorth to help fill the gap this Friday (9 June).
The prince met Mr Obama in the Oval Office of the White House for an informal chat.
Earlier he joined Michelle Obama to meet injured service personnel in Virginia, and is set to meet Games organisers at the British ambassador's residence in Washington DC.
The Games are an international event for injured and sick service personnel.
The first Invictus Games took place in London last year, with the next due in Orlando, Florida, next year.
There were screams of excitement as Prince Harry entered the gym hall. He was here to watch former soldiers in a very different type of combat - wheelchair basketball.
He and First Lady Michelle Obama were glued to the game as the chairs clashed across the court. At one point the prince caught the basketball and handed it to her.
This is a couple who share the same passion - helping injured servicemen. But the pair, who have met several times, can also share a joke. Addressing the women present, she said: "Don't pretend you haven't noticed Prince Harry is here."
The hundreds gathered were told that sport had changed the lives of many injured servicemen. Max Rohn, who lost his leg in Iraq in 2009, said Harry's support meant the world to him. Sport, he said, gave him the hope he was missing.
Prince Harry and the first lady were joined by Jill Biden, the US vice-president's wife, for a tour of the purpose-built United Service Organizations Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, which supports troops, their families and carers.
They joined an art therapy class for veterans then visited a music therapy room.
They also watched a sports event before giving speeches.
In his speech, Prince Harry said his deployments to Afghanistan "changed the direction" of his life.
He said that after returning to the UK on a flight with three critically injured British soldiers, he realised he had "a responsibility to help all veterans, who had made huge personal sacrifices for their countries, to lead healthy and dignified lives after service."
He added: "I hope that Invictus 2016 will remind people everywhere just how incredible our service personnel are, and how much of a positive contribution to society they make.
"I am sure the American public will embrace the Invictus Games, just as the British public did in 2014."
Prince Harry founded the Invictus Games after seeing a similar event, the Warrior Games, held in the US in 2013.
He said the aim was to change perceptions of physical and mental injury.
"One thing we have to talk about more is breaking down these barriers around so-called invisible injuries, like post-traumatic stress, just as we have for physical injuries like the loss of a limb," he said.
"We have to help [veterans] to get the support they need, without fear of being judged or discriminated against. Not only is it OK to talk about it, we have to talk about it."
The visit will be Prince Harry's first meeting with President Obama, but it is not the first time he has met the first lady.
They previously attended a White House event to support military families in 2013, and met this summer at Kensington Palace during Mrs Obama's tour of the UK for her Let Girls Learn initiative.
Her winning novel One, which tells the story of conjoined twins, is written in free verse.
Children's Laureate Chris Riddell won the Kate Greenaway Medal for a third time for his illustrations of Neil Gaiman's The Sleeper and the Spindle.
Both prizes, judged solely by librarians, are each awarded annually to a book for young people.
Accepting her prize at a ceremony at the British Library on Monday, teacher-turned-novelist Crossan said children inherently "trust poetry" as it is read to them from such a young age.
"And then we kill it for them by around Year Eight, with testing leaving no space for joy or performance," she added.
She said poetry was more powerful when performed. "No poet writes words so that they remain cold on the page to be scanned from left to right in black and white and then examined for GCSE.
"Poetry belongs to everyone, it doesn't necessarily belong in the classroom or university nor in the bookshop ghetto next to 18th century literary criticism."
Dublin-born Crossan, who was previously shortlisted for the Carnegie in 2013 for The Weight of Water and 2015 for Apple and Rain, also pledged support for the British library system, whose closures she said "infuriated" her.
Her winning novel features 16-year-old Grace and Tippi whose upper bodies are separate but are joined at the hip and share one pair of legs.
One, published by Bloomsbury, also recently won The Bookseller's 2016 prize for young adult fiction.
Chris Riddell, the first reigning Children's Laureate to win either medal, said he was "honoured" to accept the Kate Greenaway Medal.
He is the first ever triple winner, having won in 2001 for Pirate Diary and 2004 for his adaptation of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver.
He said he was humbled that Neil Gaiman had chosen him to illustrate his retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale "from all the talented, young, good-looking, fashionable illustrators he could have chosen".
He also thanked his publisher, Bloomsbury, for giving him "96 pages and gold as a second colour".
Sioned Jacques, chair of the CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) judging panel, described Crossan's One as "poignant and thought-provoking".
She said Riddell was "surely at the height of his powers".
Crossan and Riddell each receive £500 worth of books to donate to their local library and a cash prize of £5,000.
• One by Sarah Crossan(winner)
• The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
• There Will Be Lies by Nick Lake
• The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
• Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders
• The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
• Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
• Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine
• Willy's Stories illustrated and written by Anthony Browne
• There's a Bear on My Chair illustrated and written by Ross Collins
• Once Upon an Alphabet illustrated and written by Oliver Jeffers
• Sam & Dave Dig a Hole illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett
• Something About a Bear illustrated and written by Jackie Morris
• Captain Jack and the Pirates illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, written by Peter Bently
• The Sleeper and the Spindle illustrated by Chris Riddell, written by Neil Gaiman (winner)
• Footpath Flowers illustrated by Sydney Smith, written by JonArno Lawson
Election manifestos are written with single party government in mind. What is their place in elections where no single party wins a majority?
At the 2010 general election all the contending parties fought campaigns based on published manifestos that set out for electors the policies they intended to pursue in government.
But every party lost that election. The hung Parliament that resulted produced the first peacetime coalition government in the United Kingdom for 80 years, and one committed to a programme based on a coalition agreement.
The Lib Dem cabinet minister, Vince Cable, summarised the difference in 2010 when challenged about breaking the party's manifesto commitment to abolish tuition fees.
"We didn't break a promise. We made a commitment in our manifesto, and we didn't win the election. We then entered into a coalition agreement, and it's the coalition agreement that is binding upon us and which I'm trying to honour."
But it was the Lib Dem manifesto that helped attract 6.8 million votes to the party in May 2010, not a coalition agreement that none of them had heard of, let alone seen.
How could they? It was the result of a post-election deal. Such arrangements are quite common in many countries, especially those where proportional voting systems make single party government infrequent. But they lie outside the experience of voters in first-past-the-post Westminster elections.
But why is there all this fuss about manifesto commitments? The late Labour politician Peter Shore once described manifestos as "a party's contract with the electorate".
He did not mean a legal contract but rather a moral contract between MPs and voters based upon the programme the MPs committed themselves to implement if elected to government.
And the potency of the mandate given to a government's election manifesto was recognised by the Salisbury convention.
During the post-war Labour government, the Conservative leader in the House of Lords, the Marquess of Salisbury, formulated the doctrine that Conservative peers could use their inbuilt majority to amend legislation that the electorate had clearly voted for, but not defeat it.
And manifestos, certainly in the post-war period, have held a special status among civil servants. Not only are these documents closely studied within every government department, but the commitments contained within them carry a distinct authority as far as the civil service is concerned. But where did all this come from?
In 1834, whilst on holiday in Rome, Sir Robert Peel was invited by King William IV to form a minority government to replace the Whig administration of Lord Melbourne.
The law at that time required him to resign his seat of Tamworth and seek re-election as a Minister of the Crown.
He published a manifesto in the resulting by-election, stating: "I feel it incumbent on me to enter into a declaration of my views of public policy, as full and unreserved as I can make it".
One reason for publishing it was his opinion that voters required "that frank exposition of general principles and views... which it ought not to be the inclination, and cannot be the interest of a minister of this country to withhold".
Peel was robust about the terms on which he would accept re-election and government office: "I will not accept power on the condition of declaring myself an apostate from the principles on which I have heretofore acted."
His manifesto reflected the political issues of the day and the restricted electorate whose votes he was seeking - currency, criminal law, the Reform Bill, municipal corporations, Church reform.
At the end of this 2,300 word Tamworth Manifesto, Peel felt able to declare that he had said enough "with respect to general principles and their practical application to public measures, to indicate the spirit in which the King's government is prepared to act".
Peel set out the essence of a party manifesto that we can easily recognise nearly 200 years later: a full and public declaration of policy that a party aspiring to government offers for the verdict of the electorate.
Party manifestos have certainly developed since 1834 and not least in respect of the changing priorities addressed in them.
In 1900, the Conservative election manifesto amounted to 887 words and contained (at a stretch) four pledges. The party's 2010 manifesto comprised 27,835 words and contained 620 pledges.
But the Peel Principle remained unchallenged throughout this period: namely, voters are entitled to know what politicians intend to do in government before they cast their ballots.
Disorder broke out after demonstrators broke through a police line and entered the Eurostar terminal at about 18:00 BST, a Met spokesman said.
Smoke bombs and other items were thrown before protestors were "swiftly ejected" from the building, he said.
There have been no injuries or arrests, he added.
A post on the website of a group called Calais Migrant Solidarity suggest it had organised the protest in "solidarity with the Calais migrants".
British Transport Police, which is jointly policing the protest with the Met, said its officers were facilitating a peaceful protest when "a number of other individuals arrived at the station causing disorder, and missiles, including smoke bombs were thrown at police officers".
"This group were dispersed by police," it said.
South Eastern Railway advised passengers to allow extra time for their journey, as the incident may result in delays.
Ex-Ireland and Ulster centre Whitten, 28, has played 66 league games since joining in 2012, while hooker Taione, 32, has made 11 league appearances.
Wing Short, 26, has made nine Premiership appearances since his summer move from London Irish.
Welch, 33, is likely to miss the rest of this season with a pectoral injury.
Head coach Rob Baxter said: "Obviously we're really pleased to announce that the four guys have signed new deals.
"Each of them are very important members of the squad and we're delighted that they want to be part of things moving forward.
"In recent weeks Whitts, Shorty and Elvis have shown some fantastic form, while Damo was probably enjoying his best-ever season with us until he got injured.
"That was obviously disappointing for him and for us, but the good thing is he's well into his rehab programme now and it's almost like he's having another pre-season programme and that will enable him to come back even stronger."
Australian pace bowler McKay, 32, has taken 41 wickets in nine Championship matches at an average of 27.90.
Opener Robson, 23, has scored 714 Championship runs at 32.45 this season.
"I have loved every minute of it this year. I'd have liked more success but we're moving in the right direction," McKay told BBC Radio Leicester.
Left-arm spinner Jamie Sykes, 23, and off-spinner Rob Sayer, 20, have also signed new deals.
Sykes has signed until the end of the 2017 season and Sayer has agreed terms until the end of the 2018 campaign.
Listen to BBC Radio Leicester's interview with Clint McKay and Angus Robson.
This information provides much greater depth and detail in explaining the pattern of how the UK voted. The key findings are:
A statistical analysis of the data obtained for over a thousand individual local government wards confirms how the strength of the local Leave vote was strongly associated with lower educational qualifications.
Wards where the population had fewer qualifications tended to have a higher Leave vote, as shown in the chart. If the proportion of the local electorate with a degree or similar qualification was one percentage point lower, then on average the leave vote was higher by nearly one percentage point.
Using ward-level data means we can compare voting figures in this way to the local demographic information collected in the 2011 census. Of the main census statistics, this is the one with the greatest association with how people voted.
In statistical terms the level of educational qualifications explains about two-thirds of the variation in the results between different wards.
The correlation is strong, whether based on assessing graduate and equivalent qualifications or lower-level ones.
This ward-by-ward analysis covers 1,070 individual wards in England and Wales whose boundaries had not changed since the 2011 census, about one in nine of the UK's wards. We had very little ward-level data from Scotland, and none from Northern Ireland.
It should be noted, however, that many ward counts also included some postal votes from across the counting area, and therefore some variation between wards will have been masked by the random allocation of postal votes for counting. This makes the results less accurate geographically, but we can still use the information to explore broad national and local patterns.
Adding age as a second factor significantly helps to further explain voting patterns. Older populations were more likely to vote Leave. Education and age combined account for nearly 80% of the voting variation between wards.
Ethnicity is a smaller factor, but one which also contributed to the results. Adding that in means that now 83% of the variation in the vote between wards is explained. White populations were generally more pro-Leave, and ethnic minorities less so. However, there were some interesting differences between London and elsewhere.
The ethnic dimension is particularly interesting when examining the outliers on the graph that compares the Leave vote to levels of education.
There are numerous wards towards the bottom left of the graph where electorates with lower educational qualifications nevertheless produced low Leave and high Remain votes. This is where the link between low qualifications and Leave voting breaks down.
It turns out that these exceptional wards have high ethnic minority populations, particularly in Birmingham and Haringey in north London.
In contrast, there are virtually no dramatic outliers on the other side of the line, where comparatively highly educated populations voted Leave. Only one point on the graph stands out - this is Osterley and Spring Grove in Hounslow, west London, a mainly ethnic minority ward which had a Leave vote of 63%. While this figure does include some postal votes, they are not nearly enough to explain away this unusual outcome.
In fact, in Ealing and Hounslow, west London boroughs with many voters of Asian origin, the ethnic correlation was in the other direction to the national picture: a higher number of Asian voters was associated with a higher Leave vote.
This powerful link to educational attainment could stem from the lower qualified tending to feel less confident about their prospects and ability to compete for work in a competitive globalised economy with high levels of migration.
On the other hand some commentators see it as primarily reflecting a "culture war" or "values conflict", rather than issues of economics and inequality. Research shows that non-graduates tend to take less liberal positions than graduates on a range of social issues from immigration and multi-culturalism to the death penalty.
The former campaign director of Vote Leave, Dominic Cummings, argues that the better educated are more prone to holding irrational political opinions because they are more driven by fashion and a group mentality.
Of course this assessment does not imply that Leave voters were almost all poorly educated and old, and Remain voters well educated and young. The Leave side obviously attracted support from many middle class professionals, graduates and younger people. Otherwise it couldn't have won.
While there was undoubtedly a lot of voting which cut across these criteria, the point of this analysis is to explore how different social groups most probably voted - and it is clear that education, age and ethnicity were crucial influences.
After these three key factors are taken into account, adding in further demographic measures from the census does little to increase the explanation of UK-wide voting patterns.
However, this does not reflect the distinctively more pro-Remain voting in Scotland, since we are short of Scottish data at this geographical level. It is clear as well that in a few specific locations high student numbers were also very relevant.
To a certain extent, using the level of educational qualifications as a measure combines both class and age factors, with working class and older adults both tending to be less well qualified.
But the association between education and the voting results is stronger than the association between social or occupational class and the results. This is still true after taking the age of the local population into account.
This suggests that voters with lower qualifications were more likely to back Leave than the better qualified, even when they were in the same social or occupational class.
The existence of a significant connection between Leave voting and lower educational qualifications had already been suggested by analysis of the published referendum results from the official counting areas.
The data we have obtained strengthens this conclusion, because voting patterns can now be compared to social statistics from the 2011 census at a much more detailed geographical level than by the earlier studies.
The BBC analysis is also consistent with opinion polling (for example, from Lord Ashcroft, Ipsos Mori and YouGov) that tried to identify the characteristics of Leave and Remain voters.
The data we have collected can be used to illustrate the sort of places where the Leave and Remain camps did particularly well: it is hard to imagine a more glaring social contrast than that between the deprived, poorly educated housing estates of Brambles and Thorntree in Middlesbrough, and the privileged elite colleges of Market ward in central Cambridge.
It is important to bear in mind, however, that most of the voting figures mentioned below also include some postal votes, so they should be treated as approximate rather than precise. It is also important to note that the examples are limited to the places for which we were able to obtain localised information, which was only a minority of areas. The rest of the country may well contain even starker instances.
Of the 1,283 individual wards for which we have data, the highest Leave vote was 82.5% in Brambles and Thorntree, a section of east Middlesbrough with many social problems. Ward boundaries have changed since the 2011 census, but in that survey the Thorntree part of the area had the lowest proportion of people with a degree or similar qualification of anywhere in England and Wales, at only 5%. And according to Middlesbrough council, the figure for the current Brambles and Thorntree ward is even lower, at just 4%.
Second highest was 80.3% in Waterlees Village, a poor locality within Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. This area has seen a major influx of East European migrants who have been doing low-paid work in nearby food processing factories and farms, with tensions between them and British residents.
Other wards with available data which had the strongest Leave votes were congregated in Middlesbrough, Canvey Island in Essex, Skegness in coastal Lincolnshire, and Havering in east London.
The highest Remain vote was 87.8% in Market ward in central Cambridge, an area with numerous colleges and a high student population, in a city which was strongly pro-Remain.
This was followed by Ashley ward (85.6%) in central Bristol, a district featuring ethnic diversity, gentrification and alternative culture.
Next highest was Northumberland Park (85.0%) in Haringey, north London, which has a substantial black population.
Other wards with available data which had the strongest Remain votes were generally located in Cambridge, Bristol and the multi-ethnic London boroughs of Haringey and Lambeth.
The count for Ashburton in Croydon, south London, split 50-50 exactly, with both Leave and Remain getting 3,885 votes, but that did include some postal ballots.
As for being nearest to the overall result, the combined count of Tulketh and University, neighbouring wards near the centre of Preston, was 51.92% for leave, very close to the UK wide figure of 51.89%. The individual ward of Barnwood in Gloucester had Leave at 51.94%. Both figures however contain some postal votes.
Given that a few councils provided even more detailed data down to the level of polling districts, it is possible to identify some very small localities that were nicely representative of the national picture.
The 527 voters in the neighbouring districts of Kirk Langley and Mackworth in Amber Valley in Derbyshire, whose two ballot boxes were counted together, produced a leave proportion of 51.99%. And this figure is not contaminated by any postal votes.
So journalists (or anyone else for that matter) who seek a microcosm of the UK should perhaps visit the Mundy Arms pub in Mackworth, the location for that district's polling station.
Similarly, the 427 voters in the combined neighbouring polling districts of Chiddingstone Hoath and Hever Four Elms to the south of Sevenoaks in Kent delivered a leave vote of 51.6% (again, without any postal votes).
The data obtained points to 269 areas of various sizes (wards, clusters of wards or constituencies) which had a different Leave/Remain outcome compared to the official counting area of which they were part.
This consists of 150 areas which backed Remain but were part of Leave-voting counting areas; and 119 in the other direction.
The detailed information therefore gives us an understanding of how the electorate voted which is more variegated than the officially published results.
Every one of Scotland's 32 counting areas came down on the Remain side. Yet, despite the fact that most Scottish councils did not give us much detailed information, we can nevertheless identify a few smaller parts of the country which actually backed Leave.
A cluster of six wards in the Banff and Buchan area in north Aberdeenshire had a strong Leave majority of 61%. There is much local discontent within the fishing industry of this coastal district about the EU's common fisheries policy.
An Taobh Siar agus Nis, a ward at the northern end of the Isle of Lewis in Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles), also voted Leave, if very narrowly.
And at a smaller geographical level, in Shetland the 567 voters in the combined polling districts of Whalsay and South Unst had an extremely high Leave vote of 81%. The island of Whalsay is a fishing community, where EU rules have been controversial and in 2012 numerous skippers were heavily fined for major breaches of fishing quotas.
Ealing and Hounslow are neighbouring multi-ethnic boroughs in the west of London with large Asian populations, where - in contrast to the national picture - non-white ethnicity was associated with voting Leave, particularly in Ealing. Both boroughs shared a varied internal pattern of prosperous largely white areas voting strongly Remain, poorer largely white areas preferring Leave, and the Asian areas tending to be more evenly split.
Ealing voted 60% Remain, with Southfield ward hitting 76%, but in contrast the Southall wards which are over 90% ethnic minority were close to 50-50.
In Hounslow the richer wards in Chiswick in the east of the area voted heavily Remain (73%), but the poorer largely white wards at the opposite western end in Feltham and Bedfont voted Leave (64-66%). Osterley and Spring Grove was also 63% Leave, the highest Leave vote in any individual ward in the UK with a non-white majority for which we have data.
The south London borough of Bromley narrowly voted Remain. Those parts which did not do so by a significant margin were the Cray Valley wards, largely poor white working class areas; and Biggin Hill and Darwin wards, locations to the south which contain more open countryside and lie outside the built-up commuter belt.
In Croydon in south London, places which voted Leave by substantial amounts were New Addington and Fieldway, neighbouring wards with large council estates.
Beyond the areas with the strongest backing for Leave and Remain, examining the detailed breakdown of votes in various places gives greater insight into the pattern of support for the two sides - as can be seen from the following examples.
In several places (for example, Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Portsmouth) there was a strong contrast between the Leave-voting populations of large, rundown, predominantly white, housing estates in the urban periphery, versus Remain-voting populations in inner city areas with large numbers of ethnic minorities and sometimes students.
Birmingham had several wards with large Remain votes, although the city as a whole narrowly voted Leave. These pro-Remain wards tended to be the more highly educated, better off localities, or minority ethnic areas which strongly backed Remain despite low levels of educational qualifications. I have written about this before.
In Blackburn with Darwen, Bastwell ward had the highest Remain vote at 65%, compared to only 44% in the area as a whole. This ward has an ethnic minority proportion of over 90%. Other Blackburn wards which voted Remain were also ones with high minority populations.
Bradford voted to Leave (54%), but the area included some starkly contrasting places which went over 60% Remain: the prosperous, genteel, spa town of Ilkley, and strongly ethnic minority wards in the city, such as Manningham and Toller.
Bristol voted strongly Remain on the whole (62%), but there were some striking exceptions, particularly the large, deprived, mainly white estates to the south of the city. Hartcliffe and Withywood backed Leave at 67%. Similar neighbouring wards (Hengrove and Whitchurch Park, Filwood, Bishopsworth and Stockwood) also voted Leave, as did the more industrial area of Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston to the north west of the city.
As a county Cornwall voted to Leave. But one of its six parliamentary constituencies, Truro and Falmouth, voted 53% to Remain, possibly linked to a significant student population.
In Lincoln, which voted 57% to Leave, Carholme ward stands out as very different - it voted 63% to Remain. This ward includes Lincoln University, and 43% of the residents are students
Middlesbrough voted 65% to Leave. As already noted, it had several wards with extremely high leave votes of over 75%. But one ward, Linthorpe, voted very narrowly to Remain - a comparatively well-to-do inner suburb which includes an art college; and another ward, Central, which contains Teesside University, nearly did.
Mole Valley in Surrey exhibited a dramatic contrast between two neighbouring districts with very different demographics and housing. The highest Remain vote was in the very prosperous location of Dorking South, which voted 63% Remain, but the neighbouring ward of Holmwoods, dominated by large estates on the edge of the town of Dorking, voted 57% Leave, the area's highest Leave vote.
Nottingham voted narrowly to Leave, but the inner city ward of Radford and Park voted 68% Remain. This has both a comparatively high proportion of ethnic minorities and considerable numbers of students from two nearby universities. There was a lot of variation within the area. Bulwell - a market town to the north of the city with many social problems - voted 69% Leave
There was also a high Leave vote in the housing estate locations of the Clifton wards in the south of Nottingham.
Oldham voted to Leave at 61%, but Werneth, the city ward with the highest ethnic minority population, voted Remain (57%). Other wards with high minority populations also voted Remain.
In Oxford the cluster of polling districts which included Blackbird Leys and other deprived estates on the southern edge of the city voted to Leave at 51%. In contrast the central areas containing colleges, university buildings and student accommodation voted to Remain at over 80%.
Plymouth voted 60% Leave, but Drake ward which includes the university had the city's highest Remain vote at 56%.
Portsmouth was another place with wide variation. Paulsgrove ward, with its large estate on the edge of the city, had the highest Leave vote at 70%, whereas at the other end of the spectrum Central Southsea, an inner city ward and student area, voted 57% Remain.
Rochdale voted 60% Leave. The place which bucked this trend by voting 59% Remain, Milkstone and Deeplish, was the most predominantly ethnic minority ward. Central Rochdale had the second highest Remain vote and is the other ward that is mainly not white.
Walsall voted strongly Leave (68%). The only ward which voted Remain, Paddock, is both a comparatively prosperous and multi-ethnic locality.
A few councils released their data at remarkably localised levels, down even to individual polling districts (ie ballot boxes) in the case of Blackburn with Darwen and Bracknell Forest, or clusters of two/three/four districts, in the case of Amber Valley, Brentwood, Sevenoaks, Shetland, South Oxfordshire, and Tewkesbury.
This provides very local and specific data, in some cases just for neighbourhoods of hundreds of voters.
At its most detailed this reveals that the 110 people who cast their votes in the ballot box at St. Alban's Primary School in central Blackburn split 56-52 in favour of Remain, with two spoilt papers.
It also discloses stark contrasts in some neighbouring locations. The 953 people who voted at Little Harwood community centre in north Blackburn had a Leave vote of only 31%, while the 336 electors who voted in the neighbouring ballot box at Roe Lee Park primary school produced a Leave percentage over twice as high, at 64%.
The very detailed data we obtained also provides some rare evidence on the views of postal compared to non-postal voters. Campaign strategists have often deliberated on whether the two groups vote differently and should be given separate targeted messages.
Most places mixed boxes of postal and non-postal votes for counting, so generally it's not possible to draw comparative conclusions. However there were a few exceptions which recorded them separately, or included a very small number of non-postal votes with the postals.
These figures indicate that postal voters were narrowly less likely to back Leave than voters in polling stations. Data covering five counting areas with about 260,000 votes shows that in these places the roughly one in five electors who voted by post backed Leave at 55.4%, one percentage point lower than the local non-postal support for Leave of 56.4%.
The counting areas involved are Amber Valley, East Cambridgeshire, Gwynedd, Hyndburn and North Warwickshire.
Since the referendum the BBC has been trying to get the most detailed, localised voting data we could from each of the counting areas. This was a major data collection exercise carried out by my colleague George Greenwood.
We managed to obtain voting figures broken down into smaller geographical units for 178 of the 399 referendum counting areas (380 councils in England, Wales and Scotland, with a separate tally in Gibraltar, while in Northern Ireland results were issued for the 18 constituencies).
This varied between data for individual local government wards, wards grouped into clusters, and constituency level data. In a few cases the results supplied were even more localised than ward level. Overall the extra data covers a wide range of different areas and kinds of councils across the UK.
Electoral returning officers are not covered by the Freedom of Information Act, so releasing the information was up to the discretion of councils. While some were very willing, in other cases it required a lot of persistence and persuasion.
Some councils could not supply any detailed data because they mixed all ballot boxes prior to counting; some did possess more local figures but simply refused to disclose them to us. Others did provide data, but the combinations in which ballot boxes were mixed before counting were too complex to fit ward boundaries neatly.
A few places such as Birmingham released their ward by ward data following the referendum on their own initiative, but in most cases the information had to be obtained by us requesting it directly, and sometimes repeatedly, from the authority.
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The 19-year-old joins on a four-and-a-half-year deal until June 2021.
The England Under-20 international, who has scored seven goals in 25 games this season, becomes the most expensive signing from League One.
Lookman said: "It feels great to be an Everton player. As soon as I heard about Everton's interest I knew this would be the right place for me."
Charlton had hoped Everton would loan Lookman back to them for the rest of the season but he is seen as someone who could quickly play a part at Goodison Park under manager Ronald Koeman.
"Everton has a big history and I was also attracted by the manager," Lookman added.
"When you look at what he did at Southampton, and what he does with young players in terms of developing them, that was a big attraction.
"It was great playing in the Championship last season and for the last six months in League One but I feel like I'm ready to make the step up to the Premier League."
Koeman said: "Ademola is a big talent and, at 19 years old, he has a big future in the game. I'm really happy that we've been able to bring him here to the club."
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The online petition, collated by LGBT news service The Gay Say, was handed to speaker Robin Newton by People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll on Tuesday.
A majority of Northern Ireland Assembly members voted in favour of a motion to legalise same-sex marriage in November last year.
However, it was defeated by the DUP.
The party used the petition of concern mechanism to effectively veto a change in the law.
It was the fifth time attempts to legalise same-sex marriage have been defeated in the Assembly.
Mr Carroll said the public was "growing increasingly frustrated by the ongoing failure to deliver equal civil rights for same-sex couples".
"Following the repeated failure of the Assembly to legislate for marriage equality, we decided that it was time for action," he said.
"While presenting this petition today, I would say to the DUP that you are on the wrong side of history. You are on the wrong side of the fight for equality.
"History will not be kind to those that block progress and human rights."
All the country's town and city councils are on the slate, as well as 13 of Spain's 17 regional parliaments ahead of a general election due at the end of 2015.
Nowhere are the effects of crisis and corruption more visible than in the region of Valencia.
Four years ago the centre-right Popular Party (PP) racked up a comfortable majority in the Valencian parliament after winning 49% of the vote, despite the fact that the regional leader was being investigated as part of a sprawling kickbacks-for-contracts scandal, which affected Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's party nationwide.
The PP's traditional rival, the socialist PSOE, has also faced corruption scandals, most notably the systematic misappropriation of jobless subsidies in Andalusia by party officials, trade unions and business associates.
Now Valencia's electorate seems eager to punish the conservatives after four years in which the regional government became effectively bankrupt and needed a bailout from Madrid.
During this period, more than 100 Valencian PP officials have been targeted in slow-moving judicial corruption probes. In 2013 the party's leader in Castellon was given a four-year sentence for tax fraud.
According to an opinion poll published by El Pais newspaper, the PP's vote is set to halve, down to 24.5%.
But the same poll predicted that PSOE would pick up only 21%, also well down on 2011, while the centrist Citizens and left-wing Podemos - both new to Spain's national political scene - stood on 18% and 17%, respectively.
Eduardo Vicent, a 30-year-old sociologist from Valencia who works as a waiter, plans to vote for Compromis, a local grouping aiming to improve on its 7% result in the 2011 regional election.
"It's not so much their left-wing policies that attract me as the fact that it is an alternative to the PP and the Socialists," says Eduardo.
"The PP's legacy is a disgrace. They have created a crony network and it's time to try to destroy it."
The PP is set to lose its majority in almost all of the 10 regions it currently controls.
Coalitions or minority governments will be the order of the day, a situation the Andalusian parliament is still trying to work out, after the election there two months ago left PSOE short of a majority.
Both Citizens and Podemos have so far conditioned their backing on anti-corruption measures.
In the run-up to the 2011 local elections, thousands of "indignant" demonstrators occupied Madrid's Sol square in protest at Spain's electoral system, the ingrained corruption of the big two parties who traditionally benefited from it, and the influence of global capital.
Four years on, the ballot papers are covered in new offers of participatory politics and anti-corruption platforms.
Podemos is running in Spain's regions, but does not have official candidates at the municipal level, instead lending its support to ad hoc platforms.
Among the candidates supported by Podemos is Barcelona en Comu, whose leader, anti-eviction activist Ada Colau, has taken the lead, according to opinion polls.
Her platform is simple:
In the capital, the lead candidate for the Podemos-backed Ahora Madrid is Manuela Carmena, a 71-year-old former judge and pioneer of women's rights and the labour movement under dictator Gen Franco.
Ms Carmena promises a "different form of government" to the outgoing PP team of Mayor Ana Botella.
"We want the citizens to enjoy a participative budget because then we will begin to see a different way of appreciating what taxes mean."
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his government would "start over from zero".
The original design, by British architect Zaha Hadid, had come under criticism as estimated building costs almost doubled, reaching $2bn (£1.3bn)
Mr Abe says the new stadium will still be completed in time for the games.
However, the delay means that the stadium will no longer be ready in time for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which Japan is also hosting.
World Rugby said it was "extremely disappointed" and was "urgently seeking further detailed clarification".
Japanese officials say the contract with Zaha Hadid's architecture firm will be cancelled, and a new design chosen within six months.
Zaha Hadid Architects said that the stadium the firm had designed could be built cost-effectively.
"It is not the case that the recently reported cost increases are due to the design," the firm said in a statement.
The real challenges were "increases in construction costs in Tokyo and a fixed deadline", it said, adding that building costs in Tokyo were higher than many other places as the risk of earthquakes meant that strict safety standards were needed.
Under the original plans, Tokyo's stadium would have been bigger and more expensive than any of its recent predecessors.
It drew increasing criticism as estimated costs spiralled from $1bn to $2bn.
The futuristic design of the stadium also drew attention, with architects likening it to a turtle or a bicycle helmet.
Announcing the cancellation on Friday, Mr Abe said: "I have been listening to the voices of the people and the athletes for about a month now, thinking about the possibility of a review."
"We must go back to the drawing board," he added. "The cost has just ballooned too much."
He said that he had made the decision after being assured that it was still possible to complete construction of a new design in time for the Olympics.
Dame Zaha Hadid has won several architectural awards, including the 2004 Pritzker Architecture Prize and the 2010 and 2011 Stirling Prizes.
She designed the London Aquatics Centre for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, as well as Qatar's Al-Wakrah stadium for the 2022 football World Cup.
Commentators have described her projects as exuberant, extravagant and striking.
However, it is not the first time one of her designs exceeded the initial budget - the London Aquatics Centre's budget more than tripled from its initial budget of $116m (£75m).
The 30-year-old Briton's lap of two minutes 19.265 seconds was 0.998secs quicker than Italy's seven-time champion Valentino Rossi.
"I took the risk at the right time," said Crutchlow.
He became Britain's first MotoGP winner since Barry Sheene in 1981 with victory in the Czech Republic last month.
"I think tomorrow in a dry race we can be competitive and I'll do my best to battle at the front," added Crutchlow, who clinched top spot for the third time in his career in wet conditions with seven minutes remaining in the qualifying session.
"I really appreciate the reception I've had, and it's so nice to see so many people here to watch what we consider to be the best sport in the world."
Maverick Vinales was third, while Crutchlow's compatriot Scott Redding qualified seventh, as championship leader Marc Marquez came in fifth, 1.514 seconds off the pace.
1. Cal Crutchlow (GB) Honda 2 minutes 19.265 seconds
2. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha +0.998
3. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki +1.249
4. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda +1.447
5. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda +1.514
6. Eugene Laverty (Irl) Ducati +1.556
7. Scott Redding (GB) +1.809
8. Andrea Iannone (Ita) Ducati +2.181
9. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha +2.422
10. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) Ducati +3.155
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1. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda 197 points
2. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 144
3. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha 138
4. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 109
5. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki 100
6. Andrea Iannone (Ita) Ducati 96
7. Pol Espargaro (Spa) Yamaha 81
8. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) Ducati 79
9. Hector Barbera (Spa) Ducati 76
10. Cal Crutchlow (GB) Honda 66
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Whitlock and Dan Purvis' floor routines put GB's six-man team in with a chance of gold, but they missed out to Japan.
"I think we all really pulled together brilliantly. Going in there, we knew we had the potential to try to push for the medals," Whitlock told BBC Essex.
"To actually do it is an unbelievable feeling."
The team of Whitlock, Purvis, Louis Smith, Nile Wilson, Kristian Thomas and Brinn Bevan achieved 270.345 points, 0.473 behind Japan, who won the event for the first time in 37 years.
And, after taking bronze at the London 2012 Olympics, 22-year-old Whitlock says the team are showing signs that they can be serious competitors at the 2016 Games in Rio.
"The target is always to perform clean routines and that's what we were thinking going into this," Whitlock said.
"We try not to think about medals too much, but obviously doing what we've done in London and on Wednesday shows what our potential is.
"What we'll be doing is going back to the gym, training even harder and hopefully we can put out scores like we did on Wednesday in the lead-up to Rio. Hopefully we can go there with the same confidence."
Whitlock is back in action on Friday in the individual all-around final - where he will be joined by Purvis - and the pair will also compete in the apparatus finals on floor this weekend.
Meanwhile on Thursday, Ruby Harrold and Amy Tinkler go for GB in the women's individual all-around final, while Simone Biles of the United States is aiming for a record third world title in a row.
Police called to West End Road in Bradninch shortly after 23:30 BST on Saturday found a 53-year-old man in the road.
The injuries to the man, who has not been named, showed he had been hit by a vehicle but its location is not yet known, Devon and Cornwall police said.
The man was taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and is in a stable condition.
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Francesco Schettino had handed himself in to the Rebibbia prison in Rome after the verdict, his lawyer said.
Schettino was sentenced in 2015 after a court found him guilty of manslaughter, causing a maritime accident and abandoning ship.
The cruise ship capsized after hitting rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio.
Schettino was nicknamed "Captain Coward" by the media, after the coastguard released recordings of him in a lifeboat resisting orders to return to the stricken vessel.
More than 4,000 people were aboard at the time and were forced into a chaotic evacuation.
Prosecutors say he steered too close to the island to show off to a dancer, Domnica Cemortan, who was with him at the helm.
But he blamed communication problems with the Indonesian helmsman.
The court ruling was welcomed by a lawyer representing relatives of the victims, who said it represented justice at last.
The sentence included 10 years for manslaughter, five for causing the shipwreck, one for abandoning the ship before passengers and crew were clear, and one month for lying to the authorities afterwards.
Costa Crociere, the company that owned the ship, sidestepped potential criminal charges in 2013 by agreeing to pay a €1m ($1.1m; £769,000) fine.
Five of Schettino's colleagues were also jailed for up to three years in earlier cases.
Tourism flourishes and it is the birthplace of the African-French music form "the Beguine".
Despite a reliance on aid from Paris, Martinique has one of the higher standards of living in the region. Serious protests at rising prices and persistent unemployment flared in 2009 on Martinique and other French Caribbean islands, prompting France to negotiate more aid and the promise of constitutional reform.
Visited by the explorer Christopher Columbus and briefly occupied by the Spanish, Martinique was settled by the French in 1635. Other colonial powers vied for control of the sugar-producing island and it came under brief periods of English rule in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Population 408,000
Area 1,100 sq km (425 sq miles)
Major languages French (official), Creole
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 77 years (men), 84 years (women)
Currency euro
Head of state: President of France
Martinique is governed as an overseas department of France; Paris is represented by an appointed prefect. The territory has an elected legislative council and is represented in the National Assembly and Senate in Paris.
Martinique's TV and radio services are provided by the French public overseas broadcaster, RFO, and by private operators.
Flood waters covered the play area and rugby pitch at the town's Severn Park.
The Environment Agency said five flood warnings for the Severn were in place through Shrewsbury and at Ironbridge, Bridgnorth, Hampton Loade and Quatford.
Shropshire Council said the A488 in Bishop's Castle was blocked as were Gravel Hill Lane and Sydney Avenue in Shrewsbury because of flooding.
The Met Office is forecasting more rain on Monday and Tuesday.
The Environment Agency, which extended flood defences in Ironbridge on Saturday, said river levels in Bridgnorth were about 4.5m (14ft) and were expected to peak later.
It said levels in Shrewsbury had receded but would peak again on Monday.
Chris Bainger, from the agency, said: "We seem to be having little bits of respite in the rain and that's giving us gaps to let levels drop a bit before they rise again but we must remain vigilant.
"We do have some pretty atrocious weather fronts coming in bringing a lot of rain so there is no respite for the rest of the week."
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it had to rescue a woman from her car after it got stuck in flood water at Strefford Ford near Craven Arms.
It said it also had to use a winch to pull a car out of 2ft of flood water in Onibury, near Craven Arms, at about 20:45 on Saturday.
It said heavy winds also brought down a tree in Pool Dam in Shrewsbury which landed on a car parked in a house driveway. No-one was injured, it said.
Aykroyd is listed as an executive producer on the movie, which features a female-led cast including Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig.
He commended the "brilliant, genuine performances from the cast both female and male".
The actor made the comments after seeing a test screening of Paul Feig's new film.
"It has more laughs and more scares than the first two films, plus Bill Murray is in it!" Aykroyd wrote on Facebook.
The first trailer became the most disliked movie trailer in YouTube history when it was released in March.
A second trailer was released last week on social media, which was more warmly received.
Referring to the character he played in the 1984 original, Aykroyd said: "As one of millions of man-fans and Ray Stantz, I'm paying to see that and bringing all my friends."
Almost all surviving members of the original Ghostbusters cast are set to make appearances in the reboot, including Aykroyd.
Rick Moranis declined an offer to be in the film.
Murray, Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson played the original ghost-busting quartet.
Directed by Ivan Reitman, the film made almost $300m (£198m) at the global box office. A sequel, Ghostbusters II, followed five years later.
McCarthy and Wiig are joined by Saturday Night Live comediennes Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon in the reboot.
Ghostbusters is released in the US on 15 July, and will be screened in the UK soon after.
Neath RFC was once a giant in Welsh rugby but changes in the structure of the game in Wales as well as changes to the club itself have seen it struggle on and off the pitch in recent years.
The fans say they have lost faith in the club's co-owner, Geraint Hawkes.
Mr Hawkes said he has the interests of the club at heart.
For the past three seasons, the club has been languishing near the bottom of the Premiership but supporters say it is matters off the pitch which concern them most.
The club has had two chief executives in just over 12 months. It has had four county court judgements against it in the past three years and, in 2013, bailiffs turned up at the club shop after a player was successful in the small claims court because of unpaid wages.
In a meeting in the town on Thursday evening, supporters will discuss writing a letter to the board of the WRU calling on it to take a more proactive role to resolve the issue of the ownership of Neath.
They say they fear it will not be long before the club will cease to exist.
"Neath Rugby Club is really struggling at the minute," said supporter Gerald Morgan.
"It's struggling in terms of rugby on the field, it's struggling in terms of supporters coming to the ground and it's struggling in terms of sponsors.
"As far as the potential we have, it's synonymous with Welsh rugby. And the club itself is really not performing well as a club. Its perception outside of the rugby community is not good."
Neath MP Peter Hain has met with the WRU asking it to intervene. At the time it said that while Neath was run as a company in its own right, the priority was to keep the club going successfully.
On Thursday, the WRU said group chief executive Roger Lewis has spoken to Mr Hain, and will be arranging a further meeting with the MP and supporters' representatives.
Mr Hawkes has previously said he has severed his ties with the club, but it is understood an agreement to transfer the ownership to local businessman Mike Cuddy has not been signed.
A statement issued by his solicitor, Philip Graham, said: "Mr Hawkes continues to have the best interests of Neath RFC at heart and will work with all parties interested in the development and best interests of Neath RFC.
"Not being aware of the content of the letter, Mr Hawkes looks forward to receipt in order to consider its content."
A 28-year-old man was treated for stab wounds after an incident on Manse Road in the Newmains area on Monday.
He was taken to Wishaw General Hospital where his condition was described as serious but stable.
Police Scotland said a 22-year-old man had been detained in police custody. He is expected to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday.
The e-petition was set up after news broke that leaflets would be sent out to 27 million UK homes from next week.
Leave campaigners said the "one sided" campaign was an "outrageous" use of taxpayers' money.
The PM said the government was "not neutral" and backed remaining in the EU and it was right to explain why.
David Cameron came in for criticism on Thursday after it emerged that the publicly funded campaign explaining the government's position on the EU referendum would see leaflets delivered to every UK home from next week.
The petition, launched by the Get Britain Out group on the government's e-Petitions site, entitled "Stop Cameron spending British taxpayers' money on pro-EU referendum leaflets" had more than 120,000 signatures on Friday morning.
The government's response states that the EU Referendum Act 2015 "commits the government to provide information to the public on EU membership ahead of the vote, and that is what we will do".
Not every petition which reaches 100,000 signatures gets debated by MPs in the Commons, but all must be considered.
Five petitions lodged during this Parliament have been ruled out for debate and a further seven, including the EU leaflet campaign, have more than 100,000 signatures but have not yet been considered for debate by the cross-party Petitions Committee.
Once the official campaign period begins next week, the official "Leave" and "Remain" campaigns will only be able to spend up to £7m by law.
Eurosceptic MPs forced ministers to agree to limit the use of the machinery of government to boost the Remain case in the weeks running up to the 23 June referendum vote.
But the ex-Conservative cabinet minister Liam Fox - who backs the UK leaving the EU - told the BBC on Thursday the government was exploiting a "loophole" in the rules to put the leaflets out early.
"The government knows that it wouldn't be allowed to put this leaflet out during the last four weeks of the campaign and is taking advantage of that loophole. What the government are effectively doing is doubling the funding for one side, ie the Remain campaign, by spending this amount of money."
And Labour's Gisela Stuart, who chairs pro-exit campaign group Vote Leave, said the public wanted "an honest debate" not "an attempt by the prime minister to buy the referendum result".
The pro-Brexit Grassroots Out group has written to the Electoral Commission, questioning whether the leaflet was legitimate "given that the government has not registered as a campaigner".
But Mr Cameron, in a speech to students, said he would make "no apology" for the leaflets and said there was "nothing to stop the government from setting out its views in advance of the campaign".
He said he wanted every voter to have "all the information at their fingertips" when they go to vote: "I think that is money well spent. It is not... just legal, it is necessary and right."
Downing Street said the campaign followed polling which suggested 85% of people wanted more information from the government to help them make an informed choice.
The leaflet is due to start hitting doormats in England next week, but not until after 5 May elections in the rest of the UK.
The 35-year-old has signed a three-year deal with the Saudi champions, who won their 14th title last season.
The Oman international, who made 91 appearances for the Royals, was a key figure in the Reading side that reached the Championship play-off final under Jaap Stam last term.
"It was surely a tough decision to take," Al-Habsi said on Twitter.
He signed a new deal with Reading until 2019 in January but Al-Hilal met a release clause in his contract.
Al-Habsi added: "I have spent a great two years at Reading. It was a one of a kind experience.
"I am sure Reading will do great next season, especially with a perfect manager like Jaap Stam, you will push forward and will have excellent results."
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Education Secretary Nicky Morgan issued the advice a month after the High Court ruled that the new religious studies GCSE wrongfully excluded atheism.
Humanist groups said the legal verdict had "implications" for the curriculum.
But Mrs Morgan said schools had the "freedom" to make their own decision.
After the High Court found against the government, ministers dropped plans to take the issue to the Court of Appeal.
But the new guidance issued by the Department for Education in England clarified that there would be no need to give non-religious beliefs "equal air time" in lessons, saying the court defeat had been on a "narrow, technical point".
Mrs Morgan said: "This government is determined to protect schools' freedom to set their own religious studies curriculum, in line with the wishes of parents and the local community.
"The guidance I have issued makes absolutely clear that the recent judicial review will have no impact on what is currently being taught in religious education.
"I am clear that both faith and non-faith schools are completely entitled to prioritise the teaching of religion and faith over non-religious world views if they wish."
The guidelines added that non-faith schools should "reflect the fact that the religious traditions in Great Britain are, in the main, Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain".
British Humanist Association chief executive Andrew Copson said the High Court ruling had implications for the school curriculum at all ages and "further guidance is urgently needed to bring practice into line with the law".
Rev Nigel Genders, chief education officer for the Church of England, said he welcomed the publication of the guidance which "provides assurance that the judgement does not impact on the content of the new GCSE".
The new course is be introduced from September next year.
The teenager, from the northern province of Heilongjiang, had "tied the victim up in a chair until she died" on 16 September, local police say, without giving further details about the death.
The 16-year-old, identified in media reports by a psuedonym, Chen Xin, has handed herself in to the police.
Local media say Chen Xin had been sent to an academy in Shandong, more than 1,000 km (600 miles) from her home, that specialised in "treating addictions and rebellious youths" - and which had a particular reputation for treating internet addictions.
She claimed in an online blog that she had been bundled into a car by two men and taken to the academy against her will, where she was held for four months, news outlet The Paper reported.
She also alleged there were frequent student beatings at the centre, and students were forced to "eat in front of the toilet bowl" as a form of punishment, The Paper added.
Local education officials say they are now investigating the college. The college has denied any corporal punishment.
The incident has sparked outrage online about China's youth treatment centres, and debate about how parents should raise their children.
The Paper said it had interviewed several former students at the college who alleged abuse.
Many said they were beaten for not following orders, with one saying they were beaten "black and blue" for being found with a cigarette.
Others said they were sometimes forbidden to sleep, and forced to stand until the early hours of the morning.
One student said her parents paid 30,000 RMB ($5,000; £3,500) to enroll her for a year and she lived "a life without dignity".
Several news outlets have since sought to enter the school or seek interviews, but have been refused, the state run People's Daily newspaper reported.
Internet boot camps became widely publicised in China in 2014, as there were reports of an increase in the number of young people suffering from insomnia and depression.
The camps involved "physical training and psychological counselling, as well as the prescription of drugs if doctors consider it necessary," the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.
Within the camps, students mainly take part in military drills, and "practical" work (such as chopping vegetables), to improve their "bad" physical shape.
However, people have criticised the "harsh treatment and military-style discipline enforced on teenagers" at some camps, the SCMP says.
The allegations of abuse at the centre have provoked online outrage, with thousands of users expressing anger at Chen Xin's parents.
One user whose post was widely praised said: "Everyone knows that parents play a major role in their child's development. This environment acted as a catalyst towards two people undeserving of the title 'parents'."
Another social media user, whose comment received over 1,000 likes, said: "You do not treat your children... like animals".
However, some have expressed shock that Chen Xin killed her mother, with one saying: "I do not support matricide".
Meanwhile, media commentators have called the story a "tragedy" that highlights the lack of proper counselling and support available for families.
The Beijing Times warns parents to "wake up" to the risks of sending their children to such treatment centres.
"Do not send your children to such a 'cage'" it says. "Using violent means only further hurts a child."
A People's Daily commentator, 'Xiaojiang Suixiang', said: "Some parents are left helpless by internet-addicted children, and there is a lack of formal, professional psychological counselling in communities, which lead to 'wild routes'."
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Close to 70,000 pupils were eligible for the free lunches across Wales in the 2015-16 academic year.
But AM Joyce Watson said inconsistent and out-of-date systems across schools were leading to children being bullied.
Some councils told BBC Wales they were introducing fingerprint IDs for lunches.
Across Wales' 22 local authorities, different systems are in place for issuing free school meals, including fobs, cashless cards, online payments and biometrics.
Despite calls in 2014 for all councils to introduce fingerprint IDs or biometrics, many are still yet to roll-out the systems.
Labour AM for Mid and West Wales, Ms Watson, said councils were taking too long to implement the systems, which would help prevent children from poorer families being bullied.
"I'm really concerned about young people being stigmatised," she said. "We are now in a position where a lot of families are using food banks."
"If young people are not taking up the offer because the system currently singles them out, when are they eating? Their families at home are struggling, in work poverty is a big issue now."
Ms Watson's office carried out research into the systems back in 2014, highlighting issues, including the selling of tokens and a lack of take-up due to stigmatism.
A Wales-wide system, which all councils buy into, would help reduce budget costs and bring consistency across the country, she added.
"I just think councils really need to think about moving as quickly forward on this as they can," she said.
"There may be many reasons why this hasn't happened. Budgets are probably the main reason but this is a problem for our children.
"We should never put children in that position. It is not their fault - and it is not the fault of their families - that they find themselves in this position."
In Welsh secondary schools, average uptake for free school meals is 61.74% - below the UK average of 64.92% - according to figures from the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE).
Rob Bailey, of APSE, said while cashless systems go some way to removing stigma, other factors including peer pressure meant many chose not to eat them.
Some of the current arrangements across Wales
Issues around free school meals were highlighted at a recent poverty conference near Cardiff last month.
A Caerphilly Youth Forum representative said young people in one school were being left hungry as cards for the free meals were not being loaded with cash until lunchtime.
She said many were not eating breakfast due to time restraints or their parents not being able to afford it, leaving them "starving".
Children's Commissioner Sally Holland told the conference she would look into the issue, but Caerphilly council said the IT software system had been recently upgraded to load cash on to the cards automatically first thing in the morning.
Teachers and charities have also warned children in poorer areas may go hungry without access to the school meals during the summer holidays.
A National Union of Teachers' spokesman said teachers often noticed pupils were thinner and less mentally alert after the summer.
Sarah Crawley, director of Barnardo's Cymru, said the charity was increasingly seeing families using food banks and the school holidays were an especially tough time.
Becky's stepbrother Nathan Matthews, 28, and his girlfriend Shauna Phillips, 21, have been named locally as those being held on suspicion of her murder.
Ms Philips was taken to hospital after "feeling unwell in custody", Avon and Somerset Police said.
Four other men and a woman, all in their 20s, were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Police were granted a further 24 hours to question the five by Bristol magistrates on Wednesday.
"We can confirm that the woman in custody arrested on suspicion of the murder of Becky Watts was taken to hospital [on Tuesday] night after feeling unwell in custody," a force spokesman said.
She was seen by a doctor and taken back a short time later.
Police had until about 15:00 GMT to either charge or release Mr Matthews and Ms Phillips.
Becky was last seen on 19 February. On Tuesday, body parts were found at a house in Barton Hill, Bristol.
Det Supt Mike Courtiour, of Avon and Somerset Police, said officers went to a house at Barton Court in the Barton Hill area of the city after receiving new information on Monday night.
He said the latest five arrests - two men aged 29, two aged 23 and a woman aged 23 - were made as a result of the finding of body parts. All seven arrested people remain in police custody.
Becky's mother Tania, grandmother Pat and brother Daniel Watts released a joint statement following the discovery.
"We are devastated to be told of this latest development," it read.
"We are at an utter loss to understand why anyone would want to hurt our beautiful Becky in such a brutal way."
Father Darren Galsworthy and stepmother Anjie added in a separate statement that the news about their "dear daughter" was "too much to bear".
St Ambrose Church near the family home is to be opened from 10:30 to 21:00 on Wednesday and Thursday for people to light candles in the 16-year-old's memory.
A book of condolence has also been placed there.
The Bishop of Bristol, the Right Reverend Mike Hill, said: "This is just a shocking, shocking business, and what it must be like for her poor family I cannot begin to imagine.
"The family have acted with great dignity. The family have made reference to the fact that it will be the people around them who will get them through this and I think they publicly thanked people for the level of support they've got.
"It beggars belief to know what they (the family) are going through and it sounds like today is going to be another difficult day as well."
Timeline of Becky's disappearance
MSPs approved plans for a minimum price per unit of alcohol in 2012, but it has been tied up in court challenges amid claims it breaches European law.
The Scotch Whisky Association has taken the fight to the UK's highest court, where a two-day hearing was held.
Justices will now consider the arguments put forward, and will issue a judgement in due course.
The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) Scotland Act 2012 aims to help address health and social problems associated with heavy drinking by setting a minimum base price for each unit of alcohol. Ministers say this means the law targets cheap, strong drinks preferred by problem drinkers, without impacting adversely on more moderate tipples.
The SWA contends that the plan breaches EU regulations, as it could potentially act as a restriction on the free movement of goods. They say there are "less restrictive" ways of acting to influence alcohol prices, such as excise duties and indirect taxation.
Aidan O'Neill QC, speaking for the group in the Supreme Court, said the case could set a far-reaching precedent and have an impact on international trade. He said the nub of the SWA argument was "why not tax?".
On the second day of the hearing, he told the court: "Frankly we have not had a satisfactory response in accord with the requirements of EU law.
"You are not allowed to discriminate against products that you think are undesirable because they are cheap.
"The whole point of a system of fair competition, which the single market seeks to achieve, is that the state can't come in and say that some of those prices, formed under the free activity of the market, are not desirable.
"That goes against the absolute fundamentals of the free market. You cannot target some products because of their price and insist that those products and those products alone must have their prices raised."
Defending the legislation, Lord Advocate James Wolffe said it was designed to work alongside taxes, as a measure specifically targeted at "hazardous and harmful drinkers".
He said there was a "strong evidence base" that minimum pricing could provide an "effective intervention" in Scotland, but said that any impact on intra-EU trade would be relatively minor. He said the potential saving of thousands of lives and tens of thousands of alcohol related hospitalisations would outweigh such a relatively minor impact on trade.
Mr Wolffe said simply raising taxes would have a "disproportionate" impact on "moderate drinkers", saying: "The aim is not to reduce consumption for the sake of it, but to reduce alcohol-related harm.
"That is why the aim is expressed primarily in terms of targeting hazardous and harmful drinkers, as they are the drinkers who are most at risk of alcohol-related harm."
The latest phase of the five-year legal battle will be decided in London, having already passed through courts in Edinburgh and Luxembourg. After an initial challenge at the Court of Session failed in 2013, the SWA appealed to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
The European court said the legislation might break EU law if other tax options would prove as effective, but said it was "ultimately for the national court to determine" whether they did.
The Scottish court subsequently backed the measures for a second time, ruling that tax measures "would be less effective than minimum pricing".
However in December 2016 the Court of Session judges then allowed the SWA to go to the Supreme Court to challenge their ruling.
The Scottish government has indicated that it wants to implement the policy "as soon as practicably possible".
The men forced their way into the house in Graham Road, Brucehill, Dumbarton, at about 23:45 on Wednesday.
They threatened the 29-year-old woman and demanded money before running off with cash and some of her belongings.
Police said the gun was not fired during the robbery and the woman was not injured but was left in a very distressed state.
Det Sgt Darren Munogee said: "This was obviously a very frightening experience for the young woman who thankfully was not physically injured during this incident.
"Our inquiries are under way to establish the exact motive for this robbery, however, we believe that this was not a random attack and that the property was the intended target for the culprits.
"I'd also like to reassure the public that there will be an increased police presence in the Dumbarton area and anyone who has any information that could assist our inquiries is asked to contact Police Scotland."
The man, who has not been named, was found on Wednesday near junction 4 of the southbound M40 near High Wycombe.
Thames Valley Police have appealed to anyone who saw a red Honda at the Handy Cross roundabout at about 23:20 GMT on Friday to come forward.
Officers said they have have informed the man's family.
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The Conservative MP was speaking to the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme.
When asked by presenter Gordon Brewer whether reversal by the Scottish government was possible, Mr Mundell said: "Yes it will. It will be able to top up tax credits and indeed child benefit if is chooses to do so.
"Of course it will have to find the money and it will have to find the money either from Scottish tax payers, by telling them it is going to increase tax, or it will have to find it from cuts being made elsewhere."
Healthcare services at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes were inspected by the Care Quality Commission amid concerns over the number of deaths.
While staff had the necessary skills, there were not enough of them, the inspectors found.
The NHS trust which runs the service said more staff had been recruited.
Inspectors visited the Category A prison in September.
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They concluded the jail's mental health team, which consisted of three nurses, an interim deputy head and a clinical lead, was "insufficient to meet the needs" of the inmate population.
While practitioners had the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver effective care and treatment, staff shortages in both its primary healthcare and mental health teams had been an issue for a "significant length of time", inspectors said.
Patients in crisis were seen promptly, but inspectors were concerned others with longer-term mental health issues might not have their needs met.
CQC told Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, which provides services for the prison, it must ensure both its primary and mental healthcare teams are "fully staffed".
Dr Shamir Patel, clinical director of offender care at the trust, said they accepted the report and added: "There needs to be a focus on improvement across the whole prison system."
He added: "It's been a very hard time at the prison with the high number of deaths and we share the concerns of all the families who have lost loved ones."
New clinicians had been recruited and were "waiting for employment clearances", he said.
HMP Woodhill opened in 1992 and can hold 819 inmates.
The man had shouted abuse at waiting parents and pushed two women to the ground outside St Luke's CE School in Longsight on Wednesday afternoon.
He walked away but later returned to the school carrying two knives and threatened officers who had been called to the scene, police said.
He was shot with a Taser and arrested on suspicion of affray.
Det Insp Gareth Davies said the man had been "verbally and physically aggressive" causing "understandable distress to those parents who had arrived to pick their kids up from school".
"Officers arrived within minutes and were able to quickly resolve the situation," he added.
The turnaround plan for the ailing store is "very clear", and includes rebranding the business and introducing food, he said.
BHS currently has 171 stores, and made pre-tax losses of around £85m for the year ended August 2014.
One analyst said BHS had room to make changes, but it needed a more exciting clothing range.
Mr Topp said BHS planned to update its window and shop displays with new visual merchandising and new mannequins, "to better show off a new range of products".
Introducing food will also be a major part of BHS's "very clear turnaround plan", he said.
The store chain completed a food trial in three stores last year, and is in the middle of extending it to 20 stores.
"What we're really determined to do is to bring this brand back to its iconic status on the High Street," Mr Topp said.
"We owe it to the million customers a week who shop with us currently, who've stuck with us, and the 10,000 people who work here in the business to take every opportunity we can to really reinvigorate and re-energise a great British brand," he added.
Some stores may close, but the firm is looking at other options, including sub-letting floor space, he said - adding that there are 20 locations where BHS would like to open.
Retail Acquisitions, the investment vehicle which bought BHS for £1 from Sir Philip Green, had been "very supportive" of the operational team, he said.
Richard Perks, a retail analyst at Mintel, told the BBC that BHS was in a precarious state, "but it has got a lifeline", as it was sold on debt free.
"Philip Green may not have done anything with the business but at least he sold it on with a clean balance sheet, and the company's been able to raise another £65m, so it's got the headroom to do the things it needs," Mr Perks said.
He said food should bring customers back into the store, and "footfall is half of the battle".
But he added that BHS had to update its clothing ranges. "BHS has aged with its customers, and that's why it's in such trouble at the moment. It needs more exciting ranges aimed at younger customers... and I'm not saying 15 to 25s, I'm saying 40-year-olds."
Food should give it time to get new clothing ranges in, and "time is what it needs", Mr Perks said.
People have also been celebrating VE Day in Moscow where a parade had been organised.
Marc de Berner from London travelled to Moscow to take part in the parade. This is his story.
"My family is originally from Leningrad, now St Petersburg.
I wanted to be here to represent my grandmother. She is now 92 and lives in west London.
She was the only one of her family who survived the war. The other 10 members of her family starved during the Siege of Leningrad.
Today I walked through Red Square and there was around 10,000 ordinary people, carrying photos in memory of their lost relatives.
The security was very intense - airport-style, with sniffer dogs checking everyone going near the parade route.
When the parade started at 10am the crowd was 20 deep.
But everyone was polite and children could get to the front of the parade.
The highlight was the aircraft flying overhead. The crowd cheered and started to chant "Russia! Russia!" when the planes flew past.
Many were dressed in World War Two military costumes, both men and women. Some played balalaikas and harmonicas. Lots of people were singing Russian folk songs.
Later I noticed people with photos gathering together. I asked why and was told they would be marching across Red Square in memory of their relatives who died.
So I joined them. It was a very good-natured march, even though the police stopped us in one spot for a while.
I'm very proud of my Russian heritage and pleased that I was able to be here today to remember the members of my family who starved in the Siege of Leningrad.
My gran has dementia. She only asked that I bring her some of her favourite Russian sweets when I return to London."
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West Ham forward Dimitri Payet has also been recalled and could make his first international appearance since June.
Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, currently involved in a court case, is left out.
"Kante is a complete midfielder," said Les Bleus coach Didier Deschamps. "He's been stringing together top-level performances with Leicester."
Kante, 24, joined the Foxes from French side Caen in August, becoming one of the key figures in their surprise Premier League title challenge.
Former Juventus and Chelsea midfielder Deschamps, who captained France to the 1998 World Cup, said he had picked Kante ahead of Manchester United's Morgan Schneiderlin.
"It's not that I don't trust Morgan, but I wanted to give N'Golo a run out before making a final decision on the Euro 2016 squad," he added.
"He is a great ball winner and passer with a great sense of positioning."
Payet, 28, has been instrumental in West Ham's bid for Champions League qualification, scoring eight goals and providing seven assists in the Premier League.
The former Marseille player, who has won 15 caps, is one of the men called up in the continued absence of Benzema.
Benzema, 28, was suspended by the French Football Federation in December until an investigation into an alleged bid to blackmail France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex video was resolved.
He was told last week that he was eligible to play at Euro 2016 after some legal restrictions were lifted, but has still been left out of Deschamps' latest squad.
"It's a logical sporting decision, a decision based on his performances with his club side," said Deschamps.
"Payet will get a run out and it's good he's with us for the two matches."
Euro 2016 hosts France play Netherlands in Amsterdam on 25 March, then host Russia at the Stade de France four days later.
Zatoon Bibi, 37, enlisted the help of her ex-husband Gul Nawaz, 45, to murder DJ and music producer Tanveer Iqbal.
Nawaz was handed a life term and their 16-year-old son was detained for six years after also being convicted of murder at Birmingham Crown Court.
Mr Iqbal, 33, of Smethwick, was found strangled on 2 February.
Bibi plotted revenge after being rejected by Mr Iqbal and his remains were found crammed into a cardboard box in his car, the jury was told during the six-week trial.
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A 17-year-old girl who admitted perverting the course of justice after providing a false alibi will be sentenced on Friday.
Judge Mark Wall said Bibi must serve a minimum 27-year sentence and told her: "Your selfishness and manipulative behaviour are truly breathtaking."
Gul Nawaz, of Roway Lane, Oldbury, must serve a minimum term of 25 years.
The judge lifted a reporting restriction to name their 16-year-old son Kashim Nawaz as the third person convicted of Mr Iqbal's murder.
He told Bibi: "You were the one person pushing your own son to commit murder."
Mr Iqbal and Bibi had an "unconventional and complicated relationship" which their spouses were "fully aware" of, the court had heard.
However, in August last year Mr Iqbal banned the pair from any contact and was angry after discovering in January that they had continued to talk in secret.
QC Sally Howes said: "It is clear that in the period leading up to January 31, Zatoon Bibi is stirring up trouble between Mr Iqbal and his wife."
Mr Iqbal ended the affair but was killed after Bibi lured him to her home on 31 January claiming she wanted to give him some birthday cake.
CCTV and mobile phone analysis linked Bibi and Nawaz to the killing, and subsequent efforts to abandon his remains.
Det Insp Paul Joyce said: "Although we can't say exactly what happened we do know that together - and with the help of their son - they strangled Tanveer inside Bibi's home."
The officer said three hours before Mr Iqbal went to Bibi's home, Gul Nawaz was in Poundland buying the "murder kit ready to kill him". The "kit" consisted of rope and heavy-duty tape.
Mr Iqbal's family said in a statement: "Tanveer was taken away from us in a way which has had a profound effect and changed our lives forever.
"It is indescribable pain to lose a loved one in such a brutal manner."
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Arlene, a 15-year-old from Castlederg, County Tyrone, went missing 22 years ago after attending a school disco in County Donegal.
She was last seen in a car driven by the convicted child killer and rapist, Robert Howard.
The opening day of the inquest heard that Arlene was a "vulnerable" girl from a troubled background who had been sexually abused in her younger years.
Colletta Smith reports from the coroner's court in Belfast.
Olaseni Lewis, known as Seni, died in 2010 after he collapsed during a prolonged restraint by the police.
His parents want the High Court to quash the initial report.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it needed to begin a new investigation, but the Metropolitan Police said that was unlawful.
Seni, a 23-year-old IT graduate from Kingston University, died after being taken to hospital when his behaviour became uncharacteristically odd and agitated.
He was restrained three times - first by hospital staff and then by 11 police officers - for 45 minutes before his collapse.
He never regained consciousness and died three days later.
The IPCC ruled in its original report, before it had full access to all the evidence, that no police officer was at fault.
It now says a criminal act may have happened and has told the family to take legal action so that it can reinvestigate.
His parents, Ajibola and Conrad Lewis, said: "We feel that by going to the High Court it's been acknowledged that wrongs were done and they're going to correct them.
"The IPCC has apologised and said they want to do things right and they want to do another investigation and investigate the police under caution."
IPCC commissioner Rachel Cerfontyne said: "We take the concerns raised by Mr Lewis's family seriously and our focus has not shifted from providing them with answers to what happened to their son.
"We have reopened our investigation and have determined that there is an indication that officers may have committed criminal offences and, or, behaved in a manner which would justify disciplinary proceedings."
She said the IPCC would not contest their claim and that it would pay their costs.
The Met Police said: "We have always expressed our desire to assist the family in understanding the circumstances of Mr Lewis's death in any way possible and will continue to co-operate with the IPCC.
"The commissioner is adopting a neutral stance [to the judicial review]."
The 23-year-old beat Russia's Malik Kurbanov with an ippon to claim the title in the men's -100kg class.
Skelley was fifth at the Rio Paralympic Games in 2016 and is one of Britain's highest-ranked judokas in Walsall.
Britain's Natalie Greenhough won bronze in the women's -70kg category in her first major tournament.
Jack Hodgson, who took bronze in 2015, came fifth in the men's +100kg after defeat by Abdula Kuramagomedov of Russia in the bronze medal match.
Elliot Stewart was also fifth in the men's -90kg.
The offensive messages are circulating labelled with the #unbonjuif (#agoodjew) hashtag.
The tweets are being removed following the threat of legal action by a Jewish student group.
The Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) was planning to get a court injunction to make Twitter remove the offensive tweets.
The decision to remove the tweets emerged from a meeting between Twitter's senior management, the UEJF president Jonathan Hayoun and the group's legal representatives. During the meeting the UEJF handed over a list of the posts it wants removed.
Over the past few days the #unbonjuif hashtag has been one of the most popular phrases on Twitter among French-speaking users of the service. Many of the tweets bearing the tag contain offensive comments.
The UEJF had scored an "important victory" over Twitter on the issue, Stephane Lilty, the student body's lawyer told AFP. It has also pressed Twitter to reveal the names of those abusing the hashtag. Twitter has yet to issue an official comment about the matter.
The decision to remove the messages comes soon after Twitter shut down an account used by a German neo-Nazi group based in Hanover. The block was imposed at the request of German police. Facebook and YouTube have also agreed to block the group's accounts.
The block was carried out using a novel feature called "Country Withheld Content" it introduced earlier in 2012. This means users in Germany will be unable to see messages posted by the account but they will be visible in other nations.
The News Letter says nearly 60 firefighters were called to the blaze, which started in Woodgreen Furniture store on Broughshane Road about 17:00 BST on Tuesday.
The fire spread to a number of adjacent firms, including an estate agents and solicitors.
Eugene Diamond, who owns a newsagents on the street, told the paper: "It's heartbreaking to see businesses that have contributed so much to Ballymena over so many years, destroyed in a matter of minutes."
Another picture which appears in all the papers is that of Thomas Scott McEntee, who appeared in court on Tuesday charged with the murders of an elderly couple at their home in Portadown, County Armagh.
The court heard Mr Entee, 40, from Kilkeel, County Down, had "mental health difficulties" and had been under supervision while in police custody following his arrest.
The smiling face of Sarah Lee-Anne Reid beams out from the front page of the Belfast Telegraph.
The 20-year-old from Magheraknock, near Ballynahinch, died in Croatia on Friday.
The Irish News says the former Friends' School pupil was found unconscious outside a nightclub in the busy tourist resort of Hvar and suffered a cardiac arrest on the way to hospital.
Her family paid tribute to their "precious daughter" and "loving and much-loved" sister and granddaughter.
The paper's front page carries a plea from the rector of Clonard Monastery after children set off a flare inside the west Belfast church, causing damage to an 100-year-old shrine.
Fr Noel Kehoe said those responsible were "completely brazen" and urged parents to monitor their children's whereabouts after this latest attack on the church.
The paper's editorial says the level of anti-social behaviour in the Falls Road area continues to cause "deep concern".
"It seems that no-one is off limits to the young thugs and no place is regarded as sacred," it says.
The Belfast Telegraph has an exclusive interview with the mother of Colin Horner, who was murdered in front of his three-year-old son in a Bangor car park on Sunday. The paper is full of pictures of Mr Horner at various ages.
Mrs Horner said her son was "killed because he stood up to paramilitaries" and he had been "trying to build a better life for his young family".
She said the 35-year-old had been subject to "three death threats" and she described his killers as the "scum of the earth".
Mrs Horner reveals that his son, who witnessed the shooting, thought his "daddy had tomato sauce splattered on him".
There's a general election around the corner, and there's plenty of political coverage in the papers.
The News Letter's main story is about Secretary of State James Brokenshire, who "delivered a coded but blunt message to the dominant parties within unionism and nationalism" while launching the Northern Ireland Conservatives' manifesto on Tuesday.
Speaking to the paper, he said if the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin could not agree a new power-sharing deal in the next 29 days, they would be "passing the baton" to Westminster to run Northern Ireland.
The Belfast Telegraph says the SDLP wants a border poll after the Brexit negotiations.
The party launched its manifesto on Tuesday and its leader Colum Eastwood also launched a "stinging attack on republican abstentionism" and predicted republican voters were prepared to switch allegiances over Brexit because Sinn Féin MPS don't take their seats in the House of Commons.
The best headline of the day is probably the Daily Mirror's "Rovers Return", which is not about the fictional pub in the ITV soap Coronation Street but rather a joyous tale of a dog owner reunited with his squirrel-loving pets.
Thomas Crowe lost his Jack Russells, Fudge and Spot, after they raced off during a walk in Clare Glen, County Armagh, last Wednesday.
Spot was discovered on Sunday wandering around the glen but Fudge was still stuck down a badger hole, and it took two hours for a fireman and passer-by to dig him out.
"I reckon Spot maybe got out of the hole earlier," Mr Crowe said. "He's grand now, though, and I'd say the same boy would run off after squirrels again."
Over the weekend thousands of marchers took to the streets of Hong Kong's commercial district to protest against what they perceived as Beijing's meddling in the city's political affairs.
The marchers' complaint was a series of reports from local lawmakers that in the run-up to March's chief executive election, Chinese officials strong-armed members of an elite election committee to switch their support from one candidate to another.
As a result the eventual winner, Chief Executive-elect Leung Chun-ying, has now been branded a communist in the eyes of many.
In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China, where the Communist Party maintains its grip more than 60 years after coming to power in a bloody civil war.
But to many people in Hong Kong, some of whom come from families that fled communist China, calling someone a communist is an insult.
And if Mr Leung, known here simply as CY, really is a Communist Party member then, by law, he would be barred from serving as chief executive.
The 57-year-old self-made businessman-turned-politician says he is tired of the persistent rumours.
"The fact is I have never been invited to be a member of the Communist Party. I have never been a member of the Communist Party. I am not an underground member of the Communist Party," he emphatically told a group of reporters over tea at Hong Kong's old government office.
To Mr Leung's many critics, his denials sound hollow.
At a recent dinner for news executives, when it was his turn to sing karaoke he chose a patriotic song in Mandarin Chinese praising the motherland.
Critics also want him to explain his appointment at the young age of 34 as the head of a committee involved in writing laws to govern Hong Kong's return to China.
Pressed on the issue, Mr Leung responded in fluent, British-inflected English - the result of three years spent in Bristol studying to be a surveyor.
The son of a police officer, he was born and raised in Hong Kong and returned to the city in 1977 after graduation from university in Britain.
At that time China was reeling from years of chaos suffered during the Cultural Revolution. Hong Kong, by contrast, was a wealthy colony, peering with paranoia over the border.
Despite this, Mr Leung says he joined a group of professionals - lawyers, accountants, engineers, architects, planners and surveyors - who set up a group called the Association of Experts for the Modernisation of China.
Members took the train across the border to Shenzhen - then a fishing village with just a few thousand residents - on weekends at their own expense.
One of the group's first projects was to help Shenzhen prepare a town plan.
"We asked: 'What is your population target?' They said, '300,000 people.' We said: 'Where on earth will you get 300,000 people to come and live in Shenzhen?" Mr Leung recalls.
Shenzhen now has a population of more than 10 million people, nearly all migrants who arrived to take advantage of the growth triggered by Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms.
It vies with Shanghai as the richest city in mainland China.
Mr Leung said his first big break came in 1984, when China was negotiating with Britain on the terms of Hong Kong's eventual return.
By then, he was travelling regularly to Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shanghai to talk about land matters.
China's foreign ministry had few experts on property rights, so the government turned to him for recommendations on how to deal with expiring leases on the New Territories, the part of Hong Kong closest to the mainland.
Mr Leung said he wrote out his recommendations, based on simple calculations, by hand and sent them to Beijing.
He says they eventually found their way into the Sino-British Joint Declaration governing Hong Kong's return.
"That is one of the things I did for Beijing," he said. "I coined the term land-use rights in Chinese. So that you could have the state owning the land, and private individuals and enterprises owning land-use rights."
In the years after 1984, Mr Leung says he helped Shanghai and Shenzhen with their land policies.
"The first three sales of land, or land-use rights, this side of 1949 were under my hand, pro bono," he adds. "If you piece all this together, you realise that my involvement later on... was neither a surprise nor a coincidence."
Perhaps what is a surprise is how a man who helped shape China's real-estate policy can be so unpopular with Hong Kong's billionaire property moguls, who are perceived to run this city.
Nearly all of them supported Henry Tang, Mr Leung's opponent in the chief executive race, the wealthy heir to a family with roots in Shanghai.
Mr Leung, by contrast, comes from more humble origins and had campaigned on a populist platform.
Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man and head of Cheung Kong Holdings, supported Mr Tang even after a widely reported meeting with China's presumed next president, Xi Jinping, who was believed to have pressed the tycoon to back Mr Leung.
Because Mr Leung and Mr Tang split the establishment vote, the new chief executive will begin his administration on 1 July with the weakest mandate of any of Hong Kong's previous top leaders.
Willy Lam, a political analyst at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, believes Mr Leung will offer more social welfare benefits and public housing projects as a result.
"He is starting from the low-end of expectations. He could make up for all these doubts and suspicions if he could deliver these populist goodies in the first half year," Mr Lam says.
On a recent visit to the working class area of Sham Shui Po, Mr Leung did indeed promise to provide more public housing for struggling residents.
Observers said it was as if he were still campaigning.
Elected by an elite group with such a slim majority, Mr Leung will no doubt try to seek a mandate from Hong Kong's people.
John Arthur Jones, 66, of Bodffordd, Anglesey, was convicted of causing dangerous distractions to Hawk jet pilots on night training flights during his trial in June.
Mold Crown Court heard he had a grievance against the RAF and, at one stage, considered legal action.
The former councillor had denied 13 charges of endangering aircraft.
Jones, who was also a council housing director, shone the lights at jets flying from RAF Mona, Anglesey, between November 2013 and September 2014.
He had told police pilots were deliberately harassing him by flying over his property, his trial heard.
On Friday, Judge Geraint Walters told him: "You possess an abundance of self belief in your own ability to achieve things, which transcends all reason and which is borne out of profound arrogance."
Jones, he said, had indulged in a determined campaign over many months.
The judge said when Jones failed to have the flight paths moved from above his home and away from an ambitious development of Canadian lodges which did not go ahead, he launched a campaign of intimidation against them.
"The risk caused here was significant," he said.
"The consequences could have been devastating. Your conduct became a campaign over a long period of time."
The illuminations occurred during night flying training as pilots came in to land.
They followed a carefully executed series of procedures and often split second decisions had to be made, the court heard.
"Any distraction is a potential danger during this stage," Judge Walters told him.
Each time an attempted landing failed, that presented a lost opportunity for the pilots being trained and considerable expense to the RAF, the judge said.
Undercover police officers were drafted in and they caught Jones red-handed.
During the trial, Jones said he was simply filming the jets as part of a compensation claim against the Ministry of Defence.
After the sentencing, Det Sgt Chris Hargrave from North Wales Police said: "Throughout the investigation and trial, he has shown no remorse for his actions or recognition of the potential dangers and implications to not only the RAF personnel but also the wider community.
"We welcome the result of the court and hope this sends out a strong message to those who commit similar offences."
The former England batsman hit 18 fours all around the wicket to make 117 and steer his side out of trouble at 152-5.
Hampshire's bowlers stuck to their task well with Fidel Edwards (4-100) leading the way, but Toby Roland-Jones' 61 pushed the total to 362 all out.
Liam Dawson and Jimmy Adams survived two overs to reach stumps at 4-0.
Middlesex began the day on 102-3, but captain James Franklin and Neil Dexter both fell lbw within the first hour to leave the possibility of the follow-on looming.
However, Compton was joined by John Simpson (36) and the two added a patient 59 runs in 32 overs to steady the innings.
A helpful contribution of 29 from Ollie Rayner moved the score along before Dawson trapped Compton lbw to end his near six-hour stay at the crease.
Edwards then produced a lively spell to induce edges from Rayner and James Harris as Hampshire moved towards a healthy first-innings lead.
But a fifth first-class fifty from Roland-Jones, who added 75 for the final wicket with Steven Finn (18 not out) before he was caught at fine leg, ensured Middlesex cut the first-innings deficit to just 51 runs.
Hampshire's openers then survived a brief spell in the fading light before rain forced the close and left a draw the most likely outcome on the final day.
Hampshire first-team coach Dale Benkenstein told BBC Radio Solent Sport:
"I think we lost a bit of energy at the end. With Fidel Edwards going off we needed someone else to put their hand up and make it uncomfortable for the last two batsmen.
"It's the last partnership where you've got the technically worse batsmen, but they looked the most comfortable. It's those areas where we've got to do better.
"Overall it's been a good three days for us. A hundred run lead would have left us in a position where we could maybe look at winning the game - I think now it's a case of making sure we have a good first session tomorrow because they have a chance of winning the game."
Ben McCarthy, 40, of Pendinas, Wrexham, admitted making indecent images by downloading them from the internet and possessing them as well as other extreme images.
A total of 87,232 images were found.
McCarthy had been involved in training others in child protection issues, Mold Crown Court was told.
He has been ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years and he was banned from working with children in the future.
The court heard that there were 1,270 images and 478 movie images at the worst category A.
Many were found on a hard drive hidden under his bed when police, acting on a tip-off, raided his home in January.
The court heard how the defendant had been employed by Shropshire Council as an IT trainer and assessor between 2010 and 2013.
He was also "a well liked and popular" scout leader in the Wrexham area from 2010.
The defendant's wife knew nothing of what he was doing, the court heard.
During Haveron's two months in charge the Glens have risen from 10th to seventh in the Irish Premiership table by taking 15 points from a possible 27.
But on Saturday the east Belfast men face their toughest task of the season as they go to champions Crusaders.
"We have got to compete with teams like Crusaders. We're Glentoran and this is what is expected of us," said Haveron.
"Crusaders have been winning games with late goals and that is a sign of champions.
"We have to get ourselves into a position to challenge for European football.
"Last week against Ards we had three teenagers on the bench and therein lies our problem. We do not have a lot of strength in depth right now.
"We have quality players at the club. It is just a matter of getting them fit and out on the park."
Crusaders have won three in a row in the league - all by 1-0 - and have lost only one of their 18 games as they aim for a hat-trick of title successes.
"Glentoran are playing well. The new manager has brought something to them in the last month or two," said Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter.
"They are winning more than they are losing and have a lot of good players. At the start of the season I thought they would be there or thereabouts. They have just taken a bit of time to find their feet."
Crusaders are seven points clear of second-placed Linfield who have a home fixture against Carrick Rangers.
After the setback of losing at home to Cliftonville, David Healy's Blues responded with two resounding victories - 5-0 away to Portadown in the league last Saturday and then a midweek 6-1 hammering of Ards in the County Antrim Shield semi-final.
"Carrick have picked up in the last couple of weeks. Everybody enjoys coming to Windsor Park and we will be ready for them on Saturday," said former Northern Ireland striker Healy.
Ballymena's promising start to the season has faded in recent weeks, with back-to-back defeats at the hands of Dungannon Swifts and Cliftonville.
David Jeffrey's men will look to bag three points at the expense of bottom club Portadown at the Showgrounds.
The "Westerlund 2" cluster of stars is located about 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina.
Hubble was launched on Space Shuttle Discovery on 24 April, 1990.
Engineers expect the observatory to keep operating for at least another five years.
"Even the most optimistic person to whom you could have spoken back in 1990 couldn't have predicted the degree to which Hubble would rewrite our astrophysics and planetary science textbooks," commented Nasa Administrator Charlie Bolden.
"A quarter of a century later, Hubble has fundamentally changed our understanding of our Universe and our place in it."
Famously, a flaw was found in the telescope's primary mirror soon after launch that blurred its images.
A smart fix was then installed by spacewalking astronauts in 1993 that allowed its instruments to correct for the aberration in the reflecting surface.
Four further servicing missions later, Hubble is in rude health and technically a far more capable observatory than when it was first put in orbit.
No more repair visits by astronauts are planned, but the latest assessment of its likely longevity is very encouraging.
In the past, Hubble has suffered from degradation in its six gyroscopes - the spinning devices that allow it to point very precisely at objects on the sky.
However, the current batch has experienced just the one failure - in March, 2014.
"The instrumentation on Hubble has been getting better with time, in the sense that we've been able to calibrate it better and know more about how the observatory is working," said Ken Sembach, interim deputy director at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.
"It's also worth noting that two of the instruments repaired on the last servicing mission - the Advanced Camera for Surveys, and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph - are both working five years hereafter the servicing mission, which is longer than they worked originally with their original electronics.
"And so we have great hope that these two instruments, along with the two that were installed - the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and the Wide Field Camera 3 - will continue to be operational for several more years."
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It is difficult to overstate Hubble's scientific contribution.
Before the telescope launched, astronomers did not know whether the Universe was 10 billion years old or 20 billion years old.
Hubble's survey of pulsating stars narrowed the uncertainty, and we now know the age extremely well, at 13.8 billion.
The observatory played a part in revealing the accelerating expansion of the cosmos, and provided the definitive evidence for the existence of super-massive black holes at the centre of galaxies - among many, many other discoveries.
Some of the eight-metre-class ground-based telescopes can now match - and even exceed - Hubble's capabilities in certain fields of study.
These facilities have pioneered the use of so-called adaptive optics, which allow them to correct for the distortions created by looking through the turbulent atmosphere - something a space telescope like Hubble never has to contend with.
Where Hubble remains peerless is in going deep, looking far across space - and therefore far back in time - to see the very first structures to form in the Universe.
Among the telescope's greatest contributions are undoubtedly its Deep Field observations, where it has stared at a patch of apparently blank sky for days on end to reveal the presence of thousands of very distant, extremely faint galaxies.
The latest iteration of this programme now accounts for the major fraction of telescope time.
It is called Frontier Fields, and the project requires Hubble to stare at six huge galaxy clusters.
It can use their gravity as a kind zoom lens to see what lies beyond, even further into the distance.
Jennifer Lotz, the Frontier Fields lead at STScI, explained: "They act as natural telescopes, magnifying and stretching the light of distant galaxies behind those clusters. And so by combining the power of Hubble and its very deep imaging with these natural telescopes, we really are able to see deeper into the Universe than we would without these foreground clusters."
In so doing, Hubble is now probing objects that are 10-50 times intrinsically fainter than any seen before.
The goal is to reach back as far as possible towards the time when the first stars and galaxies were forming, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
And this work will neatly hand the baton to its successor - the much bigger James Webb Space Telescope.
Due for launch in 2018, JWST is being tuned specifically to investigate this early epoch. And it will do in hours the tasks that currently take Hubble many days to complete.
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As technology makes flexible working easier, the maxim: "Work is not where you go, it's what you do," looks ever more realistic.
But one thing that might hurry the flight from the traditional office is the thought your canteen could be serving up meals grown on the walls of the building.
While you may have a sneaking suspicion the catering staff already do this, there is a real chance such delicacies will feature on the menu some time soon.
This culinary delight was one of a number of concepts presented at a recent British Council for Offices conference, where delegates looked at the next generation of "intelligent" buildings.
"This is not just about automation, an igloo could be said to be an intelligent building," says Derek Clements-Croome, emeritus professor at the University of Reading.
"These buildings will respond to the needs of people, there will be an increased amount of personalisation - you will be in control of the environment and be able to tune it to your needs."
This means your office may look very different indeed in a few years.
Designers talk of digital walls, which have sensors embedded so you can interact with them.
Or, if you want the professor's technical explanation, "dye sensitised solar cells with titanium oxide layers on a surface with light absorbing dye molecules adsorbed on surface which can generate electricity".
These walls will build up a profile of you and change your working environment accordingly.
This could mean the lighting around your desk dims slightly when you arrive, or a pre-determined microclimate is created for your meeting.
The technology that enables this interaction, known as "nano-coating", will basically turn your cold, unfeeling office into an expressive medium
It could mean the moment you enter the building your workspace starts preparing itself for your imminent arrival - even if you are hot-desking.
This is far from being science fiction, according to John Monaghan from Cisco, who is already pushing ahead with such technology.
"When someone walks in [our technology] can recognise who they are and then offer them the appropriate level of service," he says.
"It's about creating a seamless pleasant user experience."
And that's just on the inside.
The building industry is latching onto advances made by other industries like aviation to create innovations such as self-healing and self-cleaning materials.
Self-cleaning concrete, for example, uses titanium dioxide to break down unsightly pollution into its chemical constituents, which rain then washes off the walls.
A noted example is the Air France headquarters at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle International Airport near Paris, which has remained white despite all the attendant aviation pollution.
All of which brings us to why your meal options in the canteen might benefit from this evolving building technology.
Sean Affleck, from Make architects, is a big fan of "living facades".
He describes these as "vertical fields", where plants are grown up the walls, absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) and releasing oxygen as they go.
This could help in the fight against global warming Mr Affleck says.
"Growing living facades could cool cities down like in a forest, where you find cool woodland glades because of all the evaporation going on around you," he says.
A similar option is harnessing the green power of algae.
"Algae is 200% better at absorbing CO2 and producing bio-mass than, say, oil seed rape," Mr Affleck says.
He envisages buildings wrapped in algae tubes, into which gaseous waste products from the building are pumped.
The algae, having done its cleansing work, would then be harvested for power.
One example where this is already happening is the Red Hawk power plant in Arizona, USA.
There carbon dioxide rich gases created during production are passed through tubes of algae, which take out 80% of the gas and release oxygen.
The algae is then recycled through biomass generators to create biodiesel.
But if we don't want to turn our offices into power plants, there are other applications.
Mr Affleck cites a project in Mumbai (Bombay), India, where a firm is turning algae grown on fences wrapped around the building into cosmetics.
And, returning to the culinary theme, you could also turn it into products like spirulina jam - perfect on your lunchtime pasta.
Pushing plant use even further, some suggest using their roots to fix buildings to the ground.
If that sounds ridiculous, proponents point out trees tend to survive earthquakes when offices do not.
Of course there are numerous barriers in the way to any of these advances, one of which is simply taking the plunge in the first place.
"A lot of the best ideas demand someone takes a big risk," says Andrew Hunter, technical services director at Skanska.
"They lose a lot of money and the rest of us pick up the pieces."
But there are major drivers that could mean these intelligent buildings are on the way.
The first is economics, as offices tend to be a company's second most expensive cost after staff.
Buildings that are automated and where systems effectively interact not only with you, but with each other as well, could ultimately be cheaper to run.
They will use less energy and water, and create less waste.
Meanwhile the more pleasant working environment they foster will encourage higher productivity.
Secondly, issues such as energy, water and waste management are key parts of companies' sustainability agendas.
They are likely to grow in importance as the threat of global resource shortages advances and environmental concerns build.
Innovative use of buildings could help head off such risks and make a positive contribution at the same time.
"We talk about being carbon neutral now, but if we look at buildings being power generators themselves in the future, suddenly we are thinking about being carbon positive," says Prof Clements-Froome.
The elephant in the conference room at the British Council for Offices remains the question of whether we will still be heading into the office at all in the future.
Unsurprisingly, the architects, designers and IT experts at the Intellibuild event seem unanimous in their disdain for the idea, citing the innate need for humans to congregate and engage with one another.
Although perhaps not over a bowl of algae spaghetti.
James Dwerryhouse suffered brain damage as a result of cardiac arrest following an operation at Portland Hospital in central London on 25 August last year.
A serious incident report found the equipment monitoring him overnight was turned off for almost three hours.
The hospital said it was "co-operating with all investigations".
Police have said his death is "deemed to be non-suspicious".
James suffered from numerous health conditions including sleep apnoea which can cause life-threatening stoppages in breathing.
He had been in hospital for an operation to create a colostomy bag.
The operation was a success but he was later found unresponsive in his bed at the private hospital's paediatric intensive care unit.
He was transferred to the Treehouse Hospice in Suffolk but died the next day.
The hospital's report found the root cause of James' death "appears to be the removal of vital signs monitoring between 01:15 and 03:58, as this resulted in the inability to be alerted to a suspected deterioration in the child's respiratory condition and reducing oxygen saturations."
The report also found hospital staff working that night:
James's family have launched legal action against HCA Healthcare UK, the owners of Portland Hospital.
His mother Marguerite called her son's death "completely heart-breaking".
"Only days earlier, he'd been to a summer club and he'd been chasing around, up and down the slides and having a great time," she said.
A Portland spokesman said the hospital is "co-operating with all investigations, and we are unable to comment further until they are completed."
A statement from Scotland Yard said officers "are undertaking inquiries on behalf of the coroner".
"The death is deemed to be non-suspicious. No one has been arrested," it said.
An inquest has yet to be held, solicitors for the family have said.
He replaces Roberto Di Matteo, who was sacked on Wednesday following a 3-0 Champions League defeat by Juventus.
Benitez, 52, becomes Chelsea's ninth manager since Roman Abramovich became owner in 2003.
But his short-term appointment could pave the way for Abramovich to make a summer approach for ex-Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola.
Rafael Benitez must not only satisfy the demands of an owner who seems beyond satisfaction after taking over as Chelsea manager, he must also uncover a way to win over a sceptical fanbase.
To suggest that Benitez's arrival to succeed Roberto Di Matteo has not been received with universal acclaim by Chelsea's supporters is to offer up a masterpiece of understatement.
A Chelsea statement said: "The owner and the board believe that in Benitez we have a manager with significant experience at the highest level of football, who can come in and immediately help deliver our objectives.
"The two-time Uefa Manager of the Year comes with outstanding pedigree."
Benitez joined Liverpool from Valencia in 2004 and won the Champions League in 2005, as well as reaching the final in 2007, before leaving Anfield by mutual consent in 2010.
He has been out of work since he was sacked by Inter Milan in December 2010. He spent just six months in charge of the Serie A club despite winning two titles - the Club World Cup and Italian Super Cup.
The Spaniard is due to meet the Chelsea players at the club's training ground in Cobham on Thursday. His first match in charge is Sunday's visit of Premier League leaders and reigning champions Manchester City.
Before his appointment was confirmed, Benitez admitted his interest in the job to Abu Dhabi-based website Sport 360.
"I am looking for a club that can challenge for trophies and Chelsea is one of these clubs," he said.
When he was asked about the prospect of managing on a short-term basis, he added: "I am just trying to go to a team that can win. So we will find ways to have a challenge like this."
Former Chelsea midfielder Nigel Spackman suggested Benitez's appointment would be unpopular with Blues fans.
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "You won't find many Chelsea fans happy with an appointment of an ex-Liverpool manager.
"Benitez has got a great CV and a good record, but the only way he will win the Stamford Bridge crowd over is getting the results. Now he had to focus on trying to win the Premier League.
"He is the interim manager but if he does a good job maybe he will get it for longer."
David Johnstone, spokesman for Chelsea fanzine cfcuk, told BBC Sport that fans would be unhappy with Benitez as their new boss.
"Rafa Benitez is not a Chelsea manager," he said. "Some people are born to play for or manage certain clubs and for us, Benitez isn't what we want.
"When he was Liverpool manager and Jose Mourinho was Chelsea boss there was a bit of 'beef' between them.
"He was very dismissive of Chelsea, very rude towards us, and my impression of him was that whenever anything went wrong it was always somebody else's fault, not his."
Former Liverpool and Germany midfielder Dietmar Hamann, a Champions League winner under Benitez at Anfield, believes the Spaniard will improve Chelsea.
"He is a very talented and outstanding manager," he said. "He's a very meticulous worker and he puts a lot of emphasis on tactical exercises."
Chelsea's declaration that Benitez is only manager until the end fo the season indicates Abramovich is still interested in landing Guardiola once the former Barcelona manager decides to return to the game.
Guardiola, 41, is midway through a 12-month sabbatical after leaving Barcelona at the end of last season. He won 14 trophies in four years at Barca, including three titles and the Champions League twice.
Di Matteo, 42, won the Champions League and FA Cup as caretaker manager last season and was given a two-year deal in June.
The Italian spoke of his "deep and unreserved passion" for Chelsea despite being sacked as manager after just eight months in charge.
His dismissal came hours after defeat to Juventus, leaving the Blues on the brink of a Champions League exit.
King Felipe VI signed a decree on Tuesday to dissolve parliament, bringing to an end months of stalemate between the four main parties.
Spain has never had a repeat election since it returned to democracy in 1975,
The parliament speaker expressed her hope that the parties had learned from their failure to produce a government.
"I hope we have all learned our lesson and that the next parliament reaches an agreement as soon as possible," Patxi Lopez told reporters.
However, opinion polls suggest little change in support for the four parties since the 20 December poll.
The nightmare scenario is that the same devilish parliamentary mathematics is produced by the repeat poll.
Will the politicians sweat out a deal through Spain's hot summer weeks, or will autumn roll around with no proper mandate for a government in place?
There is a danger that 2016 will be remembered as a lost year in Spanish politics, unless the country's political leaders find their sense of duty.
Spain's leaders line up for re-election
The last election marked an end to the traditional dominance of Spanish politics by the centre-right Popular Party (PP) and Socialist PSOE which lost votes to the left-wing anti-austerity Podemos movement and centrist Ciudadanos (Citizens) party.
Although the PP won the vote, they lost their majority and leader Mariano Rajoy has been caretaker prime minister ever since.
After his attempt to form a government failed, PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez reached a coalition deal with Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera but was unable to reach a majority in the 350-seat parliament.
Podemos refused to serve in a coalition with the centrists.
The party is now considering whether to team up with the former communist Izquierda Unida (United Left), which might increase their power in parliament.
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Tevita Kuridrani's converted try snatched victory for the Wallabies in the final four minutes of the match.
"We'll always come back to the old saying of fine margins," said Cotter, whose side outscored their visitors three tries to two.
"I wouldn't necessarily say the best team won."
This was a second agonising defeat for Scotland against Australia in 13 months after their controversial World Cup quarter-final exit at Twickenham.
Centre Huw Jones scored two first-half tries and Jonny Gray's score made it 22-13 to the Scots after 48 minutes.
However, a Bernard Foley penalty closed the gap to six points and Kuridrani's 76th-minute try, converted by Foley, proved decisive.
Choosing his words carefully, Cotter lamented the second-half penalty count that tipped heavily in Australia's favour, but said his team showed tremendous character.
"I'm incredibly proud of the way the players played that game," he said. "There are things we can and can't control and we'll focus on the things we can.
"I just think we didn't get the rub of the green at times. I thought the team adapted well to injuries and it might have just come down to... I've got to be careful what I say.
"There were eight penalties against us in the second half and only two for us; there were a number of things. But that is something we can't focus on."
Cotter added his players were "a little bit emotional, once again".
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Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw felt his side were on the wrong end of several marginal decisions, with flanker John Barclay conceding two contentious breakdown penalties.
"I think we got harshly penalised on a few occasions and that just gave them easy field position," said Laidlaw.
"There were a couple of times we kicked the ball out and I reckon we should've just kicked long and tried to get the chase rather than give them set-piece in our half.
"Some of the discipline and decisions went their way and we gave them field position in our half."
Despite the frustration, Laidlaw believes the team are growing more fluent, cohesive and confident on the field.
"We believe we're so much better and more organised and know what each other are doing," said the scrum-half. "I think that's starting to come through in our performances.
"We're pretty much in every single game we play now; it's just about getting a little bit of luck to get over that line.
"One of my conversions just clipped the inside of the post; the thickness of a lick of paint and that goes through and we're probably home and hosed - and, unfortunately, we cough up a try at the end.
"We feel so close and we're massively frustrated we've not won."
Known as The Elephant, because of its shape, the city's civic society had lodged the appeal in an attempt to safeguard its future.
Keith Draper, chairman of the Coventry Society, said the group was "disappointed" at the secretary of state's decision.
He said it would put the building at risk, once a new swimming pool was completed.
A £36.7m swimming pool and leisure centre, due to be built on New Union Street, is set to replace The Elephant from the summer of 2019.
Mr Draper said the fact that The Elephant was designed by a team from the city council, rather than a named architect had counted against it.
"Its location near the ring road also appears to have been a negative factor," he said.
The Elephant, completed in 1976, is linked to a 1960s building, which is already Grade II listed.
Many of the older buildings in Coventry were destroyed during World War Two and Mr Draper said it was important to preserve as many of the city's current "landmark" structures as possible.
Despite the ruling from the Department for Culture Media and Sport, he said there was a strong case for retaining The Elephant and possibly reusing it as a concert and conference venue, rather than demolishing it.
Under Tom Eaves, 11-1 Brando was comfortable despite late pressure from the Richard Fahey-trained Growl.
It was a fourth win in the Ayr Gold Cup for trainer Kevin Ryan in the past 10 years, following wins for Advanced (2007), Our Jonathan (2011) and Captain Ramius (2012).
Hoof It claimed third place, with G Force making a late dash for the line to finish fourth.
The latest EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Scotland Attractiveness Survey revealed 119 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects were secured in 2015.
The figure represented a 51% increase on the previous year, compared with 20% for the UK as a whole.
On the UK regional league table Scotland surpassed south east England to come second behind London.
Mark Harvey, EY senior partner, Scotland, said: "Scotland had a truly spectacular year for FDI in 2015, making some significant strides in key areas, resulting in a major step change in performance.
"Importantly, the majority of FDI projects for Scotland in 2015 were new rather than expansions.
"This ability to attract a higher proportion of new, first-time investors signals a positive future for Scotland.
"The challenge now is to not only maintain performance, but also take it to the next level and excel against the competition."
Scotland's 2015 record was also reflected by a considerable increase (52%) in the number of jobs created by FDI.
A total of 5,385 were secured in 2015, the second highest figure for the decade behind 2011 when 5,926 jobs were recorded.
The survey found:
Mr Harvey added: "Edinburgh and Glasgow have consistently been at the forefront of attracting inward investment to Scotland and have outdone themselves this time with a combined increase in projects of 40 in one year."
The US continues to be Scotland's primary investor but neither China nor India are in the top ten investors in Scotland, despite being the third and fifth biggest sources of investment respectively for the UK as a whole.
Holyrood's newly appointed economy secretary, Keith Brown, said the report showed that Scotland was "a great place to do business".
"In an increasingly competitive global market, it is encouraging that year after year, international firms are seeing Scotland as an attractive place to come and invest," he said.
"Over the next year we will be opening two new investment hubs, in London and in Brussels, to add to our hub in Dublin, and will be working hard to continue to promote the skills, talents and location that make Scotland such a successful place to do business."
UK government minister Andrew Dunlop said the figures demonstrated "a huge amount of confidence in Scotland".
He added: "The country has put the uncertainty of the independence referendum behind it, and it is great news that major international companies are responding to that stability by investing in Scotland.
"This demonstrates clearly the benefit for Scotland's economy and Scottish jobs of being part of the UK, one of the world's fastest-growing major advanced economies.
"But we cannot be complacent and it is vital that we continue, working with the Scottish government, to deliver economic growth for Scotland."
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The shootings, in which 10 people were killed, took place in Ballymurphy as the government introduced internment - imprisonment without trial.
The families met Mr Kenny as part of their campaign for justice.
Speaking after he said: "There is a sense of injustice among this community that needs to be dealt with."
"It's as raw as can be," he added.
Mr Kenny said there were a number of options to address the issues, including a "Hillsborough-type investigation", a coroner's inquest, an all-party motion in the Dáil (Irish parliament) and legislation arising from the Stormont House Agreement.
John Teggart, whose father Daniel was killed in the shootings, said: "It is good that he (Mr Kenny) has shown the way forward. This is the way a government should deal with the past."
West Belfast MP Paul Maskey, who also attended the meeting, said it had been "very useful".
On Thursday, Mr Kenny met the families of 10 Protestant men murdered by the IRA at Kingsmills, County Armagh, in 1976.
After that meeting, the taoiseach said his government would do all it could to ensure information it had on atrocities committed during the Troubles was passed on so those responsible could be brought to justice.
Mr Kenny has held meetings with both the Ballymurphy and Kingsmills campaign groups before in Dublin, but this is the first time he has met the families in Northern Ireland.
In January 2014, the taoiseach supported the Ballymurphy families call for an independent inquiry to be established into the Army killings, and told the relatives he would raise the matter with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Ten people were shot dead in the area in the three days after internment was introduced, in what the bereaved families refer to as the Ballymurphy Massacre.
A priest and a mother of eight were among the civilians killed by the Parachute Regiment.
An 11th person died of a heart attack after a confrontation involving a soldier.
The Ballymurphy meeting is the latest in a series of engagements in Northern Ireland.
On Thursday evening, the Kingsmills relatives said Mr Kenny had given them an undertaking that the Irish government would cooperate fully with the Northern Ireland coroner's inquests into their loved ones' murders.
The inquests are due to open later this year and concerns have been raised about delays in handing over information to the coroner.
Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy, a long-time supporter of the Kingsmills campaign, welcomed the taoiseach's assurances as "significant progress".
Reds manager Jurgen Klopp has previously said that the 26-year-old, who has not played since April, was not ready to play first-team football.
However, the France international said on social media that he had finished all his rehabilitation work.
"I accept my situation but I can't accept the lie - the fans deserve to know the truth," he said.
"Now it's three weeks since I am fit to play games. I finish all my rehabilitation work."
Sakho had a doping case against him dismissed by Uefa in May.
He was then sent home from Liverpool's pre-season tour of the United States in July after being late on three occasions.
"I will speak soon for the people who support me and don't understand the situation," Sakho added.
He also claimed the club did not want him to play with the reserves either - "why, I don't know," he added.
Sakho has made 55 appearances for Liverpool since joining them from Paris St-Germain in 2013.
Projections show La Republique en Marche (Republic on the Move) and its MoDem ally set to win up to 445 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly.
The final outcome will be decided at a run-off next Sunday.
Mr Macron's party was established just over a year ago and many candidates have little or no political experience.
With 97% of ballots counted, Mr Macron's LREM and MoDem had won more than 32% of the vote.
The centre-right Republicans had just under 16%, while the Socialists, previously France's ruling party, had won just 7.3%.
The far-right National Front (FN) had 13.5%, followed by the far-left France Unbowed on just under 11%.
But turnout was sharply down, around 48.5% compared with 57.2% in the first round in 2012, which analysts say reflected a sense of resignation among Mr Macron's opponents.
There can be no disputing the extraordinary achievement of Emmanuel Macron. Yes, he has certainly had luck but he has also foreseen with uncanny clarity how - with the right moves at the right places at the right times - the map of French politics was waiting to be redrawn.
If the projections from the first round are sustained, then the change that is about to happen to the National Assembly is as big as the one that occurred in 1958 when Charles de Gaulle brought in the Fifth Republic.
Scores, hundreds, of new MPs will be arriving who have never set foot in a debating chamber of any kind, let alone the country's legislature.
It is all liable to bring a rush of blood to the head, and the greatest danger right now for Macron and En Marche is hubris. The victory is no doubt spectacular but so far it has all been electoral.
Phase two of the Macron master plan - actual reform - is the next challenge. And bigger.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated Mr Macron on the "great success" of his party. It was a "vote for reforms", tweeted (in German) her spokesman, Steffen Seibert.
Mr Macron, 39, defeated FN leader Marine Le Pen in the presidential run-off last month.
He needs a majority to push through the changes that he promised in his campaign.
He has already left an impression around the world, in particular for standing up to US leader Donald Trump on issues like climate change.
After the projections were announced, a government spokesman said voters had shown they wanted to move fast on major reforms.
But François Baroin, head of the Republicans, said the low turnout testified to the "deep divisions in French society" and was "extremely worrying".
Marine Le Pen blamed her party's poor performance on the low turnout, saying France's electoral system, which favours larger parties, needed to be reformed.
"This catastrophic abstention rate should raise the question of the voting rules which keep millions of our compatriots away from the polling stations," she said.
Socialist leader Jean-Christophe Cambadélis lost his seat in the first round.
He warned voters against giving LREM an absolute majority next Sunday, saying it would result in "virtually no real opposition and we will have a National Assembly without any real counterbalance, without a democratic debate and not worthy of that name".
Those standing for LREM come from all walks of life and include students, retired citizens and a bullfighter.
To win in the first round, candidates had to gain at least 50% of the vote.
The election took place amid heightened security after a series of devastating terror attacks in recent years.
The idea began when Gail Carpenter saw a paramedic wait in line in Ripon, only for the woman to be called to a job before she had bought her lunch.
She wrote a post about it on Facebook, which was shared hundreds of times.
As a result, some cafes in the town are now allowing on-duty blue light workers to have priority service.
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Mrs Carpenter said: "If they can fast-track the emergency services for their fast food they need their food to be fast. They are fast when we need them so we should repay them in kind.
"The poor paramedic got bleeped before she got to the front of the queue and my daughter and I thought we would put it on social media and see how far it goes. We felt they should be automatically fast tracked."
Many people agreed with the post, saying things like: "I really appreciate you for noticing that, Gail. It's so thoughtful of you! It happens to me all the time," from Kathy Myers.
Jacqui Morrell added: "Having needed the emergency services myself two years ago, I have total respect for them and would fully endorse priority service for them."
The appeal was picked up by Liz Guest who runs Big Bites in Ripon.
She said: "I just completely understood what Gail said and I thought it's just something we can do and it's quite easy to do. They shouldn't have to go without breaks so if we can do something to help, we will."
Paramedic Jacqui Pound, from Harrogate, was the one who sparked the campaign. She said: "I'm a bit overwhelmed.
"It's brilliant that there is support out there. It would be great to be served a lot quicker so we can get back in our vehicles and move on and treat patients."
Richard Bentley, a paramedic and member of Unison, added: "I think it is a really great gesture from Liz and Gail, the idea behind it is brilliant. My immediate concern was I don't want to feel a bit cheeky jumping the queue, but now I fully support it."
The Make-A-Wish Foundation transformed nine-year-old Domenic Pace into Iron Boy for the day on Thursday.
Iron Boy defeated his arch-nemesis Ultron on the steps of the Sydney Opera House as hundreds of bystanders cheered him on.
Earlier he had saved Make-A-Wish Foundation's reporter Hope Joy from Ultron's henchmen.
Domenic travelled by helicopter to police headquarters and later rode a police speedboat to Clark Island to rescue Ms Joy.
Speaking to Sydney radio station 2GB, Domenic described the helicopter ride as "awesome".
Iron Boy received celebrity support from Robert Downey Jr, the actor who plays Tony Stark, his alter ego, in the Iron Man and Avengers films.
"Sent a very special boy on a top secret mission today. Go get 'em, Domenic," the actor tweeted.
He also posted a video on Youtube, in character as Tony Stark to tell Domenic he had been formally inducted into The Avengers, the superhero collective led by Iron Man.
"I hear you've had quite the day. It's hard work saving the world, isn't it," he said. "Iron Man loves you."
The San Francisco branch of Make-A-Wish made global headlines in 2013 when it turned leukaemia sufferer Miles Scott into Bat Kid and had him battle The Riddler at Union Square.
5 April 2016 Last updated at 06:40 BST
He just wanted to find out about how people in other countries lived.
Since then he's received more than six hundred replies from people all over the world telling him what life is like in their country.
Toby has been showing his letters to Newsround.
The 25-year-old, who joined the club last July from Luton, has made 34 appearances this season for the Boro.
The former England C team captain has scored three goals in his first season at Broadhall Way, netting against Hartlepool, Barnet and Dagenham and Redbridge.
Stevenage currently sit seven points and one place above the relegation zone in League Two.
Faslane is best known as the main base for the Royal Navy's Submarine Service, including the UK's four Vanguard-class nuclear-armed submarines which carry Trident II D-5 ballistic missiles, and the latest generation of Astute-class attack submarines.
At least one Vanguard submarine is always on patrol to provide a continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent.
Each of the vessels carries two locked safes - an outer and an inner. The inner safe contains a handwritten Letter of Last Resort from the prime minister, which provides orders on what action to take should the submarines's commander believe that an enemy nuclear attack has destroyed the UK government.
Faslane was chosen to host the UK's Polaris nuclear-armed submarine fleet at the height of the Cold War in the 1960s because of its relatively secluded position next to the deep waters of the Gare Loch and Firth of Clyde on the west coast of Scotland.
Anti-nuclear campaigners have held regular protests outside the base ever since.
About 3,000 service personnel are currently based at Faslane along with 800 family members and approximately 4,000 civilian workers, most of whom are employed by Babcock Marine.
Earlier this year, Able Seaman William McNeilly, a submariner serving on the Vanguard fleet, wrote a report detailing allegations of serious security and safety breaches at Faslane.
A subsequent investigation by the MoD said his allegations were either incorrect or the result of misunderstanding.
The Faslane base is eight miles from the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Coulport, which is responsible for the storage, processing, maintenance and issue of the Trident warheads and other submarine-deployed weapons.
Together, the Faslane and Coulport facilities form a major part of the economy of Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire.
The future of the base became a key battleground ahead of last year's Scottish independence referendum.
The Scottish government, which supports independence and opposes nuclear weapons, pledged to banish Trident from Faslane and instead turn the facility into a conventional naval base which would continue to employ the same number of people as is currently the case.
The UK government pledged that Faslane would become home to all Royal Navy submarines if Scotland remained a part of the UK, with the number of staff at the base increasing to 8,200 by 2022.
This would include the submarines which would need to be built to carry the new generation of nuclear weapons which would replace the current Trident nuclear system.
The four current Trident-armed Vanguard submarines are due to retire by 2028, although the missiles they carry will have their operational lives extended to 2042.
Work has already started on designing a replacement system, which would enter service between 2028 and 2035, but a final decision has yet to be taken.
The UK Parliament voted in 2007 to "maintain the strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system."
But the government decided in the Strategic Defence and Security Review of 2010 to delay the final decision on the successor to Trident until 2016.
The Conservatives want a like-for-like replacement for Trident, which would see four new submarines built.
Labour also said before May's general election that it favoured a four-boat solution, although Jeremy Corbyn, who is seen as being the favourite to win the party's leadership contest, has vowed to scrap the UK's nuclear deterrent.
The Liberal Democrats believe the UK should have fewer than four nuclear-armed submarines and has proposed ending the current system of carrying out constant patrols.
The SNP - which forms the devolved Scottish government in Edinburgh - remains committed to completely removing nuclear weapons from Scotland.
The Ministry of Defence has estimated the replacement programme will cost up to £23.4bn at 2013-14 prices.
But the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has put the full cost of the Trident replacement at £100bn over its 40 year lifespan.
The town was devastated and 528 people killed when Luftwaffe bombers targeted local shipyards and munitions factories on 13 and 14 March 1941.
A service was held on Saturday at the Blitz Memorial in Old Dalnottar Cemetery, followed by a wreath laying ceremony at the town's Polish Memorial.
A further service was held on Sunday at the town's Kilbowie St Andrew's Church.
The attacks, 18 months into World War Two, saw the area suffer the worst destruction and civilian loss of life in all of Scotland.
Following two days of heavy bombing, 617 people were seriously injured and only seven homes in the town remained undamaged.
Out of about 12,000 homes, 4,000 were completely destroyed, 4,500 severely damaged and about 48,000 people left homeless.
West Dunbartonshire Provost Douglas McAllister said: "The Clydebank Blitz is one of the most devastating events to have happened to West Dunbartonshire, and it's still in living memory.
"We know there were many acts of bravery, from the emergency services to ordinary citizens and the sailors remembered at Solidarity Plaza, yet sadly many lives were lost or changed beyond recognition.
"It is important that we recognise the emotional and physical destruction that those two nights caused, and learn lessons from the past."
The 26-year-old was struck on the northbound carriageway of the A4067 at Morriston, near Wychtree roundabout and the overhead pedestrian footbridge.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 03:05 GMT on Saturday and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Ford Transit van involved was uninjured.
Harry Forrester put the hosts ahead but Iain Russell levelled from the penalty spot.
Second-half strikes by Michael O'Halloran, Andy Halliday and James Tavernier put Rangers in control.
Gary Oliver and Mark Millar replied for Queens but they could not draw themselves level again.
The Ibrox side now hold a 14-point lead over nearest challengers Falkirk and are 20 points ahead of Hibernian, who have games in hand over both of the top two sides.
Having lost 3-2 to the Bairns after being 2-0 up last Friday, Rangers had been boosted by Hibs' defeat at Raith Rovers the following day.
And Mark Warburton's side took the lead when Forrester converted following Halliday clever back-heel.
However, the visitors were level midway through the first half. Russell was fouled in the box by Rangers captain Lee Wallace and scored the resulting spot-kick.
The second period opened with O'Halloran firing into the net from a Wallace cross, and Halliday's overhead kick stretched Rangers' advantage.
Kenny Miller had set up the hosts' third and he notched another assist by heading the ball back for Tavernier's close-range effort.
A quick response came from the visitors with Alex Harris laying on a pass for Oliver to net.
And there was a late rally from James Fowler's side as Millar struck from outside the box following Kyle Hutton's pass.
Millar had a further effort in stoppage time but Wes Foderingham made the save.
Match ends, Rangers 4, Queen of the South 3.
Second Half ends, Rangers 4, Queen of the South 3.
Attempt saved. Mark Millar (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Rob Kiernan (Rangers).
Aidan Smith (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Nicky Law (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Goal! Rangers 4, Queen of the South 3. Mark Millar (Queen of the South) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kyle Hutton.
Nicky Law (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darren Brownlie (Queen of the South).
Nicky Clark (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kyle Jacobs (Queen of the South).
Andy Halliday (Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jake Pickard (Queen of the South).
Attempt saved. Gary Oliver (Queen of the South) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Lee Wallace (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Oliver (Queen of the South).
Nicky Law (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Kidd (Queen of the South).
Substitution, Queen of the South. Jake Pickard replaces Callum Tapping.
Attempt saved. Nicky Clark (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Andy Dowie.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Aidan Smith replaces Ryan Conroy.
Substitution, Rangers. Nicky Law replaces Jason Holt.
Callum Tapping (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Michael O'Halloran (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Callum Tapping (Queen of the South).
Attempt missed. Dean Shiels (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Darren Brownlie.
Substitution, Rangers. Nicky Clark replaces Harry Forrester.
Foul by Harry Forrester (Rangers).
Kyle Hutton (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Danny Wilson (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Darren Brownlie.
Substitution, Rangers. Dean Shiels replaces Dominic Ball.
Hand ball by Iain Russell (Queen of the South).
Substitution, Queen of the South. Mark Millar replaces Alex Harris.
Goal! Rangers 4, Queen of the South 2. Gary Oliver (Queen of the South) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Harris.
Goal! Rangers 4, Queen of the South 1. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kenny Miller.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Darren Brownlie.
Attempt missed. Jason Holt (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Parties have until Monday 27 March to reach a deal, or voters will face the prospect of going back to the polls for a second snap election within months.
Mr Adams was speaking at a Sinn Féin meeting in Newry on Wednesday evening.
"There cannot be continuous negotiation and re-negotiation of agreements already made," he said.
"So Sinn Féin is opposed to any extension of Monday's deadline.
"It is possible for agreement to be reached in the coming days," he added.
The assembly election held at the beginning of March saw an end to the unionist majority at Stormont, with Sinn Féin now holding just one seat fewer than the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
That election was held just 10 months after the previous one in May 2016.
Stormont's previous power-sharing government collapsed in January after Northern Ireland's then deputy first minister, Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness, resigned.
He stepped down after a row between Sinn Féin and the DUP over a green energy scheme scandal - the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
Mr McGuinness died on Tuesday after a short illness and his funeral will be held on Thursday.
Under Northern Ireland's power-sharing agreement, the executive must be jointly run by unionists and nationalists, with the largest party being invited to put forward a candidate for first minister.
Ultimately, if there is no agreement on forming an executive, direct rule from the UK parliament at Westminster could return for the first time in a decade.
However, Mr Adams also spoke out against any suspension of the assembly, in the event the parties fail to come to an agreement on the formation of a new executive.
"In 2006, the British and Irish governments agreed in a joint statement that the restoration of the political institutions would see the British government's power to suspend the assembly lapse for good," he said.
"They also agreed, if the executive was not formed, to begin detailed work on British-Irish partnership arrangements to ensure that the Good Friday Agreement is actively developed across its structures and functions.
"While the governments have not developed the British-Irish partnership arrangements envisaged if the executive was not formed at that time, the British government's power to suspend the assembly is gone.
"Of course this legislation could be reintroduced at any time but this would be a very serious step, which the Irish government would be compelled to oppose.
"We look to the taoiseach [Irish prime minister] to make that clear," he added.
Greater Manchester Police said he was attacked by a man who started arguing with him on Santiago Street, Rusholme, at about 16:00 GMT on Saturday.
The victim tried to back away but was punched by the other man who was driven off in a dark-coloured saloon car.
Det Ch Insp Terry Crompton said: "We believe this is a targeted attack which has left a man fighting for his life."
The man was found collapsed on the street and is being treated in Hope Hospital, Salford for serious head injuries.
The attack happened in a street of terraced houses about five minutes' walk away from Manchester's "Curry Mile" of restaurants and take-aways.
Det Ch Insp Crompton said: "From what we know, the victim was walking on Santiago Street when he was approached by a man who started arguing with him.
"The victim tried to back away but the man punched him, knocking him to the ground."
"I believe there would have been a number of witnesses in the area who saw what happened and I would urge them to call us."
27 November 2015 Last updated at 09:08 GMT
But they comprise less than a fifth of landholders.
Access to secure tenure and ownership of land is harder for women than men, and there is an imbalance in yields produced by male and female farmers because they lack equal access to resources such as seeds.
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Umar Balogun, 16, of Waltham Forest, London. died at Bawsey Pits, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 16 July 2013.
The inquest heard that Umar had been tagged under a court order and was being cared for at a Castle Homes' centre in Cambridgeshire.
Umar and another boy had been taken to Bawsey by two care home workers.
Senior residential care worker Sue Neve told the inquest jury that one of the care home workers, Kevin Roweth, suggested the visit to Bawsey.
She said Mr Roweth had said the trip would be a "hiking" trip and no mention was made of swimming.
"When Kevin described the area to me, he did not mention swimming there," said Mrs Neve.
She said Umar was carrying a red towel when he left. "I asked him why he was taking it. He just flicked it and walked out of the door," said Mrs Neve.
Mr Roweth is expected to give evidence on Tuesday. The inquest is due to finish on Friday.
When Umar went missing, a major search and rescue operation was started by the emergency services.
A post-mortem examination carried out on Umar confirmed the cause of death as drowning.
Swimming in the lakes, which are deep and thick with undergrowth, is banned, but the warning signs are ignored by many people.
No Devotion were formed out of the remaining members of Lostprophets, the band that split when singer Ian Watkins was convicted of child sex offences.
Matt Tong, formerly of Bloc Party, has stepped in to help the group complete their upcoming album.
"We wish Luke all the best," the band said in a statement on Instagram.
"It was sad to hear, because we've obviously been on quite the journey together over the past five years.
"We didn't say anything publicly, because deep down we hoped he'd change his mind."
Their statement also confirms that Phil Jenkins from Kids in Glass Houses will be joining them on their upcoming shows.
Lee Gaze, Jamie Oliver, Stuart Richardson and Mike Lewis make up No Devotion, which was formed in the months after Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison in December 2013.
United Nations and ex-Thursday singer Geoff Rickly took Watkins' place in the new line-up.
A statement, released last July about the new project, said: "Harshly uprooted from their settled lives and careers, (the bandmates') own notions of trust and betrayal tested beyond measure, there was never going to be an ending in which everything could simply go back to where it was before."
The former members of Lostprophets also talked to Newsbeat about their shock and disgust after finding out that singer Ian Watkins was a paedophile.
Bassist Stuart Richardson said: "Even though I was completely done with him, I hoped it was all a mistake, he was innocent, he had to be.
"The first time, we knew the band was done. You can't go back from that."
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Schmeichel, 29, injured his right hand during the first half but managed to finish the 0-0 draw.
Leicester are the first team in Champions League history to keep clean sheets in their first four games.
Schmeichel will see a specialist when he returns to England with the rest of the squad on Thursday.
The Denmark international is "set for a spell on the sidelines", according to a Leicester statement.
Schmeichel signed a new five-year deal with Premier League champions Leicester in August
He played in all 38 of the Foxes' league fixtures last season, keeping 15 clean sheets.
He has made more than 200 appearances for Leicester since arriving from Leeds United in 2011, having started his career at Manchester City.
Ron-Robert Zieler is Leicester's back-up keeper.
The 27-year-old, who was part of the Germany squad that won the 2014 World Cup, joined the Foxes in June from Hannover 96 for an undisclosed fee.
Zieler's last Leicester start ended in a 4-1 defeat at Manchester United on 24 September.
He is set to start Sunday's Premier League home game with West Brom.
They took the lead in the 22nd minute when a poor clearance fell to Gus Mafuta and he teed up Nyal Bell, who turned before finding the bottom corner for his second goal in two games.
Mafutu almost doubled the advantage in the 70th minute but his 22-yard drive was kept out by a stunning fingertip save from Solihull goalkeeper Daniel Lewis, while Luke Hannant also hit the post for the visitors.
Moors pushed for a late equaliser but Gateshead sealed the win in injury time as Sam Jones snatched a second with a backheel.
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Match ends, Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 2.
Second Half ends, Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 2.
Goal! Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 2. Sam Jones (Gateshead).
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Simeon Maye replaces Nortei Nortey.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Akwasi Asante replaces Harry White.
Substitution, Gateshead. Sam Jones replaces Nyal Bell.
Liam Hogan (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
Calum Flanagan (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card.
Shepherd Murombedzi (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Pearson Mwanyongo replaces Jamey Osborne.
Second Half begins Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 1.
First Half ends, Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 1.
Goal! Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 1. Nyal Bell (Gateshead).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee will look at whether it is at "a competitive disadvantage" because of the 9% rate in the Republic of Ireland.
The UK rate is 20% and recently, Stormont's Tourism Minister Jonathan Bell said he would continue to lobby government for it to be cut.
EU law is thought to prevent any regional variation in the UK's rate.
Committee chair Laurence Robertson said: "The tourism and hospitality industry has a vital role to play in growing the Northern Irish economy.
"We are keen to find out how, through the tax system, the government can better support hotels, restaurants and other businesses to attract visitors."
The Northern Ireland hospitality sector is part of a national campaign, Cut Tourism VAT.
However, the Treasury has resisted the move, saying it would be costly and other taxes would have to be increased to plug the revenue gap.
According to the committee, tourism in Northern Ireland is worth more than £750m to the economy and supports 43,000 jobs.
The Oak Leafers earned their place in Monday morning's draw by beating Waterford on Saturday.
Donegal enter the qualifiers after Sunday's Ulster SFC semi-final defeat by Tyrone in Clones.
Meath have home advantage against Sligo and Clare make the trip to play Laois, with the matches to be played on 1 and 2 July.
Venues, dates and throw-in times on the 2A fixtures will be confirmed later on Monday.
And on an estimated basis, the last time we saw a price fall in the UK was March 1960, before even I was born, when there was a drop (probably) of 0.6%.
So my natural impulse is to say that deflation has arrived in Britain - because there is no other word in the English language than "deflation" to describe this phenomenon.
However many of those who define themselves as "serious economists" (that's not me, by the way - I'm a hack) are desperately anxious that I and you don't use the "d" word - for two reasons.
One is that they say proper deflation is a long term term trend of declining prices, and they believe - almost certainly correctly - that these current price falls won't endure much more than a month or two.
The other is that proper deflation is pernicious: if we believed that prices were set to fall month after relentless month, we would spend less - in the hope of picking up bargains later - and our bosses would pay us less.
That would place a deadening weight on our ability to grow the economy - a weight made heavier by the intractable problem of our massive household debts, in that our capacity to service those debts is diminished when incomes don't grow.
Or to put it another way, there is a fear - in the Treasury and the Bank of England - that if you and I talk too freely about deflation having arrived, we would acquire a deflationary mentality and bring on the terrible malaise - and the UK could find itself turning into stagnating Japan.
My suggestion therefore is that, for now at least, we talk about what's occurring as either mild deflation or non-pernicious deflation or even - as I've styled it before - "good" deflation.
Just to be clear, the fact that there've been falls in the prices of essentials - food, non-alcoholic drinks and transport - actually increases our standard of living in the short term.
Because we have no choice but to eat, when food prices fall, our money goes further - and we are better off.
So this kind of deflation may in fact be stimulating consumer spending and economic activity.
Hooray for "good" deflation.
That said, although there is no reason to panic that prices are falling, it would equally be foolish to pretend that the causes of this deflation are benign.
The initial spur to the current fall in prices was last year's collapse in the oil price - which was in part due to an unexpected slowdown in the global economy, especially in China and the eurozone.
And that led the European Central Bank to cut the cost of credit to less than zero, which in turn led the euro to slide, which meant that the price of all that stuff we buy from the eurozone dropped - or to put it another way, the ECB exported the eurozone's deflation to us.
There are at last signs of a mild revival in the eurozone - though the precariousness of Greece's ability to pay its huge debts mean that revival isn't yet wholly bankable.
And the oil price has risen 50% from its lows of a few weeks ago.
So this bout of relatively benign deflation should be transformed into mild inflation within the coming weeks.
No need to panic therefore about today's bit of history.
But as Mark Carney conceded only a few days ago, the Bank of England cannot ease up on its vigilance in trying to steer price rises back to the target rate of 2% a year.
Because unless we experience a bit of proper inflation back in the system, we'll never break the shackles of our cursed enormous debts.
Hessenthaler, who has agreed a two-year deal, had two spells as Gills boss and was in joint caretaker charge of the League One side earlier this season.
Hendon played alongside the 49-year-old at Barnet and was his assistant at Priestfield during the 2010-11 season.
"I am delighted to have someone with Andy's experience and knowledge by my side," Hendon told the club website.
"I have worked with him and he is a very good coach. I also played alongside Andy in the same team and know what attributes he will bring to the club.
"Andy will work alongside Kevin Nugent, who remains very much part of my coaching team."
Hessenthaler made over 360 appearances for Gillingham during a stint with the Kent club which spanned a decade and included a period as player-boss.
He returned as manager in 2010, but stepped down two years later before becoming director of football, only to leave the club in May 2013.
He was appointed as assistant manager by Peter Taylor last summer and remained part of the coaching set-up after Justin Edinburgh was appointed boss in February.
Hessenthaler described the move to Orient as "an incredibly difficult decision".
He added: "I've had a 20-year relationship with Gillingham and I love the club. However, I felt it's a fresh challenge for me and I look forward to what lies ahead."
Former West Ham coach Hendon was appointed O's manager in May on a two-year deal, following their relegation to League Two.
Tesco - which says the sale will "simplify" its business - has 206 optical stores in the UK and three in Ireland, as well as an online outlet.
It employs about 1,500 staff, who will be transferred to Vision Express, owned by Dutch-based Grand Vision.
The deal is expected to be completed this year, pending regulatory approval.
No financial details about the sale have been given.
Tesco UK chief executive Matt Davies said: "This allows us to further simplify and strengthen our UK business and ensures our customers are still able to enjoy high quality eye care services from Vision Express in our larger stores."
Tesco Opticians, which opened its first opticians in Peterborough in 1998, had revenues of about £90m in 2016.
Tesco has been selling off businesses including restaurant chain Giraffe, Dobbies Garden Centres and music streaming service Blinkbox.
Vision Express has 389 stores in the UK and about 4,500 staff.
He said he would personally ask the prosecutor general and the interior minister to check the reports.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week urged the Russian authorities to help protect gay rights.
Chechen officials have denied gay people even exist in the republic, amid reports of arrests and torture.
On Friday, Mr Putin said he would personally ask the prosecutor general and interior minister to help Kremlin rights ombudswoman Tatyana Moskalkova check the reported abuse.
During a meeting with Ms Moskalkova, the president referred to the reports as "rumours, you could say, about what is happening in our North Caucasus with people of non-traditional orientation", using a euphemism for gay people.
He was responding to the ombudswoman's request to set up a "working group" somewhere in Russia, but not in Chechnya, to "take complaints from citizens" on the reported abuse.
Chechnya's strongman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Friday he was ready to co-operate with the federal authorities on the issue.
But Mr Kadyrov again insisted there were no "people of non-traditional orientation" in the predominantly Muslim republic, part of the Russian Federation.
Just a few weeks ago, "Ruslan" was with his wife and children in Chechnya. Now he's in a safe house for men fleeing detention and torture for being gay.
Reports of a campaign against gay men by Chechen security forces have been trickling through since early April when they first appeared in a Russian newspaper. Now some of the alleged victims are starting to speak out.
"When they brought me in, I denied everything," says Ruslan - not his real name. Even now, he is frightened of being identified.
Read more of his story
Homophobia is widespread in Chechnya. Last month, Natalia Poplevskaya of the Russian LGBT Network said there was "an organised campaign to detain gay men" in Chechnya.
Victims of the crackdown - who were either gay or just perceived to be gay - were being held at a detention centre near Argun, 20km (13 miles) from the city of Grozny, she said.
"Torture is going on with electric shocks, beatings with cables," she told the BBC, adding that three deaths had been reported. "All the people arrested are homosexual men or perceived as being gay."
A Chechen government spokesman, Alvi Karimov, denied the allegations. "You can't detain and repress people who simply don't exist in the republic," he said.
Homosexuality was decriminalised in the Russian Federation in 1993 but concern about homophobia remains high. In 2013, parliament passed a law imposing heavy fines for providing information about homosexuality to people under 18, sparking international controversy.
The match-up was selected for prime time TV in the United States with an audience of 14 million hoping to see the number one overall draft pick make his debut. But quarterback Jared Goff didn't even suit up as a toothless Rams were beaten 28-0 in a game that sent me to sleep in the third quarter.
Now they stand at 3-1 for the season. In consecutive weeks, they have beaten Seattle Seahawks - many people's Super Bowl favourites - put 37 on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa and seen off divisional rivals Arizona Cardinals too.
How? Well, Goff still hasn't played a snap in the NFL. Their second-year running back Todd Gurley, last season's offensive rookie of the year, is only averaging 2.6 yards per rushing attempt.
Yet head coach Jeff Fisher has got his defence back on track. They are 23rd in overall defence in the NFL but their turnover ratio is fourth in the league.
When your defence gives the offense shorter fields to work with, then points are easier to come by.
Just one more thing: the Rams have got to this stage with no permanent home after relocating from St Louis last season. Their new stadium will not be ready until 2019. They currently reside at the Memorial Coliseum (home of the 1984 Olympics) yet train 50 miles away in Thousand Oaks.
Training camp in the summer was 90 miles away and they will travel more than 37,000 miles through the air this year - in excess of 5,000 more than any other team. On the plus side, they will be accruing lots of frequent flyer miles. They head to England next week for the first NFL game at Twickenham.
So, if you're a fan of tight defensive games, tune in to BBC Radio 5 live sports extra as the Rams play host to the Buffalo Bills (2-2), who will be full of beans after shutting out the New England Patriots last week.
The Bills' colourful head coach, Rex Ryan, loves rubbing people up the wrong way but whether you love him or loathe him, he gets his teams ready to play and has one of the smartest defensive minds in the game.
1. Good luck Cleveland. You're having a horrible season at 0-4, and now you welcome the Patriots, who are angry they were shut out at home last week. And to rub salt into the wounds, four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady is back from his Deflate-gate suspension and will want to prove a point. Ouch.
2. Arguably the best defence in the league plays the best offense as the Atlanta Falcons travel to the Denver Broncos.
3. Dallas Cowboys rookie quarterback Dak Prescott has led his side to a 3-1 record and has yet to throw an interception in 131 attempts. Prescott has also shown excellent poise and decision-making qualities. As Tony Romo nears a return to fitness, can the youngster continue to impress this week at home to the dangerous Cincinnati Bengals and take the job permanently?
4. After every London match, the two sides take a bye week to get over the travel. For the first time that won't be the case as the Indianapolis Colts welcome the Chicago Bears to Lucas Oil stadium. The Colts are poor, even with top-rated quarterback Andrew Luck at the helm, and they may regret not taking the extra week off.
5. Oakland put a smile on my face against the Baltimore Ravens. But if they are to be taken seriously as a play-off contender, then a home victory against the San Diego Chargers is a must. The Chargers have thrown away winning situations at Kansas City and last week at home to the Saints, so have the talent to win. That's why the Raiders need to stay focused.
You can listen to full commentary of the Buffalo Bills v LA Rams on the 5 Live NFL show on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra on Sunday 9 November at 19:30 BST.
The unclassified report says the Russian leader "ordered" a campaign aimed at influencing the election.
Moscow has not commented, but Russia has previously denied the claims.
After being briefed on the findings, Mr Trump stopped short of accusing Russia of interfering, saying only that the election outcome was not affected.
Mr Trump later went on to blame "gross negligence" by the Democratic National Committee for "allowing" the hacking to take place.
Following the report's findings, the US Department of Homeland Security announced that voting machines and other election databases would be classified as "critical infrastructure" and given more protection from cyber-attack.
The 25-page report says that the Kremlin developed a "clear preference" for Mr Trump.
Russia's goals, the document added, were to "undermine public faith" in the US democratic process and "denigrate" his Democrat opponent Hillary Clinton, harming her electability and potential presidency.
"We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election," it said.
The unclassified version contained no detailed evidence of Mr Putin's alleged role, but it said Russia's actions included:
The report says Mr Putin liked Mr Trump because he had vowed to work with Russia and the Russian leader had had "many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia, such as former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder".
In contrast, Mr Putin had blamed Mrs Clinton for inciting anti-government protests in 2011 and early 2012 "and because he holds a grudge for comments he almost certainly saw as disparaging him".
The identities of the Russian agents allegedly directly responsible for the hack are known to US authorities but have not been released publicly, reports say, citing intelligence sources.
The document, a cut-down version of the classified report presented to President Barack Obama on Thursday, was released shortly after intelligence chiefs briefed Mr Trump on their findings.
Since winning the election on 8 November, Mr Trump has repeatedly questioned US intelligence claims of Russian hacking. In a statement after the briefing, the president-elect declined to single out Russia, but said he had "tremendous respect for the work and service done" by those in the US intelligence community.
"While Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organisations including the Democrat National Committee, there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election," he said.
"Whether it is our government, organisations, associations or businesses we need to aggressively combat and stop cyber-attacks. I will appoint a team to give me a plan within 90 days of taking office."
It's an explosive report claiming the Russian government launched a massive, multi-faceted operation to sway the outcome of the US presidential election. After being briefed on the findings, Mr Trump issued a statement saying that the outcome of the election was not affected.
Tellingly he did not endorse the report's central finding that the Kremlin was behind the cyber campaign.
In his statement, he also expressed tremendous respect for US intelligence agencies. But in the lead-up to the meeting he was publicly scornful of American spies, in a manner completely unprecedented for a president-elect.
Earlier, he protested that the Russian hacking allegations were part of a political witch-hunt by political adversaries badly beaten, as he put it, in the election. He clearly thinks they're being used by his opponents to question the legitimacy of his presidency.
The meeting at Trump Tower involved National Intelligence Director Gen James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director James Comey.
Mr Trump, who will be inaugurated on 20 January, described their talks as "constructive".
US officials previously said the Kremlin was behind the hacking of Democratic Party emails. Russia denies the allegations, and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Moscow was not the source for the site's mass leak of emails from the Democratic Party.
Shortly before his briefing with intelligence chiefs, Mr Trump dismissed the Russian hacking claims as a "political witch-hunt" by his opponents. He told the New York Times that US institutions had been the target of previous hacking attacks, but they had not received the same media attention.
Last week President Obama ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats from the US over the alleged hacking. Russia has said it will not reciprocate.
The 42-year-old Grand Prix at Angouleme has long faced criticism for its failure to recognise women cartoonists.
This year, a pressure group is calling for a boycott, saying "it is no longer tolerable" that "renowned female creators" are left off the list of 30.
At least three male nominees have publicly backed the protest.
They have asked for their names to be removed from the list.
The Grand Prix is a highly prestigious prize, recognising the lifetime achievement of a cartoonist. It is handed out each year at the Angouleme International Comics Festival.
In its long history, only one woman, Florence Cestac, has ever won the prize.
A group called BD Egalite, or Women in Comics Collective Against Sexism, said the prize was significant, because as well as being honorary it could also boost an artist's career and book sales.
"What is the message sent to women cartoonists and those in the process of becoming such?" it asked on its website. "We are discouraged from having ambition, from continuing our efforts. How could we take it otherwise?
"It all comes back to the disastrous glass ceiling. We're tolerated, but never allowed top billing. Will we require women in comics to perpetually play second fiddle?"
A number of cartoonists on the long list have since asked for their names to be removed.
American Daniel Clowes called it a now "totally meaningless 'honor'."
"What a ridiculous, embarrassing debacle," he added.
Riad Sattouf on Facebook listed a number of female cartoonists he would "prefer to cede my place to", including Rumiko Takahashi, Julie Doucet, Anouk Ricard, Marjane Satrapi and Catherine Meurisse.
The Festival's Franck Bondoux was quoted in French media as saying that Franco-Belgian graphic novels, known as "bande desinee", had traditionally been dominated by men.
"The festival cannot distort this reality, although I concede that the list might contain one or two female names," he said.
But he rejected accusations that the festival ignored the contribution of women artists, giving examples of steps it was taking to promote their work.
James Desmarais and David Rutherford were the successful penalty takers for the Giants after the match ended 2-2.
Belfast led 2-1 after the first period thanks to goals from Chris Higgins and Blair Riley, with Alex Leavitt scoring for the hosts.
Leavitt scored again in the second period of the Challenge Cup game.
Neither side could add to their tally in overtime and debutant netminder Jackson Whistle made two fine saves in the shootout to keep out Braehead.
Whistle is the son of Dave Whistle, who was the first ever coach of the Giants.
The Giants were edged out 4-3 by Dundee Stars after over-time in Saturday's Challenge Cup game at the SSE Arena.
Goals from Vinny Scarsella and Joey Sides put the visitors 2-0 ahead after the first period.
David Rutherford and Mark Garside got Belfast on terms in the second period and after Sides restored Dundee's lead, Colin Shields levelled late on.
That meant five minutes of over-time and Brett Switzer sealed Dundee's win.
Giants trio give reaction to Dundee defeat
Switzer's goal came with a minute remaining in over-time.
Dundee's victory avenged their 5-3 home defeat in the same competition by the Giants last weekend.
The Swede will leave her position to become head coach of Finland after Scotland's women contest their first-ever European Championship finals in the Netherlands this summer.
She said: "It's really hard to develop female coaches because there are so few opportunities for full-time positions.
"So I think, if there is a woman who is good, she should have the job."
Signeul, who is in her 12th year in charge of Scotland, added that if there is man "well worthy of the job" then it should go to him, but since she always tries to promote and mentor female coaches, she would "really look forward to seeing a female coach in the job".
The Scottish Football Association's new performance director, Malky Mackay, will be key to appointing the 55-year-old's replacement, but the pair have yet to meet to discuss future plans.
An advertisement for her job has gone out this week and Signeul expects "huge" interest in the role.
Meanwhile, with a goalkeeper and defender still to be added, Signeul has named a 21-player squad for next month's Cyprus Cup that is largely unchanged from the one that drew twice in recent friendlies against Denmark.
Scotland play New Zealand, Austria and Korea Republic as part of their preparations for the Euro finals.
Hibernian captain Joelle Murray returns after missing those games against the Danes, but Scotland's most capped player, goalkeeper Gemma Fay, is absent from the list as she recovers from injury.
Uncapped Lee Alexander is included in her place, fresh from returning to Glasgow City from Swedish club Mallbackens.
Fifteen of the 21 players in the squad are with clubs outside Scotland and, while Signeul is delighted to see her players develop full-time, she regrets they cannot do that domestically.
"Our young players get contracts because Scotland are doing so well and our young players are doing so well," said Signeul.
"The attraction from the foreign clubs is huge for our players and they target young players.
"Seeing Erin Cuthbert (Glasgow City to Chelsea) and Fiona Brown (Glasgow City to Eskilstuna) disappearing to top clubs is fantastic for them. However, for the domestic game, it's not great.
"Unfortunately, that's what happens when we don't have these opportunities in Scotland to give full-time professional contracts to our players here.
"I think it's important that we try to work with the clubs here to keep the league competitive. I see that as a priority."
Goalkeepers: Shannon Lynn (Vittsjo), Lee Alexander (Glasgow City).
Defenders: Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City), Frankie Brown (Bristol City), Rachel Corsie (Seattle Reign), Ifeoma Dieke (Vittsjo), Emma Mitchell (Arsenal), Joelle Murray (Hibernian).
Midfielders: Leanne Crichton (Notts County), Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea), Lisa Evans (Bayern Munich), Hayley Lauder (Glasgow City), Kim Little (Arsenal), Joanne Love (Glasgow City), Christie Murray (Doncaster Rovers Belles), Leanne Ross (Glasgow City), Caroline Weir (Liverpool).
Forwards: Lizzie Arnot (Hibernian), Fiona Brown (Eskilstuna United), Lana Clelland (Tavagnacco), Jane Ross (Manchester City).
Amnesty International said officials and prison staff were benefiting from bribes paid to middlemen or brokers.
One rights activist said such bribes had become "a big part of the economy".
As many as 65,000 people have been detained since 2011 in a campaign of enforced disappearances that Amnesty considers a crime against humanity.
The human rights group says those taken are usually held in overcrowded detention cells in appalling conditions and cut off from the outside world. Many die as a result of rampant disease, torture and extrajudicial execution, it adds.
Those forcibly disappeared include peaceful opponents of President Bashar al-Assad such as demonstrators, human rights activists, journalists, doctors and humanitarian workers.
Others have been targeted because they are believed to be disloyal to the government or because their relatives are wanted by the authorities.
In one case, Rania al-Abbasi, a dentist, was arrested in 2013 along with her six children aged between two and 14 years old, a day after her husband was seized during a raid on their home.
The entire family has not been heard of since. It is believed they may have been targeted for providing humanitarian assistance to local families.
Syria's disappeared
Amnesty said that the campaign of enforced disappearances had become so entrenched that people desperate to find out the whereabouts of their loved ones, or whether they were even still alive, were willing to pay bribes ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars to middlemen or brokers.
A lawyer from Damascus told Amnesty that the bribes were "a cash cow for the regime... a source of funding they have come to rely on".
Some families have sold their property or given up their entire life savings to pay bribes to find out the fate of their relatives - sometimes in exchange for false information.
One man whose three brothers disappeared in 2012 said he had borrowed more than $150,000 (£97,500) in failed attempts to find out where they were. He is now in Turkey working to pay back his debts.
The report said family members who tried to inquire about disappeared relatives were often at risk of arrest or being forcibly disappeared themselves, which gave them little choice but to resort to using middlemen.
One man who asked the authorities about his brother's whereabouts was detained for three months and spent several weeks in solitary confinement.
"Enforced disappearances are part of a deliberate, brutal campaign by the Syrian government," said Philip Luther, director of Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa programme.
"It is entirely within their power to put an end to the unspeakable suffering of scores of thousands simply by ordering security forces to stop enforced disappearances; informing families of the whereabouts or fate of their disappeared relatives; and immediately and unconditionally releasing all those imprisoned for peacefully exercising their rights."
So often has it been heard from your typical tub-thumping delegate, that it has begun to sound a little like white noise.
But this year, as teacher delegates met in Manchester and Cardiff for their annual conferences, something had changed.
As more information has come to light about the state of school budgets, the message has resonated further.
So what was once only emblazoned on delegates' T-shirts, has become a topic of polite dinner table conversation in many family homes.
As Lewisham delegate Cleo Lewis put it with absolute clarity: "I've had enough. It's just too much. Nothing is going to change by sitting around discussing."
The reality of significant cost pressures, in England's schools - ranging between 8% and 12%, depending on whom you believe - not to mention £3bn in efficiency savings, has penetrated parents' collective consciousness.
This is in part due to the NUT/ATL school cuts website and the attention the local press have given it, say the unions.
With web hits topping 400,000 and citations in more than 500 regional news stories, it has undoubtedly spread its message.
The interactive website provides an estimate of how much each school stands to lose as a result of budget shortfalls and the new schools funding formula.
Then it converts the figures into possible equivalent losses in teachers and support staff.
It has prompted even the most measured of parents to burst into the playground and tell their friends: "Apparently we're going to lose three teachers."
As a result parents, pushy and otherwise, have begun to mobilise alongside their children's teachers against what they see as unfair and unsustainable cuts.
When quizzed by journalists on whether teachers would strike over the cuts, general secretary of the NUT, Kevin Courtney, appeared to suggest it would not be necessary.
"There's nothing unethical about striking against these cuts. There will be demands for that sort of action that come up in all sorts of places," he said.
"But what we are seeing is huge numbers of parental meetings, with hundreds of parents. These are significant mobilisations of people."
The biggest, for as long as he could remember, he said.
And crucially, they are people not normally given to manning the barricades with placards and copies of the Socialist Worker stuffed in back pockets.
Instead, they are people from ordinary hard-working families, to coin a phrase.
Families, who may be starting to resent padding-out suffering school budgets.
Take the Fair Funding for All Schools founder Jo Yurky, who addressed the NUT conference in Cardiff this weekend.
The mother-of-two, and former Parliamentary ombudsman, confided that she was terrified of addressing delegates.
"I find it all a bit uncomfortable, public speaking," she told journalists, just minutes after making a rousing speech to the union.
Her self-consciousness took nothing away from her message. In fact, it only added to it.
But it was the content of her speech, and who she represents, that gives a new power to what the NUT and other teaching unions have been saying for some time.
She described how schools have been asking parents to set up direct debits to plug huge deficits, sometimes amounting to several hundred thousand pounds.
The claim rings true with parents who've had those begging letters home from head teachers explaining what difficult times their children's schools are facing.
It provides a mirror image of the message head teachers have been setting out in open letters to their local papers, MPs and the education secretary over the last few months.
As Ms Yurky puts it, when head teachers speak, parents listen.
She expresses extreme frustration at the Department for Education's unwillingness to admit there is a problem, through its reiteration that school funding is at its highest ever level.
The DfE, however, is keen to show it is listening too.
It says: "We recognise that schools are facing cost pressures, and we will continue to provide support to help them use their funding in the most cost effective ways, so that every pound of the investment we make in education has the greatest impact."
But the parent campaigner goes on to say confidently; "When parents speak politicians listen."
It is not clear yet whether Education Secretary Justine Greening will find some hidden resources in the education budget to alleviate the deepening cash problems ahead.
Or whether she will turn to the chancellor and ask him for extra money ahead of the autumn statement.
But what the NUT, and other teaching unions, say is certain is that their message is being heard far beyond the packed conference hall.
The collision in Thurrock happened at about 11:30 BST on the anti-clockwise road between junction 31 and 30, for Lakeside, after the Dartford Tunnel.
It involved three articulated lorries and two cars. One driver is reported to have been injured.
Both tunnels finally reopened just after 15:00 BST but there were still queues back to before junction four.
Traffic was also heavy on the clockwise carriageway over the Queen Elizabeth II bridge as drivers slowed to look at the crash site.
Filippo Marozzelli, a driver stuck in the anticlockwise queues, tweeted a picture of what he could see with the caption: "Engine off".
There are about 24,000 excess winter deaths a year, while many more people are made ill by living in cold homes.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says each council area should establish teams to help people access grants and advice.
Professionals who carry out home visits could then refer those at risk.
NICE says this would have to be done with the agreement of the people judged as needing help.
But the watchdog said with a little training a "hidden army" of plumbers, meter readers and engineers could join with more traditional health and care staff in helping identify people at risk.
They could then be given advice about how to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, and how to access improvement and insulation grants.
Professor Gillian Leng, of NICE, said: "We must stop the revolving door scenario where people are made ill by living in a cold home, they go into hospital for treatment, but are then discharged back to the cold home which continues to damage their health."
There are an estimated 9m people living in fuel poverty in the UK, while Age UK found that cold homes cost the NHS over £1.3bn a year.
The government used to define a household as being in fuel poverty if more than 10% of income was spent on fuel. This was changed in 2013 and is now defined as when a household's fuel costs are above the median level.
Dr David Sloan, who drew up the guidance, said: "People with respiratory conditions, heart disease and children with asthma, are particularly at risk.
"Action on cold homes can prevent early deaths."
Neil Schofield, of the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council, said: "Our members make 8m home visits each year to install, service and maintain boilers and heating systems.
"Heating industry staff are seeing people affected by cold homes every day - this is a massive opportunity to identify these vulnerable people and direct them to help, an opportunity which is currently being missed."
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National Express, which runs the Midland Metro, has lost about £34m on the route since 1999.
The news comes days before an extension to New Street is set to open.
The company said it had expected people to make fewer long journeys and more short journeys, which would have brought in more money in fares.
More on Birmingham's tram extension, plus other stories
Originally it was expected eight million passengers would be using the trams each year, but only about five million do so. About 85 million passengers have used the service since 1999.
Further lines to Edgbaston and Centenary Square are planned once the latest scheme, costing £128m, has opened.
The transport operator hopes to have more than nine million passengers using the expanded network by 2026.
£34m
Losses since 1999
8 million Passengers were expected a year
5 million Currently use the service each year
£128m Project to extend the line
Director Martin Hancock said the loss had helped the company gain experience bidding for work in other countries.
"The existing line between Birmingham and Wolverhampton is an important part of the public transport network," he said.
Jonathan Cheetham, chairman of Retail Birmingham, said the "extremely complicated" building work "has not been easy for anyone", but he hoped the work would help businesses in Birmingham.
"In a city of this size, it's imperative that we've got a great transport network," he said.
"Investors from abroad, which we've seen a lot of recently, know and understand how important transport is."
Dr Pat Hanlon, senior transport economics lecturer at the University of Birmingham, said it was "not surprising" the line had been losing money and added developing a network was "the crucial factor" in making it profitable.
He said: "There's a bigger role for things like trams in this city, because an underground railway doesn't look as if it's ever going to be a feasible proposition - it's going to be far too expensive.
"If you've only got one isolated line, people don't get in the habit of using trams, they hardly know that they are there."
McConville is under investigation after banned substances were allegedly found in the stable of Anseanachai Cliste, reported the Times.
A BHA spokesman said: "We cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
McConville has not responded to requests to comment on the case.
Cheltenham stewards ordered the horse, trained in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, to be withdrawn from the Foxhunter Chase on 17 March.
"They could not be satisfied that the horse had been administered only normal feed and water on race day," said a stewards' report.
"They interviewed the owner, the trainer, the veterinary officer and the equine welfare integrity officer. Having heard their evidence, the stewards ordered the horse to be tested and referred the matter to the head office of the British Horseracing Authority."
Anseanachai Cliste won the Ulster Grand National at Downpatrick nine days later, after which the Irish Turf Club says a drugs test came back negative.
Asked about the case, McConville said after the Downpatrick win: "I wouldn't like to talk about Cheltenham. We'll see after the inquiry."
Sunday's first leg was tied at 2-2 after two periods with Trevor Hendrikx and Ryan Russell on target for the hosts and James Desmarais and David Rutherford getting Belfast's replies.
Kris Beech scored the third Belfast Giants goal in Sunday's first leg.
But Guillaume Doucet, Leigh Salters and Joey Haddad netted to put the Devils in pole position for the return leg.
The second leg will be staged at the SSE Arena in Belfast on Tuesday, 23 February, with the final in Sheffield on 6 March.
Cardiff are the holders, having beaten the Sheffield Steelers in last year's final, while Belfast last won the Challenge Cup in 2009.
Mayweather retired unbeaten in 2015 but told ESPN a bout with Irishman McGregor - who has a boxing licence - was the only thing that could tempt him back.
"I'm a businessman and it makes business sense," the 39-year-old American said.
McGregor, 28, has previously said he wants $100m (£80m) to fight Mayweather.
Mayweather, who retired from boxing with a perfect 49-0 record after defeating Andre Berto in September 2015, said initial talks with McGregor's representatives had taken place.
"We tried to make the Conor McGregor fight," Mayweather said. "They know what my number is. My number is a guaranteed $100m. That was my number.
"We are willing to give him $15m and then we can talk about splitting the percentage - the back end - on the pay-per-view."
McGregor became the UFC's first dual-division champion in November and has previously challenged Mayweather to a fight under mixed martial arts rules.
His boxing licence has been granted by the California State Athletic Commission, allowing him to box in the US state.
However, he is under contract with the UFC and any potential fight against Mayweather would have to involve a co-promotion or the UFC's blessing.
The find was made on Wednesday afternoon at an estate office in the village.
Police and archaeologists were called in to examine the remains. Police Scotland said it was believed the bones had been there for "number of years".
Local residents said the building where the discovery was made could be 200 years old.
A police spokesperson said: "A member of the public has contacted police after finding what they believed to be a human skull within a building at the Applecross Estate.
"The find is believed to be historic.
"It is likely to have been there for a number of years and there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances."
What do government ministers do when they leave office? And what happens to top civil servants when they retire?
Some of the answers can be found on the website of a little-known government-funded body: The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba).
A stand-alone committee, currently comprising four peers, two knights and a dame, Acoba's brief is to give advice to Whitehall's high-fliers about possible conflicts of interest when considering a change of job.
"We are there to prevent an unfair advantage being derived by the individual who uses the background of his employment in government either as a minister or a civil servant for the benefit of his career subsequently in industry," explains committee chairman, Lord Lang, former Trade and Industry Secretary in John Major's government.
Senior civil servants and ministers are asked to submit an application form to Acoba when they are thinking about accepting a private sector post.
The form is reviewed by the committee, who then advise the prime minister whether the appointment should be allowed or not.
The latest jobs update on Acoba's website notes ex-Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon's appointment as senior vice-president of AgustaWestland International, the Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturer, almost two years after leaving government and six years after leaving the Ministry of Defence.
Meanwhile, former First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathan Band moves from leading the Royal Navy to advising US arms giant, Lockheed Martin.
Sir Jonathan was advised to wait six months before taking up the new job.
Both moves were approved by Acoba subject to the now standard warning that they must not lobby ministers or civil servants on behalf of their new employers for a period of two years after leaving office.
Since Acoba's launch in 1975 there has been a marked increase in the number of ministers and mandarins passing through the so-called 'revolving door' between government and the private sector.
Companies keen to win NHS contracts now head-hunt top civil servants from the Department of Health.
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Ex-ministers of education find new jobs running universities, and Treasury staff are in high demand throughout banking and industry.
There is a growing body of opinion that a gentlemanly system of review and advice conceived 35 years ago may not fit modern needs.
"There has been a lot of change in the last 20 years and the regulation hasn't really kept up," says Dr Liz David-Barrett, an Oxford University research fellow and author of a recent Transparency International (UK) report on the revolving door.
Although the coalition government increased the maximum lobbying ban from 12 to 24 months, Dr David-Barrett believes tougher safeguards are needed to ensure that private sector companies cannot benefit unfairly from insider knowledge when they take on a former top civil servant or minister.
"There should be a differentiation according to the type of responsibility a civil servant or minister has," she says.
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"For those involved in procurement decisions then the ban on lobbying should be extended to three years from the current two.
"If people have worked in very high risk departments like defence then maybe there should even be a lifelong ban in the associated industry."
The report's concerns are shared by MPs on both sides of the House of Commons, including some members of the influential Public Administration Select Committee.
The most common criticism of the advisory committee is that it can only issue advice.
It cannot monitor whether former ministers and officials actually follow their advice, let alone punish them if they do not.
Lord Lang warns that tougher restrictions on people taking up new jobs in the private sector could open his committee's advice to legal challenges under 'restraint of trade' or even Human Rights law.
And he insists critics mistake the committee's role.
"We don't have enforcement powers, we are an advisory committee," he says.
"If they [critics] want an enforcement agency, a policing body, a regulatory body, a statutorily based body, let them lobby government for it."
He said governments on both sides of the political spectrum had taken the view that an independent advisory committee was what was needed.
"If people want to change it they would have to recognise that it would be quite different from the body we have at the moment" he said.
"It would involve a statutory base, it would involve all kinds of policing and investigative powers and I don't think that is what most people would like."
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The Iron, under new manager Graham Alexander, dominated a scrappy first half as goalkeeper Adam Davies saved George Williams' low effort and Jim O'Brien twice shot wide.
Conor Hourihane came close for Barnsley after the break but goalkeeper Luke Daniels tipped his effort over the bar.
Josh Brownhill's strike in the final minutes then went wide for the Tykes.
The draw keeps Barnsley in the final League One play-off position, just one point ahead of Bradford City.
Scunthorpe United manager Graham Alexander told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"We were the better team in the first half. We caused some problems and mixed the play up really well when we had possession.
"I don't think some of the decisions helped. There were too many nothing 50/50 goings against us. But I want to have a good relationship with referees and he was good enough to have a proper chat with me.
"For the team and the players the effort was fantastic. You could see the determination to get a result."
Banton, 23, was recently released by fellow fourth-tier club Wycombe.
"I worked at Crystal Palace with Jason. He brings something different to what we already have which is why I knew he was someone I wanted at this football club," Fullarton told the club website.
"He has trained with us the past two weeks which enabled him to see how welcome he would be here."
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Its report, published three days from the general election, said Wales faces a "turn-out time-bomb", although young voters' belief in democracy is high.
ERS Cymru calls for a lower voting age, "radical overhaul" of politics teaching in schools and a "louder voice" for young people in Welsh public life.
Around 52% of under-24s voted in 2010, compared to 65% of all eligible.
This was an improvement on the record low of 38% in 2005, but ERS Cymru warns the long-term trend is one of decline.
In 1964 young voters turned out in roughly the same proportion as voters of all ages - 77% - but since 1997 they have been notably less likely to vote than older people.
Director Steve Brooks called on the new Parliament to "immediately devolve power over the voting age to Wales, so AMs can get on and make changes in time for next year's assembly elections".
"The Welsh government needs to radically overhaul how politics is taught in schools," he said.
Mr Brooks also called on the Welsh government to set up an independent national youth assembly for Wales and reverse its decision to withdraw funding from Funky Dragon.
Nick Freeman said he wanted Sophie to learn her lesson from the punishment.
The 19-year-old was driving the Mini cabriolet back from the family's apartment in Abersoch, Gwynedd, at 63mph in a temporary 50mph zone.
"I think it's always important that as a parent you always teach your children the right way," he said.
"I don't think it is particularly harsh, I think it's what parents should do.
"Without any doubt at all I could have avoided a conviction on her behalf, but that's the dilemma isn't it, what does one do as a father and as a lawyer?"
Mr Freeman, who has defended Sir Alex Ferguson, Jeremy Clarkson and David Beckham, admitted his point of view was slightly hypocritical.
"There is a degree of hypocrisy on my part, because of course if Sophie was a client - and I always take the view that all clients are entitled to put the Crown to proof and they are entitled to the benefit of legal representation - I am depriving Sophie, not of legal representation, but of me defending her.
Miss Freeman, who has been driving for 18 months, was driving the Mini which is registered to her father's law firm.
A letter arrived at the company's offices days later stating that its driver faced a £60 fine and three licence points.
She said she would pay the fine out of her own savings.
She said: "I was driving back from Abersoch, in Wales, just after the summer and I got caught for speeding, I think it is a 60 or a 70 usually but it is temporarily a 50 because of roadworks.
"I don't usually speed at all, it was just because I was used to going at 60mph on that road."
She added: "Obviously I'm going to be a lot more careful now and just be more aware of what's going on around me and make sure I'm going at the speed limit, because if I get another three points I'm in a bit of trouble."
Ashley Godber, 27, from Plymouth, was more than twice the legal alcohol and speed limits when he crashed his BMW into 18-year-old Ruby-Tuesday Hobbs.
Godber, who admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving, was jailed for two years and four months at Plymouth Crown Court.
He was also banned from driving for five years.
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Godber mounted a central reservation on Charles Street outside Plymouth's Drakes Circus shopping centre at about 06:30 GMT.
Ms Hobbs was on her way to get breakfast at McDonalds at the time.
Godber was doing more than twice the 30mph limit when he ploughed through two railings and hit the teen.
He had 77 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.
In a separate incident following the crash, Ms Hobbs's iPhone was stolen as she lay injured in the street.
A 35-year-old man was arrested in connection with that but Devon and Cornwall Police said it ceased investigations due to a "lack of evidence and no witnesses".
The 33-year-old has scored 15 goals in 28 games since rejoining the Seagulls on a season-long loan last summer.
He has now agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal at the Amex Stadium.
Murray joined the Cherries for £4m in September 2015, but was restricted to just seven starts for the Premier League club last season.
He previously scored 56 goals for Brighton between January 2008 and May 2011 before moving to Crystal Palace on a free transfer.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Christian Walton has been recalled from a loan spell at Luton to cover for David Stockdale while Niki Maenpaa recovers from a shoulder injury.
The 21-year-old made 33 appearances during his six-month stay with the Hatters.
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Stephen Farry said a "structural underinvestment" in the higher education system had become "unsustainable".
As a result, he has suggested three basic ways of funding universities.
The options propose are an increase in student fees, an increase in public funding, or a joint rise in both.
But a major students' union has said it "will not tolerate any suggestion of raising tuition fees".
The funding suggestions have been put forward after a public consultation called the Big Conversation was carried out last year.
Universities were hit by cuts of more than £16m in funding from the Department of Employment and Learning in 2015-16.
Both Ulster University and Queen's University have announced job losses and reductions in the number of student places they will offer as a result.
DEL has said the changes to university funding are needed to plug a £39m gap between Northern Ireland universities and their English counterparts.
Mr Farry said that gap was "placing in jeopardy the Northern Ireland offer relative to others parts of the UK".
He added that he did not advocate any particular model, but was putting forward the suggestions for the Northern Ireland Executive to decide on a solution.
Whichever one of the options is chosen, student fees are set to break the £4,000 barrier for the first time in 2018-19.
Students currently pay £3,805 a year for a university education in Northern Ireland.
In the first proposed option, public funding would increase by at least £55m, with tuition fees being raised to £4,200.
The second model suggests a fees increase of between £6,500 and £9,000, with no additional government funding.
An increase in public spending of between £27.5m and £34.1m along with a fees rise of between £5,500 and £6,000 is put forward as the final option.
Mr Farry said "public spending constraints" would mean the funding of universities would present a "huge challenge" to the executive.
Fergal McFerran, the president of the National Union of Students - Union of Students in Ireland (NUS-USI), said higher education should be free.
"Across the world there are countries which fund tertiary education entirely through public funding," he said.
"We're very clear, we see this as a question of political priorities."
The DEL paper calculates that an extra £116m in public money would be needed to provide students with a free university education.
The 24-year-old, from Cardiff, became the first Welsh boxer to win a silver medal by reaching the welterweight final at London 2012.
Evans also won gold at the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Ankara.
"I reached the top as an amateur and I'm looking forward to doing the same as a pro," he said.
Evans' move into the professional ranks comes three months after Wales' most decorated amateur boxer, Andrew Selby, also gave up his unpaid status.
Both have signed with Bristol-based manager Chris Sanigar, who also represents IBF featherweight world champion Lee Selby, and will be trained by Tony Borg.
"Signing Fred Evans was something I have wanted to do for a long time," said Sanigar.
"I've followed Fred throughout his amateur career and he always stood out. He has a style that suits the pro game and I believe that he can go a long way."
Evans is currently serving a two-year suspended prison sentence for unlawfully wounding friend Michael Wilson after they had been drinking at a Gloucestershire pub for "several hours".
He was refused accreditation to compete for Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games following checks by the Home Office and Games officials.
Evans added: "Signing with Chris and training with Tony [Borg] was always my first choice seeing the success of Lee Selby and other Welsh boxers."
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He said his version was underpinned by references to high-suspense films like Ridley Scott's Alien and Steven Spielberg's Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, fuelled by a "sense of anticipation".
"Because [Scott and Spielberg] couldn't show the creature constantly, the first half of the movie would be these brief glimpses... you got so many chills and goosebumps - I miss that style of storytelling," he said.
"I felt that in modern cinema it's so easy to just throw everything at the screen constantly."
Godzilla, which had a reported budget of $160m (£95m) and stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Sally Hawkins and Juliette Binoche, has had mixed reviews.
Variety said the focus on the human characters left "scarcely enough screen time for the monster itself" while The Independent added Godzilla "still looks as if he has just escaped from a low budget Ray Harryhausen movie, shooting in somebody's garden nearby".
The Telegraph described it as a "summer blockbuster that's not just thrilling, but orchestrates its thrills with such rare diligence, you want to yelp with glee".
The original Godzilla film, made in Japan in 1954, was a metaphor for the devastation which followed the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US forces at the end of World War Two, and then 1954's H-bomb testing in the Pacific.
Then, Godzilla was played by a man in a reptile suit who caused chaos by trampling on a miniaturised version of Tokyo.
The 2014 film, which coincides with Godzilla's 60th birthday, follows the critically panned 1998 version directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Matthew Broderick. There is a degree of pressure on Edwards to get it right this time.
Visual effects specialist Edwards, 38, was chosen for Godzilla after he blew critics away with his 2010 debut movie Monsters, made on a micro-budget of about £500,000 and edited at his London home.
Having directed, written and orchestrated the special effects, Edwards won best director at the 2011 British Independent Film Awards.
Three years later and armed with a budget of millions, Edwards said despite hankering to make "just one" Godzilla special effect shot, he "didn't even get a spare five minutes".
"But the beauty of it is that I was surrounded with the best of the best," he said. "The visual effects supervisor was Jim Rygiel who did The Lord of the Rings and we also had John Dykstra, who did the original Star Wars movie.
"Working with genuine heroes of mine, handing your baby over to people who can look after it way better than you can, is an easy thing," he added, although he admitted "this film is the hardest thing I've ever had to do".
Edwards employed the skills of actor Andy Serkis - who has previously used performance capture to create characters such as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films and King Kong - to help create Godzilla's movements on screen.
The director said Serkis "helped shape the title character's emotional arc" and was key for Godzilla's facial expressions. The director and his team also studied the faces of dogs and bears while developing the monster's head, which incorporated "the nobility of an eagle".
Among the human characters battling the monsters and the elements is Breaking Bad TV star Cranston, who plays a nuclear scientist and whistleblower.
After his Emmy and Golden Globe-winning performance in the TV drama, he said he knew his next role would be "compared" and wanted it to be "of extremely high quality as far as the writing is concerned".
Godzilla ticked all the boxes for him and he said he liked the film's emotional content and focus on relationships and family.
"When the offer came in to do Godzilla, at first I thought 'Oh, I probably shouldn't do it, no', and my agent said: 'You might want to take a look at this because it's very different'.
"I was like 'Wow, this is fantastic', and then you have this monster movie and I loved Godzilla - he was my favourite monster. I like to keep surprising people."
Taylor-Johnson, who plays his army lieutenant son who battles to return to his family, also liked the focus on relationships.
"I liked the fact that he was a father and a husband and [the film] had a real strong family element to it, and that it became a fight for survival he had to try and get through in order to reach his family," he said.
Olsen, who plays Taylor-Johnson's on-screen wife, said she enjoyed the challenge of playing a mother who has to "figure out how to go through things that are scary but not let on" because her son is witnessing the devastation around him.
Cranston said ultimately it would be the fans who determine if the film is a success. Some have already criticised Godzilla for being "too fat" but the actor said he had to "hope for the best".
"It's the public - the fans - that create a classic film or TV show," he added.
"So it's up to them to decide if it weathers the test of time. And so too will it be for this version of our film."
Godzilla opens in UK cinemas on 15 May.
It was one of seven prizes for the network at Wednesday evening's Broadcast Awards.
Catastrophe picked up best comedy programme while The Paedophile Hunter was named best documentary.
The Broadcast judges said Channel 4's output was "at its strongest since [chief creative officer] Jay Hunt took over in 2011".
The channel performed particularly well in factual categories - winning in the news and current affairs category for Dispatches: Escape from Isis.
It also picked up best popular factual programme for The Secret Life Of 4 Year Olds and best documentary series for The Romanians Are Coming.
The wins come at an uncertain time for Channel 4. Last year, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport said it was looking at a range of options for the channel's future after rumours that proposals to privatise the network had been put forward.
It was not a clean sweep for Channel 4, however, as the station lost out in the drama category to BBC One's Doctor Foster.
The list of winners included a special recognition award for the BBC's long-running satirical news quiz Have I Got News For You.
The programme was commended by the judges for "remaining reassuringly familiar, while somehow striking the right tone on many of the complex and upsetting news stories that have come its way".
Britain's Got Talent won best entertainment programme, after a difficult year for its creator Simon Cowell as viewing figures for his other major ITV show, The X Factor, decreased significantly.
Other winners at the ceremony, which was presented by Jonathan Ross, included Emmerdale for best soap and Peter Kay's Car Share for best original programme.
The Perseid shower occurs every August but this year scientists say a gravitational nudge by Jupiter made it more intense.
Some researchers were predicting up to 200 meteors per hour in the night sky at the shower's peak.
While Friday was the peak, meteors can be seen for several nights to come.
The Perseid meteor shower is caused by a trail of debris from a comet called Swift-Tuttle which orbits the Sun.
Every year between July and August, the Earth drifts into the belt of material left by Swift-Tuttle and is peppered with meteors, which burn up as they hit the atmosphere creating streaks of light.
These meteors are called the Perseids, because they appear to be coming from the constellation Perseus.
But this year is unusual according to astronomers, as the Earth moved through a particularly distinct bit of debris a day earlier than normal. This clump of material has been nudged into the Earth's path by Jupiter's gravity.
Those who were out early on Friday morning enjoyed a wonderful display.
"It's hard to tell with the naked eye, but I did certainly notice quite a lot of spectacular bright fireballs," said Dr Sam Lindsay from the Royal Astronomical Society.
"I'm not sure I would have seen so many of in previous years."
Normally people viewing from a dark area, away from lights, can see between 60 to 100 meteors an hour at the shower's peak.
The US space agency Nasa suggested that could double this year.
"Forecasters are predicting a Perseid outburst this year with double normal rates on the night of August 11-12," said Bill Cooke from Nasa's meteoroid environments office.
"Under perfect conditions, rates could soar to 200 meteors per hour."
Several of the pictures sent in from across the UK and Ireland seemed to feature multi-coloured streaks as the fireballs burnt up in the atmosphere.
"The interesting thing is seeing the colour change from green at first, then to red, as the outer material of the dust particles is apparently a different composition to the centre, creating a different coloured flame," said Dr Lindsay.
While Friday morning was the peak of the event, the meteor shower is likely to continue for several days with good viewing opportunities likely over the weekend.
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The Gunners manager brought on his top scorer at half-time, with his side 2-0 down, and he provided the pass for Danny Welbeck's goal.
"Everyone will come to the same conclusion," said Wenger.
"But I am strong enough and lucid enough to analyse the impact."
It was only the fifth time in his Arsenal career that Sanchez had started a Premier League game on the bench, with the Chile international so often a vital player for the Gunners.
He has been directly involved in a league-high 26 goals in his 26 league games this season, scoring 17 and assisting nine.
However, Wenger said he had decided to start Welbeck and Oliver Giroud instead to provide a more direct attacking threat.
"I wanted to play two players who were strong in the air and then bring Sanchez on in the second half," Wenger added.
"I don't deny Alexis Sanchez is a great player. A decision like that is not easy to make, you have to stand up for it."
The defeat was the Gunners' third in four league games and leaves them fifth, two points behind fourth-placed Manchester City, who have a game in hand.
Asked whether Arsenal can still make the top four, Wenger said: "It is a possibility that we can still make it, so let's focus on that."
BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty: "Wenger's future may yet be defined - even decided - by his fatally flawed decision to drop leading scorer Alexis Sanchez for the meeting with Liverpool at Anfield.
"This was a match Wenger knew might go a long way towards shaping the Champions League places so surely it was an occasion to call on your biggest player, not adopt the sort of high-risk strategy that went horribly wrong in this damaging 3-1 defeat?
"Once Wenger left Sanchez out, defeat was not an option. He had to leave Anfield with a positive result, instead he was reduced to throwing the Chilean on in desperation at the start of the second half with Liverpool two up and in control.
"It was a baffling, inexplicable move that was was either going to prove gloriously courageous or calamitous. It proved to be the latter.
"Would Antonio Conte leave Diego Costa out of such a game? Would Spurs exclude Harry Kane? Would Jose Mourinho drop Zlatan Ibrahimovic? Not a chance.
"Wenger took the chance and he must now live with the consequences which may stretch beyond this one loss if Arsenal fail to qualify for the Champions League.
"Sanchez's own contract situation and uncertain future provides an intriguing backdrop. And what of Wenger's recent use of the player? Strange to say the least.
"He was brought on when Arsenal were leading 3-0 at Southampton in the FA Cup fourth round at St Mary's and brought on for the last 16 minutes when the Gunners were 2-0 up at non-league Sutton United in the fifth round.
"Was Sanchez really required on those occasions then left out of the starting line-up for this vital fixture?
"He was certainly needed at Anfield - and Wenger's decision not to use him may come back to haunt him and Arsenal."
Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown, speaking on Match of the Day, said: "Dropping Sanchez was stunning.
"I really can't understand the thinking behind that. He's their best player. They didn't actually play direct in the match.
"I'm struggling to remember a more tepid performance in the last 20 years under Wenger. There was a lack of spirit and fire in their bellies."
Europe will have at least five rookies at Hazeltine after the nine qualifiers were decided with a week to spare.
Belgian Thomas Pieters needed to defend his Czech Masters title and Irishman Shane Lowry required a top-four finish in the Wyndham Championship in America to stay in contention.
Both men missed out, handing places to Fitzpatrick and Sullivan.
Pieters only lost out by a single shot to American Paul Peterson on Sunday, while Lowry's closing 67 was not enough to put him among the leaders in North Carolina.
That means Rory McIlroy, Danny Willett, Henrik Stenson, Chris Wood, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Sullivan and Fitzpatrick are guaranteed to go to Minnesota in September in search of a fourth straight win over the USA.
Willett, Wood, Cabrera-Bello, Sullivan and Fitzpatrick will be making their debuts in the event.
Fitzpatrick, 21, finished fifth in Prague to book his Ryder Cup place and said afterwards: "It's a great opportunity, I've got my first one coming up and hopefully I can just keep pushing on my game and getting better."
Peterson finished 15 under par in Prague with Britons David Howell and Ryan Evans joint third on the final leaderboard.
European captain Darren Clarke will name his three Ryder Cup wild cards on 30 August.
Nicola Boardman, a former heroin addict, also spent some of the money on drugs, Truro Crown Court heard.
Her parents said the ordeal had "devastated" their lives.
Boardman, 34, who pleaded guilty to one count of fraud, was jailed for three years and four months.
The court heard Boardman, of Trelander East, Truro, had been addicted to heroin as a teenager but took part in rehabilitation.
She went on to earn a first class degree in social sciences at Camborne College in Cornwall but later fell into the wrong crowd and relapsed, the court heard.
She told her parents she wanted to do a PhD and claimed she had interviews at both Cambridge and Oxford universities, and was later accepted at Oxford.
However, Philip Lee, prosecuting, said "this was all made up".
As well as funding her supposed studies over a period of four years, Boardman's parents also paid for "fake university trips" to Mongolia and Greece, the court heard.
Frank and Marilyn Boardman gave up their jobs and sold their home, believing their daughter's claims that she would make £3m on the strength of her academic work and pay back the money.
Boardman spent £10,000 on a marriage to a man from Redruth whom she knew her family "hated", with no family members invited, the court heard.
She then became pregnant and told her parents that she had a stillbirth and invited them to a "sham" ceremony where the ashes were scattered, in an attempt to gain further sympathy.
Mr Lee said: "The defendant later admitted to the police that she had lied about that and her pregnancy had been terminated in May."
It was only after Boardman went missing that her mother found a note confessing to her relapse and secret marriage.
The court heard she had spent a total of £250,000 of her parents' money, and they had no funds for their retirement or to spend on their other two children.
Judge James Dingemans said it was a "prolonged" and "sophisticated" operation.
He added that it was another example of the "destruction caused to society because of the use of drugs".
After resuming on 292-2, with Duckett on 178, the hosts progressed to 481-7 before bad light intervened.
Teenager George Garton has taken three wickets on his Championship debut.
But the Sussex bowlers have otherwise struggled, not helped by dropping Duckett twice.
After 82 overs on the first day, only 53 overs were managed on day two, during which 21-year-old Duckett reached eighth position in the all-time annals of best individual innings for the county, going past Wayne Larkins, Allan Lamb and Dennis Brookes on that list.
But, for all Duckett's dominance, Northants ended four runs short of a fifth batting point, having only reached 396-5 at the 110-over mark.
The princess's christening will take place at St Mary Magdalene Church in Norfolk on 5 July.
The new coin will be available in silver and gold to mark the occasion.
Director of commemorative coin Shane Bissett said: "It is only appropriate that we commemorate this significant occasion with the release of a special coin."
The coins' design will be approved by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Queen and the Chancellor George Osborne.
It will then be revealed in the next couple of weeks.
A limited edition £5 coin was also issued by the Mint, based in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff, to mark the princess's birth on 2 May.
The Fear Group was planning to build 600 student flats at the old Sainsbury's site on Shaftesbury Street.
Following a large fire at the location on Wednesday evening, the firm told BBC Wales it would now sell the land.
Fire investigators have confirmed the blaze was started deliberately.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales, the company's director Stephen Fear said they were pulling out of the project because of threats and attacks "from yobs".
He also cited delays over the demolition of the former Sainsbury's supermarket as a reason for the sale.
He told the Good Evening Wales programme that there had been numerous problems in the last few months.
Mr Fear said vandals and thieves had already caused nearly a million pounds worth of damage to the site before the arson attack overnight.
"I was threatened on site by seven young people. My son was threatened by a drug addict who was in a canopy under the building- this guy threatened him with a needle.
"We're sick and tired of it. With the threats and with the apparent lawlessness in this part of Newport, we've just come to the decision that this is a job for someone else and not us."
He said they would move investment to where it was "perhaps more welcome".
Council leaders in the city said they hoped to discuss the matter with Mr Fear "to enable this much anticipated and important regeneration scheme to proceed".
"I am disappointed to hear that the Fear Group has reached this decision," said the council leader, Debbie Wilcox.
"We have worked with, and are continuing to work with, developers on extremely successful projects.
"There is a lot of potential in the city and we know there are people who want to invest in Newport."
The Cyberspace Administration of China accused Mr Ren of publishing "illegal messages that had a bad impact".
Mr Ren had written that state media were funded by taxpayers and should serve them, not the Communist Party.
President Xi urged state media early this month to follow party lines in their reporting.
China has been criticised for its strict internet regulations, including blocking major sites and censoring posts.
But Mr Xi has argued that countries had the right to choose how to develop and regulate the internet.
Almost 40 journalists are currently in prison in China for work posted online, the advocacy group Reporters Without Borders says.
Ren Zhiqiang is a retired top property developer with more than 30 million online followers.
His Weibo blog last week attacking Mr Xi had been criticised by state media - one referring to him as referring "anti-Communist Party" thoughts.
Internet users had to stick to the law and the fundamentals of socialism, said Jiang Jun, a spokesman for the Cyberspace Administration of China.
China has also unveiled new rules - coming into effect on 10 March - banning foreign media companies and foreign joint ventures from distributing content online without prior approval by Beijing officials.
Beijing keeps the world's largest online population under tight controls
Access to the BBC's English-language website was temporarily blocked last year
Virtual Private Network (VPN) systems are among the latest online targets
This year web users were banned from posting under famous people's names
On election day, traditionally a Thursday, voters go to their local polling station and cast their ballots by marking crosses in boxes with a pen or pencil and paper.
The ballots are then counted by hand after the polls close.
The digital revolution, which has swept through so many areas of modern life, has barely touched the system by which we elect our democratic representatives.
Moves to modernise it with automated systems have so far met with high levels of resistance amid concerns over security and fraud.
But campaigners for electronic or e-voting say "digital democracy" is on the way in the UK. Although next year's general election will be run using the traditional system, they predict a different landscape by 2020.
The term "e-voting" is used to cover a range of different technologies, from button or touchscreen machines in polling stations which connect to a central database, to remote systems which allow people to vote online using a secure ID. Supporters say the systems are generally more efficient and less expensive than manual ones.
Another argument in favour stems from voter disengagement and low turnout in many democracies around the world, including the UK, where nearly 16 million people did not vote at the last election. E-voting encourages participation, say campaigners, especially among young people.
"There's a fantastic head of steam now behind this issue," says Graham Allen, the Labour MP who chairs the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee.
In a report on voter engagement published last month, the committee recommended that the government should run online voting pilots in the next parliament "with a view to all electors having the choice of voting online at the 2020 general election".
"I couldn't have got my committee to agree to recommend online voting a year ago but people realise our democracy is broken and we have to find radical ways to fix it," Mr Allen said.
"My 17-year-old daughter lives off the web and email. Her generation will jump at the chance to get involved," he said, adding that he believed that just having the option to vote online would increase interest in elections among young people.
A fellow campaigner is the Labour peer, Lord Malloch Brown, a former minister in the last Labour government and an ex-deputy director of the UN, who is now chairing an e-voting technology company.
During his international career, he observed many elections in emerging democracies and became convinced that the best new technologies offered the best protection against fraud and manipulation while encouraging greater participation.
"The UK's system of voting has been ossified. It's based on centuries of social trust, but that trust is being gnawed away" he said.
Allegations of irregularities during this year's local elections in the London borough of Tower Hamlet, and concerns about the general security of postal votes had contributed to the erosion of trust, he said.
"What's extraordinary is we have a system in the UK that has a very high fraud risk but because there's a general trust we've not reconciled that contradiction. When we do things will start to change."
Lord Malloch-Brown believes the increasing fragmentation and plurality in British politics is putting more strain on the voting system.
"The breakdown of the two-party monopoly is going to lead to more competition and more contested elections. This will focus attention on the reliability and security of the systems we use."
But critics of e-voting worry about security and fraud, particularly the risk of hackers breaking into automated systems.
They point to examples such as the Netherlands, where e-voting was used extensively from the late nineties until 2007 but then banned because of security concerns.
Lord Malloch Brown says it is important to make the distinction between supervised and unsupervised systems. There is no reason why supervised e-voting systems, such as those his company manufactures, should not be adopted more widely, he argues,
"They are much more secure than postal votes. The technology we use is very advanced, with high levels of encryption," he says.
His company has provided e-voting technology to countries including Brazil, Bulgaria and the Philippines. He described how, in the Philippines, different software was used in each of the 80,000 polling stations.
And because most elections are held in a single day, he argues, the results can be registered and collated before hackers have time to break into the systems.
But he admits the technology for unsupervised voting needs to be developed further.
"In truth, online voting is not as secure as going to the polling station. The issue of biometric ID is not sufficiently tied down," he says.
Concern over security is the main reason the UK government has so far resisted any significant moves towards e-voting. Cabinet Office Minister Sam Gyimah told the political and constitutional affairs committee there were "more downsides than upsides" to the technology.
Graham Allen acknowledges the concerns are legitimate, particularly with regard to online voting from PCs or mobile devices.
His committee heard evidence from an electoral law expert, Professor RA Watt from Buckingham University,
"It is quite clear that voting outside the controlled environment of the polling place is susceptible to individual... and organised or strategic fraud," Professor Watt said.
"There does not seem to be a technology which guarantees that a device is being used exclusively by a bona fide registered voter acting freely in accordance with his or her own wishes; in the way that seclusion in a supervised polling booth enables a voter to act freely."
But Mr Allen said: "Where there's a will there's a way. We need to put the best brains on it. Remember that millions of people trust internet banking systems."
The UK's Electoral Commission is reviewing the voting system, examining different options including internet voting.
"This is not an issue that can stay on the slow-track any longer," says the commission's head, Jenny Watson.
"Whether it is the ability to register to vote on the day of the election or voters being able to use any polling station in their constituency, or the introduction of advance voting, or even more radical options... we plan to look at a variety of options, assessing how they will help citizens engage more effectively."
Ms Watson hopes the government's preliminary step of allowing people to join the electoral register online will help boost turnout in next year's general election.
The country leading the way in e-voting technology is Estonia, under the leadership of its tech-savvy Prime Minister, Taavi Roivas.
Estonia has a national database of all its citizens and its voters can cast their ballots from any computer anywhere in the world, using an identity card with a computer-readable microchip.
But even in Estonia, two thirds of people choose to visit polling stations to cast their e-ballots even though they don't have to.
"Voting is an act of ritual citizenship and that is not something we want to or need to change," explains Lord Malloch-Brown.
"There will never be a technology which is a substitute for culture. But that does not mean we should resist technology which could transform participation."
One of his favoured systems involves voters casting their ballot digitally in a polling station and then printing out a hard copy which they can post in a ballot box as a back-up.
There is something psychologically reassuring about having that piece of paper," he says.
England all-rounder Chris Woakes had previously been vice captain to Ian Bell in all forms of the game.
Former England batsman Trott, 35, has scored 758 runs at an average of 68.90 in the County Championship this season.
Porterfield, 31, has been captain of Ireland since 2008, winning 86 one-day international caps for his country.
"Jonathan and William are vastly experienced cricketers that have played at the highest level of the game for several years," Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown said.
"Both are great role models for our younger members of the squad."
The France-born player, 30, was speaking to Italian broadcaster Rai after Saturday's 1-1 draw with Torino.
"What stupid person is speaking?" said Benatia before ending the interview.
The incident comes a week after another Serie A player, Pescara's Sulley Muntari, walked off the pitch after claiming he was being racially abused.
Benatia, who is on loan at Juventus from Bayern Munich, has not commented publicly on what happened during the television interview.
The broadcaster has since apologised and promised to find out who made the "unacceptable" comments.
"Rai is sincerely saddened by the deplorable episode of racism involving the Juventus player during the broadcast of Champagne Football," it said on Sunday, adding that the insult had not been heard by the viewers.
Benatia has made 17 league and cup appearances for Juventus, who are closing in on a sixth successive Serie A title and are in the Champions League semi-finals.
Juventus released a statement, saying: "Following the regrettable insult Medhi Benatia heard through his earpiece during Calcio Champagne, Juventus Football Club wishes to express its concern over the incident.
"While acknowledging the Rai statement expressing solidarity, everyone - and the player first and foremost - deserves an explanation about what occurred."
Meanwhile, Muntari was an unused substitute as relegated Pescara lost 1-0 at home to fellow strugglers Crotone on Sunday.
The former Portsmouth and Sunderland player was cleared to play after a one-match ban he received for protesting against racist abuse in last weekend's match at Cagliari was overturned.
Muntari was initially booked for dissent, then received a second yellow card for leaving the field.
Before the ban was overturned, former Tottenham striker Garth Crooks called on players in Italy to strike in protest against Muntari's punishment.
Pilkington had the idea as a way to develop his own photography, though now sees his role as curator as being the creative centre of his work.
"Photographers as a breed are much more comfortable behind the lens than in front of it," he says. "So for those willing to overcome this natural reticence it is a chance to show off their skills and indeed their imagination to the wider community."
The basic idea is very simple. Once paired up they simply have to take a portrait of each other. Some use what is to hand, others construct fairly elaborate sets.
"It is meant to be a celebration of the portrait image in its many forms," adds Pilkington.
More than a year in, Pilkington imagines it could carry on for another six months or more, and at present adds a new pairing to The Swap website every few days and and hopes to publish a book of the best work next year.
Here is a small selection from the project, with comments from the photographers.
Rebecca Miller and Desiree Pfeiffer
Rebecca Miller:
"I was very comfortable being photographed by Desiree which is strange because I generally hate having my photograph taken. I think what made it easier is that I was playing a character in an overall story so the picture was less about what I looked like and really more just a piece of the story. To me this is an interesting way to approach a portrait as I don't think we really are the component parts that make up our faces and bodies, I think we are much more than that. There was also the physical aspect of actually holding up a tree in heels which took up most of my energy so I had little time to ask questions like, 'What should I do with my hands?' or 'Is my lipstick on my teeth?'"
Desiree Pfeiffer:
"The experience of participating in this project was painful but rewarding. Rebecca and I went to art school together and have been close friends for years. We share a similar approach and sense of aesthetics, so it was interesting to work with her and gain insight into how my subjects feel. I became acutely aware of how awkward and insecure you feel in front of the camera even when you trust someone completely. It was important to be reminded of this. The lesson was invaluable. Artists often project themselves into their work. However, it looks like a photograph I would take so to me it feels authentic; that she really captured me."
Hiroshi Watanabe and Aline Smithson
Hiroshi Watanabe:
"Each of us did what we wanted to be like with outfit and costume and the other (with camera) decided how to photograph."
Aline Smithson
"When Stuart invited me to participate, the first photographer I considered was my friend Hiroshi Watanabe. I am a devoted fan of his work and not only collect his photographs but hold them in the highest regard. Hiroshi brings a technical acuity to his images and a deep level of humanity and I knew that he would be able to capture my essence. I really am not a fan of being in front of the lens and generally try to obscure myself when I can. I had been thinking about life behind a burka, what it conceals and what it reveals, and Hiroshi was able to bring beauty and mystery to that idea through his wet darkroom techniques. We both still use film and shoot with the square format, though he uses a Hasselblad and I use a twin lens Rolleiflex. I think it was fun for each of us to witness how each other worked. Needless to say, I am thrilled with the result."
Rob Ball and Laura Pannack
Rob Ball
"Laura visited to share her work with my photography students and whilst she was in town we decided to make some tintypes. Each exposure is about 10 seconds and often reveals something hidden or otherwise imperceptible."
Paula McCartney and Geoffrey Nel Thomas
Paula McCartney
"Making a portrait, or any photograph for that matter is an excuse to look closely, to notice the details not always evident in the continuous movement of time. To concentrate on this, I often extract my subjects from the wider environment. While I made the photograph in natural light, I placed Geoffrey against a black background. His features are detailed and clear, but he doesn't exist in a specific time or place. I imagine him more in one of the many short stories he writes, rather than in the everyday world."
Geoffrey Nel Thomas
"My work focuses on un-scripted moments and not staged portraits, so I looked to Arnold Newman, who excelled at showing a person's character by placing them in their own environment, for ideas on how to approach creating a portrait of Paula. What binds all of Paula's work together is her interest in nature, so it was only fitting to place her in that environment. It was by chance that I found flowers which matched her dress, so she looked in confluence with her surroundings."
Lori Pond by Brandy Trigueros
Lori Pond
"Brandy and I have similar, dare I say weird, aesthetic tastes that run from clothing to both our favourite mode of expression, photography. This past year I've undergone a series of eye operations because of retinal detachments in my right eye. Brandy and I were in the same photography class taught by Aline Smithson this year. I was usually wearing an eye patch. When I approached Brandy about The Swap, she immediately knew what to do. She enlisted her friend Mindy to paint an eye on to my palm and dots around my eye. The rest was pure magic."
Brandy Trigueros
"Working with Lori Pond was such a treat and a wonderful collaborative process. We are both drawn to masks, particularly the emotional and psychological aspects they evoke. In her portrait, I love how she elevated these aspects by turning me around thus challenging the norm and giving the viewer a deeper look."
Ivette Spradlin and Aaron Blum
Ivette Spradlin
"It is always strange to be in the other side of the lens but there is a trust that was there knowing Aaron's work. There wasn't much verbal direction. We both just fell into place."
Aaron Blum
"I really hate having my photograph taken, but it was nice to be on the other side of the camera for once, and I really ended up liking the result and the process. I usually never go out with other photographers, but this was a great experience."
Andy Moll was part of a three-man team exploring a wreck six miles south of Swanage, some 131ft (40m) below the surface, on Sunday.
Father-of-four Mr Moll, from North Curry, near Taunton, is said to have more than 30 years' diving experience.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency called off the search for Mr Moll, who remains missing, on Sunday.
Leon Smith, chair of Severnside Sub Aqua Club, said Mr Moll was a "great personal friend" to many club members.
"Andy has been a long-standing, active, and well-respected member of the diving community," he said.
"Everyone who knows Andy is truly devastated by recent events and our thoughts and concerns are with his family and all those involved."
Mr Moll also served nationally with the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) and had been an instructor trainer.
"He was full of passion and enthusiasm and the BSAC, and had a true love of scuba diving, and all that went with it.
"Andy was also a real family man and our thoughts and sincere condolences go out to them, in particular his wife Elaine and four daughters."
Mr Moll failed to surface while diving with two others from the boat Emma J off Swanage and the emergency services were alerted.
The employee, who was working with peacekeepers, was snatched from his residence in the city of Fasher.
Security Council envoys had arrived in Fasher to raise concerns about an upsurge in violence in Darfur.
Earlier, Sudanese armed forces, long accused of atrocities in Darfur, launched renewed attacks on rebels.
The government forces said they had taken a key stretch of road from the rebel Sudan Liberation Army, about 100 miles (160km) away from Fasher.
The rebels said aircraft had bombed villages full of civilians - allegations that the government denied.
Later on Thursday, the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force, Unamid, told journalists that that one of their workers had been snatched.
"Armed men entered the residence of four civilian staff members in downtown El Fasher," said spokesman Kemal Saiki.
"They tied up two of them and made away with the other two in a vehicle. One man escaped and the other is still missing."
He said the kidnap was unrelated to the visit of the Security Council diplomats. The nationality of the kidnapped person has not been disclosed.
Ambassadors and top diplomats from the 15 nations on the UN Security Council are on a four-day mission to Sudan.
Q&A: Darfur conflict
They were in talks in Khartoum to check the troubled preparations for a secession vote for the south, due to take place in January, and also visited Juba before they moved on to Fasher.
Heavily armed peacekeepers greeted them at the airport, along with hundreds of protesters, voicing their support for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
The UN delegation had refused to meet Mr Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes committed in Darfur - charges he strongly denies.
The BBC's James Copnall, in Khartoum, says several foreigners have been kidnapped in Darfur since the warrant was issued.
Our correspondent says most of the abductions appear to be motivated by money rather than politics, but he says the timing of this incident will be deeply worrying for Unamid.
The UN estimates the six-year conflict in Darfur has cost the lives of 300,000 people and driven a further 2.7m from their homes.
The government puts the death toll at 10,000 and has said the problems in Darfur have been exaggerated for political reasons.
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The rig, which ran aground at Dalmore in August, is being moved on to the heavy transport ship the Hawk.
The 17,000-tonne structure has been disconnected from eight temporary anchors in preparation for its journey to Turkey for scrapping.
Good weather is crucial to this element of the salvage operation going ahead.
BBC Scotland's reporter in Lewis, Angus Macdonald, said on Friday evening that the size of the swell was making efforts to get the rig on to the deck of the Hawk difficult.
He said a decision would be made on Saturday as to whether the rig would go "in this weather window, or stay until the next break in the weather".
Hugh Shaw, who is overseeing the salvage work, said: "If we do find ourselves in the same position tomorrow then we are going to have to make a decision.
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Rudiger, 24, completed the transfer one week after helping world champions Germany win the Confederations Cup.
"It's a great feeling because not every player has the opportunity to join a huge club like this," said Rudiger.
The fee for Chelsea's first major signing of the summer could rise to £33.3m with add-on clauses.
"Antonio is still young but is experienced at club and international level and possesses all the requisite attributes to thrive in the Premier League," said Chelsea's technical director Michael Emenalo.
"He is a player of proven quality."
Rudiger will wear the number two shirt left vacant after Branislav Ivanovic's departure to Zenit St Petersburg in February.
Because he was set to take a break after his involvement in the Confederations Cup, Rudiger is unlikely to be involved when the majority of Antonio Conte's squad return to pre-season training on Monday.
Rudiger played for Borussia Dortmund at youth level before moving to Stuttgart in 2011.
He made his Bundesliga debut in January 2012 and clocked up 66 appearances in Germany's top flight before moving to Roma in 2015.
Rudiger made 30 Serie A appearances in 2015-16 as Roma finished third and a further 26 in 2016-17 as they were runners-up to Juventus.
He also played six Champions League games in 2015-16 as Roma reached the last 16.
In addition, Rudiger has made 17 appearances for Germany, including a 1-0 win friendly win over England in March, but was ruled out of Euro 2016 after tearing cruciate knee ligaments.
Chelsea continued a summer trend among Premier League clubs by announcing the signing with an elaborate video on their Twitter feed.
In the video, a young boy visiting Chelsea's club shop asks his dad for a shirt with Rudiger's name on the back.
His dad tells him he cannot have the name of a player Chelsea have not signed and recommends David Luiz or Eden Hazard instead.
"Dad, I want Rudiger!" says the boy, to which the shop assistant goes into a stock room and asks the player, wearing a number two Chelsea shirt, if that's OK.
"No problem," he says. "I'm a Chelsea player now."
Mani Djazmi, BBC World Service reporter
Like his inexperienced team-mates, Antonio Rudiger grew into the Confederations Cup. By the time of Germany's victory, he looked a seasoned international in a team whose players' mutual understanding seemed flawless.
He was strong and composed in the German defence which, like Chelsea's under Antonio Conte, featured three central defenders, although Rudiger can also play at right-back.
In the final, as Chile's relentless, marauding attackers tested Germany's defensive nerve, he stayed strong, not least when an impeccably-timed challenge denied Charles Aranguiz in the early stages.
It's not often that football managers commit to direct comparisons of players, but Germany coach Joachim Low has likened Rudiger to Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng.
Rudiger will be hoping that his assured performances at the tournament will help him earn a place alongside Boateng and Mats Hummels at the 2018 World Cup.
But the 24-year-old's history of knee operations - he has had three - along with his eight yellow cards and two reds in all competitions for Roma last season, and his self description of being a hard tackler suggests he will not always be available for Conte.
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There has been a long running campaign to reopen Bow Street station outside Aberystwyth.
A separate project looking at reopening the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway line has already been agreed.
Ceredigion council has welcomed the latest study and investment, with leaders saying the area "relies upon an efficient transport network".
Milan Schipper told the CBC that he bought his flight because it was much cheaper than all the other tickets.
Instead of heading straight to the beach, as he had planned, he found himself in near-blizzard conditions with nothing more than a light jacket.
Airline employees helped him book a return ticket home to Amsterdam.
The 18-year-old says he knew something was amiss when he had a layover in Toronto, and his connecting flight was in a small Air Canada plane.
"The plane was really small and so I figured, would that make it to Australia?" he told the CBC.
It's not the first time hapless travellers have made that mistake.
In 2002, a young British couple also landed in the Sydney more famous for its lobster boats than its opera house.
In 2009, the Daily Mail reported that a Dutch grandfather travelling with his son also wound up there by accident. Italian tourists made a similar error in 2010.
Once Mr Schipper landed, airline employees helped him book a ticket back to Toronto, so that he could return to the Netherlands.
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In June, YouTube threatened to block videos by acts signed to indie labels after they refused to sign a new deal.
Pop, delivering BBC 6 Music's John Peel Lecture at the Radio Festival in Salford, said YouTube was "trying to put the squeeze" on indies.
In a wide-ranging speech, he also took aim at U2, BitTorrent, Megaupload and fans who do not pay for music.
The annual speech, named after the former BBC Radio 1 DJ, has previously been delivered by The Who's Pete Townshend, Billy Bragg and Charlotte Church.
Iggy Pop, who is known as "the Godfather of punk" for his raw rock songs and raucous live shows, praised independent labels as some of the music industry's "good guys".
Indie labels look after acts including Adele, Arctic Monkeys and Radiohead.
But Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label sector, has not yet signed a new agreement with YouTube for a new music subscription service.
The three major record labels have all agreed terms with the site. In July, more than 750 independent music labels worldwide formed a pact to seek fair treatment from streaming services.
Pop said: "YouTube's trying to put the squeeze on these people because it's just easier for a power nerd to negotiate with a couple of big labels who own the kind of music that people listen to when they're really not that into music. Which of course is most people.
"So they've got the numbers. But indies kinda have the guns. I've noticed that indies are showing strength at some of the established streaming services like Spotify and Rhapsody. People are choosing that music.
"It's also great that people are starting their own outlets like Pledgemusic, Bandcamp, Drip etc. As the commercial trade swings more into general showbiz, the indies will be the only place to go for new talent outside the Mickey Mouse Club.
"And so I think they were right to band together and sign the Fair Digital Deals Declaration. There are just so many ways to screw an artist that it's unbelievable."
A YouTube spokesperson said its new subscription service would "bring our music partners new revenue streams in addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars YouTube already generates for them each year".
The statement added: "We are excited that hundreds of major and independent labels are already partnering with us."
Modern music fans were determined to have freedom of choice, Pop said - whether the choice to access any music they like, or the choice not to have music they do not want forced upon them.
Referring to U2's controversial deal with Apple to have their new album automatically added to iTunes users' music libraries, he said: "The people who don't want the free U2 download are trying to say, 'Don't try to force me.'"
The star also spoke about his fondness for old-style music bootleggers, but said modern file-sharers were "not as cute", criticising BitTorrent and Megaupload for facilitating piracy.
He said: "That act of thieving will become a habit and that's bad for everything. So we are exchanging the corporate rip-off for the public one. Aided by power nerds. Kind of computer Putins. They just wanna get rich and powerful.
"And now the biggest bands are charging insane ticket prices or giving away music before it can flop, in an effort to stay huge. And there's something in this huge thing that kind of sucks."
The speech is available to listen to on the 6 Music website and will be screened on BBC Four on Sunday 19 October.
It has agreed to take over St Joseph's in Sligo, which has 19 beds and employs about 60 people.
St Joseph's Hospital Sligo Ltd's most recent accounts show KBC Bank appointed KPMG as share receiver in July 2014.
The 3fivetwo Group owns the Kingsbridge Private Hospital in south Belfast and a range of other businesses, including Origin Fertility Care.
St Joseph's is to be re-branded as Kingsbridge Private Hospital Sligo, and all jobs will be secured.
Mark Regan, 3fivetwo Group development director, said the purchase was good news for the company and for the north west in the Republic of Ireland.
Mark Towey, chief executive of St Joseph's, said the deal would provide "an opportunity to consolidate and expand".
The private hospital sector in the Republic of Ireland has experienced turbulence as a result of the economic downturn.
Fewer people have private health insurance and some hospitals were developed using large amounts of bank borrowing.
Several private hospitals have been sold and the Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin, which was once in the same group as St Joseph's, closed in 2014.
Margot Cadic is a student from Paris who voted for Macron.
"He's the only candidate that truly represents my centrist and open values," she says. "He knows what he's talking about because of his [finance] experience. He's different because he hasn't been politically active for 25 years.
"I'm relieved he has got through. It's a fascinating time. France will now have to come together and make a coalition.
"Many of my friends are happy too but there are some who think Macron is a conman and just another Francois Hollande.
"I think Macron will become president but there won't be a huge gap between him and Le Pen."
Nadia Darcy, a therapist in Surrey, has lived in the UK for 26 years. Before that, she was in Lyon. On Sunday she travelled to London to cast her vote with her younger brother.
"The queue was huge! We lined up for two-and-a-half hours and when we came out the queue was just as long.
"I voted for Jean-Luc Melenchon. I feel Francois Fillon burnt himself from the start. I don't want Marine Le Pen to win. If you don't vote she might be elected, so I had to go and cast mine.
"I am disappointed that Melenchon did not get through. We now have to vote for Macron because Le Pen is too radical."
Unable to vote during the first round, Pierre Gas, who has lived in the UK since 1993, says he is disappointed for Francois Fillon.
"I am a Republican and my family has always voted for Jacques Chirac or Nicolas Sarkozy. It is a shock to me that Francois Fillon has not gone through to the second round. I believe the allegations against him were on purpose to destroy him. It was a smear campaign.
"I am scared that Marine Le Pen will win. I will not be happy to vote for her or Macron."
At a Front National results gathering in Marseille, local mayor and party member Stephane Ravier said that since he joined the party in 1991 "maybe our language and the way we approach voters has changed".
He added: "Of course we will win, it's obvious. We will have to fight but nothing is easy, particularly in politics."
Dominique is an English teacher in Dijon who is happy with the result. She is confident that Macron will become president.
"I'm quite happy. It could have been worse. I feared Le Pen would be up against Fillon or Melenchon - neither one would have the capacity to get enough votes in the second round.
"My major worry is that Macron might be too young. However, he's clever and experienced. So why not have a younger person [as president]?
"Look what happens when you vote for older politicians, like [Donald] Trump."
Mother of five, Annaick, from Lyon, voted for the Socialist Party candidate, Benoit Hamon.
"My heart was with Mr Hamon because he is a real socialist. He seems to be trustworthy but not very charismatic and I feel he was betrayed in this campaign.
"I was happy that Fillon got through, but I'm sad about Le Pen's success.
"I hope Emmanuel Macron will be our next president. I'm pretty confident that he will be."
Yannick Azzopardi from Nice told the BBC he was backing Marine Le Pen because of "security, economy and patriotism".
"I think it's time for us to do the best to make the country safe again because it's really bad what is happening now.
"There are many ways I can talk about Marine Le Pen and I think it's the best way for us to feel better in France and to live better."
David Maillard, a primary school teacher from Fecamp, Normandy, says he usually votes for the left but on this occasion he voted for Macron because he opposed Melenchon's EU policies.
"Melenchon is not pro-Europe and Fillon is dishonest, so I voted for Macron in the first round," he says.
"As for the second, I would probably would have destroyed my ballot paper if it ended up as a choice between Le Pen and Fillon.
"I'm pleased with the results, in as much as, it could have been worse. Bizarre as it may seem, the French have voted against the system."
Pierre Gatty, a test pilot for an aeronautical company, explains why he voted for Francois Fillon.
"He was not my first best choice. I wasn't sure who to vote for until recently. It was a toss-up between Macron and Fillon.
"Although I prefer Macron, I'm not sure he has great policies. As for Fillon, I knew he wouldn't get through to the second round - I don't think he's been entirely honest - but I prefer him to Melenchon.
"It was a tactical vote for me. I predicted Le Pen and Macron would go through to the next round so for me this was no surprise. I don't think Le Pen will get through. Macron may be young and new but his experience is not an issue. He's intelligent and has the right ideas."
Compiled by Sherie Ryder, UGC and Social News team.
Strike action started at 06:00 BST on Friday, with the GMB union stating the majority of its members voted in favour of industrial action.
Employer Veolia said it was disappointed with the move.
The company, which runs waste management for Sheffield City Council, added it had been "working closely" with the union and its employees.
The GMB union, which represents 95% of about 180 workers, said about 92% of its members voted for action.
Peter Davies, from the union, said the dispute centred around what he called the "aggressive" use of disciplinary procedures and said there had been 96 gross misconduct cases in the last 12 months.
He said talks had taken place but a deal to rewrite disciplinary rules had not been agreed.
A spokesman for Veolia said extra crews will be working on Saturday and Sunday to complete any missed collections.
He added: "We are working hard to resolve this matter and to minimise the impact on bin collections for Sheffield residents.
"We have made significant progress towards resolving the current dispute, and we hope to conclude an agreement between ourselves and the GMB next week."
In a tweet he said: "Brexit should be delivered before 2019, when EU politics enters into new cycle & the @Europarl_EN starts new mandate."
He will participate in the talks along with negotiators from the European Commission and the ministerial Council.
The talks are likely to start in 2017.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May says she will not trigger the Brexit mechanism - the EU's Article 50 - before next year, because detailed preparations are necessary.
Mr Verhofstadt, previously prime minister of Belgium, told journalists in Strasbourg that the European Parliament would "have to give consent to the agreement as stated in Article 50 so it's wise the parliament is involved from the start of this process.
"I want the UK to trigger Article 50 as soon as possible, so we can finalise these negotiations by 2019. I can't imagine we start the next legislative cycle without agreement over UK withdrawal."
Mr Verhofstadt is sympathetic to the Scottish government's case for keeping Scotland in the EU. Whereas 52% voted to leave the EU in the UK as a whole, in Scotland 62% voted to remain.
The UK is expected to have at least two sets of negotiations on Brexit - one to deal with the technicalities of withdrawal and another to cover the UK's future relations with the EU, including all-important trade ties. The latter is expected to take longer - some say it could take a decade.
The technicalities will need to address areas such as the UK's EU budget contributions and UK staff in EU institutions and projects.
Holding European elections in 2019 without a Brexit deal would be difficult, because 73 of the European Parliament's 751 MEPs represent the UK. After Brexit those seats will have to be axed or redistributed among the other 27 member states.
Free movement of people is expected to be a thorny issue, as the UK government has pledged to cut immigration from the EU.
Mr Verhofstadt, leader of the liberal ALDE group in Europe, said "the position of the parliament is very clear - if the UK wants to remain part of the single market, it'll have to accept the free movement of our citizens.
"In the opinion of parliament the four freedoms of the Union are inseparable."
The other three freedoms are: free movement of capital, services and goods.
The UK's Brexit Secretary, David Davis, was asked to respond during an appearance before MPs at Westminster.
"Mr Verhofstadt's comments are not new, he has been saying this for some time," he said.
Mr Davis said he would not be drawn into setting out the government's position, adding that "all these options are being kept open".
Gen Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz will lead 20,000 troops, including a new combat force charged with targeting rebels in the east of the country.
This is the most offensive mandate given to any UN peacekeeping force.
Gen Santos Cruz told the BBC his troops would be trained to consider civilians and private property in DR Congo.
"The most critical area is nowadays the eastern part of the country," he told the BBC's Newsday programme.
"I am ready to face the most difficult of scenarios. The main objective is to relieve the suffering of the people."
Gen Santos Cruz will be in charge of a new 2,500-strong brigade tasked with "neutralising and disarming" armed groups which have ravaged eastern DR Congo for the past two decades.
The most recent uprising, by the M23 rebels, began in 2012 and has led some 800,000 people to flee their homes in the mineral-rich region.
Both neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda have denied UN charges that they are supporting the M23.
The UN peacekeeping force in DR Congo, known as Monusco, has been widely criticised as ineffective.
Troops from Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa are likely to form the bulk of the new brigade, which is expected to be deployed by July.
Gen Santos Cruz is a retired former force commander of the Haiti mission, and is credited with dismantling criminal gangs in Haiti in 2007.
UN peacekeeping forces battled for more than a year to regain control of the large Cite Soleil slum in Port au Prince from the gangs.
A ballot on industrial action is taking place and will conclude on 21 September, the pilots union Balpa said.
In a letter to pilots leaked to The Daily Telegraph, Balpa outlined strike action blaming a "dispute with Easyjet purely concerning pilot fatigue".
The airline said in a statement that it was "committed to finding a resolution to the issues raised".
If pilots vote in favour of industrial action, strikes could take place at any time after the ballot closes.
Balpa told pilots in its letter that "we have been forced to take such extreme measures".
It added: "The core issue of the dispute was that fatigue had risen year on year, to levels pilots and Balpa find unacceptable."
Easyjet, which has around 2,000 UK-based pilots, said pilots' workloads were set by the Civil Aviation Authority.
It said: "Although Balpa has informed us they are balloting their members, Easyjet and Balpa continue to work together...
"We still hope to reach a mutually agreeable solution".
Easyjet operates in more than 30 countries, flying to popular holiday destinations such as France, Italy and Spain.
The EIS, Scotland's largest teaching union, is demanding urgent action from the Scottish government.
It is to mount a campaign to restore teachers' salaries to the values set out in the McCrone agreement on pay and conditions.
The Scottish government said it would play its part in the negotiation of teachers' pay and conditions.
A spokeswoman added that they have already acted to cut teachers' workloads.
The union's annual general meeting in Perth backed a motion saying failure to reach a deal on this would result in them balloting members on industrial action - including strike action - that could hit schools in the academic year 2018-19.
Larry Flanagan, EIS general secretary, said the "soaring workload" teachers have to deal with, together with "recruitment challenges" facing the profession meant that teachers must be paid "an appropriate level".
He said: "Today's AGM has sent out a very strong message to local authority employers and the Scottish government that action needs to be taken to address declining levels of teachers' pay.
"Following more than a decade of declining pay, real-terms pay cuts and pay freezes, the mood of teachers is hardening. The soaring workload facing teachers, combined with the recruitment challenges facing the profession, highlight the need for salary levels to be addressed to ensure that teachers are paid at an appropriate level.
"Today's votes on pay and potential industrial action highlight that this issue must be addressed urgently by local authorities and the Scottish government."
EIS members also unanimously backed a motion which "condemns the recent decision of the Scottish government to tender for new approaches to ITE (initial teacher education) which would bypass universities".
The Scottish government is spending £1m on ways to attract people into teaching and plans to put a new initiative out to tender aimed at attracting top graduates in priority areas and subjects - but sparking fears from some that a "fast track" approach could reduce standards.
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has already urged First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to consider bringing in the Teach First scheme, which is already running in England and trains graduates before putting them in classrooms.
EIS education convener Susan Quinn, said: "Any tendering process which might potentially consider involving an organisation such as Teach First will be opposed by the EIS until it is defeated.
"The EIS is not opposed to alternative pathways into teaching - we are opposed to shortcuts which would impact on the high standards of our teaching profession. The suggestion that we can put someone in the classroom after five weeks of training and still raise attainment is simply absurd."
Incoming EIS president Nicola Fisher said: "Teach First means just that - teach first and then toddle off elsewhere to get a bigger salary doing something else. Retention routes are very low."
She added: "We already have a faster route into teaching in Scotland - it is called the PGDE, which lasts for a year. We don't want to be any faster than that. You wouldn't allow a doctor or a dentist loose on you after five weeks of training, but apparently it's alright when it's just children's minds that you are dealing with."
A Scottish government spokeswoman said: "We are absolutely committed to freeing up teachers to do what they do best - teach - and have already acted to reduce teachers' workload.
"Teachers' pay and conditions are matters for the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers. Negotiations are currently ongoing and the Scottish government will play its part in that process."
She also stated: "We have made very clear any new route into teaching will require a partnership with a university to maintain academic rigour. The approach referred to in the EIS motion is not our intention.
"This is about developing new routes that make teacher training available to people from a wider range of backgrounds - without comprising quality."
Colin McDonald was jailed for life on Monday for the manslaughter of Dominic Doyle, 21, who was stabbed to death in a brawl in Greater Manchester.
McDonald, 42, of Denton, had already served jail sentences for manslaughter and causing death by dangerous driving.
MP Jim McMahon said the justice system had failed the families of the victims.
Speaking in the House of Commons, The Oldham West and Royton MP said McDonald was "a criminal with little regard for human life", and called for a "meaningful debate" about how he was allowed to serve some of his most recent sentence in the community.
He added: "The parents want answers. How can a justice system that's meant to give people confidence do this to people."
Mr McMahon raised the case on behalf of the family of Wayne Leary, of Failsworth, who died in a hit-and-run collision in 2011.
McDonald was jailed for the killing, and had previously served a sentence for the 1997 manslaughter of accountant Jonathan Tripp, who drowned after McDonald pushed him into a canal in Manchester.
Dominic Doyle died after he was stabbed in a fight outside Hughes' Bar in Denton on 7 June last year.
McDonald's 15-year-old stepson was also involved in the attack and was jailed for murder.
The court heard McDonald was "an extremely dangerous individual" who encouraged his stepson.
House of Commons leader Chris Grayling agreed the stabbing was a "tragic case" and urged Mr McMahon to raise the matter with a minister for the justice department.
More than 60 members of the Reform Jewish community were interviewed over three years for the Hineni project.
Project manager Colin Heyman said it showed how Reform Jews had adapted to life in Wales in different ways.
"People had such different experiences to share," he said. "By knowing more about our past we can also move more confidently into our future."
Memories featured in the exhibition range from people who fled central Europe in the 1930s to their children subsequently born in Wales, and Reform Jews whose families had settled in the UK at other times.
The Reform community, which follows a more liberal version of Judaism than the Orthodox community, grew in Wales in the 1930s as the number of Jews fleeing the Nazis increased.
The only progressive - as opposed to traditional - Jewish community in Wales, it numbers around 250.
Cardiff Reform Synagogue was awarded over £33,000 from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in 2010 to provide project volunteers with specialised training in oral history, archiving, interviewing and the digital technology skills needed to document the stories.
Project manager Colin Heyman said: "We wanted to capture the fascinating stories and memories from community members, which is how the project came about.
"As the project progressed, we realised that people had such different experiences to share, from Welsh speaking Jews to taxi drivers, and so the exhibition needed to truly reflect the diversity of our community.
"Visitors will also gain an understanding of how the Reform Jewish community and Welsh people have interacted over the last 60 years or so.
"By knowing more about our past we can also move more confidently into our future."
Diana Soffa, one of the volunteers involved, said a previous attempt to gather memories 10 years ago proved too painful for some.
She told BBC Wales: "It was very emotional, which was the reason we didn't go ahead 10 years ago. Now it's so far back they can handle it.
"Most of the older people we have left (central Europe) as children. The others are no longer with us. The last time they saw their family, they were standing on a station platform. They were too young to know what was going on.
"None of them as youngsters spoke English when they came over here. Some were lucky to have family that followed them. They've lived with for so long now.
"I was gratified with how open people were with their life stories. The big thing that came across was how important the community was for them. It's very supportive in time of trouble.
"The big surprise was how much we didn't know about each other, mostly interests that we shared such as books and music and theatre."
The Reform community worked in partnership with Butetown History and Arts Centre (BHAC), experienced in portraying minority communities in Cardiff.
BHAC director Glenn Jordan said, "I am very pleased to be involved with this project as a photographer and oral historian.
"These are stories that need to be told; these are faces that deserve to be remembered."
The Hineni exhibition will be on show at the Cardiff Story museum until 28 September and then travels to museums across the UK.
On Tuesday, 18 September at the museum, Dr Glenn Jordan of Butetown History and Arts Centre and Colin Heyman of Cardiff Reform Synagogue will explain how the exhibition was put together.
Selected tech stocks, energy firms and financial companies also escaped the decline, but a fall in Apple weighed on markets
The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed down 0.16% to 6,295.68.
The Dow Jones slid 0.1%, losing 22.25 points to end at 21,207.7 and the S&P 500 fell 0.12% to 2,4386.1.
Apple is hosting its annual developer conference, where it showcases new software. High expectations drove the firm's share price up at the end of last week, but on Monday the stock closed down 1%.
The firm's tech rivals fared better.
Microsoft closed the day up 0.72%, while Amazon and Alphabet cemented their position in the elite league of firms with shares worth more than $1,000.
Alphabet closed up 0.78% at 1,003.88 while Amazon gained 0.46% to 1,011.34.
Financial firms, including Visa and American Express, traded higher in advance of next week's Federal Reserve meeting. The US central bank is expected to increase interest rates, which would benefit those firms.
After sliding last week, ExxonMobil and other energy companies regained ground amid uncertainty over how a dispute between Qatar and other Gulf states might affect oil production.
Occasionally a single image will startle us from our numbed state: Aylan Kurdi's tiny body washed up on a Turkish beach; the bewildered, bloodied face of the five-year-old Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh, sitting barefoot and plastered in masonry dust in the back of an ambulance.
Yet somehow, many of the horror stories of the Syrian war and this migration crisis get drowned out under the weight of their own numbers.
And it's our job as journalists and writers to keep telling those stories and to keep telling them in new ways that will cut through the compassion fatigue and keep our audience and readers focused.
It was last May, when I was reporting largely from Sicily for BBC Radio 4 news programmes, that it became clear to us that our listeners were switching off when they heard the phrase "migrant crisis".
They were doing so not because they were in any way heartless, but because they felt they were hearing the same story, the same pain, over and over again.
The migration story was now so commonplace, it was becoming almost meaningless.
We needed to find a new angle.
So instead of interviewing the migrants themselves, we decided to interview ordinary Italians affected by the situation, as outlined in my book The Optician of Lampedusa.
We spoke to a vivacious housewife-turned-chef in a migrant soup kitchen, a hospital director whose wards were full of burned and brutalised migrant patients and a gravedigger who had the awful task of burying those who washed up dead on Europe's shores.
We interviewed a carpenter who spent his time carving crosses from shipwrecked wooden migrant boats and offering them to Christian migrants as a symbol of hope and resurrection.
We had an unprecedented response to the series.
Several listeners who were going on holiday to Sicily asked for the address of the migrant soup kitchen so they might devote a couple of evenings helping the chef Maria-Grazia.
Listeners in Africa wrote to us about the tenderness of the gruff gravedigger who never forgot the faces of the nameless bodies he buried.
A curator at the British Museum was so moved by the carpenter's crosses that she ordered one for the collection.
Symbolically it became the last acquisition of the outgoing director, Neil MacGregor.
But one of our stories cut through all the rest.
Carmine Menna runs the only optician's shop on the little island of Lampedusa, off the coast of Sicily.
Although he saw the migrants all around him every day and felt pity for them, he did not really see them - he did not want to see them as his problem.
After all, he was just an optician. What could he do?
One day in early October 2013, however, he took a boating holiday with his wife and six friends.
He remembers it was a beautiful day and he woke in his bunk to hear what he thought was the first of the seagulls squabbling and screaming over a lucky catch.
But when the noise became more persistent and piercing, he and his crew upped anchor and went to investigate.
They did not find seagulls.
Instead they found scores, perhaps hundreds of drowning people in the water, begging them for help.
The optician was on a boat that had a maximum capacity of 10 and already had eight people on board.
They had only one rubber ring.
Carmine's story resonated enormously with our listeners because he is such an ordinary man - no better or worse than us.
Listeners said that they could imagine themselves in his boat reaching out to grab those desperate hands.
Watching the drama unfold from behind his glasses, they could really see the crisis for the first time.
Suddenly the migration story - and perhaps their own part in it - had become real.
The optician himself told me that it was only when he felt the flesh and bone of the hands he seized grind into his, that the migrants became "names, not numbers - names."
That Lampedusa tragedy left 368 people dead.
Carmine is a reluctant interviewee because he does not want to be cast as some sort of hero.
"We saved 47 people that day," he tells me quietly. "A hero would have saved them all."
I was unsure that the shy and discreet Carmine would let me turn his story into a book, but when I approached him to ask his permission he surprised me by readily agreeing.
An optician's job, after all, is to make people see clearly and I think that is exactly why he has allowed me to tell his tale through his eyes.
It does not matter, he seems to be saying, whether you are pro or anti-immigration, or whether you vote left or right.
But it does matter - it has to matter - that thousands of human beings are drowning every year on Europe's doorstep.
We cannot get hardened to this horror of our age.
The DLI Museum in Durham could see its collection relocated to Spennymoor.
In a report for Durham County Council's Cabinet, council officers said the building was too expensive to maintain and temporary exhibits would instead be held at Durham University.
The regiment which owns the memorabilia said it was sad but "optimistic for the future".
The DLI Museum opened in 1968 and has exhibits such as uniforms and firearms dating from 1758 to 2011.
Terry Collins, the council's neighbourhood services director, said the museum cost £397,000 to maintain last year which equated to £10 per visitor.
The average cost to the council for its other four museums was £1.60, he said.
The council would have to spend £251,000 to prepare the new storage space and £70,000 a year to maintain the collection but the authority would save £221,000 a year by closing the museum, Mr Collins said.
The trustees of the Regimental and Chattels Charity of the Former Durham Light Infantry said the closure was sad but the proposal was a "good solution to a difficult situation".
The museum has previously been awarded quality status by Visit Britain.
The cabinet will meet in Barnard Castle on 21 October.
Two second-half tries from winger Alex Cuthbert, four penalties from Leigh Halfpenny and eight points from Dan Biggar's boot were a fitting reflection of what became a romp.
Wales needed a winning margin of at least seven points to snatch the title from their visitors' grasp, and led by only six at the interval.
But they steamrollered an overwhelmed England side in the second half and ran away with the match as the capacity crowd celebrated wildly.
England seldom benefited from the decisions of referee Steve Walsh but were second best from the first minute as they fell to a first away defeat in the Six Nations under coach Stuart Lancaster.
It represents a remarkable turnaround for Wales, who had lost their last five matches in Cardiff and been dismantled by Ireland in the first half of their last fixture here.
But four successive victories - this last one the best of the lot - mean they top the table for a second season in succession.
In an atmosphere so ferocious it could have re-started a stopped heart, Halfpenny gave the home side the lead with his first three points after Joe Marler was penalised for not rolling away.
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Wales were more composed in the initial storm, with England spilling the possession they had and giving away a flurry of penalties in defence.
The relentlessly reliable Halfpenny made it 6-0 before Farrell's first attempt hit the right-hand upright and fell over the crossbar, but when Walsh ruled against England at a messy scrum the Wales full-back stroked over another penalty from 30m to restore the six-point margin.
When England finally got to work deep in Welsh territory, Ben Youngs' reckless pass was picked off by Biggar, and only a brilliant tap-tackle from England left winger Brown stopped George North from racing away into the vast empty spaces for a certain try.
Brown ran onto a nicely judged grubber from Farrell on the left only for his attempted inside pass to be intercepted, and Farrell then opted to kick deep when a turnover offered a tantalising glimpse of an overlap on the right.
With Biggar pulling a drop-goal wide on the stroke of half-time, Stuart Lancaster's men were closer on the scoreboard than they had been on the pitch.
But the problems at the scrum continued as the minutes ticked on, the red majority in the 74,104-strong crowd roaring their approval as Walsh repeatedly found against the men in white.
"This is better than the Grand Slam last year. We were outstanding."
- Wales coach Rob Howley
"Wales played well, we didn't turn up and didn't match their physicality. It was better than ours."
- England coach Stuart Lancaster
"I never thought that we would play so well in front of a great crowd. The boys were outstanding and everyone worked so hard for each other."
- Man of the match Justin Tipuric
"England had a good Six Nations but when it really came to it, man-for-man, they were not as good as Wales...the bubble has been burst."
- World Cup-winning England coach Sir Clive Woodward
"It was when 70,000 cavorting Wales fans started chanting, "Easy! Easy!" that you finally flushed all pre-match predictions down the gurgler and reached instead for the record books."
- Read more of Tom Fordyce's verdict
Doughty defence from England somehow kept Wales at bay as they went through 23 phases right on the try line, and Halfpenny made it 12-3 after another transgression.
Lancaster threw on the replacements, with Mako Vunipola coming on for Joe Marler, Courtney Lawes for Joe Launchbury and Dylan Hartley for Tom Youngs.
It added to the effort but did little to hone a cutting edge.
With 25 minutes left, the roof almost came off the Millennium Stadium. England were turned over again on half-way, the ball was spread quickly to Cuthbert and the right winger dashed clear of Brown to dive over in the corner.
Halfpenny just missed the conversion from the touchline but Wales were in control, their back-row forwards in the ascendancy and their backs starting to fly.
The impressive Sam Warburton accelerated off the base of a ruck, brushed through Danny Care's tackle and found the galloping Justin Tipuric, who drew the last man before putting Cuthbert over in the corner again.
Biggar drilled over the conversion to make it 27-3 and, as the crowd bellowed "Easy! Easy!", popped over another penalty to complete what was a thrashing.
It was a chastening finale for an England team who had begun knowing a win would give them the Triple Crown, Championship and a first Grand Slam in a decade.
Far less experienced - 10 of their starting line-up had never before played at this great stadium - and out-fought both physically and mentally, they looked shell-shocked by the end as Wales and their capital city kicked off a huge night of celebrations.
Wales: Halfpenny; Cuthbert, Davies, Roberts, North; Biggar, Phillips; Jenkins, Hibbard, A Jones, AW Jones, Evans, Warburton, Tipuric, Faletau.
Replacements: Shingler for Roberts (75), Hook for Biggar (75), L Williams for Phillips (75), James for Jenkins (61), Owens for Hibbard (52), Coombs for Evans (70), S Williams for Warburton (75).
Not Used: Andrews.
England: Goode; Ashton, Tuilagi, Barritt, Brown; Farrell, B Youngs; Marler, T Youngs, Cole, Launchbury, Parling, Croft, Robshaw, Wood.
Replacements: Twelvetrees for Goode (64), Flood for Farrell (67), Care for B. Youngs (64), Vunipola for Marler (44), Hartley for T. Youngs (52), Wilson for Cole (72), Lawes for Launchbury (52), Haskell for Wood (67).
Att: 74,104
Ref: Steve Walsh (Australia).
Ofsted's chief inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, wants to send a message that "satisfactory" is now unsatisfactory and that more schools should be pushing for the higher rating of "good".
This is the latest attempt to improve schools which are seen as "coasting".
The National Union of Teachers criticised such labels as "insulting".
But Prime Minister David Cameron said: "This is not some small bureaucratic change. It marks a massive shift in attitude. I don't want the word 'satisfactory' to exist in our education system. 'Just good enough' is frankly not good enough."
Sir Michael wants to see more schools progressing beyond the current category of "satisfactory", with the change in description intended to emphasise that these schools need to make improvements.
At present, inspectors can judge schools to be "inadequate", "satisfactory", "good" or "outstanding". Subject to consultation, the satisfactory grade will become "requires improvement".
Schools will only be allowed to stay at the "requires improvement" level for three years - and there will be earlier re-inspections, after 12 to 18 months rather than three years, says Ofsted.
Sir Michael was speaking ahead of a Downing Street summit on so-called "coasting" schools - where performance, often in well-off areas, is not necessarily inadequate but has failed to impress.
"There are too many coasting schools not providing an acceptable standard of education," says Sir Michael.
"Of particular concern are the 3,000 schools educating a million children that have been 'satisfactory' two inspections in a row.
"This is not good enough. That is why I am determined to look again at the judgements we award, not only so we are accurately reporting what we see, but so that those schools that most need help are identified and can properly begin the process of improvement.
"I make no apology for making even greater demands of an education system which has to respond with greater urgency to increasingly difficult and competitive economic circumstances."
Prime Minister David Cameron, who hosted the summit, said: "To those who say that this will alienate some schools, I say we've got to stop making excuses and start doing what is best for our children: demanding excellence and confronting complacency wherever we find it."
But teachers' unions criticised the changes - with the NUT claiming that the re-labelled category would be used as a way of pressuring more schools into becoming academies.
"First we had 'underperforming' schools, now we have 'coasting' schools. Labelling schools in this way is derogatory and insulting to pupils, teachers, school leaders and governors," said NUT leader, Christine Blower.
"The government's real agenda behind this change is of course inventing yet another category of schools that it will then seek to force into academy status."
Chris Keates, head of the NASUWT teachers' union, attacked the proposals as "another crude ruse to enable the secretary of state to push more schools into the hands of profit making, private companies".
"The seemingly tough talk we have heard from the government today, may have popular appeal but the reality is that it has nothing to do with raising standards," she said.
"Instead, it is about ratcheting up pressure on schools, without providing the support and resources they need to assist them in securing further improvements.
"This announcement will encourage a culture of vicious management practices within schools which will have a profoundly negative effect on the workforce and children and young people alike."
Labour's shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg, said coasting schools "need more than just a new label" and criticised the removal of routine inspections of outstanding schools.
"Outstanding schools can quickly slip back, so this measure could undermine confidence in the system and mean parents only get out of date information."
The change to the "satisfactory" category was welcomed by the RSA think tank, which warned about such schools "performing inconsistently".
"What needs to be addressed in particular is the variable quality of teaching. We need to find ways to incentivise the best teachers to join these schools and new ways of helping schools to improve," said the RSA's director of education, Becky Francis.
But head teachers warned that when it came to inconsistency it was Ofsted that needed to get "its own house in order".
"Inspections are too often at the whim of inspectors with little experience in the field they are inspecting and who have already made up their minds before they enter the school," said Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT head teachers' union.
"Heads feel the results can be the luck of the draw. If inspections are getting more severe, then they need to be more consistent and of higher quality or there will be no justice in the findings."
The vulnerable victims, some as young as 14, were exploited by a "cynical organisation", a court heard.
The 17 men and one woman were convicted of rape, supplying drugs and conspiracy to incite prostitution.
Over the course of four trials, 20 young women gave evidence covering a period from 2011 to 2014.
These trials involved 26 defendants, who were mostly Asian, facing a total of more than 100 charges and 22 victims.
Those prosecuted were from the Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, Iraqi, Iranian and Turkish communities and mainly British-born, with most living in the West End of Newcastle.
Of the 26, three people have been jailed. The rest will be sentenced next month.
It also emerged during the court process that police paid a convicted child rapist £10,000 as an informant.
The victims were at first flattered by the attention of the men who apparently befriended them, but were then lured to parties, known as "sessions", by the promise of alcohol and drugs - often mephedrone (or M-Kat), Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Bags of M-Kat were left on coffee tables for the girls to help themselves.
The parties took place at premises around the West End, including the top floor of tower block Todd's Nook, where one teenager said she was raped three times.
The prosecution said they became the "vulnerable victims of an organised, cynical, systematic organisation in which they were passed between their abusers."
Some spoke of being "too intoxicated" to defend themselves, while others became addicted and had to commit sexual acts in return for drugs.
One victim said she had attended about 60 parties and another told of going to an address where there were two older men and a woman, who seemed "frightened and scared, like a slave".
She said: "They told us what she would do for them for money and drugs or she'd get battered."
Another victim said: "I knew that if we wanted drugs or alcohol we would have to do something.
"[He] had us too intoxicated to fight him off. One time, [he] locked the door. I was told I would only be allowed out if I had sex."
Northumbria Police set up Operation Sanctuary in December 2013 to investigate claims of sexual abuse against girls and young women.
The investigation is ongoing and to date has resulted in 461 arrests. Police have spoken to 703 potential complainants and 278 victims have been identified.
Due to its size, the investigation was split into a number of spin-off operations.
Operation Shelter uncovered groups of men in the West End of Newcastle - many of whom were known to each other - who exploited vulnerable young women and girls over a period from 2010 to 2014.
This eventually led to four separate trials, the first commencing in September 2015 and the final one which has just concluded, allowing previous reporting restrictions to be lifted.
Chris Jackson, BBC Inside Out in the North East and Cumbria
Sarah (not her real name) was 19, extremely vulnerable and unable to look after herself.
Along with other at-risk teenagers she was regularly abused by older men.
In the new year of 2014, Sarah told the police she had been raped by Abdul Minoyee.
A police officer took Sarah on a tour of the West End to try identify Minoyee's house and car and other places where these "parties" had taken place.
Sarah's information was a red flag - the abuse was on a much bigger scale.
The detective in charge of Sarah's case told his bosses that what she had said signalled something much bigger.
Days later the officer's hunch was given added weight when two girls in care reported that they had been repeatedly raped by a group of older Asian men.
The girls were aged 14 and 15.
They described being driven into Newcastle where they were plied with alcohol and cocaine before being raped and beaten by several men.
They were given money before being returned home.
One of the victims was in local authority care at the time. Newcastle City Council has launched a serious case review that is due to be published in December.
Council leader Nick Forbes said: "These were vile crimes committed by evil men.
"The victims ... have been brave beyond belief and undoubtedly have made our city safer."
Chief Constable Steve Ashman said: "We have not and will not stop.
"There has been no political correctness here. These are criminals and there has been no hesitation in arresting them and targeting them using all the means at our disposal."
Now that reporting restrictions can be lifted, it can be revealed that a police officer was sacked for failing to investigate a sex offender's phone.
It related to an earlier Operation Sanctuary investigation, which resulted in the conviction of Bahmani Ahmadi.
Mr Ashman said the officer should have been much more diligent, and that his dismissal should provide reassurance that the police culture in Northumbria had changed.
You can see more on this story on Inside Out on BBC One in the North East and Cumbria at 19:30 BST and on the BBC News Channel at 20.30 BST
The break-in at Harmony House in Melrose happened during the early hours of Monday morning when staff had left to join the after-festival party.
Several laptops, tablet devices, a two-figure sum of cash and bank cards were among the items stolen.
Police have asked anyone who saw any suspicious behaviour in the area to contact them.
Festival director Alistair Moffat said: "They have taken items totalling thousands of pounds.
"As well as all our IT equipment, cards and money, we lost our records which is a real blow.
"But we will not let it spoil the open, friendly and welcoming nature of the Borders Book Festival which has made it such a success for this region for more than a decade."
An estimated 25,300 visitors attended the four-day book festival to see dozens of events featuring some of the UK's top authors and politicians.
Police Scotland have appealed for information about the raid which happened at Harmony House in St Mary's Road, Melrose, between midnight and 02:30 on Monday.
Det Con James Harrison said: "Anyone who may have seen suspicious behaviour in the area during this time is asked to come forward.
"I would urge all business owners to remain vigilant and ensure that simple security measures such as the locking of doors and windows overnight are taken."
This year, two men were criticised for visiting the scene of an avalanche while one was dressed in shorts and deck shoes and the other in jeans.
The Snow and Avalanche Foundation of Scotland will bring together the experts at a seminar in Edinburgh.
They will include a creative director in advertising.
Avalanche information specialists from Scotland, Canada and Switzerland will also give presentations at the two-day event, which starts on Saturday.
Among the subjects to be discussed will be the Sportscotland Avalanche Information Service's (SAIS) Be Avalanche Aware initiative. The public information project was started in 2013.
Those attending the seminar will look at how people use the information and how it might be developed.
The avalanche specialists will also give insights into how layers of snow, known as snow packs, create the potential for snow slides.
Mark Diggins, of SAIS, said: "A range of presentations from a variety of experts, including a creative director in advertising and behavioural research information from the Met Office, will enable us to explore why and who engages with adventure activities and how we behave and take on messages.
"Presentations by avalanche specialists from Canada, Switzerland and Scotland will illustrate not only the various snow packs and how they differ but also what approaches are used to inform the public about hazard and what may be the best approach for educating and getting important messages across."
Mr Diggins added: "We consider that the discussions and presentations on avalanche hazard could also be applied to winter environments outside of Scotland, and knowing how people react and behave in benign and hazardous environments will be very interesting, and may provide us with an opportunity to look anew at how we educate and inform in general."
The two men who were criticised earlier this year had stopped to look at the debris on Creag Meagaidh while there was a potential risk of a further snow slide.
In February on the same Munro, an avalanche of a scale big enough to bury a car was recorded.
SAIS provides avalanche hazard information reports covering hills in the Cairngorms, Glen Coe, Lochaber and Torridon for walkers, climbers and skiers between December and April.
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Gray's injury-time header ended a run of 10 losing finals for the Edinburgh club since their last Cup win in 1902.
He admitted "it certainly helps" ease the pain of missing out on promotion after their play-off defeat by Falkirk.
"We are gutted we are not going up but this gives us a lot of confidence we can win the league next year," he said.
"It is what you dream about - scoring a winning goal in the last minute of the cup final. It is Roy of the Rovers stuff.
"We are so disappointed we are not getting promoted - we believe we were good enough to get out of this league [Championship].
"But winning the cup puts to bed everything that has been said about us not having the bottle. It is such a great effort by everyone involved with the club. I am so happy."
Hibs led with an early goal from Anthony Stokes but it appeared they might face further misery when Kenny Miller's header levelled matters and Andy Halliday's superb strike put Rangers ahead after 64 minutes.
But two superbly-flighted corners from substitute Liam Henderson saw Stokes head in with 10 minutes left before captain Gray performed the same trick in added time.
"They say every cloud has a silver lining, and today we have got that silver lining," said Hibs head coach Alan Stubbs.
"I am quite emotional. I probably dreamt this - I thought we were going to win the game 3-1 weeks ago.
"I knew the players were so disappointed last Friday [after their Premiership play-off semi-final defeat by Falkirk] but I saw by their reaction when they came back in on Monday they were ready for this game.
"They are history makers. You work with them every day and they have had a lot of bad luck against them, so to see them achieve it is fantastic."
Stokes, who arrived on loan from Celtic in January, had scored seven goals in 26 games prior to Saturday, but despite missing a host of other chances, his eighth and ninth goals proved his ability on the big occasion.
"I have never doubted my own ability," the striker told BBC Scotland.
"It is down to me to perform and I have done that today. I am just glad this club has got the hoodoo out of the way and finally won the cup."
Many Hibs supporters invaded the pitch as the final whistle blew, leading to some ugly confrontations and Rangers saying some of their players were assaulted.
Mounted police on horses entered Hampden to help keep supporters apart and restore order before the Hibs players were presented with the trophy, while Rangers' received their medals in their dressing room.
"The fans got a bit excited coming onto the pitch," said Hibs midfielder Fraser Fyvie. "But the way they have supported us this season and again today was fantastic.
"It has been a good while since we won a cup so they have maybe got a bit carried away but you can understand it.
"To be honest we wanted promotion and we will go for it again next season but I just want to enjoy this for now."
Defender Francis, 31, was dismissed for a challenge on midfielder Aaron Ramsey as the Gunners came from 3-0 down to rescue a point at the Vitality Stadium.
Cherries boss Eddie Howe said it was a "harsh" decision by referee Michael Oliver to send off Francis, before Olivier Giroud equalised in added time.
"It was a foul but I don't think it was a sending-off," said Howe.
The club expect to hear the outcome of their appeal by the end of the week.
If the appeal is unsuccessful, Francis will miss Saturday's FA Cup third-round tie with Millwall as well as Premier League games against Hull City and Watford.
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The Call the Midwife star is leading the cast of X, Alistair McDowall's claustrophobic, and often terrifying, new play at London's Royal Court theatre.
Set on a research base on Pluto, the skeleton crew have lost contact with Earth and are waiting for help to arrive.
Their sense of isolation grows as the base's digital clock starts to behave strangely - and soon it seems that time itself is breaking down around them.
"I've always hankered to be in something set in a dystopian future," says Raine, whose TV roles such as Midwife, Jericho and Wolf Hall often see her in period costume.
Not so in X, where she gets to wear clothes with a futuristic insignia and watch a colleague vomit into a space helmet.
The actress lists the Alien sci-fi horror franchise among her favourite films.
"I like to think of this as my Ripley moment," she says, adding that X playwright McDowall gave her with an action figure of Ellen Ripley - the character played by Sigourney Weaver in the Alien series.
In X Raine plays Gilda, a nervous crew member who struggles to cope with the isolation of being at the edge of the Solar System.
"I said yes to it because I thought the writing was phenomenal," she says. "I read it on my honeymoon and on the long flight back I couldn't sleep.
"My heart was thumping and I couldn't stop thinking about it. It did something to my physically. I felt like I had to play Gilda."
McDowall describes X as "quite a personal" play.
"I was trying to write about what it means to be alone. There's a lot of stuff that springs from my own childhood and securities. It's been a strange and emotional ride."
The writer, whose previous works include Pomona and Brilliant Adventures, doesn't regard X as science fiction.
"It's a play set in space but I don't think it's a space play. I think of it more as a psychological drama. Like a lot of science fiction, it's not about space or Pluto. It's about people on Earth."
He also reveals he wrote the play by hand.
"I was very aware of its space setting and its genre tropes, so I tried to ground myself as much as possible and wrote it with pen and paper."
Why did he set it on Pluto?
"It's the furthest away place from Earth in the popular imagination. You either say Timbuktu or Pluto. And Pluto's a bit of an underdog. It's not a planet anymore and they didn't know what to call it for a while," says McDowall.
"A huge part of the play is about being being away from home and Pluto is the most extreme position I could set that situation."
X is at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Downstairs until 7 May.
For decades, the Farc extorted money from local people and businesses in areas it controlled.
But Farc leader Timochenko said on Monday that the group would rely on its savings to feed its fighters until a final peace deal was signed.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said he hopes an agreement can be reached by 20 July.
Timochenko said he had "ordered all the rank and file to stop the collection of taxes".
Timochenko, the guerrilla leader who talks peace
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The move comes less than two weeks after the Farc and government negotiators announced the two sides would enter into a bilateral ceasefire.
Timochenko said "it was time" the Farc stopped taking money from farmers, cattle ranchers and big business.
He said the money had not been taken "on a whim" but "because we had to eat and we're not just feeding one or two people but thousands of guerrilla fighters".
Timochenko said that with a final peace deal approaching there was no longer a need for what the Farc calls the "revolutionary tax".
"We think we're nearing a final agreement, we can live off what we have until then."
Economist estimate the Farc to be one of the richest guerrilla groups in the world.
Apart from extortion, the group is believed to have amassed vast amounts of money through drug trafficking and kidnapping for ransom.
Timochenko also said that the Farc stopped recruiting new fighters for its ranks three months ago.
He urged members of the Farc to study the partial agreements reached in Havana ahead of "a conference" at which the guerrilla fighters would be asked to approve the agreements.
Comedian Grainne Maguire began tweeting Mr Kenny on Monday to raise awareness about a campaign to repeal the eighth amendment of the Irish constitution.
The amendment equates the life of the foetus to the life of the mother and criminalises abortion in Ireland.
Irish women soon joined Ms Maguire, with #repealthe8th trending in Ireland.
Changes to the constitution can only be made through a referendum.
A coalition of pro-choice groups is calling for a referendum to repeal the amendment and more than 47,000 people have signed a petition by the UK-based human rights group Amnesty International urging Mr Kenny to change the law.
Ms Maguire argued it was only fair to share such details with Mr Kenny since "we know how much the Irish state cares about our reproductive parts".
Women from all over Ireland chimed in with contributions about their menstrual cycles.
Others shared how abortion laws have affected them personally:
Mr Kenny is yet to respond.
In June, a report by Amnesty claimed pregnant women risk putting their health and lives in danger if they remain in Ireland.
"The human rights of women are violated on a daily basis because of a constitution that treats them like child-bearing vessels," said Amnesty's Secretary General, Salil Shetty.
"Women who need abortions are treated like criminals, stigmatised and forced to travel abroad, taking a serious toll on their mental and physical health.
In February a proposed change to the abortion law to legalise terminations in fatal foetal abnormality cases was rejected by the Irish parliament.
Bobby Olejnik, who played almost every game last season, has featured just three times since the start of October.
Christy Pym has taken over as first-choice keeper - playing nine of the last 12 games - while James Hamon has also made two starts.
"The fact of the matter is we have three very good goalkeepers, that's how it should be," Tisdale told BBC Sport.
"All players have light at the end of the tunnel in terms of good performances and I'm comfortable in selecting all three."
In 21-year-old Pym's last five games for his hometown club, City have lost just once - away at high-flying Carlisle in a game they should have won - and moved up to 17th in League Two.
"I will make a selection based on a whole number of topics and analysis and at the moment my choice is Christy," added Tisdale.
"He's played really well over the last three or four games and I don't think anyone would criticise his performances.
"We need competition for places and I've got three very able, selectable goalkeepers all trying very hard.
"There's no poor relationship between them on the training ground, which you often get in these situations, so I'm delighted for all of them.
"They're all good chaps and all pulling in the same direction whether they're selected or not, which isn't always the case."
Andrew Wilkie, an independent, said he wanted the court to assess policies he said were causing "great suffering".
He cited forcible deportations, compulsory detention and detention camp conditions as areas to be investigated.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison rejected the claims.
"The coalition government will not be intimidated by attention-seeking advocates calling for a return to the failed policies of the past that resulted in unprecedented cost, chaos and tragedy on our borders," he told AAP.
Australia takes a tough line on asylum seekers who arrive by boat. They are held in offshore processing camps in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Nauru, in conditions that have been strongly criticised by rights groups.
If found to be refugees, they will be resettled in PNG or Cambodia, not Australia. No-one has yet been resettled.
In recent months Australian ships have also intercepted boats at sea. Some have been towed back to Indonesia and another returned to Sri Lanka.
These policies have been condemned by refugee advocates and the UN, who say Australia may be failing to meet its obligations under international treaties.
But the government says its aim is to reduce the number of people dying during the dangerous journey to Australia by boat, and maintains that the policies are working.
Mr Wilkie and human rights lawyer Greg Barns said the Abbott government's actions were "criminal", breached global conventions and fell within the jurisdiction of the ICC.
"The effect of the (asylum) policy is that men, women and children are being forcibly relocated and then subjected to arbitrary imprisonment through mandatory and sometimes indefinite detention," the letter to the ICC said.
"The conditions they are forced to endure in detention are causing great suffering as well as serious bodily and mental injury."
It is not yet known whether the ICC would consider taking up the case.
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Sean Clohessy almost gave Orient a second-half lead but his effort on towards what seemed to be an open goal was blocked by Joe Skarz, before Johnny Mullins blocked the follow-up shot.
Moments later, Jobi McAnuff put Orient ahead with a low right-footed shot.
Orient ended with 10 men when Mathieu Baudry was sent off in stoppage time for a late challenge on Kemar Roofe.
The result sees second-placed Oxford fall further behind League Two leaders Northampton Town, who now lead by 14 points, while Orient are inside the play-off places by a point.
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Leyton Orient player-manager Kevin Nolan told BBC Radio London: "I asked the lads for a reaction all week and to be fair, they've been absolutely fantastic.
"The training and everything has been spot on and they've matched it with the performance today.
"It could have been three or four. That's where we've now got to get that ruthlessness going when we're away from home and carving those chances out."
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The 40-year-old former Shrimps defender has been in charge since 2011 when he was initially player-manager.
Uncertainty over the ownership and wages being paid late three times are among the problems he has dealt with.
"The end product for me is getting to the end of the season and making sure we're a Football League club," he said.
Morecambe are 20th in League Two, 10 points above the relegation places, and Bentley will make no decisions about his future until they have completed their final six games.
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David Poole told Cardiff Crown Court he trapped Adnan Khalid, 27, who was charged with grooming a 14-year-old.
Mr Poole, 38, was accused of giving misleading evidence in the trial of Mr Khalid, of Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Judge Thomas Crowther QC entered a formal not guilty verdict and criticised the paedophile hunting group for the trial collapsing.
Mr Poole, from Hereford, founded the group H Division and set up a fake profile on dating website Plenty of Fish claiming to be a 14-year-old called Chloe.
He arranged to meet Mr Khalid in Cardiff after messaging him on Whatsapp and filmed the sting.
Mr Khalid denied the offence and told police he believed he was speaking to a woman aged over 18.
Mr Poole arrived four hours late to the trial and then said he had passed photo evidence to the police, before admitting this was not true.
Judge Crowther said his answer was "at best inaccurate and at worst a lie".
He discharged the jury, saying: "This case underlines why criminal investigations should be conducted carefully, meticulously and by those who are trained and qualified to do so.
"When you are talking about a conviction, especially a sexual offence conviction, a high degree of reliability is needed in the evidence.
"The prosecution have taken the view that you could not find that degree of reliability in Mr Poole's evidence."
During the trial, Mr Poole said this was one of the group's "first stings" and was "a learning curve".
Speaking after the court case, a NSPCC Wales spokesman said online abuse and grooming was "one of the biggest child protection challenges we face".
"While we have every sympathy for people concerned about suspected abusers, we believe that identifying offenders and investigating crimes is best left to the police," he said.
"When members of the public take the law into their own hands it can run the risk of driving offenders underground, jeopardise on-going police work and the legal process or result in innocent people being harassed - all of which may put more children at risk."
A faulty part made by Japan's Takata has been linked to eight deaths and multiple injuries. It has prompted the largest recall in US history.
Senator John Thune said the size of the Takata recall was causing confusion and delays in replacing the airbags.
The US safety agency said it had set up a dedicated website.
However Mark Rosekind, administrator at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), said that the agency was underfunded and did not have enough staff or the right technology.
"You've got too many complaints and not enough people," he said. "It's just overwhelming."
He added that the NHTSA had submitted a request for extra funding.
In the US, 34 million cars have been recalled. Globally, the number of vehicles affected is thought to be 53 million.
Questioned on the safety of its airbags today, the Japanese car company said it had changed its design and was no longer using an inflator shaped like a batwing which was involved in the eight fatal accidents.
"We feel very confident in the inflators we are making today," said Kevin Kennedy, from Takata North America.
"We will continue to do everything we can to ensure uncompromised safety for our customers and the success of the recall efforts," he added.
Mr Kennedy also said he would provide an answer to the question of whether to set up a victim compensation fund, as GM has done, within two weeks.
The government made the announcement after the OAS voted to hold an meeting of foreign ministers to discuss the spiralling crisis in Venezuela.
Neighbours have expressed concern at mounting unrest in the country.
Violent protests against the government continued in the capital Caracas on Wednesday. One protester was killed.
He was hit by a tear gas canister during clashes with police.
Nearly 30 people have been killed since the wave of protests against President Nicolas Maduro began last month.
The Venezuelan government has accused the US trying to undermine Mr Maduro's Socialist Party.
On Wednesday, Ms Rodriguez said the protests were part of an organised effort to defeat Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution.
"Tomorrow [Thursday] we will present a letter of complaint to the OAS and we will begin a process that will take 24 months," she announced in a televised statement.
BBC Latin America correspondent Will Grant says the move comes as little surprise.
Tensions in the organisation - and among Venezuela's neighbours - have grown over what is seen by several member states as the government's disregard for democracy amid mounting unrest.
Ms Rodriguez accused the OAS of having double standards by concentrating on what was happening in her country while ignoring alleged democracy violations in Brazil.
President Maduro has often strongly denounced the grouping.
Venezuela, an oil-rich nation, is going through a serious economic crisis.
Inflation is expected to reach 700% this year, according to the International Monetary Fund, and there is shortage of many basic goods, including medicines.
The opposition blames the socialist policies of Mr Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, for the economic meltdown.
But the government says the country is suffering from the effects of economic sabotage carried out by the business elite.
The latest series of protests began after the Supreme Court took over powers from the opposition-controlled National Assembly on 29 March.
It reversed its decision three days later, but opposition protesters were already on the streets in large numbers, seizing the opportunity to strike against Mr Maduro's government.
The opposition wants early elections and the release of politicians arrested since the president took office in 2013.
Thousands of his supporters held a counter-rally in Caracas on Wednesday.
Dominic Newton, 21, was a third year student at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
BBC Wales understands he became unwell during the Owls' match at the Townhill campus on Monday evening.
Mr Newton, from the Bristol area, was described as a "big part of university life".
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said they were called to reports of a medical emergency at about 21:05 BST on Monday.
"A rapid response vehicle and two emergency ambulances attended the scene and an adult male was taken to Morriston Hospital in Swansea in a critical condition," he said.
South Wales Police said Mr Newton died at the hospital and the death was not suspicious.
A university spokeswoman said it was "saddened" by the news.
She added: "We would like to remind our students and staff that our professional student services team is available to offer support in confidence."
The university's Swansea campus students' union has paid tribute on Facebook saying: "Dom was a big part of university life in Swansea and will be sorely missed."
Improvised weapons such as sharpened cutlery had been used during fights at Cookham Wood in Rochester, they found.
An unannounced inspection found an increase in the number of boys needing hospital treatment for head injuries.
Prison officials said they had taken measures to improve safety and behaviour since the inspection.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons said that at the time of the inspection in May, Cookham Wood held 166 boys, most aged 16 and 17.
About 10% of the boys had been convicted of or charged with murder or manslaughter.
The number of violent incidents was very high and in the six months leading up to March 2015 there had been 61 assaults and 92 fights, some of which were very serious.
Assaults on staff had almost doubled since the last inspection with 21 in the preceding six months, some resulting in serious injury.
However, the inspectors found levels of self-harm had fallen and health care had improved.
Chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick said Cookham Wood reflected systemic problems across young offenders institutions.
"The welcome fall in the number of children in custody means that those who remain represent a more concentrated mix of very challenging young people, held in a smaller number of establishments that are increasingly unsuitable to meet their needs, and cared for by a staff group beset by shortages and a lack of training for their complex and demanding role," he said.
"A much wider political and policy response is needed if we are to fulfil our responsibilities to care for these, our most damaged children, safely and help them to grow into adults who are valued, not feared."
Michael Spurr, chief executive of the National Offender Management Service, said: "Cookham Wood manages an increasingly complex group of boys.
"Since the inspection, staff numbers have increased; a new education contract has been introduced; staff have been trained in new restraint techniques and safeguarding measures have been strengthened, all of which have had a positive impact on safety and behaviour.
"Tackling violence and providing a safe environment remains the governor's biggest challenge and top priority and work will continue to improve standards even further."
The man was taken to hospital along with a woman after falling ill at the house in Lodge Road, Whistley Green, just after 08:00 GMT on Thursday.
Police said the 60-year-old died in the early hours. The woman remains in hospital in a stable condition.
British Gas and the Health and Safety Executive are carrying out an investigation at the property.
Another woman and a child were taken to hospital as a precaution, but were later discharged.
Police are not treating the death as suspicious.
Package holidays, for instance, were up 0.6% between April and May, compared with a fall of 0.4% a year ago.
The fall in the pound since last year's Brexit vote is making itself felt.
Imported goods, particularly, have become more expensive. The cost of games - especially computer games - toys and hobbies shot up by 2.7%.
Prices are also on the rise for clothing, up 0.6% compared with a fall of 0.3% a year ago, with children's clothing seeing the biggest increase.
The ONS also reported higher prices for furniture and household goods.
Shoppers have been used to falling prices in the supermarket aisles in recent years but this trend is now at an end.
Sugar, jams, chocolate, syrups and confectionary all contributed to the latest rise in this category.
With inflation now at its highest rate in nearly four years, the impact of past falls in sterling continue to feed through to households, according to Richard Lim, chief executive of Retail Economics: "Food inflation rose by 2.5% according to the latest data, the fastest since 2013. Given the least affluent households spend around 17% of their expenditure on food and drink, rising prices will have a significant impact on their discretionary spending power going forward.
"What's more, real earnings are already shrinking. With inflation expected to accelerate further in the coming months, the backdrop for retailers looks set to become even more challenging."
Electricity bills jumped by 4% and gas bills were also slightly up, reflecting price hikes from some of the big six energy suppliers.
But travel costs were down. Air fares usually go down after Easter, one of the peak holiday periods. Because Easter came later this year, air fares fell back in May, which was a big contributor to the downward effect.
And the prices at the pump also dropped between April and May this year, bringing some relief, at least, to consumers.
Leanne Wood said securing an extra £1.2bn a year from Westminster, on top of the Welsh government's £15bn annual budget, was a priority for Plaid.
Plaid's spring conference was told the party had reached an "understanding" with the SNP over giving Wales the same budget deal as Scotland.
But the SNP said "we wish Plaid well with their campaigning for Wales".
Ms Wood told the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales: "We share an awful lot of common ground with the SNP.
"But there are some areas that we don't share common ground, and this is one because their financial situation is already settled.
"But for Plaid Cymru an additional £1.2bn into the Welsh government coffers could enable us to stop future cuts and also it could enable us to invest in our economy, in job creation, and then of course what's important is to have partial tax-raising powers so we are able to realise the benefit of that expenditure on jobs."
Plaid and the SNP say they will work with the Greens in an "anti-austerity alliance" if there is a minority Labour government after the general election.
In a hung parliament, Plaid would call for Wales to get the same level of funding as Scotland.
The size of the annual budgets of both countries' devolved governments is calculated using the Barnett formula.
The UK government and Labour vowed to maintain the formula during the Scottish independence referendum.
Ms Wood said that vow benefited Scotland, but "locked in the disadvantage for Wales".
On Saturday, Plaid general election campaign co-ordinator Lord Wigley told the party's conference in Caernarfon: "I'm pleased to tell the conference that we have an understanding from our friends in the SNP that they too will support giving Wales the same budget settlement as Scotland."
But an SNP spokesman said: "We believe Scotland should get the powers we were promised in the referendum campaign and control of our own resources, and we wish Plaid well with their campaigning for Wales."
It is the sixth Labour-led council not to put up basic bills, and retracts indications by the leader in December that a 3% rise was likely.
However, householders who live in properties in Band E to H will still face a rise after MSPs agreed changes.
It means a Band H property will go up by £523.35.
So far six councils - all with Labour leaders - have voluntarily decided not to raise the basic rate of council tax although this adds to the pressure on their budgets.
They are:
Seven more councils are due to confirm their plans on the council tax later today including Stirling, Dundee, East Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire.
This is the first time since 2007 that councils have been able to raise council tax without losing government funding. They have the power to raise basic bills by up to 3%.
Aberdeenshire and Perth and Kinross councils both opted for rises of less than 3%.
West Dunbartonshire Council leader Martin Rooney said: "This budget will protect our residents from the burden of a council tax rise being introduced in many councils across Scotland.
"It also transforms our communities by investing in a range of projects in local areas to ensure our residents directly benefit.
"We know the value of play and sport and we want to ensure every community in West Dunbartonshire has facilities that support these activities."
The council said it would use £2,032,000 of its free reserves to fund the freeze in the council tax, invest £772,000 to enhance services, and close the identified £421,000 gap in the council budget.
Like all councils, West Dunbartonshire has cash reserves to protect the organisation from unexpected costs such as severe weather damage.
However, any council which voluntarily freezes the council tax leaves itself open to criticism.
Anti-austerity campaigners might argue any council which voluntarily foregoes income is not doing all it can to mitigate and minimise cuts.
Meanwhile, supporters of the Scottish government may argue that a council which chooses not to put up council tax can no longer complain about the amount of government cash it is receiving.
Council organisation Cosla claimed councils across Scotland faced about £200m of cuts and savings.
The Scottish government agreed to give councils £160m more than it had originally intended to secure support from the Greens for its budget.
The newspaper says Mr Cosby made the deposition 10 years ago. A lawsuit was lodged by a former university worker in Philadelphia who claimed he drugged and molested her.
Mr Cosby, now 78, is facing a series of sexual assault accusations.
He has denied the claims.
Court papers unsealed earlier this month showed that he admitted giving drugs to women with the aim of having sex with them.
The New York Times says it has obtained the deposition on which those court papers were based, in which more details are given.
Mr Cosby was questioned for four days in 2005 and 2006 in a Philadelphia hotel, and the deposition of close to 1,000 pages was formed.
The case was brought by Andrea Constand, a former employee of Temple University - the Philadelphia college with which Mr Cosby was once closely associated.
After Mr Cosby intiated what he called a mentoring relationship, Ms Constand says he then gave her a powerful drug and molested her.
Mr Cosby says he gave her only the over-the-counter antihistamine drug Benadryl.
After Ms Constand became upset and returned to her native Canada, Mr Cosby offered to pay for her further education.
"My wife would not know it was because Andrea and I had had sex and that Andrea was now very, very upset and that she decided that she would like to go to school," the New York Times quotes Mr Cosby as saying in the deposition.
He is also reported as saying he was skilled in reading women's reactions: "I think I'm a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions in these romantic sexual things, whatever you want to call them."
Mr Cosby also admits paying another woman he met in 1976 and to obtaining sedatives with the aim of giving them to women to have sex with him.
And, still in the deposition, he says he asked a model about the cancer her late father suffered with the purpose of having sex with her.
Best known as Dr Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show in 1984-92, the comedian is facing a number of allegations dating back to the 1960s.
Most of the claims of sexual assault are barred by statutes of limitations. They restrict the length of time in which legal actions can be taken after an alleged crime has been committed.
The accusations, which Mr Cosby has described as "fantastical" and "uncorroborated", have led to some of his stand-up shows being called off and the cancellation of some TV projects.
Jason Walsh, from Limavady, died shortly before 18:15 BST on Thursday after being struck on the Glenhead Road.
The crash happened between Ballynarrig Road and Baranailt Road.
A 41-year-old man was arrested but later released on bail pending further enquiries.
Leader David Hodge said unless it got more money from government it could not afford to guarantee places from 2015.
He said the current shortfall would mean borrowing £200m over five years.
The Department for Education (DoE) said Surrey will have received £104m for new places between 2011-2015.
Mr Hodge made his announcement just before authorities across England found how much money they would get from the government to spend on local services next year.
He said: "We are facing a crisis with rising demand for places and regrettably the government - despite repeated requests - has failed to guarantee it will provide us with the necessary funding to meet this need.
"So far, in the absence of a fair funding settlement for the 13,000 extra school places we need over the next five years we have been forced to borrow tens of millions of pounds to fund this expansion.
"That cannot continue. It would leave us with having to borrow well over £200m on behalf of the Surrey taxpayer. Money which would not be paid off for forty years."
It would seem that the frustration has finally boiled over.
This is not the first time that David Hodge has expressed concern about the lack of school places in Surrey.
In October he said that, although the county council had found a place for every child this year, they had "made it by the skin of our teeth".
The problem has been getting worse, largely due to an unanticipated rise in the birth rate in Surrey over the past decade.
Opposition councillors have criticised "failures' in forecasting" and the planning for schools.
The Conservatives who control the authority have been getting more and more frustrated over what they see as a lack of funding from the government.
They argue that Surrey contributes more in tax than any region outside the City of London, but gets less money each year than the average county council.
Mr Hodge previously said that in September 2014 the council managed to provide an additional 4,100 spaces by "the skin of its teeth".
A DoE spokesman said: "We are giving Surrey County Council £104m from 2011-2015 to spend on new places - compared to just £24m by the previous government over an equivalent period."
Surrey County Council was also receiving a further £60million to spend on new school places in 2015-17, according to the government.
The spokesman said two free schools had been opened in the county, with another one also due in September, which would provide more than 1,800 extra places.
Sylvester Koroma was hit in the stomach in Birmingham in August 2013 and died in hospital a week later.
Police said his friends had "deserted him in his death".
Appealing for people to come forward and speak to West Midlands Police, his mother, Eunice Koroma, said the last year had been "hell".
Mr Koroma, a father-of-two from the Highfields area, travelled to Birmingham with friends on 10 August last year.
The nightclub had been hosting an event called Circoloco, attended by 4,000 people. The second day was cancelled after the shooting.
Ms Koroma said it had been heartbreaking not knowing who killed her son.
"All of us miss him greatly, especially his sons," she said.
"It's one year on now so I would ask for people to search their hearts, and if they have a conscience, to do the right thing and speak to the police."
Officers previously said they still had no motive for Mr Koroma's death.
Det Ch Insp Sab Johal, from West Midlands Police, said Mr Koroma had been "deserted" by his closest friends.
They had declined to give witness statements to police on the night but he said officers would keep returning to Leicester until they had answers.
"This investigation is not going to go away," he said. "People who know the answers are from this city, and it is those people, who were happy to be with him in his life that have deserted him in his death."
Billy Monger, 17, was airlifted to hospital after crashing with another car on the track mid-race on 16 April.
From hospital, he posted on Facebook that Bonny "gave me the will to keep fighting" and thanked everyone for their "love and generosity".
A campaign to raise money for his future has raised more than £750,000.
Billy, from Charlwood in Surrey, wrote the support he had received from fellow motor racers, fans, and everyone has been "awesome and truly inspirational".
"Your kind words have given me and my family the strength to get through this past week," he posted from the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
The Formula 4 driver also said that without emergency crews at the Leicestershire track and medical staff "I wouldn't be here today".
"I will always thank you all for saving my life," he said.
"The one true hero of this tragic event has been my sister, Bonny who gave me the will to keep fighting.
"A value that I will continue to hold now... and for the rest of my life."
The Just Giving page was set up by Steven Hunter, head of Billy's team Derbyshire-based JHR Developments, to help the 17-year-old "return to a full and active life".
The donations came in swiftly, including one from Formula 1 driver Jenson Button and F1 driver Max Verstappen, who both donated £15,000.
Billy's F4 former rival Devlin DeFrancesco made a donation of £26,000.
Hundreds of people have sent messages of support to the teenager and a hashtag, #billywhizz, has been widely shared on social media.
Billy was competing in the Formula 4 British Championship, a motor racing series which features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers.
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L/Cpl Edward Maher, L/Cpl Craig Roberts and Cpl James Dunsby died as a result of neglect on a 16-mile march in 2013.
Solicitors told a parliamentary inquiry a lack of accountability by the Ministry of Defence for accidents had resulted in a "blasé culture".
The MoD said improvements had been made and more may follow.
It is also carrying out its own investigations into the three deaths on one of 2013's hottest days.
Hilary Meredith Solicitors, which specialises in representing members of the armed forces, submitted evidence as the defence sub-committee examines health and safety in military training and exercises.
MPs are looking into whether or not the 125 military deaths in the past 15 years "indicate any systemic failings in the policies and practices of the MoD and the armed forces".
The solicitors' firm said: "Historically the MoD has enjoyed no accountability or ownership for accidents resulting in injury or death on manoeuvres or whilst practising for war.
"A lack of intervention in the armed forces, (for example from the Health and Safety Executive) and Crown censorship has resulted in a blasé culture towards accidents and attrition rates.
It added: "Selection events needs to remain realistic to maintain an effective military force but not at the risk of three deaths in one event as in Brecon. Mistakes made in the Brecon Beacons selection event were so extreme they verged on a reckless disregard to life.
"Risk assessments were so absent on that day as to amount to a criminally reckless regard for life. The effects of Brecon were far-reached with three bereaved families, adverse publicity and irreparable damage to MoD."
Other contributors to the inquiry included L/Cpl Maher's parents, Edward and Marie.
They wrote: "The SAS appears to be currently exempt from the broader legal and financial penalties that regulate every other organisation in the UK.
"Together with a culture that is indifferent to injury and death, this has resulted in an organisation in which there is no imperative to behave responsively and legally nor to learn from its mistakes."
The MoD said it aimed to ensure that all deaths "are properly investigated, lessons identified and acted upon".
The MPs' inquiry has now stopped taking written evidence, but no date has yet been set for when its investigation will end.
The market research firm says 4% fewer handsets were sold in the months of April, May and June compared with the same period in 2014.
It suggests the market has "reached saturation" - meaning about half the population owns a smartphone and is not upgrading on an annual basis.
However, not all manufacturers experienced a drop.
Samsung's sales were 49% lower - despite the launch of its Galaxy S6 models- and Lenovo also experienced a big fall-off in demand.
But Apple's sales rose 68%, even though it did not have new phones out.
Huawei took the top spot in its home country with a 46% growth in sales.
Gartner research director Anshul Gupta said: "Samsung is down significantly, not just in China, but in other markets as well.
"And the Chinese players have taken a significant lead in their home market."
Samsung's figures will have been affected by problems it had making the S6 Edge's curved screen, which meant the firm could not meet demand.
But Mr Gupta stressed that the bigger picture was that overall sales were down for the first time in the country.
That, he said, was something that might concern all manufacturers, bearing in mind China accounted for about 30% of global sales, making it the world's biggest market.
"China has reached saturation. Its market is essentially driven by smartphone replacements rather than upgrades from feature phones, so they will follow an 18-month, 24-month, or whatever, replacement cycle."
Another research firm, Strategy Analytics, recently reported China's smartphone sales had eked out 3% growth in the April-to-June period - so, Gartner's headline finding is not undisputed.
But Strategy Analytics' own figure was still significantly down on the 29% growth it reported for the second quarter of 2014.
"The smartphone market in China has been slowing down for several quarters and a lot of the low-hanging fruit has been picked," the firm's executive director, Neil Mawston, told the BBC.
"Most people in major cities like Beijing already own a smartphone, and the penetration of smartphones across the general population is approaching 50% or more, which is a relatively high rate."
China's smartphone sales tend to be strongest in the first quarter, when people give presents to mark the Chinese New Year.
In addition, many of the highest-profile launches tend to happen in the last five months of the year, so many industry watchers may wish to see further data before accepting that the country's smartphone market is truly in retreat.
"The Chinese economy is also not as strong as it was, and the level of innovation from smartphone-makers is also taking a pause at the moment," added Mr Mawston.
A picture of the podium was posted on Twitter after Wiggle-Honda's Jolien d'Hoore won the Antwerp to Nijlen stage of the Flanders Diamond Tour.
Dutch racing cyclist and journalist Marijn de Vries described the scene as "an utter disgrace".
Lotto Cycling Cup organisers apologised but added they were not responsible.
In a series of tweets, they said plans had been made by local organisers and they found the podium "inappropriate".
The models were recruited by Hostessen Service No Limit, which - among other services - also offers striptease acts.
Its manager, who gave his name as Gerrid, told the BBC: "I don't understand what the problem is."
He laughed when it was put to him that some of the cyclists found the incident sexist, adding: "Sometimes during the race, women race with their shirts open."
He said he did not intend to apologise as "it's not our problem".
Johan Molineaux, the local organiser of the event, told the BBC he would not be using Hostessen Service No Limit again and planned to personally apologise to the competitors.
"For a lot of women it is damaged. For me it is a sad day," he said.
Molineaux explained he was elsewhere during the presentation and that the women were supposed to wear cycling shirts but took them off.
The UCI, world cycling's governing body said it had looked into the incident and had contacted the organisers, who apologised.
Defending champion D'Hoore, on her return from a six-week mid-season break, beat fellow Belgian Kelly Druyts in the penultimate race of the seven-stage competition.
The Women's Tour of Britain starts on Wednesday and speaking at the launch of the event, British cyclist Helen Wyman gave her views on the podium model issue.
"I think podium girls should be a thing of the past," she told BBC Sport.
"It's 2015. I'd much prefer to see the race sponsors on the podium, as it's their money that allow us to do what we do, and we'd prefer to see them rewarded."
The Cards took a lead their early dominance deserved when Terell Thomas headed in Fabio Saraiva's 21st-minute corner, with the ball taking a deflection on its way into the net.
The visitors could have extended their lead as they carved out three chances in the space of five minutes, Nathan Ralph firing an effort just wide of the post and then James Montgomery on his toes to keep out shots from Gozie Ugwu and Jamie Lucas, signed on loan from Bristol Rovers on Friday.
Gateshead made a bright start to the second half and equalised in the 52nd minute when Danny Johnson showed great strength to head a bouncing ball into the back of the net.
And with time running out, Wes York converted from close range a cross from substitute Mitch Brundle to ensure the Heed remain unbeaten in eight matches.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Gateshead 2, Woking 1.
Second Half ends, Gateshead 2, Woking 1.
Goal! Gateshead 2, Woking 1. Wes York (Gateshead).
Luke Hannant (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Woking. Delano Sam-Yorke replaces Gozie Ugwu.
Substitution, Woking. Charlie Carter replaces Ismail Yakubu.
Substitution, Woking. Ben Morris replaces Jamie Lucas.
Joey Jones (Woking) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Gateshead. Mitch Brundle replaces James Bolton.
Goal! Gateshead 1, Woking 1. Danny Johnson (Gateshead).
Second Half begins Gateshead 0, Woking 1.
Substitution, Gateshead. Luke Hannant replaces Tom Beere.
First Half ends, Gateshead 0, Woking 1.
Goal! Gateshead 0, Woking 1. Terell Thomas (Woking).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Thefts in the last four years include a racing bike worth £1,000, cash, mobile phones, drugs, even uniforms.
The eclectic list was revealed following a Freedom of Information request from the BBC.
The biggest single theft took place in Antrim's Caulside Park in November 2012.
In that incident, more than 30 pieces of equipment were stolen from a car belonging to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
Officers were responding to a report of a theft when the kit bags were stolen.
The bags contained items of uniform, such as high visibility jackets and police issue boots, as well as equipment including fixed penalty notice books, evidence bags and name badges.
A few months after the theft, workmen in the area discovered the kit bags, which had been discarded by thieves, and handed them back to police.
Among the more unusual items stolen between 2011 and 2015 were:
* A police bike speedometer worth £60, Ballymena
* £73 in white hand towels, Lisburn
* An £80 spanner and socket, Kilkeel
* A PSNI car wing mirror, Belfast
* Copper piping, Portstewart
* Cannabis, Musgrave Street, Belfast
* Police long service medals, Coleraine
* Six cigars worth £150, Strand Road, Londonderry
Police said not all of the stolen property belonged to the PSNI.
In a statement to the BBC, it added: "A relatively small number of incidents of theft have been reported at police establishments and from police vehicles over the past four years.
"All such reports are fully investigated."
Michele Pennisi, a vocal mafia critic, has his diocese in Monreale, near Palermo.
He said he wanted to challenge the idea that crime bosses have a paternal side.
"The mafia has always taken the term godfather from the Church to give its bosses an air of religious respectability," he told AFP.
"Whereas in fact, the two worlds are completely incompatible."
Archbishop Pennisi's diocese includes the notorious village of Corleone, a vendetta-torn enclave made famous by Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather.
The cleric last made headlines in February by condemning a Corleone priest's decision to let the son of an infamous mobster, Toto Riina, become his niece's godfather.
The row gave rise to his latest decree, which bans anyone convicted of "dishonorable crimes" from acting as a godparent.
Archbishop Pennisi admits that the mafia culture of "omerta" - the law of silence - will make the ruling harder to enforce.
"If someone has not been convicted we cannot judge people on rumours, without proof," he said.
He added that the path to reformation is open for mobsters, as for others.
"If one of them admits to having done wrong, asks to be pardoned for the bad they have done - in that case we can discuss a path of conversion," he said.
The archbishop had faced death threats in 2008 after he refused to allow Crocefisso Emanuello, the head of a mafia family, a religious funeral.
He was granted police protection as a result.
Pope Francis took a stand against organised crime in 2014 by excommunicating all mafiosi - meaning they are banished in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church.
"Those who in their lives follow this path of evil, as mafiosi do, are not in communion with God," he said.
The result almost certainly ended their League One play-off hopes with the club 10 points off sixth place with five games left to play.
"No-one should accept that display," Page told BBC Radio Stoke.
"It was an embarrassing second-half performance and it will be addressed."
Despite admitting their chances of finishing in the top six were slim, Page was optimistic at the Proact Stadium with his side leading 1-0 at half-time.
But he was left livid by what happened after the break.
"I told them at half-time to go and finish them off but to expect them to start fast and do not concede early. It went in one ear and out the other," Page said.
"After a minute, it's one-all. They are four of the worst goals I've ever seen. They haven't had to worked hard to score them, they're errors.
"It was comical - a comedy of errors - and I can't accept that."
With Vale's promotion hopes looking over for another season, their fans could take some comfort from the role they could play in the plight of their local rivals Crewe Alexandra.
Vale would relegate the Alex if they beat them at Vale Park on Saturday, Fleetwood Town win against Peterborough and Blackpool get at least a point at home to Colchester.
London student Erol Incedal was found not guilty in March last year of preparing for acts of terrorism.
Senior judges said it was right that the full details of the Old Bailey case remained secret.
The BBC and other media organisations challenged the reporting restrictions imposed by the trial judge.
Only 10 of the almost 70 hours of evidence were heard in open court.
Specially accredited journalists were allowed to hear some of the secret evidence in locked sessions, but they were banned from telling others what they had seen or heard, and their notebooks were retained by the court.
More than a third of the prosecution case was held in complete secrecy with the jury told they could face jail if they ever revealed what they had heard.
In their ruling, Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas and two other senior judges said there was a strong public interest in allowing reports about counter-terrorism police and the security services provided it does not "materially compromise the effectiveness of their role or otherwise might damage national security".
They added that "departure from the principles of open justice was strictly necessary" in this case but accepted another application may be made in future "at a time when it is said that there could no longer be any reason to keep the information from the public".
The trial we couldn't report (March 2015)
As one of only 10 journalists who were allowed to sit in on the two "secret trials" of Erol Incedal, I learned a great deal.
But as I was barred from repeating a word of what was said behind those closed doors, it was a dubious privilege.
For the journalists having to place our mobile phones in a metal case every time we entered court, and having to hand over our notebooks to be locked up in a safe at the end of every day, it was both time consuming and embarrassing.
Most frustrating was that the public were able to be told so little about the defendant's responses to the serious allegations.
This lack of balance troubled me, but I was banned by order of the court from discussing the defendant's case with anyone.
I fear the reasons for his acquittal on the main charge of preparing for acts of terrorism will remain a secret of the state and all my notes will remain locked up - or even be destroyed.
Incedal, who is in his mid-20s, faced two trials in relation to allegations he was involved in some form of terrorism that appeared to be related to Syria.
At the end of the first trial in 2014, he was convicted of possessing bomb-making plans and was later jailed for 42 months for that offence.
But the jury could not reach a verdict on an allegation he was involved in actual preparations for terrorism. He was cleared at the second trial.
During the small amount of evidence heard in open court, prosecutors alleged Incedal had been in contact with a British jihadist in Syria, held the details of an address linked to Tony and Cherie Blair and discussed - in code - gun attacks.
Prosecutors said a "person of significance" could have been the target of an alleged plan - but at no point did they explicitly link that in open court to the Blairs.
After a first half of few chances, Josh Gowling was adjudged to have brought down Simeon Akinola in the box and Iron captain Davis slotted in from the spot.
Mariners forward Padraig Amond was then denied from close range by both keeper Tom King and defender Matt Fry.
The Iron held on to take a lead into Sunday's second leg at Cressing Road.
Part-timers Braintree, who finished third in the table and have never been in the Football League before, withstood pressure from their hosts in the second half.
Danny Cowley's side survived a penalty shout against them when Amond collided with Mark Phillips in the area.
That incident came soon after Davis had sent James McKeown the wrong way from the spot at the other end, referee John Brooks having ruled that Akinola's fine run had been halted illegally just inside the area.
The closest Grimsby came to an equaliser was through Amond, whose turn and shot from a corner was kept out by a fine reflex save by King.
Fry then deflected an effort over the bar when Amond looked certain to score for the Mariners, who have been outside of the Football League since 2010.
But Braintree, managed by a PE teacher, stifled many of the home attacks to defeat Grimsby by the same scoreline as in April.
They say a new national funding formula, which should give underfunded schools more cash, ignores inflationary cost pressures faced by all schools.
The heads come from 14 local council areas and represent 1.5 million pupils.
The letter comes as the government's consultation period for the new school funding formula closes on Wednesday.
The letter has been signed by primary, secondary and special school heads from a number of counties in England including West Sussex, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Devon and Cornwall.
The letter says the new funding formula does not offer "meaningful solutions" to current and future school finances and "attempts to ignore inflationary cost pressures that all schools are enduring".
"School leaders simply want a reasonable settlement that sees every child in every school adequately funded," it says.
The Department for Education said school spending was at record levels, but that the system for distributing that money was "unfair, opaque and outdated".
A DfE spokeswoman said: "We are going to end the historic postcode lottery in school funding and, under the proposed national schools funding formula, more than half of England's schools will receive a cash boost.
"We are consulting schools, governors, local authorities and parents to make sure we get this formula right, so that every pound of the investment we make in education has the greatest impact.
"We recognise that schools are facing cost pressures, which is why we will continue to provide support to help them use their funding in cost-effective ways, including improving the way they buy goods and services."
Jules White, head teacher of Tanbridge House School in Horsham, West Sussex, has mobilised the campaign.
He told the BBC he had expected to be better off under the new funding arrangements, but has had a nasty shock.
"I was told I'd get £180,000 more with the new formula - which was very welcome.
"But then when I saw what I have to pay out from September - National Insurance costs, teachers' pay and running costs of the school, I found I'd be spending £220,000.
"So even with a new deal for the school - we'll be £40,000 worse off."
Mr White said school leaders cared deeply about their students and their families and were reluctant to speak out, but the fact that they were doing so showed the gravity of the situation.
"Why would we be doing this if it wasn't true? Why would I be telling you... that things are this bad unless I had to? And they are so bad, we're not sure we can cope going forward."
The head teachers' letter is also critical of the government's push to open more grammar and free schools in England.
It says: "To make matters worse - far worse - the Department for Education continues to divert significant monies to capital and revenue funding such as free school provision and grammar school expansion.
"At the same time, our schools simply do not have adequate funds to provide the education that every child in our care needs and deserves.
"To see such ill-judged spending being prioritised in a time of austerity is unacceptable.
"The disconnect between a department making decisions that seem to entirely ignore the wishes and needs of dedicated and committed school leaders provides significant and tangible cause for concern."
The consultation period on the funding formula ends on Wednesday, 22 March.
The proportion for Wales (26%) is still worse than the worst region for child obesity in England (24%).
A total of 32.4% of four and five-year-olds are overweight or obese on Anglesey. Merthyr (16.4%) is still top for obesity.
More than 30,000 children were weighed for the annual survey.
The study found the figure for Wales compared to 23% in England.
The gap between the most and least deprived areas is narrowing but Public Health Wales (PHW) admitted there was still "much to do".
Merthyr Tydfil (32%) still had the second highest proportion of overweight or obese four and five year-olds, while Cardiff had one of the lowest, with 22.6%.
The report compared for the first time problems in rural and urban areas but found little difference.
A pilot study of children in the Cwm Taf health board area found that more than a fifth of healthy four and five-year-olds went on to become overweight or obese by the time they were aged eight or nine.
It also found 82.5% of children classed as obese at that age were still the same as they got older.
Dr Julie Bishop, director of health improvement for PHW, said healthy lifestyles for pre-school children should be promoted across Wales.
"There are no specific figures, but certainly a trend we're concerned about is the relationship between the amount of screen time - on tablets, phones, game and computers - and obesity," she said.
"We need to see children out playing more and we know there are always parents concerns about safety but they need to be running around more. Projects run by the likes of Communities First and mother and toddler groups can be supportive in helping parents."
Chief medical officer for Wales, Dr Ruth Hussey, said it was good to see obesity levels had levelled off, but there was still much to do and young people were eating too much sugar.
"The NHS alone cannot tackle childhood obesity," she said. "There is much that parents can do to ensure their children have the best possible start in life.
"Research suggests that breastfeeding is linked to a reduced risk of obesity in children, and parents can access information and support on this from health visitors."
The latest figures for Scotland for 2013 found 26.5% of two to six-year-old children were at risk of being overweight or obese.
Belfast was one of six UK cities to host the Sport Relief flagship games, but swimathons and mile-long runs were held in other local towns and cities.
Custom House Square was the starting point for the Belfast Mile - those taking part could walk, jog or run it.
Olympian Dame Mary Peters and boxer Carl Frampton took part in the event.
Frampton ran part of the Belfast mile with his young daughter and speaking before it began he said: "It's good to get people out, being active and getting involved in sport.
"Obviously it helps raise money for a lot of worthwhile charities that need it, and what better way to do it? It's a great turnout here already, I'm looking forward to this."
Other events including a family cycle through the city and an aerobics workout in Custom House Square.
The deal will see 35bn euros go towards propping up the Irish banking system with the remaining 50bn euros to help the government's day-to-day spending.
An average interest rate of 5.8% will be payable on the loans, above the 5.2% paid by Greece for its bail-out.
Irish PM Brian Cowen said it was the "best available deal for Ireland".
It provides "vital time and space to successfully and conclusively address the problems we've been dealing with since the financial crisis began", the prime minister said.
Details of the 85bn euro plan include:
The Irish government has also said that interest payments on all state debt will account for more than 20% of tax revenues in 2014.
The deal does not require the Irish Republic to change its low 12.5% corporation tax.
The rescue package is the second to be approved in the eurozone this year following Greece's bail-out in May.
There had been much negotiating between European ministers over the interest rate the Irish Republic must pay on the loans.
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A report from Irish state broadcaster on Saturday suggested the rate would be set at 6.7%, and the BBC's business editor Robert Peston said that Germany had been pushing for a higher interest rate of about 7% so that any rescue loans would not look like cheap money.
The Irish government had believed it would pay 5%, and the agreed rate of 5.8% is still higher than many in Ireland had hoped for, especially as it is higher than the agreed rate for Greece.
But Mr Cowen said the loans were necessary.
"These loans will provide money that we had already planned to borrow on the international markets. That funding will now be available to Ireland at a cheaper interest rate than if we'd borrowed on those markets," he said.
The details of the IMF and EU bail-out were discussed at a meeting in Brussels.
Ministers had been keen to reach an outline agreement before the financial markets reopen on Monday.
The Irish government applied for aid last Sunday when it conceded the banking crisis was too big for the country.
Eurozone finance ministers' chairman Jean-Claude Juncker said ministers had "unanimously endorsed" the measures.
"Ministers concur with the [European] Commission and the European Central Bank that providing a loan to Ireland is warranted to safeguard financial stability in the euro area and in the European Union as a whole," Mr Juncker said.
The crisis in the Irish Republic has been brought on by the global recession and the almost total collapse of the country's debt-ridden banks.
The rescue programme rests on the Irish Republic meeting three conditions.
Firstly, it must immediately strengthen and overhaul its banking system.
Secondly, it must implement an ambitious fiscal adjustment to reduce its "excessive" deficit by 2015.
Finally, it must introduce growth-enhancing reforms in particular on the labour market.
The EU also agreed the outline of a new European Stability Mechanism for resolving debt crises in the eurozone.
The mechanism should force losses on private investors "only on a case by case basis", and will replace an existing rescue fund which runs out in 2013.
BBC business editor Robert Peston said UK Chancellor George Osborne believes he has won an important concession from other EU countries in return for providing a direct loan of 3.84bn euros (£3.2bn) to Ireland.
Mr Osborne has secured an agreement that the UK will not be part of the new rescue fund for eurozone countries to be launched in 2013, he said.
The announcement on the permanent mechanism may have been rushed through to try to allay concerns about the debt crisis in Europe spreading.
Earlier, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office "categorically" denied that France was threatened by the crisis in the eurozone.
The comments came as concerns mount that Portugal may also need a bail-out, while fears over Spain, Italy and Belgium also increase.
The blast, shortly before 19:30 BST on Saturday, badly damaged the house in George Street, with 11 people inside.
Nearly 30 firefighters worked at scene in what South Wales Fire and Rescue Service called "difficult" conditions.
A Wales and West Utilities expert said the blast was linked to "internal gas pipework and not our network".
Gwent Police said the explosion caused "extensive damage" to the property and adjacent buildings.
People living in surrounding properties have been allowed back into their homes, but people living in three houses either side have not been.
Station commander Mark Watts, of South Wales fire service, said 11 people had been in the house at the time of the explosion and that three people had minor injuries and another had "life-threatening injuries".
A police spokeswoman added: "The incident, which is believed to have been caused by a gas explosion, is being treated as suspicious.
"No other persons are being sought in connection with this incident."
The fire service said nearby properties were evacuated due to safety concerns.
Specialist equipment, including airbags, were brought in to try to keep the property structurally safe while firefighters conducted a search and worked at the scene.
By 21:50 BST, all 11 occupants were accounted for, said a fire service spokeswoman.
The mains gas network and the supply of gas to other properties was not affected by the incident, said Wales and West Utilities.
The ex-chancellor said the unfolding tragedy in Aleppo had not "come out of a vacuum" but was due to "a vacuum of Western and British leadership".
Parliament had helped enable a "terrorist state" to emerge by voting against military intervention against the Assad regime in 2013, he said.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Assad had been left "to do his worst".
Speaking in an emergency debate about the conflict in Aleppo, Mr Johnson said it would not be safe for the UK to try and drop aid into the city because air space was controlled by the Syrian government, its ally Russia and other combatants.
But he said the government was keeping up the diplomatic pressure on President Assad and Russia by pushing for tougher economic sanctions and "gathering the information necessary" for the prosecution of war crimes by combatants in Syria.
The UN has warned that Syrian pro-government forces have been entering homes in eastern Aleppo and killing those inside, including women and children, as they seize control of that part of the city after months of bitter fighting.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has written to Theresa May calling for a concerted effort to achieve a UN-led ceasefire and UN-brokered humanitarian corridors in Syria.
Mr Osborne - in one of his first Commons interventions since losing office - said Parliament must reflect on its own actions with regard to the five-year civil war in Syria.
In August 2013, Parliament rejected the government's case for possible intervention in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by Syrian regime forces.
MPs voted 285-272 against the UK joining President Barack Obama's plan for US air strikes - which never came to pass because of political opposition in the US.
Mr Osborne recalled speaking from the backbenches ahead of the 2003 Iraq War and said he feared now that "it is impossible to intervene anywhere".
"The Syrian civil war has been waging since 2011 and therefore it is something that we could have foreseen and done something about," he said.
"I think we are deceiving ourselves in this Parliament if we believe that we have no responsibility for what has happened in Syria.
"The tragedy in Aleppo did not come out of a vacuum, it was created by a vacuum, a vacuum of Western leadership, of American leadership, British leadership."
But he said he had "some hope out of this terrible tragedy in Syria" that "we are beginning" to learn the "price of not intervening".
The price was that tens of thousands of people had been killed, millions of people had been forced from their homes and "we have allowed a terrorist state to emerge".
He added that key allies such as Lebanon and Jordan had been destabilised while the refugee crisis had allowed fascism to rise in Eastern Europe and created extremist parties in Western Europe and "for the first time since Henry Kissinger kicked them out of the Middle East in the 1970s, Russia is back as the decisive player in that region".
He added: "Let's be clear now, if you don't shape the world, you will be shaped by it."
Mr Osborne has previously described the decision not to intervene in 2013 as one of the worst decisions ever taken by Parliament.
In 2015, the Commons did sanction air strikes against militants from the so-called Islamic State group in Syria.
But SNP MP Tommy Shepherd said they had palpably failed in their stated objective of "cutting off the head [of IS], providing air support for 70,000 ground forces and being part of a co-ordinated military action which would enhance a military solution".
Speaking in Tuesday's debate, former Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell said the UK had been among nations ten years ago to sign up to the "responsibility to protect" doctrine to prevent humanitarian catastrophes of the like seen in Srebrenica and Rwanda.
"This responsibility to protect was signed up to at great fanfare and embraced by all the international community, great and small," he said.
"Yet here we are today witnessing, complicit, in what is happening to tens of thousands of Syrians in Aleppo."
Labour MP Ben Bradshaw likened Mr Johnson to Conservative foreign secretaries of the early 1990s who he said had refused to intervene in the Balkans to combat Serbian aggression and the "genocide" that resulted, asking him "what are you doing?"
Mr Johnson rejected the comparison and said there was only so much the UK could do in Syria after ruling out military engagement in 2013.
"Ever since that vote, our ability to influence events in Syria or to protect civilians or compel the delivery of aid has been severely limited," he said.
"The dictator was allowed to do his worst, along with his allies Russia and Iran."
Matthew Nicklin QC told the High Court hacking was "unlawful and wrong" but none of the victims in the case claimed their lives had been "ruined".
The firm has admitted publishing more than 100 stories based on hacking the victims' voicemails from 1999 to 2009.
The court will decide on damages to be paid to victims including ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne and actor Shane Ritchie.
The other six claimants are BBC creative director Alan Yentob, actress Sadie Frost, soap stars Shobna Gulati and Lucy Taggart, TV producer Robert Ashworth and flight attendant Lauren Alcorn.
Mr Nicklin said hacking was an "unwarranted and unacceptable intrusion into people's private lives and it shouldn't have happened".
He did not suggest what damages should be paid, but said none of the claimants had their ability to work impaired or needed psychiatric care as a result.
"While they may be upset and even angry", he said, "not one of them has claimed - nor could they - that their lives have been ruined".
The case was adjourned until Wednesday.
The judge, Mr Justice Mann, is expected to take several weeks to assess the damages.
His decision on damages will influence the outcome of around 100 more hacking cases against the company which have been filed so far.
The 39-year-old Romanian national was detained in Lurgan on Wednesday by Gangmaster Licensing Authority officers assisted by the PSNI.
The arrest is part of ongoing investigations into unlicensed labour provision on fruit farms in the county.
He has been released pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.
In a statement, the authority said: "He is suspected of supplying workers to pick apples and other fruit without a licence at various locations in the area - activities that require a GLA licence.
"Providing workers for roles in agriculture, horticulture and food processing and packaging without a GLA licence is a criminal offence that carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison," the statement added.
The footage, posted on Sunday, caused outrage online. It shows the young men laughing while assaulting the woman.
Arrests were made in the city of Casablanca on Monday, the public transport company M'Dina Bus said in a statement (in French).
An investigation was under way, it added.
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A police statement said that the 24-year-old woman had learning difficulties, and that no complaint was filed by the victim or driver before the video was released.
M'Dina Bus made reference to accusations that the bus driver did not help the woman, saying: "At this stage, contrary to commentary on social media, we cannot confirm that the driver failed to react," adding that the video - under one minute long - was too short to tell.
Less than two weeks ago, Moroccan media reported on a video showing a large group of men following a young woman walking alone in the northern city of Tangier.
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There has been a civil war in Syria, in the Middle East, for more than five years, and millions of people are still trapped there.
The United Nations is a group of 193 countries, including the UK, who work together to try to keep peace in the world.
It was working in Syria to try to help people caught up in the conflict, but its lorries full of supplies were attacked, and around 20 people were killed.
Because of the attack, the UN say they are stopping all aid efforts in Syria, while they try to work out how to keep their workers safe.
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A court heard Ryan York pointed the air pistol at Sarah McLeod's feet and ordered her to "dance, dance, dance".
He then shot her in the leg and demanded that she cover up the attack when she went to hospital.
A sheriff told York he had treated Miss McLeod "like dirt" during the "despicable" incident in December 2014.
Depute fiscal Vicki Bell told Dundee Sheriff Court that staff at Ninewells Hospital had reported the injury to police as they believed it had been caused by a firearm.
Miss Bell said: "She provided a statement attempting to cover up the incident by saying she had been shot in the leg at a party and did not remember where she had been or who was there.
"The couple separated in October 2015 and after speaking to friends and family Miss McLeod decided to go to police."
The court was told that prior to the shooting, Miss McLeod and York had an argument after she refused to get him a glass of water.
Miss Bell said: "She saw him lean over the side of the bed and present an object which she knew to be a handgun at her.
"She assumed it was a replica or fake gun.
"However, he pointed the gun directly at her and shouted "get up and get water, you will go get it now".
"She turned and walked towards the door and heard a loud pinging noise.
"She looked down at her leg and observed heavy blood flow coming from her lower calf area."
York, 25, admitted a charge of assault to injury.
Sheriff Alastair Brown ordered York to be monitored in the community for a year after his release.
He was also banned from contacting Miss McLeod for five years.
Sheriff Brown said: "You did not simply assault her - you treated her like dirt, you treated her like your personal servant.
"You told the social worker that you pointed the gun at her and told her to 'dance, dance, dance'.
"That is despicable."
The incident happened at about 11:00 BST while P4/5 pupils were being taught at Killyleagh Integrated School.
No-one was injured, but the collapse left a three square metre hole in the ceiling.
A father of one of the pupils in the classroom said his daughter was "missed by a matter of inches".
"My daughter was at her desk when the ceiling fell," said William Walker, father of eight-year-old Zoe.
"If it had of been six or seven inches over, it could have done her a lot of damage."
"They all sit four to a desk in the class. A big piece of the ceiling fell onto the desk," said Mr Walker.
"They were doing their writing and it just came down... She could have been in hospital, or worse."
The school's principal said the incident happened because of damp from a leaking pipe.
"The children were moved to a spare classroom and normal business resumed," said Jason Milligan.
"The education board reacted quickly and the ceiling has now been repaired."
It is understood school staff have been raising maintenance issues with the education authority for some time, said BBC News NI's David Maxwell at the scene.
The world number 54 progressed against Karlovic with the score at 6-4 1-2 when the big-serving Croatian withdrew.
Bedene, 26, has exited in the first round of the last three tournaments in Brazil, Australia and New Zealand
He will face Dutchman Robin Haase - ranked world number 62 - in the next round on Wednesday at 23:00 GMT.
He was best known for such romantic 1950s ballads as There's No Tomorrow and To Each His Own, and his 60-year marriage to dancer Cyd Charisse.
A peer of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, Martin also starred in movie musicals from the 1930s to the '50s, alongside stars such as Judy Garland.
Business manager Stan Schneider said he had died "peacefully" of natural causes at his Los Angeles home on Friday.
Musician and longtime friend Gabriel Guerrero described Martin as "the ultimate crooner who outlasted all his contemporaries".
He said he had "truly remained the butterscotch baritone until he was 98".
Martin was featured in 25 films, most of them made during the heyday of Hollywood musicals. His good looks saw him often cast as the romantic lead.
His first singing role came in the 1936 film Sing Baby Sing, which starred Alice Faye - one of the Fox studio's biggest stars and Martin's future first wife .
He joined MGM in 1940 where he acted alongside the likes of Lana Turner, Esther Williams and the Marx Brothers.
Martin divorced Faye after two years before meeting rising dance star Charisse, whom he married in 1948.
He and Charisse, who partnered Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly during her career, were together until her death in 2008.
Martin also produced and starred in Casbah in 1948, a musical version of the 1938 film Algiers.
Growing up in San Francisco and Oakland amid a poor, close-knit Russian Jewish family, Martin said he used music as an escape route.
"I always sang," he said. "I always played some instrument or other, real or imagined.
"At first, of course, my music was just for my own fun. I didn't recognise it right away as my passport away from poverty."
Martin, whose other big hits included Stranger in Paradise and Walk Hand in Hand, often made singing tours of Europe and had a yearly contract at the London Palladium.
According to friends he continued performing into his nineties.
Robins, 47, has returned to the Sky Blues for his second spell as manager, having been in charge between 2012 and 2013 before leaving for Huddersfield.
He has rejoined Coventry, who are bottom of League One, on a contract "beyond the current season".
Slade was sacked on Sunday with the club 13 points adrift of safety.
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It became the first country in the world to introduce same-sex marriage by popular vote in May, when over 60% of voters supported the referendum.
The Bill passed through the upper house of the Irish parliament, the Seanad, last week.
With the presidential endorsement, the bill has cleared its final hurdle.
Last week, justice minister, Frances Fitzgerald, said the first same-sex marriages in the country would take place from the middle of November.
Senator Katherine Zappone, who had long campaigned for her Canadian marriage to her wife to be recognised in Ireland, called it "a defining moment".
"It is a deeply emotional moment for those of us who have campaigned for so long," she said.
"This victory truly belongs to the nation, it is a moment for us all."
In a memorable moment that unfolded live on national television after the referendum result was announced, Senator Zappone proposed to her wife Ann Louise Gilligan to re-marry her under Irish law.
Canon Charles Kenny, from the Church of Ireland's gay rights group Changing Attitude Ireland, welcomed the news, saying love "shouldn't be confined to people of different sex".
Mr Kenny said he does not think the issue of gay marriage will split the Church of Ireland.
"I think people in the church realise they have to give a bit," he said.
"Of course you get some alarmist talk when people are frightened, but on the whole, the church recognises that we're living in a different world to our grandparents.
"It would be terrible if it dug itself into a hole over the issue as the Catholic Church did, but I don't think it will."
Evelyne Paradis of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association paid tribute to Irish politicians, saying all the main political parties "put aside their partisan differences, to campaign for the greater goal of equality".
The 21-year-old made 38 appearances last season and was voted the League Two club's young player of the year.
"Otis was a fantastic attacking player for us last season," said manager Darren Way. "He has gained a lot of experience playing in his first full season of league football.
"He attracted interest from other clubs so I'm pleased the board has supported me in securing his services."
Bala Chinda, 26, is alleged to have killed 36-year-old escort Nkechi McGraa - also known as Jessica - at a flat in Union Terrace in February 2016.
The jury began deliberations on Thursday morning at the High Court in Aberdeen.
They were sent home at lunchtime and will resume on Friday at 10:00.
During the closing speeches on Wednesday, advocate depute Paul Kearney said there was overwhelming evidence against Mr Chinda.
However, defence counsel Ian Duguid said the prosecution had not proved guilt of rape and murder.
Guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant are expected to give evidence at the civil case in Los Angeles.
They are accused of lifting the song's opening notes from Taurus, a 1967 track by the band Spirit.
Page, 72, and Plant, 67, are being sued by a trust acting for a founding member of Spirit who died in 1997.
The case began with the jury being played various performances of both songs, including part of Led Zeppelin's recording of Stairway to Heaven.
In his opening statement, the plaintiff's lawyer, Francis Malofiy, said the case could be summed up in six words, "give credit where credit is due".
Page and Plant were both "incredible performers, incredible musicians but they covered other people's music and tried to make it their own," he alleged.
The band's lawyer Robert Anderson insisted that the two men "created Stairway to Heaven independently without resort to Taurus or without copying anything in Taurus".
There was no proof that they had even heard Taurus until decades after creating Stairway to Heaven, said Mr Anderson.
Mr Anderson also claimed that the part of the song at issue - a sequence of notes in the opening bars - was a "descending chromatic line…something that appears in all kinds of songs".
Such a "commonplace" musical device which "goes back centuries," was, he claimed, not protected by copyright which in any case, he argued, was not actually owned by the plaintiff.
Smartly dressed in sober suits and ties, two of rock's biggest stars arrived early in Courtroom 850 to defend themselves against accusations of plagiarism.
As the room filled with the familiar strains of Stairway to Heaven, Jimmy Page leaned back and closed his eyes, his head nodding gently as he listened to his own performance and to the vocals of his bandmate Robert Plant, seated beside him at the front of the court.
With their hair pulled back in ponytails the two men looked relaxed and attentive, at one point pulling on their spectacles as they leaned towards each other to discuss a concert bill which had been produced in evidence.
The Beatles, Elvis Presley and The Sound of Music were all invoked in the opening statements of a trial which is scheduled to last four or five days.
Just before it began, a member of the plaintiff's legal team hovered at the back, behind the ranks of reporters, clutching a guitar in a case. "It's a prop," he explained.
In the corridor, long-haired fans of Led Zeppelin lined up to be sure of a seat.
One of them, Byron Taylor, 57, a retired teacher from San Bernardino, California, proudly clutched a signed copy of Stairway to Heaven. He was here, he said, to witness "a bit of history".
At an earlier hearing, US district judge Gary Klausner had ruled that the two pieces of music were similar enough to let a jury decide whether Page and Plant had infringed copyright.
Taurus, a two minute and 37 second instrumental with a distinct plucked guitar line, was released by Spirit in January 1968.
The copyright infringement action is being taken by a trust set up to manage the legacy of the late guitarist Randy Wolfe, also known as Randy California, a founding member of Spirit who played on the same bill as Led Zeppelin later that year.
He died in 1997 while saving his son from drowning.
Lawyers for Wolfe say Page and Plant wrote Stairway To Heaven after hearing their client play Taurus, and that he should be given a writing credit.
Page and Plant say the song was their masterpiece, written in a remote cottage in Wales.
The plaintiff is reportedly seeking royalties and other compensation of around $40m (£28m).
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Stairway To Heaven had earned $562m (£334m) as of 2008.
Outer cladding fell from Oxgangs Primary School's 10-year-old building on Friday during high winds.
Structural engineers were called in to make the building safe but high winds on Monday have hampered works.
Officials will make a decision on Tuesday whether the school will reopen on Wednesday.
Edinburgh city council's head of schools Andy Gray said: "At the weekend structural engineers visited the school and inspected the building.
"Following their visit, remedial works continue to ensure that the entire building is safe.
"This work has been hampered by the strong winds today which means the school needs to remain closed on Tuesday.
"The weather forecast indicates the winds will abate to allow for high level works to take place on Tuesday. I am very hopeful the school will open on Wednesday, however there will be a site meeting on Tuesday afternoon to confirm the situation."
Opponents accuse him of having enriched himself, his family and cronies while in power.
A protest against his decision to abandon a far-reaching European Union partnership deal in November 2013 morphed into a huge - and violent - campaign to push him from power.
But it was the deaths of at least 88 people, many of them protesters shot dead by uniformed snipers in 48 hours of bloodshed, that ultimately brought him down.
The killings sent shockwaves around the world.
Under EU pressure he signed a deal to transfer powers to parliament and hold early elections. But within hours he had fled the capital and his administration had crumbled.
As Ukraine's protest leaders and opposition moved to fill the power vacuum, Mr Yanukovych, 63, maintained he was still the lawfully elected president.
As he headed for neighbouring Russia, Kiev's new rulers issued an arrest warrant for his role in the "mass murder of innocent civilians".
Born into the family of a metalworker and a nurse in the eastern town of Yenakiyevo in July 1950, Mr Yanukovych had a troubled childhood.
He was twice jailed for violent crimes in his youth - though his official biography states that his convictions were eventually quashed.
"I came from a very poor family and my main dream in life was to break out of this poverty," he once told journalists.
Beginning his career as a transport executive in the Soviet Union's key coal-mining industry in eastern Ukraine, he became a Doctor of Economics - the equivalent of a PhD - in 2000.
He became governor of the Donetsk region, home to more than three million people and the economic powerhouse of Ukraine, less than a year after entering the local administration.
The then President, Leonid Kuchma, appointed him prime minister in November 2002, in a government accused of corruption and economic mismanagement.
As the outgoing leader's protege, he went on to win the 2004 presidential vote. But, after huge protests in Kiev that became known as the Orange Revolution, the election was declared fraudulent and his reputation badly dented.
He rebuilt his political career while the victors of 2004, Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, fell into constant conflict.
He served a second term as prime minister from 2006 to 2007 and became Ukraine's most popular politician.
The 2010 presidential election he won cleanly - according to international observers - defeating arch-rival Ms Tymoshenko.
The following year, she was jailed for seven years on charges of abusing her power, in a trial she insisted was politically motivated,
During his presidency, Mr Yanukovych steered Ukraine towards a closer relationship with the EU.
But then, days before it was due to be signed, he rejected an association agreement in November 2013,
Street protests, the biggest since the 2004 Orange Revolution, erupted and continued for months, reaching a bloody climax between 18-22 February.
With the ousted president on the run, Ms Tymoshenko was freed.
How he escaped is unclear. But unconfirmed reports placed him first in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, where he recorded a video message, lashing out at the "bandits" who had taken over Ukraine. There he flew by helicopter to Donetsk but an attempt to fly a plane to Russia was foiled.
The next reported sighting was in the Crimean peninsula. The trail then went cold, until the ousted president asked for and was granted protection in Russia.
It was clear that Mr Yanukovych had abandoned his private estate outside Kiev in a hurry.
Within hours of his departure, Ukrainians were able to see for themselves the opulence of his palatial retreat, surrounded by 140 hectares (345 acres) of grounds.
The estate, complete with sauna and private zoo, is a stark contrast with the grinding poverty that afflicts many Ukrainians.
Hundreds of documents were found in a nearby river, revealing lavish spending and alleged corruption.
Viktor Yanukovych's closest ties and support base have always been with mainly-Russian speaking eastern and southern Ukraine.
Back in 2004, Mr Yanukovych had openly been supported by Russia's President Vladimir Putin, but relations became strained, not least because of a dispute about the cost of Russian gas.
Mr Yanukovych tried hard to shed the image of being "Moscow's man" and when he became president he pointedly made his first foreign trip as president to Brussels, rather than Moscow.
But, with Ukraine's finances in a parlous state, he argued that free trade ties with the EU would jeopardise Ukraine's existing trade with Russia. The EU refused his demand for substantial compensation.
Russia had already started tightening the economic screws with various measures, including a ban on imported Ukrainian sweets.
Billionaire oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, a powerful industrialist and owner of Shakhtar Donetsk football club, was a political ally of Mr Yanukovych until the explosion of violence in Kiev. Energy tycoon Dmytro Firtash has also been a powerful voice in Ukraine's economic policy circles.
And during his time in office, Mr Yanukovych's two sons were influential - businessman Olexander and Viktor Yanukovych Junior, an MP.
With his presidency ending in ignominy and his entourage apparently deserting him, it was sons who went with him as he fled. And it was to Russia that he looked for sanctuary.
At his first news conference after leaving Ukraine, given in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, he spoke against any military intervention or future division of his country.
He made clear he had fled Kiev in fear of life and would not return without guarantees of safety for himself and his family.
Centre Hospitalier de Calais has bid to provide services to patients in the county, NHS commissioners said.
South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said the "finer details" were being worked out.
People who chose to have treatment in France would pay for their own travel and incidental costs. Unison said it was an "admission of failure".
Hazel Carpenter, chief accountable officer for South Kent CCG, said treatment in France would be an option if a patient wanted it, in discussion with their GP.
She said commissioners recently invited organisations to provide general surgery, gynaecology, cataract surgery, pain management and orthopaedics to apply for the work, and two French providers applied as well as several English providers.
"We carried out a careful assessment of the services they offer and are visiting sites," she added.
"The two French providers, among others, fulfilled our criteria and we expect to finalise a contract with them."
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The devil is in the detail here. It seems a good idea to use spare capacity in France for NHS patients needing general surgery, but...
Both the French hospital and the NHS say Calais clinicians will share patient information with NHS GPs but the hospital director in Calais was unsure how that would work in practice
While the NHS has said post-operative checkups could be done in France or via Skype it remains to be seen if patients will be prepared to travel or use the technology available.
What happens if something goes wrong? - 24-hour access to the surgical team sounds great but will sick patients have to cross the Channel?
And it's the NHS who will have to pay for their care after a month.
Meanwhile, the East Kent Hospitals Trust, already in special measures and struggling financially, could now lose the income from up to 300 patient operations a year.
The French hospital hopes to see the first UK patients before Christmas and plans to treat between 300 and 400 NHS patients per annum.
Martin Trelcat, general manager of the Calais hospital, said it had been giving English classes to about 70 nurses and language would not be a barrier.
Simon Bolton, Unison spokesman, said it was "an admission of failure" by the NHS.
He said the CCG had failed to make sure the NHS could tackle waiting lists, which he said were lengthening because of government cuts.
Adding that patients wanted to be treated as quickly and as close to home as possible, he said: "The idea that this is some great consumer choice is frankly crazy."
Damian Collins, Folkestone and Hythe MP, said it was sensible to use a fantastic hospital that might be less than an hour away from some and more accessible than hospitals in London.
He said using Calais would help deal with NHS overcrowding and added: "If this deal hadn't been struck, I'm sure we'd have had people coming to us saying there's capacity in the hospital in Calais."
A spokeswoman for the NHS South East Commissioning Support Unit said the deal was not a waiting list initiative but rather about following EU competition rules which gave patients more choice.
She said French providers would operate like other NHS referrals where GPs would share patient information and also receive discharge and care plan details after the treatment.
French and English providers were bound by the Data Protection Act with regard to patient records, she added.
Providers would give patients 24-hour access to the surgical team for two weeks after treatment, and would pay for any readmission to hospital within 30 days of discharge.
And follow-up checks after surgery could be done by phone or Skype or at another visit to the hospital, she said.
She said the cost and distances of choosing a London or French hospital were easily comparable.
Henderson was skipper for Southgate's second game in charge, a 0-0 draw in Slovenia on Tuesday after a 2-0 win against Malta on Saturday.
Southgate, 46, has the job initially for four games after he succeeded Sam Allardyce in September.
"The manager has been brilliant. The players have got on really well with him this week," said Henderson, 26.
"We need to put in the performances, not just for ourselves, but the fans and him and the coaching staff as well to make sure we keep working together for a long time."
Southgate - who said after the Slovenia game that he has "inherited a mess" - gave the Reds midfielder the captain's armband after dropping Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney to the bench.
Former Middlesbrough manager Southgate said: "It's been a remarkable experience. And I feel stronger and more confident for it, and I recognise the responsibility it brings."
He now has a World Cup qualifier against Scotland at Wembley on 11 November and a friendly against Spain four days later to persuade the Football Association to give him the job full time.
"He gives responsibility to players and he listens. It's been a good week," said Henderson.
"It would have been better with two wins, but we've got to take the positives; beating Malta and getting a good point from this game."
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Southgate stepped up from his role as England Under-21 boss to take temporary control of the senior team following Allardyce's departure.
Allardyce, 61, left his post after just one game and 67 days following a Daily Telegraph investigation claiming he offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers.
That followed England's disastrous Euro 2016 campaign, which saw Roy Hodgson resign after an embarrassing last-16 defeat by minnows Iceland.
His 46th first-class century ensured Leinster maintained the upper hand on the second day at Oak Hill in Wicklow.
Joyce stroked 23 fours and two sixes as Lightning posted 365 for 9 declared and a first-innings lead of 130.
Niall O'Brien (16 not out) will be key to Warriors' hopes of salvaging a draw on the final day.
Lorcan Tucker scored his maiden first-class half-century for Leinster Lightning, hitting 56 from 119 balls.
Four players got into the twenties, with John Anderson making 29, and George Dockrell, Jack Tector and Simi Singh all scoring 27.
The Warriors' attack battled manfully, with Andrew McBrine, Craig Young and David Scanlon all taking three wickets apiece.
With 17 overs to negotiate before the close of play, the Warriors were soon in difficulty yet again, losing Irosh Samarasooriya, Ross Allen and Andrew Austin to finish the day on 44 for 3, still 86 runs in arrears.
Hanley Energy Inter-Provincial Championship
North West Warriors (first innings) 235 (87.2 overs) A McBrine 67, S Singh 3-59; (second innings) 44-3 (17 overs): N J O'Brien 16 no, extras 17
Leinster Lightning (first innings) 365-9 dec (101.3 overs): E Joyce 156, L Tucker 56, C Young 3-70, D Scanlon 3-79, A McBrine 3-91
Keith Ferguson, 44, was caught with images of sex acts he had committed after intelligence was received from the National Online Child Abuse Prevention Agency.
Judge Lord Malcolm told Ferguson at the High Court in Edinburgh: "It is clear you present a serious risk of sexual harm to children."
Ferguson admitted the crimes, as well as sexually assaulting a woman.
At an earlier hearing, he admitted sexually assaulting and raping a girl aged between three and five, sexually assaulting another three-year-old and sexually assaulting a sleeping woman.
He also pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual activity in the presence of children and making and possessing indecent photos of children between June 2010 and June this year.
The court earlier heard that when police raided his home in Aberdeen on 3 June a large number of electronic items were seized for examination.
Advocate depute Stephen McCloy said a number of the indecent images recovered had been made by Ferguson and featured his victims. Others appeared to have been downloaded from the internet.
He said a total of 1,552 indecent photos were found including 78 showing the worst examples of abuse.
A further 233 videos were found, including 103 at the most serious level. The total running time of the videos exceeded six hours.
Video was also recovered of a sleeping woman was also recovered which featured images of Ferguson molesting her.
The prosecutor said: "She was unaware that the accused had made these videos and touched her sexually in her sleep. She was hysterical when the police told her about the recovered videos."
Defence counsel Ronnie Renucci said: "He accepts there is no excuse and no justification whatsoever for his behaviour."
Mr Renucci said Ferguson was "quite rightly" very ashamed and recognised he had a problem which needed to be addressed.
The judge ordered that Ferguson be under supervision for a further 10-year period after his prison sentence.
Det Insp Colin Morrans said: "Keith Ferguson subjected his victims to horrendous ordeals.
"His victims showed great courage during the police investigation and we thank them for their co-operation in what must have been distressing and harrowing circumstances."
Maj Gen Robert Mood, the head of the UN mission, said the six observers in Khan Sheikhoun had "told us that they are happy and safe where they are".
UN officials hope to evacuate the monitors from the town within hours.
The government and opposition blamed each other for the attack, which damaged three UN vehicles and reportedly killed at least 20 people.
Some rebel and opposition sources put the death toll as high as 66.
The pro-government television channel, Addounia, said gunmen had opened fire on the monitors in Khan Sheikhoun, which is in Idlib province, but the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops had shelled and shot at a funeral procession.
Video footage posted online appeared to show the UN vehicles surrounded by dozens of anti-government protesters on a street in Khan Sheikhoun when the blast occurred.
Ahmad Fawzi, a spokesman for UN envoy Kofi Annan, said the UN convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED).
"Three UN vehicles were damaged, but no UN personnel were hurt in this explosion. The mission has sent a patrol team to the area to help to extract those UN military observers," he said in a statement on Tuesday.
On Wednesday morning, the head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) said the monitors had not yet been evacuated from the area and confirmed that they had stayed overnight under the FSA's protection.
FSA spokesman Maj Sami al-Kurdi had earlier told the Reuters news agency: "They are now with the Free Army which is protecting them.
"If they leave, the regime will terminate them because they have witnessed one of its crimes and it does not want them to tell the truth."
The 212 unarmed military observers and 68 civilian staff working for UNSMIS are in Syria to monitor the implementation of a six-point peace plan brokered by Mr Annan in March.
A ceasefire was supposed to come into effect on 12 April, but there have been widespread violations by both sides, according to the UN.
On Wednesday, security forces opened fire on a refugee camp for Palestinians and Syrians from the Golan Heights in the southern province of Deraa, killing at least three people and a child, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. A man was also killed during a raid on the Deraa village of Mleiha al-Aatsh, it added.
The Observatory says more than 900 people have died since the truce came into effect, and more than 12,000 since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011. The UN put the death toll at more than 9,000 in March.
In a separate development on Tuesday, the main opposition coalition, the Syrian National Council (SNC), re-elected the Paris-based academic Burhan Ghalioun as its chairman for another three months.
Afterwards, Fawaz Tello, a prominent dissident, resigned from the SNC, saying it had been avoiding democratic reform and resisting international efforts to unify Syria's disparate and disorganised opposition.
Meanwhile, the government said 51% of eligible voters had turned out in last week's parliamentary elections, which were dismissed as a farce by the opposition and the international community.
At least one independent figure was elected to the People's Assembly, but nearly all of the seats are believed to have gone to the ruling Baath Party and its allies.
On Wednesday, Syrian state media quoted President Assad as telling Russian TV in an interview: "The election results prove that people support reform."
Mariusz Dobkowski, 30, formerly of Eaton Road, Margate, was convicted of attempted murder at Canterbury Crown Court on Monday.
Ken Seymour, of Cliftonville, needed 40 stitches to his face and was left with a fractured skull and back in the attack in his home in December 2013.
Dobkowski was jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 12 years.
Mr Seymour had been out with friends in Margate when he was befriended by Dobkowski as he waited to catch a bus home.
Both men got off the bus together and headed towards Mr Seymour's flat.
Several hours later, a neighbour heard Mr Seymour shout for help and found him covered in blood.
Kent Police said the elderly man had no memory of the attack, but forensic experts matched items in his home with Dobkowski's DNA.
After the hearing, Insp Richard Vickery said: "Instead of facing up to the consequences of his actions, Mariusz Dobkowski ran away to Belgium and tried to carry on with his life while his victim lay in a hospital bed recovering from a number of serious injuries."
Officers tracked Dobkowki down and brought him back under a European arrest warrant last July.
The retired British gymnast, 30, had fractured vertebrae fused together after she was injured while training for the winter sports TV programme.
Tweddle says doctors at the hospital in Austria are happy with her progress.
"I've started to feel a lot better in the past 24 hours and I've begun walking by myself," she said.
"It's still a case of taking one day at a time, but I'm setting myself goals and I'm determined to be up and about as soon as I can.
"Next week we will have a better idea of when I can be discharged from hospital."
Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington, 26, Holby City actress Tina Hobley, 44, and Made In Chelsea star Mark-Francis Vandelli, 26, have all withdrawn from the show because of injury.
Tweddle, who has won five World Championships medals in her career, including three golds, has been in hospital since hitting a barrier last week.
She thanked those who have sent messages of support.
"My mum and dad have been reading them to me," added Tweddle. "One day, I'll be able to reply to you all, it really has meant a lot to me, so thank you."
She is Britain's most successful female gymnast, featuring at three Olympics and claiming Commonwealth Games gold in the uneven bars in 2002.
She has won 11 medals across eight European Championships and seven consecutive national titles.
The Jump follows celebrities as they try to master various winter sports, including ski jumping, skeleton and speed skating.
Channel 4 said it had asked producers to review safety procedures on the reality TV programme.
Adlington, who won two swimming gold medals for Britain at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, suffered a shoulder injury, while Hobley dislocated her elbow and suffered two fractures to an arm.
The Financial Reporting Council announced it had launched a probe after reports emerged about the retailer's links to Barlin Delivery Limited.
Reports in August indicated that the firm, which runs Sports Direct's overseas deliveries, had Mr Ashley's older brother, John, as a shareholder.
Sports Direct is yet to comment.
The regulator said it was investigating the "preparation, approval and audit of the financial statements of Sports Direct" for the most recent financial year.
"These decisions follow reports of an arrangement between Sports Direct and Barlin Delivery Limited which was not disclosed as a related party in the company's financial statements," it added.
Sports Direct and Mike Ashley have come under intense scrutiny this year over the way the company is run.
The billionaire retail tycoon was forced to answer questions by MPs about its workers' conditions, and had to defend his grip on the business to shareholders.
Sports Direct, which has around 450 retail outlets, came under fire after BBC and Guardian investigations uncovered working practices at one of its warehouses which MPs later described as being akin to a Victorian workhouse.
The firm's shares fell 2.5% on Monday on news of the accounts investigation, and are down nearly 50% for the year.
The links between Sports Direct, Barlin Delivery and John Ashley were first reported by the Financial Times.
A study of 25 breeds of dog, published in PLOS Genetics, has identified three genes linked with a severe type of brain tumour known as glioma.
Future investigation may yield a better understanding of the causes and potential treatments of brain tumours in dogs and humans, researchers say.
Gliomas are very severe human brain tumours that are often incurable.
The disease can also occur in dogs, and some breeds, such as the boxer and bulldog, have an increased risk.
Genetic analysis of blood samples from dogs showed variations in three genes were linked with development of brain tumours in canines.
People have the same genes as the ones identified by the researchers in dogs.
"Researchers in the consortium are now continuing the analysis of the genes identified, and their functional roles in development and progression of glioma in both dogs and humans," said co-researcher Katarina Truve.
The researchers were able to identify a stretch of genetic code that differed between diseased and healthy dogs.
"These results indicate that further investigations of the role of these three genes in glioma development would be of interest, with potential benefit to both dog and human," said Prof Karin Forsberg Nilsson, of Uppsala University, in Sweden, who also worked on the study.
Mr Rajoy said he did not have the support to win a confidence vote in parliament, necessary to take office.
Earlier the leader of Spain's Socialists (PSOE) cautiously backed the idea of forming a "progressive" leftist government with Podemos (We Can).
December's election result was inconclusive.
Mr Rajoy's Popular Party (PP) won, but without a clear majority. Both the PSOE and Podemos (second and third in the election, respectively) have ruled out forming a coalition government with the PP.
King Felipe nominated Mr Rajoy to form a government on Friday after a week of talks with party leaders.
A fresh round of negotiations is due to start on Wednesday after the acting PM turned down the offer.
In a statement published by the PP, Mr Rajoy said he would continue to fight to lead the government but "right now I do not have the majority of votes in favour".
A future government must win a confidence vote in parliament in order to take office. Without parliamentary approval, the country would have to hold a fresh election.
Mr Rajoy said "the most important thing [for the country] is to give a message of stability".
Correspondents say the king is likely to ask the opposition PSOE's Pedro Sanchez to try to form a new administration.
It is the first time in 40 years that the monarch has had such an influential role after an election. For decades the PP and PSOE alternated in power, with secure majorities.
The former king, Juan Carlos, oversaw Spain's democratic transition after the death of nationalist dictator Gen Francisco Franco in 1975.
Mr Rajoy's announcement on Friday came just hours after Mr Sanchez said he was open to an idea put forward by Pablo Iglesias, leader of left-wing Podemos, for a "progressive" leftist coalition.
Mr Iglesias earlier said he had told the king of "our desire to form a government of change with the Socialists and the United Left [IU]", and that he would seek the post of deputy prime minister.
Podemos politicians should also get the social policy, economy, defence and interior ministry posts, he added.
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Mr Sanchez said reaching an agreement on policies must be the first step: "The logical thing is to discuss policies and then to discuss a possible government formation.
"Podemos and PSOE voters would not understand it if Pablo Iglesias and myself did not agree."
The PSOE says it will only consider a leftist coalition with Podemos if the latter drops its support for an independence referendum in Catalonia.
Between them, the PSOE, Podemos and the United Left would still fall short of an overall majority, having won a combined 161 seats in the 350-seat Congress.
Mr Iglesias says his priority is "social emergency" legislation to help families threatened with eviction and other socially vulnerable groups, such as poor pensioners.
Many Catalans want a referendum on independence but Podemos is the only one of Spain's major parties to back the idea.
There is speculation now that Podemos might give way to the PSOE on that issue, in order to reach a coalition government deal.
"The focus on increasing crops whilst at the same time neglecting our animal production is also detrimental to the country," he says.
His thoughts are echoed by Yao Fiagbeto of the Concerned Citizens Democratic Alliance for Ghana (CCDAG), who advocates that any developed nation should be self-sufficient in food production.
"No land lies idle in developed nations," he says. "If you are well fed then you can sit back and think about all the other issues."
His main concern is that in post-independent Africa, nobody is paying attention to the land.
"People are either ignorant about it, or think they can get food from developed nations," he says.
Dr Taabazuing says the reason that animal production is not vibrant, is mostly due to the cheap importation of animal products from Europe and the US.
"Farmers in those places are subsidised, or they have the technology which makes it difficult for local producers to compete with them," he says.
It is a fact however, that families have to be fed and they will look for the cheapest product, although Dr Taabazuing believes the government should intervene with subsidies for technology and animal feeds.
He also maintains that the government should put appropriate taxes on imported products to make it comparable and competitive with local products.
"We need to wake up to the realities of our times and do something," he says.
"Markets are limited and many farmers are not able to recoup their cost of production," he notes.
He would like to see the government providing guaranteed prices so farmers would know that they could sell their produce at a minimum cost.
"If we improve our marketing within the sub-Sahara region we could sell some of our produce there rather than relying on exports to Europe," Dr Taabazuing says.
"I don't see why we cannot mop up excess maize in Ghana and sell it to Niger or drier lands," he says. "Small farmers cannot market on that scale on their own."
Some crops already get government help.
"Cocoa farmers are subsidised and maize is improving, but other crops such as soya bean have not had the same attention," he says.
"The good thing about crops is that everyone will eat that, whereas with animal protein some people can survive without it," Dr Taabazuing points out.
"So there is always a better market for the crops. Crops are better off than animal production both in terms of government attention and in terms of demand and market possibilities," he says.
Most animal production in Ghana, particularly poultry, has collapsed.
"That has signalled to many people that opportunities to continue with animal production are limited, so a lot of people are shying away from it," Dr Taabazuing says.
He is concerned that over time, the knowledge and capacity to develop the animal industry will become weaker and weaker, and that will create serious problems for the future.
The older generation is accustomed to farming but younger people prefer to live in big cities and find a different kind of work.
This is where the government can make a difference, he believes.
Mr Fiagbeto of CCDAG maintains that if the government directs investment and develops rural resources it will encourage young people to stay on the land.
"If you don't develop your resources into different kinds of consumer products then all you will depend on is handouts from people who have concentrated on exploiting their own resources," says Mr Fiagbeto.
"Governments can help finance processing plants for the produce grown, and that in turn will create jobs," he says.
"At the moment, the young have nothing to fall back on in fishing and farming communities, so they all go to the cities in search of greener pastures."
Mr Fiagbeto advocates that 60% of Ghana's new oil revenues should be directed into agriculture and fishing by providing processing factories and infrastructure.
"It will be a rock of investment that Ghana can build upon. If we only use that income to build big buildings in cities, we will always be asking for handouts," he says.
Dr Taabazuing, meanwhile, says it is a question of deciding the country's priorities and once you prioritise something, you should be able to get the funding.
"I believe government expenditure can be trimmed in some areas. There are leakages in many areas of revenue collection and expenditure," he says.
"If we are determined as a people, that we want to block these leakages, and we want to use the resources we have more efficiently, and we get agriculture right, it will stimulate the rest of our economy," he asserts.
He believes it is time for everyone to make sacrifices - including government officials.
"It is unacceptable for politicians to say we should tighten our belt when they are loosening theirs," he says.
"If the leadership offered the right signals that they are ready to make their own sacrifices to build a better society, the economy would expand and all of us would be better off."
Lomu, 40, died last week at his home in the city. Capped 63 times by his country, he was diagnosed with a rare kidney condition in 1995.
Monday's service will take place at Auckland's Eden Park stadium.
"Jonah touched people's lives across the country and around the world," wrote New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on his official website.
"This service will be open to all members of the public who want to remember the significant contribution Jonah made, not only to rugby here and overseas, but also to the wider community through his work with charities such as Unicef and Kidney Kids NZ."
A private funeral for Lomu will take place the following day.
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Former All Blacks coach John Hart has been acting as a spokesman for the Lomu family.
On Friday, he revealed more about Lomu's death, saying the former player had just returned home to Auckland after "a magic time" at the Rugby World Cup in England, which was won by the All Blacks.
Following a stopover in Dubai with his family, there had been no sign of any issues with his kidney condition when they arrived home, Hart said.
"He went to bed Tuesday night and he was fine, unfortunately when they awoke mid-morning they found him dead," Hart added.
Gen Selim Idriss claimed that more than 7,000 fighters of the Lebanese Shia movement were taking part in attacks on the rebel-held town of Qusair.
The French foreign minister has estimated the number at 3,000-4,000.
The US State Department has demanded that Hezbollah withdraw its fighters from Syria immediately.
A spokeswoman Jen Psaki said their presence was an "extremely dangerous" escalation.
The statements follow a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, which condemned government attacks on Qusair and the involvement of foreign fighters.
Gen Idriss made an emotional appeal to Western powers on the BBC World Service's Newshour programme, saying: "We are dying. Please come and help us."
He appealed for more weapons "to defend our citizens".
He said the FSA was fielding fewer than 1,500 fighters in the fight for Qusair, armed only with light weapons.
More than 50,000 residents were trapped in the town and a "massacre" would occur if it fell, he added.
He also said he had received information that Iranian fighters were involved in the offensive.
Hezbollah fighters have been in Syria for some time now but their numbers appear to have grown rapidly over the last few weeks because of the intense fighting for control over the key town of Qusair, says the BBC's Kim Ghattas in Washington.
Ms Psaki called their presence "unacceptable" and demanded they leave.
Washington has no leverage over Hezbollah and the warning did not come with a threat of any consequences if the Lebanese militant group does not withdraw, our correspondent says.
But the statement is a sign of growing concern in the US that the conflict in Syria is morphing into a complex regional war by proxy.
Asked about the presence of jihadist factions in the Syrian opposition, Gen Idriss said they formed "not more than 5-8% of all fighters in Syria" and that they had received excessive media coverage.
However, he said that while he did not share jihadists' ideology, he was not in a position to try to deter anyone who wanted to join the fight against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
"When you are going to support us with weapons and ammunition, we can give you any kind of guarantee that you need that these weapons will go to the right hands," he said.
Gen Idriss also demanded that the Syrian opposition in exile stop internal wrangling and agree immediately to attend a peace conference scheduled for next month in Geneva.
On Wednesday, Syrian state media claimed they had seized a key air base in the fight for Qusair.
The Dabaa air base was seized after several hours' fighting, according to Syrian military sources.
Hezbollah's al-Manar TV showed tanks being deployed inside the air base and soldiers in the base's hangars.
Fighting around Qusair has been raging for several days as government forces have mounted a fierce offensive to oust rebels from the town.
Correspondents say Qusair is a strategic conduit for the rebels, through which weapons and fighters can be transported from Lebanon, about 10km (six miles) away.
The town is also important for President Assad because it is located between Damascus and the Alawite heartland of the embattled government on the Mediterranean coast. And it is not far from the motorway linking the capital to the city of Homs.
The vote at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on the use of foreign fighters in Qusair passed with 36 in favour, one against, and eight abstentions.
The non-binding text condemned "the intervention of foreign combatants fighting on behalf of the Syrian regime" in Qusair.
The Council also called for an urgent investigation into alleged abuses in Qusair.
Syria's key backer Russia called the resolution "odious", but is not a voting member of the council this year.
Only Venezuela voted against the resolution.
Before the vote, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called on foreign powers to stop "emboldening" the belligerents by providing weapons on both sides of the conflict.
"The message from all of us should be the same: we will not support this conflict with arms, ammunition, politics or religion," she said in a statement.
The new devices will have plastic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, the company said at a Galaxy Note 3 launch event in Seoul.
"We plan to introduce a smartphone with a curved display in South Korea in October," said DJ Lee, Samsung's head of strategic marketing for mobile.
But he revealed no further details.
Digital display technology is progressing towards curved, bendy and foldable screens.
In January, Samsung exhibited prototype products with bendy and extendable screens, but doubts remain as to how such technology can be mass-produced cheaply and reliably.
"A curved screen isn't going to radically change the user's experience of a smartphone, but it does help Samsung differentiate itself in a crowded market where most phones are homogenous, flat-screen rectangles," Ben Wood, analyst at research company CCS Insight, told the BBC.
"My understanding is that these new phones will form part of Samsung's Active range, so the curved screen is probably to do with making the phone more flexible and rugged," he added.
Curved displays already feature in large-screen TVs, such as those produced by Samsung and its Korean rival, LG Electronics.
On Wednesday, LG launched a 55in (140cm) curved OLED TV in the UK.
Samsung has also been moving into wearable technology, such as its Galaxy Gear wristwatch phone.
Smartphones are now the dominant type of phone, with CCS Insight expecting one billion to be sold in 2013 out of a total of 1.7 billion mobile phones.
Three pilots and 10 other military personnel died, officials say.
Air force chief of staff Agus Supriatna told MetroTV that bad weather was suspected to have caused the crash.
The Hercules was carrying food supplies from Timika to Wamena when it came down in mountainous terrain near to its destination early on Sunday.
The wreckage has been located and the bodies of the dead are being brought to Wamena, Ivan Ahmad Riski Titus, operational director of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, told Reuters.
The flight had left Timika at 05:35 (20:35 GMT Saturday) and was expected to land in Wamena at 06:13.
"The tower in Wamena has spotted the plane, but it was not certain that the plane saw the runway," said deputy air force chief of staff Hadiyan Sumintaatmadja.
Personnel from the air force base in Jayapura, the regional capital, were on standby to assist the team at the crash site.
Indonesia has a poor air safety record.
In June 2015, the same type of plane belonging to the country's air force crashed near a residential neighbourhood shortly after taking off from Medan.
All 12 crew and 109 passengers on board were killed, along with 22 people on the ground.
The court rejected a plea bargain that would have seen Olmert serve six months for obstruction of justice concurrently with the bribery sentence.
Instead, he will serve five months concurrently and one consecutively.
Olmert, prime minister from 2006 to 2009, will become the first former head of government in Israel to go to prison when his sentence begins on Monday.
The 70 year old was handed a six-year sentence in 2014 after being found guilty of accepting, while he was mayor of Jerusalem, a 500,000-shekel ($129,000; £89,000) bribe from developers of one real estate project and a 60,000-shekel bribe in connection with another project.
But the Supreme Court subsequently cleared him of the charge of accepting the 500,000-shekel bribe and reduced his sentence to 18 months.
The Supreme Court is yet to rule on an appeal by Olmert against an eight-month prison sentence he was handed last year after being convicted of fraud and breach of trust for accepting illegal payments from an American businessman.
Olmert has denied accepting bribes or illegal payments, but did admit to attempting to persuade his former secretary not to testify against him.
Ben Lewis, 25, faces two charges of taking indecent photographs of a child and one of making them.
He is also accused of attempting to observe another person doing a private act without consent. He faces 10 charges in total.
He was a co-founder of LL Camps in Bushey, Hertfordshire.
The camp opened in 2010 and promoted itself as Britain's only US-style summer camp. It was closed by Ofsted in August.
Mr Lewis, of Lullington Garth, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, faces six other charges relating to indecent images, child neglect and perverting the course of justice. He is due in court on Friday.
The other co-founder, Tal Landsman, 25, of Admiral Drive, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, is accused of child neglect and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and will also appear at St Albans Crown Court on Friday, along with two others.
His mother, Adrianne Landsman, 56, of Gresham Road, Edgware, north-west London, faces one charge of child neglect.
Mr Lewis's father Larry Lewis, 55, of Lullington Garth, Borehamwood, is accused of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Hamilton's Mercedes team have dominated for the past three seasons but pre-season testing suggested Ferrari have bounced back from a winless 2016.
"I see Ferrari being quickest," he said. "They are definitely favourites."
But Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel said Mercedes were the team to beat, adding: "We are doing our best to catch up."
The new cars that will race at Melbourne's Albert Park and for the rest of the season will be considerably quicker than last year's after major rule changes aimed at making them faster and more demanding.
But Vettel said that made no difference to Mercedes' position after three dominant seasons, since the introduction of turbo-hybrid engines in 2014, in which Hamilton won two titles and Nico Rosberg the other.
Vettel said: "Mercedes have been very strong and even if you change the rules if a team is strong they will build a strong car.
"Looking at the performance of the cars, it was expected to be a big step up. And that's what we all said when we got out for the first time.
"I think they will be the fastest cars we have ever driven. it is nice to have that. Competitiveness? We are all here to find out."
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The season starts without the reigning champion on the track for the first time since 1994, when Alain Prost retired after winning his fourth title. Following Rosberg's retirement, Finn Valtteri Bottas will partner Hamilton.
Hamilton, 32, said: "It doesn't make any difference to me. Every year is a brand new challenge. You just want to beat whoever it is you're up against and the bigger the fight the more satisfying it is.
"I have never seen the fans as excited [as they are] about this year, not knowing where the cars and teams are. More of these changes would be welcome. Maybe they should shorten the time between rule changes."
Hamilton said he would relish a fight for the title with Vettel, who won four consecutive championships with Red Bull from 2010-13.
And the Briton added he would like to see old rival Fernando Alonso back in a competitive car, which seems a forlorn hope given a dire pre-season for the 35-year-old Spaniard's McLaren-Honda team.
"I have not had a lot of battles with Sebastian on track, and I would love that and the fans would too," Hamilton said. "And for him [Alonso] to be up there, too, before his time is up. I would love that. We haven't seen the best of Fernando."
Hamilton added he was also wary of the threat from Red Bull drivers Daniel Ricciardo, 27, and 19-year-old Max Verstappen.
"I am very keen to see what Red Bull bring because they were quite far behind in testing compared to Ferrari," Hamilton said.
"I didn't see many upgrades and I am excited to see what they bring here."
Mr Castellanos was abducted along with two other people from a bar early on Sunday, just hours after he crowned the winner of the Miss Sinaloa contest.
The two other people were later freed but Mr Castellanos' body was found in a stolen car riddled with bullet holes.
The motive behind the killing is still unclear.
Witnesses said Mr Castellanos first attended a party with the Miss Sinaloa contestants before moving on to the bar from which he was abducted.
Abductions and murders are not uncommon in the state of Sinaloa, the birthplace of Mexico's infamous drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
Sinaloa's murder rate has gone up since Guzman was recaptured in January.
Analysts say the rise is down to rival gangs trying to wrest control of the region from Guzman's cartel.
Frenchman Nzonzi, 26, joined Stoke from Blackburn for £3m in 2012 and made 120 appearances for the club.
Potters boss Mark Hughes said the Spanish club and Europa League winners had reluctantly been granted permission to speak to Nzonzi.
A Stoke statement said: "The club would like to place on record its thanks to Steven and offer him our best wishes."
Nzonzi has signed a four-year contract with the Spanish club, which includes a 30m euro (£21.5m) buyout clause.
Stoke's previous record sale was the £4.5m they received for striker Tuncay from Wolfsburg in 2011.
Sevilla finished fifth in La Liga last season before defeating Dnipro in the Europa League final in May.
Nzonzi had a transfer request rejected by the Potters two years ago, and Hughes did not want to sell him this summer.
"We worked really hard to persuade him his future lay here but it didn't seem to be enough for him," added Hughes.
Goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, who has been linked with a move to Chelsea, is in the Potters squad for a pre-season tournament in Singapore next week.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
Yassin Salhi, 35, caused an explosion by ramming his car into an area containing flammable liquids and was arrested at the scene, Francois Molins said.
Mr Salhi's boss, the owner of a delivery firm, was found beheaded alongside flags containing Arabic inscriptions.
The attack put France back on to its highest terror alert.
An investigation has been launched by French anti-terror police.
The attack in France comes on the same day as:
France, Kuwait and Tunisia attacks: What we know
France beheading attack: As it happened
Yassin Salhi drove his van into the Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, some 40km (25 miles) from Lyon, at just after 09:30 (07:30 GMT).
He was waved through by staff who recognised him as one of their regular delivery drivers, Prosecutor Molins said.
It began as an ordinary working day, on an ordinary industrial estate in an ordinary French town. People were going about their business in their usual way. But just after 09:00 the day changed.
An explosion was heard from the Air Products plant. Police and firefighters found a half destroyed car which had been rammed into canisters containing chemicals, then a man trying to ignite more canisters.
He was soon arrested, but they also found a decapitated body - the head some distance away - impaled on railings.
When the very first journalists arrived from Lyon, the head was still there. Now the bland anonymous roads of the estate are crowded with the world's media. Satellite trucks line the verges.
Local people have come to look: some to express their horror, some out of simple curiosity. In the background, white-suited French forensic experts comb the scene, looking for clues to an extraordinarily brutal crime.
CCTV footage caught the van a few minutes later accelerating towards an open building which contained many jars of flammable liquid. Shortly afterwards, there was a blast.
The fire brigade was called and, at just before 10:00, one of the fire officers caught the suspect trying to open bottles of acetone at a second hangar, Mr Molins said.
The decapitated body of Mr Salhi's boss, the 54-year-old owner of a local transport company, was found nearby.
His head - reportedly bearing Arabic inscriptions - had been hooked on to some factory railings, alongside two flags also with Arabic writing on it.
Mr Molins said the suspect was a father of three who had been married for 10 years. His wife, sister and another person have also been taken into custody.
Mr Salhi, Mr Molins said, had never been found guilty of any crime but had been "under surveillance for radical Islamist activities since 2006".
Before her arrest, Mr Salhi's wife told Europe 1 radio of her shock at his arrest, saying he had left for his delivery job as normal and was due home for lunch.
"We have a normal family life," she said.
President Francois Hollande ordered security in the region to be tightened to the highest possible level for the next three days.
He said earlier: "We have no doubt that the attack was to blow up the building. It bears the hallmarks of a terrorist attack."
Speaking to reporters before flying back from an EU summit in Brussels, he reflected on the fact it would remind people of the attacks in and around Paris in January that killed 17 people.
"We all remember what happened before in our country. There is therefore a lot of emotion," he said.
US-owned Air Products makes gases and chemicals for a wide range of industries, including technology, energy, healthcare, food, and has employees in 50 countries around the world.
Chief Executive Seifi Ghasemi said: "I believe I speak for all of our Air Products family around the world in expressing our deepest sympathies to the family of the victim of this unspeakable act.
"My heart also goes out to the people who work at the site and their families."
Left-arm pace bowler Little, 16, and wicketkeeper-batsman Tucker, 19, impressed at the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh this year and are among six new faces for the Bready matches.
Greg Thompson, James Shannon, Sean Terry and David Rankin are recalled.
The matches are part of two double-headers with Ireland women facing Bangladesh in morning matches.
The men's games take place at Bready on 5 and 6 September, starting at 15:30 BST.
Ireland women will also take on Bangladesh in ODIs at the same venue on 8 and 10 September - all matches start at 10:30.
"We wanted to bring some freshness to the squad - in particular we are delighted to see the youth of Josh Little and Lorcan Tucker added to the squad," said chair of selectors Alan Lewis.
"Left-arm quicks have been hugely successful in T20 and Josh's introduction will drive his career forward, we hope. He bowls with pace and is an excellent athlete.
"Lorcan's ability to score all around the ground with his 360 degree game - as witnessed at the U19 World Cup - coupled with his wicketkeeping gives us excellent balance."
Ireland men's squad
William Porterfield (captain), (Warwickshire), Peter Chase (Malahide/Leinster Lightning), George Dockrell (Leinster/Leinster Lightning), Josh Little (Pembroke/Leinster Lightning), Andrew McBrine (Donemana/NW Warriors), Barry McCarthy (Durham), Kevin O'Brien (Railway Union/Leinster Lightning), David Rankin (Bready/NW Warriors), James Shannon (Instonians/Northern Knights), Sean Terry (YMCA/Leinster Lightning), Greg Thompson (Waringstown/Northern Knights), Lorcan Tucker (Pembroke/Leinster Lightning), Craig Young (Bready/NW Warriors).
Ireland women's squad (T20)
Laura Delany (captain), (Dragons), Kim Garth (Scorchers), Jennifer Gray (Dragons), Cecelia Joyce (Dragons), Isobel Joyce (Scorchers), Shauna Kavanagh (Dragons), Amy Kenealy (Typhoons), Gaby Lewis (Dragons), Robyn Lewis (Typhoons), Ciara Metcalfe (Dragons), Lucy O'Reilly (Scorchers), Clare Shillington (Typhoons), Mary Waldron (Dragons).
Ireland women's squad (ODI)
Laura Delany (captain), (Dragons), Kim Garth (Scorchers), Cecelia Joyce (Dragons), Isobel Joyce (Scorchers), Meg Kendal (Scorchers), Shauna Kavanagh (Dragons), Amy Kenealy (Typhoons), Gaby Lewis (Dragons), Robyn Lewis (Typhoons), Ciara Metcalfe (Dragons), Lucy O'Reilly (Scorchers), Clare Shillington (Typhoons), Mary Waldron (Dragons).
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